Disagreeable River Incident and Pioneer Death in Utah
A carriage clash near Huntsville nearly toppled into the river, horses slipping but occupants saved. John W. Bybee, early Utah pioneer and former Mormon Battalion member, died at Uintah aged 88. funeral at Uintah meeting house. Included notices: old time dancing event, real estate loans, and local obituaries.
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John W. Byhee
Utah
Oscar Bybee
Uintah
Mr Dybee
William
Mary Sears
Rigby
Idaho
Elias Bybee
Clifton
Hales
Ogden
Annie Stimpson
Riverdale
Wybee
Old Mormon Battalion
Uintah Meeting House
Alma Keyes
Sugar beet contracts meeting schedule 1909
Amalgamated Sugar company agents will meet farmers at Syracuse Hooper Roy Kaneville Warren Plain City and other settlements at stated times in February 1909 to discuss beet contracts. Farmers unable to attend may sign contracts Saturdays at the Ogden City office through March 16 1909.
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Amalgamated Sugar Company
Syracuse
A. m. Hooper
P. m. Roy
P. m. Kanesqlle
Sautriay
P. Warren
Plain City
Sugar Company
Ogden City
Miner William McAndrews Ends Life in Salt Lake Lodging House
Salt Lake Feb 21 William McAndrews 46 a miner formerly at Grantsville took his own life Saturday afternoon in room 22 at 62 East First South street by ingesting a compound of chloral bromide and morphine given by a physician to treat a weeks long drinking spree. Despondency followed the episode.
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Salt Lake
William McAndrews
Grantsville
East First South Street
Man Dies by Suicide Cited Alcohol Influence
A man ended his life with a self-inflicted act, with drunkenness attributed as the cause. Police report notes the incident as resulting from intoxication, with no other details provided.
Tribune Manager Sefrit Leaves for Honolulu Vacation
Frank I. Sefrit general manager of the Tribune travels with his wife and son Ten from Seattle to Honolulu for several weeks seeking rest from insomnia. This is his first vacation since becoming chief in four years.
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Salt Lio
Frank I. Sefrit
The
Tribune
Ten
Seattle
Honolulu
Mr. Sefrit
Fatal accident at Cactus mill traps Rasmussen
Salt Lake February 21 Joseph Rasmussen 1245 Emerson avenue is at St Mark's hospital in critical condition after a large pan collapsed on him at the Cactus mill in Newhouse early Saturday morning. Doctors report his neck is broken the skull base fractured both legs crushed and the upper body partially paralyzed. Rasmussen was beneath the pan when it gave way under its heavy load.
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Salt Lake
Joseph Rasmussen
Emerson Avenue
St. Mark's Hospital
Newhouse
Rasmussen
Counterfeit Ten Dollar Gold Piece Passed in Salt Lake
In Salt Lake City on a Saturday evening a well made counterfeit ten dollar gold coin was passed at the Bijou Candy Company on 168 South State Street. The passer paid with the fake coin for a 25 cent candy box, drawing prompt notice from Donald and Clayton. Detective Janney obtained a description of the suspect after police were notified.
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Salt Lake
Bijou
South State Street
Donald & Clayton
Clayton
Janney
Killed in Accident Near Bakersfield Oil Wells
William Drurey of Springville learned by telegram that his son George Drurey was killed yesterday while working at oil wells near Bakersfield California. George had been well known in Springville where he lived for years. William will travel to California to retrieve his son's body for burial here and will bring home his son's widow daughter of Albert Staton of this city. Lodge No 44 EL O Co F held a social at Fraternity hall last night with a large turnout and a banquet.
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Springville
William Drurey
George Drurey
Bakersfield
Cal
California
Albert Staton
Lodge No 44
EL O. Co. F
Fraternity Hall
The Boys of Company B at the Grand Theatre
Paul Gilmore headlined The Boys of Company B at the Grand Theatre last evening to a good audience. The performance featured a capable supporting cast with Tony Allen portrayed by Gilmore and Lynne Overman as Chick earning praise for lively stage talents. The play centers on a girl torn between love and a mother’s wealth driven match, ending with the lovers’ reconciliation amid money and social pressures.
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Paul Gilmore
Tony Allen
Mr. Gilmore
Yale
Captain Debonnaire
New York
Clain
Burley
Wright Lorimer
Shepard King
Lynne Overman
Chick
Walter Fredericks
Jane Aubrey
Eileen MacLane
Miss Aubrey
Cynthia Garrison
Edna Bern
Mrs. MacLane
Jimmie Jimpson
Madge Blake
Rip Van Winkle Play Through Generations
A long running stage version of Rip Van Winkle entertains audiences for sixty five years and across three generations. The piece gains strength with each retelling and continues to be presented publicly.
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Alre
Soa
Ayd Magpey
Thomas Jefersyn
Rip
Rip Van Winkle at the Grand Wednesday Night
Winkle will be seen at the Grand on Wednesday night in a production noted as a refined American classic. The show headlines a family legacy with both grandfather and father having performed it, adding to the evening’s appeal.
We Are King at the Grandface Stro cking double bill
Mr Edmond Carroll revives the great comedy We Are King in a performance featuring Walker Whitesite and the duel of Gustavus Venner and Hector. The play portrays a German principality bankrupted by an extravagant ruler and fills the Grand with a creditable revival. A separate item touts Dean's Regulats for constipation at 25 cents.
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Edmond Carroll
Walker Whitesite
Gustavus Venner
Hector
Kahnburg
Germany
Two Prisoners Granted Pardons in State Board Meeting
At the state prison the monthly board of pardons granted pardons to Joseph Thompson of Uintah county for a sentence of one year nine months for felony and to John Zabiskie of Greek for eight months for a statutory offense. A. F. Iron was paroled after one year for forgery. One case was continued sixty days, two pardons denied, and two other pardon requests were denied or continued as noted.
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State Board of Pardons
Joseph Thompson
Uintah County
John Zabiskie
Zabiskle
Sanpete County
A. F. Iron
John Douglass
Duane McCandless
Joseph Davis
Roosevelt Replies on Secret Service Use in Land Frauds
President Roosevelt defends secret service assignments used to prosecute land frauds, noting dismissals of negligent officials and convictions of wealthy and influential figures including a senator and two representatives. He argues emergency use justified, and encloses documents from Justice and Interior confirming facts and approvals.
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Jary
The
Interior
Secret Service
Speecial
Interior Department
Congress
Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of the Interior
Department of Justice
Department of the Interior
Cement House Gift Promises Public Wedding at Exposition
Seven cement firms pledge to donate material for a cement house to couples who agree to public marriage at the exposition tomorrow night. A major architectural firm offers plans specifications and interior finishing materials for the project planned in Chicago on February 22.
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Chicago
Convention Opens With Prayer Amid Five Aces and Razor
A Louisville Courier-Journal report notes a political convention opened with prayer and described the proceedings as conducted with five aces and a razor, reflecting a tense and possibly contested gathering. The account emphasizes the charged atmosphere and the procedural style observed.
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Loulaville Courier-Journal
Rainey denounces Cromwell Panama graft and treaties
Washington February 22 Rep Rainey of Illinois rebukes charges based on alleged exconvict testimony about Panama canal graft. He attacks Cromwell backed treaties proposing to shift 1,250,000 from US treasury to Colombia and five year Panama revenue payments, while Panama gains canal positions and tax power. He notes administration approval butawaits Panama assembly and US Senate ratification.
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Washington
House
United States
Panama Bank
Rainey
Tllinois
House of Representatives
Lovering
Massachusetts
Rainey Wale
Panama
Canal
William Nelson Cromwell
Cromwell
Democratic National Committee
Noor
Cleatt Tn
Yoo
Colombia
Ramey
Hay-Hunan Varilla
Afr
Mr. Rainey
General Assembly of
Senate of the
Miss Jane Addams Talks on Woman Suffrage in Chicago
Chicago February 22 Miss Jane Addams in a communication to a women's club discusses woman suffrage from the tenement dweller foreign woman and crowded district perspectives. She argues the home and children need city safeguards and that voting will improve child protection, reduce dangers in dance halls and pool rooms, and prompt public house and sanitation improvements for foreign residents.
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Chicago
Jane Addams
Woman's Club
Mise Addams
Wealthy bankers push income tax to raise federal revenue
New York February 22 Jacob H Schiff of Kuhn Loeb & Co proposes an income tax to cover the rising U S treasury deficit. He suggests taxing income from business and interstate commerce without affecting tariff or currency controls and argues it would yield substantial revenue without infringing state rights. Charles H Treat of the U S Treasury backs a direct proportional tax on incomes with a uniform scale and supports inheritance taxes as a revenue measure.
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New York
Jacob H. Schiff
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
United States Treasury
Schiff
Charles H. Treat
United States
Catholic Priest Stirs Audience Over Extradition Debate
Rev Peter J. O Callaghan drew applause at a Sunday meeting of the Political Refugee Defense League urging asylum rights and an extradition treaty revision with Russia and Mexico. Bishop Samuel Fallows urged Russia to distinguish criminal from political offenses in treaty talks.
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Chicago
Fens
Peter Jr. O'Callaghan
Political Refugee Defense League
Rusala
Mextlla
Father O'Callaghan
Rotsevell
Rudovitz
Samuel Fallows
Russia
United States
Young man wounded by patrol driver in Chicago
Chicago feb 22 the milore Dein ert aged 24 was found unconscious on a street with a bullet wound in the right side. He revived in a hospital and said he was shot by a patrol driver. The driver denied firing a revolver after an encounter. Deinert’s condition remained serious as detectives probed two conflicting accounts.
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Chicago
Themilore Deinert
Delnert
Mother Witnesses Tragic Streetcar Death of 6-Year-Old
Chicago records report six year old Agnes Wiadaskowski crushed by a streetcar within fifty feet of her home after slipping on the tracks last night. Her mother, awaiting her return from a neighbor's, watched the accident from a window as crew and bystanders worked to free the child.
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Chicago
Agnes Wiadaskowski
Marathon Race Set in New York for March Armory
New York Feb 22 A second marathon event is planned in the city at the ninth regiment armory on March 9 Matthew Maloney the young long distance runner who recently turned professional will clash with Patrick White the Irish champion The purse totals 2000 with 500 to the loser and the match promises strong interest
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New York
9Th Regiment Armory
Matthew Maloney
Patrick White
Maloney
Flagrant Violator in Antinoise Club Snub Case
In a terse exchange Mrs. Crawford recalls inviting her husband and daughters to join an antinoise club. Mr. Chatter’s remark suggested the aim was to keep them quiet, highlighting a family dispute over noise and decorum in a local social row.
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Crawford
Chatter
Baby Found Abandoned in Harlem Church Confessional
A few days old healthy baby boy was found wrapped in a woolen shawl in the confessional box of St. Joseph's Church Harlem. Miss Mary Huntman received a note directing discovery and the infant was baptized by Father Doyle naming Michael Joseph. A man gave the note to local boys near the church before leaving quickly.
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New York
Mary Huntman
HH. Huntman
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
Harlem
Father Doyle
Michael Joseph
Iron and Steel Trade Outlook Disappoints Markets
New York reports show speculative sentiment turning down as signs of languishing iron and steel trade emerge. Despite United States Steel maintaining prices for stability, a price cut by a major producer sparks a market reversal, with copper stocks steadier and freight traffic expectations improving, while looming steel producer scramble threatens earnings and broad market confidence.
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New York
Uited States Steel Corporation
Reed
Greel
Theds
United States Steel Corporation
United States Steel
Copper Producers’ Association
New York Public Service Commission
Jasianece
Eric Bonde
The Plagues of Egypt Chronicle
A historical outline lists ten plagues said to strike Egypt for resisting the Israelites, naming the river turning to blood frogs lice and other afflictions. The sequence includes omens of livestock disease and darkness along with the final death of the firstborn.
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Egypt
Advertisement Causes Blockade Outside William Gaynor Home
Chicago police guard the residence of William Gaynor after a Sunday advertisement claiming he wished to buy two bulldogs and two fox terriers provokes a blockade, noisy all night, and a quick street clearance for Gaynor to inspect a boatload of animals.
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Chicago
William Gaynor
Tradec
Grynor
Durango Buried by Snow Forty Feet Deep on Oak River
Durango Colorado February 22 in the worst snow blockade since 1884. Snow continues to fall with twelve hour totals about a foot, three feet on the level. The Alamosa branch of the Denver Rio Grande shows forty feet drifts and up to fifteen feet on Cumbria Pass. Train service paralyzed and 150 smelter workers laid off as ore trains cannot pass.
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Durango
Colo
Alamosa
Denver & Rio Grande
Cumbrea Pass
American Smelting & Refinine Company
Boni’s Rome Forum finds reveal Bacchic rites after 186 BC
Rome reports Professor Boni disclosed to a select circle the latest Forum excavations. He traced the upper sacred way to a Byzantine Gothic fortification once thought to be Portius Margarita. Beneath a republican house he uncovered evidence of Bacchanalian practices including a room with seven coats of whitewash, fresco traces, inscriptions, 32 earthenware lamps, and other pottery. Additional finds include stucco ceilings of the Basilica Constantine and a marble pavement.
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Rome
Boni
Forum
Sacred Way
B. C
Witness to Fight Between Monitor and Merrimac Dies
Captain W H G Nymmo who commanded Island City a Civil War supply ship to the Monitor died at his Flushing Long Island home. He arrived at Hampton Roads the night before the Monitor met the Merrimac and was an eyewitness to the battle. Born in Virginia in 1830 he leaves a widow and seven children.
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New York
W. H. G. Nymmo
Island City
Flushing
L. I
Nymmo
Hampton Roads
Merrimac
Virginia
Unloaded Gun Causes Man’s Death in Bronx
Edward Staub, an engraver, died in the Bronx after being shot by Mrs. Mary Schmidheime. She reportedly pulled a trigger on a pistol she believed unloaded as Staub tested commands to shoot him. The weapon was described as dangerous and the incident occurred at Schmidheime’s home.
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New York
Edward Staub
Bronx
Staud
Mary Schmidheime
Staub
Sylvia Green to wed Matthew Astor Wilkes Tuesday
New York reports Miss Sylvia Green daughter of Mrs Hetty Green will marry Matthew Astor Wilkes at 11 oclock tomorrow morning. The couple plans an automobile departure after the ceremony as Mrs Green declines to confirm the announcement.
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New York
Sylvia Green
Hetty Green
Matthew Astor Wilkes
Wilkes
Essay by Mrs Owen D Evans wins Civil Service prize
Mrs Owen D Evans a Redcliffe graduate won a $100 prize for best original essay offered by the women’s auxiliary of the New York Civil Service Reform Association. The contest was open to colleagues from the Association of College Alumnae of New York. Evans’ essay analyzes Civil Service Conditions in Buffalo.
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Owen D. Evans
Redcliffe
Women's Auxiliary
New York Civil Service Reform Association
Aescoistion
State of New York
Evans
Buffalo
Treasury reports rising demand for one dollar bills
The treasury department notes an increased demand for one dollar bills. The report implies wider circulation and usage, reflecting consumer spending patterns and cash preferences amid evolving monetary activity.
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Treasury Department
Buffialo Express
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Peery
John Scowcroft & Sons Company
Huntsville
Woodcraft
Evening Standard
Relief Society of the Ogden Stake
Weber Academy Hall
Alf Uine
John Farr
E-Z-Money
Kelly
Geo. J. Kelly
I. L. Woodward
Green River
Wyoming
Woodward
P. A. Beck
Rock Springs
Chartle Gate
Clear Creek
Gillette Coal Co
West 27Th St
J. H. Kurtz
Ogden Sanitarium
Kurtz
Mr. Kurtz
Hooper
Nathan Biddolph
Hooper Meeting House
Hooper Cemetery
Salt Lake and State News
the Tribune
Cactus Mill
Rip van Winkle
King
Roosevelt
Baby
Alamosa Branch
Colorado
Bon
Basille Constantine
Monitor
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