Salt Lake notes and Utah news items compiled
The Vernal Express reports on Salt Lake City's brass band all Indies, fund progress for the Commercial club building, Lehi store robbery suspects, Juab County valuation, Utah coal tar factory in Salt Lake City, Lehi Weber debate victory, Ogden street car accident injuries, Orden chamber quarters, Knights of Pythias convention, pool hall shooting near Kimberly, wool grower corporation forming, Oliver Noe suicide, antitoxin distribution start, Jon Sullivan prison attack, Attic school deaf convention, Mexican murderers death sentence upheld, good roads mass meeting, sugar beets exhibit, Edwin Snelgrove suicide, bold daylight slot robbery, Grant Patterson scaffold accident.
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Salt Lake City
Lehi
Juab County
Utah
Lehi Tabernacle
Lehi High School
Weber High School
Ogden
Trederick Collins
Orden Chamber of Commerce
The
Knights of Pythias Grand Domain
Utth Wool Growers’ Association
Oliver Noe
Douglas
State Board of Health
Jon Sullivan
Tord
Salt Lake
Sullivan
Highest Court of
Mexico
George Nose
Guanajuato
Rose
Weber
Davis
Publc
Utah Idaho Sugar Company
Abraham Goodmanson
Edwin S Snelgrove
Utah Association of Credit Men
Grant Patterson
Park City
Five Thousand Homeless From Historic Floods Across Texas
Floods and heavy rain stretched from Fort Worth to Muskogee and Austin, washing out roads and damaging crops. Seven dead in Fort Worth area with thousands homeless as Trinity River rose dramatically. Oklahoma rail lines halted. Texas towns reported unroofed houses and impassable streets. Local authorities urged aid for the homeless.
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Fort Worth
Tex
North Fort Worth
Trinity River
Hart
Muskogee Okla
Oklahoma
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Dufaula
Guthrie
Austin
Texas
Panhandle
Gulf
Sunda
Evangelism Rally for Laboring Men in Kansas City
A big Sunday mass meeting at Convention Hall featured Rev Charles Stelzele superintendent of the Presbyterian committee on church and labor Governor Molk of Missouri and John B Lennon AF of L treasurer. Stelzele urged union and nonunion workers to attend while a large audience listened attentively to the speakers.
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Kansas City
Convention Hall
Charles Stelzele
Presbyterian Committee of Church and Labor
Molk
Missouri
John B Lennon
American Federation of Labor
Ti Stelzete
Storm strikes as merchant killed sheltering under tree
Howard, a wealthy St Louis commission merchant and Glen Echo Golf Club member, was struck dead by lightning while taking shelter under a tree during a heavy rainstorm Sunday afternoon. He had been playing golf in the western part of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Louis
Wfp Howard
Howard
Glen Echo
Fatal Frisco Street Car Collision Kills Salesman
Two crowded trolley cars crashed at Devisadero and Sacramento near a steep hill in broad Sunday afternoon traffic. Travel salesman Henry Baer died. twenty others injured, including a family and several Berl cuss. Injured taken to St Francis Hospital. most expected to recover. The car on Devisadero derailed and sped downhill out of control.
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San Francisco
Devisadero
Sacramento
Henry Baer
St Trancis
Daviendero
Enlarged Homestead Bill Shelved by House Action
Washington reports that the Mondell Smoot enlarged homestead bill was killed for this session as the House refused to return the conference report. Representative Reeder of Kansas urged action to lay the bill on the table, but Speaker Cannon intervened to aid western interests.
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Washington
Mondell Smoot
Congress
House
Reeder
Kansas
Cannon
Morrell Airship Crash Injures 16 at Berkeley Trial
In Berkeley near Oakland a Morrell airship at 11:40 on a trial flight collapsed from about 300 feet. Sixteen aboard, including five engineers, photographers, inventor C A Morrell, and an Australian aeronaut, were injured. many faced broken bones and internal injuries as crowds of 10 000 witnessed the disaster.
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Oakland
Cal
Berkeley
C A Morrell
Inventor's Airship Crashes at Ball Ground Crowd Panic
Toledo based inventor O Ro3 Knabenshue and his new airship capable of carrying three passengers failed on its second flight. He tried to land in a baseball park during a game causing the craft to strike the fence behind the bleachers. Propel ers and gear were damaged and the airship will be out of service for several days.
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Toledo
Public Building Funds Allocated Across Four States
Conferees on the omnibus public building bill report to the senate detailing allocations. Utah receives 175.00 for Salt Lake enlarging with 4 060 000 for land. Park City site 25 000. Logan 209 000. Boise 125 000. Pocatello 10 000. Nevada 75 000. Wyoming 85 000 increase. Spring 75 000. Landel 115 000. Casper 10 000. Douglas 10 000.
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Washington
Publc
Senate
Salt Lake
Park City
Idaho
Boise
Pocatello
Nevada
Wyoming
Landel
Casper and
Douglas
President urged Salt Laker for Tokyo World Fair post
A Utah delegation told President Roosevelt on Saturday to appoint Hot Sherman of Salt Lake City as a commissioner to the Tokyo international world fair. The President said the endorsement would be considered and advised the delegation to seek Secretary Root’s action, which they did.
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Salt Laker
Tokyo Fair
Salt Lake City
Ierald
Washington
Utth
Roosevelt
Bouquet worth $4 19871 given to Mother Loretta in Chicago
A record bouquet valued at 4 19871 dollars was sent to Mother Loretta of the House of the Good Shepherd in Chicago. The gift from the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Good Shepherd included a hidden certified check for 4 19871 dollars among multicolored Breechpeas.
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Chicago
Loretta
House of the Good Shepherd
Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Good Shepherd
P Cavanaugh
Governor Sparks Dies After Strain From Nevada Session
Governor John Sparks died after weeks of overwork and nervous strain from Nevada's late fall legislature extra session. He faced illness while surrounded by his wife and four children, saying he was ready to go. Born in Mississippi on August 30, 1843, Sparks moved to Nevada in 1863 and built cattle and cotton holdings before serving as governor in 1902 and 1906.
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Iteno
Nevada
John Sparks
Sparks
Mississippi
Texas
D W. Dickerson
Guaranty Fund Drawn Upon After Bank Collapse
Oklahoma banking commissioner smocked took charge of the International Bank of Colgate within an hour of a banking law trigger. Depositors were protected as cash and funds in other banks totaled $22 000 short of deposits. The commissioner used the new provision to tap the state guaranty fund and cover insured deposits after exhausting bank cash. A 1 percent tax on average annual deposits funds the guaranty pool for insolvent banks.
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Guthris Ohla
H If Smock
Okklahoma Banking
International Bank of Colgate
Tte
Oklahoma
Memorial Day Remembrance Calls for Inspiring Tribute
Memorial Day should be a day of hopeful tribute to union soldiers not mourning. The essay urges flowers, songs, and reverent rites at gravesites and public gatherings, celebrating sacrifice with uplift and fellowship. It recalls God's acres graves, Grand Army veterans, and a nationwide rite of remembrance.
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Grand Army
Campaign Publicity Bill Passes House With Crumpacker Amendment
Washington bill on campaign contributions advances in the House by 160 to 125 vote. The Crumpacker amendment would reduce congressional representation in southern states and faces uncertainty in the Senate. The measure sets contribution limits and seeks to curb fraudulent registrations while supplying data for representation cuts.
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Washington
House
Crumpacker
Senate
Congress
Crumpicker
Washington Northward Expulsion Bid Closer to Closure
Washington observers say no action against Representative George L Lilley is contemplated after the special commission submitted its report on charges against Lilley and Electric Boat. The committee findings were read on the floor and sparked speculation that a resolution of expulsion could be based on the report.
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Washington
George L Lilley
Connecticut
Speaker Cannon
Mu Lilley
Electric Boat Company
House
Litlier
Coal Miners of Southwest Return to Work After Strike End
Thirty five thousand coal miners from Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas members of the United Mine Workers of America will return to work at once. The convention ratified an agreement reached by a sub committee and an adjourned late tonight. Prices and conditions to remain the same as last year.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
United Mine Workers of America
Far
Chicago Women Plan Entertainment for Delegates’ Wives
A four member committee led by Catherine Vaughn McCulloch seeks to entertain the wives and daughters of Republican National convention delegates and national committee members, writing to Chairman Upham with plans for a fall program in Chicago.
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Chicago
Catherine Vaughn
McCulloch
Upham
Wartime Photograph Remembers a Young Drummer
A faded recollection from a veteran about marching days and a drum, recalling youth and a nickname baby of the regiment. He muses on aging into a grandfather while insisting the memory stays vivid and stubborn.
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Kimberly
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Granpa
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