Idaho News Roundup From Vernal Valley to Tripoli Front
Idaho reports show two thirds of deaths last month were under forty. State production gains include lead copper and gold. Doisa saloons closed by license refusals. Sandpoint inspected for meat compliance. A Portland businessman died on a train near Sunnyside. Jenson named Idaho dairy delegate to Milwaukee expo. Local fires, strikes, and a mountaintop gypsum project dominate regional updates.
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Dorse
Geological Survey
Portland
Cheyenne
L C Mariison
Sunnyside
P Jenson
Nampa
Idaho
Milwaukee
Willam Montgomery
Keith, & Curran Contractors
Indian Valley
Jud Moore
Ada County
Boise
Doyis Ranch
N Lyons
Quartzburg
Lyons
Tdoise
Wallace
Alfaira
State Tank of Commerce
Ralton Daniels
Mra aAichie Daniels
Daniels
Eat Mountain
Montpelier Canyon
Four Milena
Montpelier
State Historical Department
William HW Bunn
John I. Neal
John T Morrison
W T Stafford
Gooding
Charles Alexander
Jerome
Charles Rowley
Rowley
Italy Rules Tripoli With Wailed Hand
Italian authorities seized Tripoli declaring martial law with Admiral Borea d Olmo issuing a siege proclamation. Guards patrol consulates around the clock as harbors are searched and the city’s post office displays Italian coats of arms.
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Tripoli
Italy
Italy launches broad assault to end Turkish rule in Africa
Reports from Rome say Italy seeks the destruction of Turkish authority across Tripolitan and Cyrenician coasts. Bombardments silence forts at Tripoli Bomba Tirza Benghazi Derna Tombruk and blue jackets raise the flag. Constantinople plans action to expel Italian residents and lifts press censorship on military telegraphs.
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Romne
Italy
Turkey
Tripoli
Tripolitan
Constantinople
Council of Ministers
Taft Defends Supreme Court In Salt Lake City Speech
President Taft defended the U S Supreme Court against political attacks after a Salt Lake Commercial Club banquet. He urged tolerance toward officials, denounced muckrakers, and insisted only pure motives should be ascribed to executive officers until proven otherwise. The oration followed his western trip and touched on government business relations.
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Salt Lake City
Commercial Club
Taft
United States Supreme Court
United States
Salt Lake Commercial Club
Taft Promises Action on Public Lands for Settlers
President Taft pledged to push congress at the next session to dispose of some public lands difficulties without harming conservation. Former Idaho Governor Brady proposed bringing thirteen western governors to Washington to discuss the issue. Taft noted grievances include short payment times, tenure length, and delayed title transfer after five years, and he calmed concerns with assurances of legislative action. Senator Borah and former Governor Grady joined the Idaho swing, as Taft addressed thousands in Pocatello and nearby towns.
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Boise
Idaho
Brady
Taft
Washington
Congress
Mr. Taft
Pocatello
United States
Borah
Grady
Murderer's Wife Divorced in Cedar Rapids
Mrs Zee Varney Webster, wife of Di Harry Webster the confessed slayer of his third wife, was granted a divorce in Cedar Rapids on Friday. The case centers on the murder connected to LC Webster.
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Cedar Rapids, Ia
Zee Varney Webster
di Harry
LC Webster
Hig
President’s Salt Lake visit highlights rail trust controls
The address emphasizes federal control of trusts and combinations while detailing agricultural development. The president spent fifteen hours in Salt Lake City meeting at the Tabernacle, speaking to a fairground crowd, visiting the Alta club, Fort Douglas officers, and a Commercial club banquet, with thousands arriving statewide.
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United States
Federal Coutro
Salt Lake Flxteen
Tabernacle
Fair Grounds
Alta Club
THREE TOWNS SWEPT AWAY IN WISCONSIN FLOOD
Black River Falls and neighboring towns Dlack River Malls Slatheld and North Bend are reported nearly destroyed with dozens of homes gone and crops ruined. A dam break at Hatfield triggers massive losses for La Crosse Power Co, and widespread homelessness threatens in the valley.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Dlack River
Slatheld
North Bend
Lfe
Blackiver
Notth Head
la Crosse Power Company
Hatfield
Floods in the Southwest devastate Durango and nearby towns
A severe storm brings historic flooding across Durango Colorado and northern New Mexico. Miles of railroad track are washed away. Arbcles New Mexico is destroyed with several missing. Nuavajo Indians village near Farmington swept away. Basfield Ignacio inundated. residents flee to hills as mines flood and lives feared.
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Durango
Colo
Colorado
New Mexico
Tarmington
Basfield
Ignacio
Peace Efforts Rise in Turkey Italy Between Lines
Telegraphs from Constantinople report Turkey pressing for peace with Italy. W R Rockhill to influence Taft on timely accord while Russia offers mediation. Meanwhile Mec Namara brothers murder case moves filings. novelist Philip Mighels wounded in shotgun accident.
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London
Constantinople
Turkey
Daily Chronicle
W W. Rockhill
Taft
Italy
Rockhill
Pacific
Pash
Ruasin
United States
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Germany
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Times
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Reno
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