Bank Failure Triggers Riots and Deaths in Milwaukee Ave Bank
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank closes after a near million dollar deficit. Depositors, many foreigners and women, clash with police as two deaths occur and a cashier is sought for embezzlement. The Stensland family’s bank, organized in 1891, faced frantic scenes and an estimated shortage of 750000 to 1000000 dollars.
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Chicago
Milwaukee Avenue
Henry Ko2pke
Paul Q. Stensland
Theodore
St. Paul
Henry W. Herring
Family Bank
Stensland
Northwest Side
Boys Kill An Aged Man For Thirty Cents In Oregon
Portlana Oregon August 7 1910 two boys aged about 15 later escaped from Washington Reform School murdered 70 year old William Powell a Civil War veteran near Cottage Grove after he refused to give up his last thirty cents They held him up at a railroad bridge one mile south of Cottage Grove around nine oclock at night
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Powell
Comstock
Seattle
San Francisco
Portlana
Ore
William Powell
Gettysburg
Cottage Gorge
Washington Reform School
Cottage Grove
Chelan County Board of Equalization Meets on Tax Rolls
The Chelan county assessor has extended the tax rolls and the board of equalization meets to hear complaints from property owners and adjust taxes. Attorney Hayden of the Great Northern railroad discusses the railroad assessment nearly doubling last year at about 14 000 per mile. Statewide railroad assessments rise under a joint agreement, and some opposition from railroad companies is anticipated. The board sessions span three days.
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Chelan County
Board of Equalization
Hayden
Great Northern Railroad
Largest pear deal in Yakima region seals 15000 box sale
C K Offner of Walla Walla Fruit and Produce Co bought 15000 boxes of Bar 1tt pears in the biggest local deal. Price was just over one dollar per box. Pears come from Parker Bottom growers and are of top quality. Two cars shipped Friday. rest to ship soon to eastern markets, mainly New York, with strong demand.
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North Yakima
C K Offner
Walla Walla
New York
President Fooled by the Cattle Kings in Nebraska Forest Reserve
The north Platte River region in Thomas County Nebraska, once declared a forest reserve in March, is exposed as mostly bare with about 100 box elder trees around water tanks. Settlers report notices blocking settlement while cattle interests push for广告 ing.
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Omaha
Neb
Platte River
Nebraska
Great Plains
Kings
Thomas County
General Strike in Russia Collapses Under Strain
St. Petersburg reports a failed general strike as printers and transit workers show split responses. Donetz miners and government powder mill staff strike amid railmen undecided. conservative papers resume amid government resistance.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Donetz
Srinoff
Weatinghouse
Novoe Vremya
Svet
Chiwaukum Power and Tunnel Company Water Right
The Chiwaukum River drop of 200 feet per mile for over nine miles could generate about 100000 horsepower and the operation is expected to begin at once. Named parties include Chiwaukum Power and Tunnel Company figures such as Gandler Kleinechimdt Delaloye and Oaslhour in connection with water rights.
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Chiwaukum
Monnay
Anug
Whooping cough party celebrated seventh birthday
Miss Fern Glewner of Cannon Street held a party for seven year old friends during an outbreak of whooping cough. Because many children were ill, only those who had the disease attended, and the event featured games between coughing spells.
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Palouse
Fern Glewner
Cannon Street
Gleisner
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Yakima
Garded As
Fiasco
Arthur Gunn
Wenatchee
Chiwaukum Water Right
Columbia River
Bousquet and Holm
HL. Wiester
Franklin
Wiester's
Ladies
Oxfords
Uable
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