Valparaiso Earthquake Ruins Chilean City And Fires
News from Valparaiso Chile reports two massive earthquake shocks around 8 pm causing widespread collapse of business districts, mounting fires, and chaotic rescue efforts. Destruction spreads to Bella Vista and Nob Hill areas with trains halted and communications severed.
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Valparaiso
Chile
Galveston
Texs
Santiago
Geveral
Bella Vista
Peoria
Yran
Coquimbo
Nob Hill
San Francisco
Free lunches spoiled in Chicago saloon meat operation
Food Inspector Murray raided a barn at 24 Illinois Street owned by William Davidson finding decayed pork and beef being processed into free lunches for saloons. The raid followed a cold storage warehouse seizure where 2,500 pounds of unfit meat was found, and Davidson and six workers were arrested for health violations.
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Chicago
Murray
Illinois Street
William Davidson
Awful
Davidson
Illinios Street
No Action On Army Canteen
Minneapolis August 18 The Grand Army of the Republic encampment shows slim chances of abolishing the canteen at old soldiers homes or erecting a monument to Henry Wirz as the resolutions committee did not prepare statements on these issues. Commander in Chief Tanner's faction remains strong and likely to discuss Wirz on the floor before adjournment. The Ladies of the Grand Army endorsed purchasing the McLean homestead at Appomattox to present to the government as a peace memorial.
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Minneapolis
Grand Army of the Republic
Henry Wirz
Committee On Resolutions
Oniet Tanner
Wirz
Ladies of the Grand Army
McLean Henare
Appomatox
Lea
Grant
Palmist Professor Arrested After Public Altercation
Walla Walla reports professor Grant Chesterfield a palmist and clairvoyant jailed for public drunkenness and abusive language toward his bride of three weeks. A Dayton woman once consulted him for a fortune and married him soon after, with the couple later traveling to Boise before returning.
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Walla Walla
Grant Chesterfield
Dayton
Chesterfield
Oesterfield
Boise
Okanaogan to Host Big Electric Plant and Rail Lines
Spokane businessman A M Dewy and partners plan a 35000 horsepower power scheme on the Sinlahkin river in Conconully and seven dams along seven miles. They seek water rights of 8000 cubic feet and aim to light towns and power mines with electric railways linking to steam lines. Dewy expects to form a corporation after financing in the east.
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A. M. Dewy
Spokane
Okanogan County
Sinlanekin
Conconally
Sinlahesin
Winder
Sposase
Dewey
Sinlahkin River
Conconully
Okanogan
Great Northern
East
Spokane Chronicle
Standard Oil price cut sparks talks of oil field shutdowns
Tulsa, Aug 18. Robert Galbraith, a leading operator in the territory, warned that Standard Oil's three cent price reduction could halt operations and force the closing of wells presently in operation. The remark blends with a proverb about making the world anew.
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Tulsa
I. T
Robert Galbraith
Standard Oil Company
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