North Coast Surveyors Busy With Large Force
North Yakima dispatch reports Robert E. Strahorn of the North Coast road says construction will resume in cool weather with a large force, staking near Priest Rapids and planning about 500 miles of line east of the city. He declined details on progress west of Wenatchee.
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United Press Service
North Yakima
Spokesman-Review
Robert E. Strahorn
North Coast Road
Columbia
Kennewick
Wenatchee
Priest Rapids
Tekoa
Consternation at Fort Hamilton Over Captain Haines Case
New York Aug 18 Sensations grow hourly in the killing of William Annis by Captain Peter Haines at Fort Hamilton. The post is in consternation fearing exposures and an inquest that could trigger transfers. Officers report a prior attempt by Haines to kill his wife.
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United Press Service
New York
Peter Haines
Wm. Annis
Ft. Hamilton
Annis
Haines
Navarre Suggested for State Land Commissioner Post
The article profiles I A Navarre a longtime resident since 1873 a lawyer judge and civil engineer praised as a pioneer and progressive citizen with broad familiarity across Yakima Kittitas King and other counties His experience in land selection irrigation mining and railroad construction is cited and his broad support from Chelan and eastern Washington voters urged for the next commissioner of public lands.
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I. A. Navarre
Idaho Line
Oregon
British Columbia
Olympia
Washington
Chelan County
Sherman Receives National Nomination for Vice President
Utica New York August 18 12 30 PM James S Sherman notified by Senator Burrows of Michigan as Republican nominee for vice president. Thousands gather in salute firing nineteen guns and marching to Sherman home where Secretary Root and others cheer. Sherman endorses Taft platform and declares himself a practical protectionist.
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Utica
New York
James S. Sherman
Burrows
Michigan
Sherman
Root
Chicago
William H. Taft
Taft
Ten Reasons Navarre Should Be Elected
The piece lists ten reasons endorsing Navarre for state office, highlighting qualifications in land, law, economics, and civil engineering. It praises stability, integrity, sober judgment, public confidence, and support for education, noting The Daily World as a key advertising medium.
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Navarre
Businessmen condemn riot in Springfield meeting
At a joint chamber of commerce gathering in Springfield on August 18, eight hundred members of the business men's association adopted strong resolutions denouncing rioting and pledging hearty public support to officials pursuing the guilty.
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United Press Service
Springfield, Ill
Chamber of Commerce
Business Men’s Association
Card of Thanks for Infant Son Death Aid and Flowers
Mr and Mrs I R Brubak thank friends and neighbors for help during illness and death of infant Paul Raymond and for the flowers.
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Paul Raymond
I. R. Brubak
Earthquake Shocks Calmed Eureka with Damaged Court House
Two distinct tremors struck Eureka California at 3 am causing widespread alarm. Buildings rocked chimneys collapsed and dishes shattered as residents fled in night attire. The courthouse suffered severe damage including Minerva statue’s arm breaking and a spear piercing the roof. Plate glass shattered in business districts. The quake rivaled the San Francisco event in severity.
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United Press Service
Eureka
Cal
Minerva
San Francisco
Destructive Fire in San Francisco Wipes Out Shops
Fire swept a fashionable shopping district on Vanness avenue in San Francisco destroying property valued at 200000 dollars. Three women living above a store were pulled from danger before the building collapsed as twenty buildings suffered partial or total destruction caused by a gasoline can explosion.
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United Press Service
San Francisco
Vanness Avenue
Rail profits fall as lines report large year loss
The Southern and Union Pacific railroads publish annual statements revealing combined profits down by ten million dollars, a surprising depreciation that unsettles financial circles in New York.
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United Press Service
New York
Southern
Union Pacific Railroads
Lake steamer explosion kills and traps passengers
In Carp Lake near Petoskey Michigan the steamer Leslana Copec blew up in a boiler explosion on an overnight excursion. Three dead and many missing are reported with about fifty aboard. Passengers were trapped in staterooms and on deck as bodies were hurled into the water. Mrs Isabella Laberia of Traverse City died instantly.
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United Press Service
Petoskey
Mich
Carp Lake
Leslana Copec
Isabella lLaberia
Traverse City
Milwaukee Road Making Rapid Headway
Chicago official says through service will begin on the Pacific coast extension late next year. The project will set railroad building records with 115 miles of track and 117 bridges in one stretch, described as world beating railroad construction.
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United Press Service
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee
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Lake Mohonk
N. Y
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Evans
Sister
Tacoma
William Kitely
Louise Hanson
Wenatchee Electric Co
Columbia Valley Bank
F.H. Brand
M. D
Schmidt Litho 1Rand Company
Seattle
O.uwa
Frank J. Sullivan
Schmidt Lithograph Co
AL Navarre
He Arcot
Roosevelt
The
Daily World
California
Milwaukee Road
the World Printery
Wenatchee FE
Raymund Belick
Shatsale Wenatchee Drug Coo
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