G N Engineers Begin Final Survey for Wenatchee Oroville Rail Link
A party of seven Great Northern engineers led by J J Cryderman arrives in Wenatchee to start final survey work for a branch line to connect the city with Oroville. They discuss route options and favor the river’s west side to avoid multiple bridges and reduce costs, with a camp planned about sixteen miles upriver.
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Great Northern
Oroville
J. J. Cryderman
Columbia River
Columbis
Okanogan River
Colum'ia
Columbia
Nadeau resigns as Northern Pacific agent in Seattle
I A Nadeau resigns after years as local general agent for the Northern Pacific to become salaried vice president and executive head of the Seattle chamber of commerce He will head the chambers publicity bureau The Northern Pacific has not announced his successor in Seattle
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Seattle
I. A. Nadeau
The
Northern Pacific
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Nadeau
Chamber
Train Wreck Kills Seven of One Family Near Sunbury
Seven members of the Neidig family died when a Philadelphia and Reading RR train wreck occurred at Hass Crossing near Sunbury Pennsylvania. GC W Neidig 63 Clarence Neidig 41 Silas Neidig 365, sons. Mrs Clarence Neidig 30 and children Mary 4 Blanche 6 Gilbert 2.
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Sunbury
Philadelphia and Reading
Hass Crossing
W. Neidig
Clarence Neidig
Silas Neidig
Mary
Blanche
Gilbert
Tragedy at railroad crossing maims seven kin
A wagon carrying seven persons led by UC W Neidig was struck by an express train while crossing railroad tracks en route to Augaatville. The collision hurled and mangled the occupants, with severe injuries reported.
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UC. W. Neidig
Augaatville
Seven Pers Sons
Peabody Expected To Resign From Mutual Life Soon
New York reports confirm Charles A. Peabody may not remain Mutual Life president for more than a few months. The eight suit against former President Richard A. McCurdy and associates looms, with McCurdy vowing a fierce defense and to spare no one in his reply to the trustees. Andrew Fields, in seclusion, is rumored to aid McCurdy with supporting facts.
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New York
Charles A. Peabody
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Matual
Peabody
Mutual
Richard A. McCurdy
Robert H
Charles H. Raymond
Andrew Fields
Legislative J
the Mutual
Armstrong Investigating Commission
McCurdy
Rockefeller gifts aid to Lakewood hospital and California estate purchase
John D Rockefeller celebrates his grandson’s birth by donating 1 to St James hospital, with Mother Virginia accepting the gift and sending acknowledgments. In Pasadena he buys the Reed estate Carmelita on eleven acres near Orange Grove Avenue, reportedly to spend at least two months yearly in California.
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Lakewood
N. J
John D. Rockefeller
St James Hospital
Sisters of St. Joseph
Rockefeller
Marshall Yield, Jr
Virginia
Cleveland
Mrs. Field
Pasadena
Cal
Reed
California
Orange Grove Avenue
Attorney Jerome Plans of His Own Amid Campaign Finance Scrutiny
New York March 6. District Attorney Jerome rebuffs Justice O Sullivan and says he will prosecute insurance cases his own way or not at all. He plans to have a judge sit as committing magistrate and subpoena George W. Perkins and others to question contributions by New York Life Insurance and related firms. The grand jury continues under O Sullivan and may indict. Andrew S. Hamilton's testimony is sought to reveal who guided the money.
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George B. Vortelyoa
Republican National Committee
Carielina N. Bleisz
Aregsurer
Justice O'Sullivan
Andrew 5. Hamilton
Germans Secretly Investigate Meat
Berlin March 26 The Deutsche Tageblatt says an undercover Chicago slaughterhouse reporter exposed revolting conditions in American packing houses. The piece claims tainted meats killed thousands in the Spanish American War and urges readers to read The Jungle. It argues Germany should curb American packing products.
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Berlin
The
Deutsche Tageblatt Will
Germany
Chicago
Tagebatt
United States
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Wenatchee
Goon
Fruit Farm
L. V. Wells
John D
Carmelita
Acres
Helen Hunt Jackson
Ramona
Jerome
Bliss and
Cartely
Justice O. Sullivan
Cam
Consul
Arthur Gunn
Bousquet and Holm
Dimity
H.l.wiester
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