Hearst Plans Northwest Campaign Tour for Governor Bid
New York dispatch notes William Randolph Hearst will likely tour the Pacific Northwest during the campaign to reach voters beyond his newspaper circulation. He aims to present his doctrines in person, focusing on a strong navy and opposition to Chinese and Japanese immigration, with appearances planned in California Oregon Washington and the Far West.
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New York
Wm. R. Hearst
Pacific Northwest
Pacific
Atlantic
Hearst
California
Oregon
Washington
Far West
Berkeley Queen Contest Sees Columbia Wreck Heroine
Miss Maybelle Watson of Berkeley has been chosen to represent Berkeley in Alameda County exposition and carnival queen contest for heroism during the Columbia wreck near Eureka. She aided drowning passengers, calmed frightened travelers, supported a survivor for hours, and helped others don life preservers before the George Elder disaster scene, earning Carnegie Medal praise and gifts after survivors were rescued at Port land. At Bellingham Washington Mrs KR F Barlow shoots a wild cat raiding poultry, wounding it in two attempts with a .38 revolver. the cat weighed about 65 pounds.
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San Francisco
Aung
Maybelle Watson
Columbia
Fureka
Berkeley
Watson
George Elder
Miss Watson
Portjland
Bellingham
Wash
KR. F. Barlow
Sailors Strike Delays Yaft Cargo Run for Australia
In San Francisco on August 11 the bark Yaft planned to sail for Puget Sound to load timber for Australia, but the crew quit and went ashore as owners offered $25 monthly instead of $45. The Sailors Union says it will seek a pan union crew.
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San Francisco
Barkartine
James Taft
Puget Sound
Australia
Sailors’ Union
Yaft
Religious speaker cites US divorce trend at Winona Lake
Rev Arthur Rawes of Maori wood New Zealand told about 3000 at Winona Lake Assembly that fewer affinities and divorces among married women would be tattooed on the chin. He said he would ask President Roosevelt to push a bill through Congress once he heads to Washington.
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Warsaw
Ind
United States
Arthur Rawes
Maoriwood
N. Z
Winona Lake
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Skagit Coroner Free After Supreme Court Ruling
The Washington Supreme Court reversed the extortion conviction of Skagit County Coroner G L Wainwright. He had been fined 500 dollars and sentenced to three months in jail for demanding 100 dollars from Sam Eckstrom to avoid a inquest into the death of McGowan. The court ruled the charge invalid or insufficient.
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Olympia, Wesh
Supreme Court
G.L. Wainwright
Skagit County
McGowan
Sam, Eckstrom
Eckstrom
Waitsburg flour mill set world record for flour making
Read of grain crops in Eastern Washington and a variety of regional notes. Waitsburg achieves a remarkable two mile journey from grain to biscuit in 22 minutes as a dozen workers witness the feat. Other items include politics in King County and a 100th birthday celebration in Seattle.
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Washington
King County
James Bennett
Chehalis
Board of Equalization
Chehalis County
A. J. Blethen
Seattle Times
National Democratic Committee
Northern Pacific
Sunnyside
Angelina Taylor Grow Myers
Seattle
Galusha Grow
House of Representatives
Clara R. Moore
W. E. Moore
Kalama
Portland
O. C. Imus
Imus
Spokane
Northwest
Kay Nakagawa
Washeda University
Japan
American Lake
South Tacoma
Northwest Washington Pioneers’ Association
Bellingham
Whatcom County
Ezra Meeker
Senator Piles
Natorium Park
Big Joe
Railway Employers’ Club
Hugh Lloyd
Government Survey Service
Grays Harbor
McMahon
Lloyd
Washington Forestry Associaaion
Federic
Ellis Morrison
Hedgar H. Libby
Clarkson
Navarre
Wenatchee
C. H. Bailey
C. M. Williams
Header
Hresher
Waitsburg
Picnic Trick and Mexican Plant Needle Thread
A lighthearted picnic prank suggests hiding oil and vinegar in one bottle to provoke debate before revealing a clever pouring trick. The text also notes a Mexican plant whose leaves yield ready made needles and fibers that twist into a strong thread, claimed to hold five pounds.
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Mexico
Chicago News
Riddle: Choirmaster or Lady’s Dress Difference
A truncated joke compares a choirmaster who trains the choir with a dress that acquires a train. A farmer and a dressmaker line ends with a pun about gathering while work and attire hinge on trains.
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helps Woman After Seven Years
Mrs Sallie French of Pancamila Indiana Territory writes of seven years of female troubles and nervou s debility. She credits Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound with restoring her health and offers a confident testimonial.
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Lydia KE. Pinkham
Sallie French
Pancamila
Ind. Ter
Mrs. Pinkham
Saturday Washerwomen and Eating Lines
An old column combines humorous observations about sayings and games. It jokes about a washerwoman and the week’s end, claims the greatest eating feat involves bolting a door and swallowing a story, and explains the outdoor ring-toss game Hook Em Sniffy with tree hooks or poles and scoring by hook numbers.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Wordplay and quick quips from a rural humor page
A collection of light jokes and a short scene from Dot and her aunt. The items include a pun about a poultry dealer and fowl means, clergy as brakemen, soldiers in a standing army, a tramp’s coat and insomnia, plus Dot forgets a cake line told by her aunt and mother.
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Dottie
Dot
Mamma
Canary Bird Whistles Without Puckering Bill Quip
In a humorous aside, Dot comments on a canary that whistles clearly despite not puckering its bill. The remark highlights the bird's surprising vocal clarity in a light, anecdotal tone.
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Dot
A Hundred Years From Now Poem Imagines Future Childhood
A poem reflects on a shop window display of children in period dress and ponders how girls and boys will be clothed and fed a century hence. It questions future fashion, foods, ice cream, and children’s books with a nostalgic view, ending noting cannot conceive them more beautiful than today.
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St. Nicholas
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Washington News
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A. S. Hopsoon
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Pacific Ocean
Lydia FE
Pinkham
Conundrums
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Herald
Herald Printery
Patterson & Locke Co
General Insurance Agents
L. L. Maley
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