Atlantic Fleet Arrives in Honolulu Harbor in Spectacle
The Atlantic battleship fleet completed another leg of its world cruise arriving off Honolulu with a grand spectacle as ships formed in column near Diamond Head. Pleasant weather prevailed with no incidents or accidents and crews reported good health throughout the voyage from San Francisco.
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Honolulu
Hawaiian Group of Islands
Diamond Head
Waikiki
Oahu
San Francisco
Prohibition Ticket Nominated for President and Vice President
Eugene W. Chafin of Chicago is named for President and Aaron S. Watkins of Ada, Ohio for Vice President by the Prohibition National Convention. Both nominees won unanimous support after a three ballot process, with Chafin securing 636 votes on the third ballot. Watkins is also a candidate for Governor in his state. The convention also adopted a brief platform of under 350 words.
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Chafin
Watkins
Columbus
Eugene W. Chafin
Chicago
Aaron S. Watkins
Ada
Ohio
Daniel R. Sheen
Peoria
Ill
New York
Indiana
Wisconsin
Crafin
Prohibition
Prohibition Party
Waukesha
Wis
Seattle Woman Wins $1000 Insurance After Dream Verdict
In January 1904 Mrs. Minnie Sullivan of Seattle increased her Life Insurance with the Women of Woodcraft and named her daughter Mrs. Rancipher as beneficiary. Though denied at first the supreme court last week affirmed a $1000 judgment in favor of Mrs. Rancipher after a two year lawsuit and debate over the policy.
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Tacoma
Wash
Minnie Sullivan
Seattle
Women of
Woodcraft
Rancipher
Supreme Court
Two are fatally shot in Portland apartment tragedy
Italian David Conelli shot Dolly Sharp and Delmar Peterkin at the Awahnee apartments. Both victims died, Conelli then killed himself in Clifford Leonard's residence after a pursuing crowd chased him for blocks. The crime left no living eyewitnesses. Peterkin was an electrician from Quebec.
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Clifford Leonard
Salmon Street
Conelli
St. Vincent's Hospital
Peterkin
Quebec
Canada
Arlington Club
Nurses defend intruder at St Luke's hospital dorm
A man climbed a fence to enter a nurses dorm at St Luke's hospital in San Francisco. Miss Ethel Gurr screamed as the intruder grabbed her hair. Thirty nurses burst in with pillows and attacked, scattering feathers as the intruder fled after breaking a window.
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San Francisco
St. Luke’s Hospital
Ethel Gurr
Miss Gurr
Socialists Arrested at Free Speech Demonstration
In Los Angeles on July 21 six men and two women were arrested at a street protest for free speech. Among the detainees were Cloudesley Johns, secretary of the Socialist League of Los Angeles, and BE A Campbell, pastor of a Pasadena Unitarian church, both linked to notable figures.
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Los Angeles
Cloudesley Johns
Socialist League of Los Angeles
Jack London
BE. A. Campbell
Pasadena
Machines to Pick Hops in Tehama County Yards
In Bo hemia Tehama County Horst Company yards machines will replace hop pickers. Last year 250 to 380 workers harvested the crop and this year five hop picking machines and a small crew will handle equally large crops.
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Redding
Cal
Horst Company
Bohemia
Tehama County
Carey Act Selection Approved in Idaho Lands
The Interior Department approves Carey act selection No 18 covering 27 023 acres in the Hailey and Blackfoot districts Idaho to be reclaimed by the Lost River Land and Irrigation Company.
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Washington
Interior Department
Hailey
Blackfoot
Idaho
Lost River Land & Irrigation Company
Tamper with Gold Coin Heads Gang Arrests in West
Charles Wieland led a counterfeit ring based in Los Angeles and Globe Arizona. Huen United States Secret Service agents seized tools and 44 forged $20 gold pieces. Fred Wieland and Edward Neaman also jailed in Tombstone for the elaborate coin tampering scheme.
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Charles Weiland
Los Angeles
Old Dominion
Globe
Arizona
Charles Wieland
Territorial
Tombstone
Fred Wieland
Edward Neaman
George W. Hazen
United States Secret Service
Hazen
Young Wieland
United States Mint
West Oakland Home Faces Possible Investigation Over Abuse Claims
In San Francisco two sisters from West Oakland Home accused staff of cruel punishment after fleeing from Oakland. The girls, detained at Juvenile Detention Home, showed marks of punishment and a likely inquiry is expected. The home is supported by Alameda county society women.
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Melissa van Wermer
West Oakland
San Francisco
Oakland
Bay
Alameda County
An Imagined Love Verse From William Wetmore Story
A fragmentary excerpt presents a dramatic romanced scene addressing Annie with longing and passion. The speaker laments misapplied affection while requesting sincere love after emotional storms. The tone resembles 19th century poetic speech with intimate address and heightened sentiment.
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Annie
William Wetmore
Poetic line about writing troubles and healing
A brief lament turns hopeful as the speaker recalls writing daily troubles then smiling on reading them years later. The fragment reflects resilience and memory through a line attributed to Johr. Boyle O'Reilly.
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Johr
Boyle O'Reilly
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Atlantic Fleet
Honolulu Harbor
Flower
NAVY
Orient
Dream
Sel
Dolly Sharp
Delmar Peterkin
Eugene V. Debs
United States
J. J. Kaufman’s
Kaupman
OSE ‘Furnisher
Epwarkb
George Everett
A. S. Hopepon
Moclips Beach
N. P
Ocean Beach
Pacific Ocean
Denver
United Mine Workers of America
Western Federation of Miners
Moyer
United Miners’ Organizations
Western Federation
George Hutchinson
Schilling
Herald Printery
East Wisheah ST
School House Hill
Bowes
Aberdeen State Bank
Harper
Kentucky
Fred Hewett
Humboldt
South F Street
Aberdeen, Wash
East Hume St
Aberdeen Livery & Transfer Co
J. F. Bennett
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