Court declares hotel liabilities law unconstitutional
In Ritzville Washington Judge W T Warren struck down the act regulating inns hotels and boarding houses finding it unconstitutional and noting the title failed to specify protection and penalties. Allen Davis was freed after being charged with a $10 board bill, establishing a precedent against such debt imprisonment.
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Ritzville
Wash
W. T. Warren
District Court
Allen Davis
L. P. Martin
Warren
State of Washington
United States
St John Freed as Charges Dropped in Telluride Riot Case
Vincent St John former Telluride miners’ union leader and Western Federation figure is released after Colorado prosecutors drop all charges. District Judge Stevens ordered his immediate release as DA Selig says evidence was weak and no trial. St John had faced years of arrest linked to the 1900 strike riot and Burnham killing.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Vincent St. John
Telluride Miners’ Union
Western Federation of Miners
St. John
Selig
Stevens
Telluride
Burnham
Idaho
Steunenberg
Colorado
President Likely Withdraws Coal Lands From Entry
Washington reports the president plans to withdraw all unentered coal lands from entry under current land laws. He is expected to ask Congress to change statutes by special message, while effecting a temporary withdrawal in the interim.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Chilliwack Wins Top District Fair Honors at New Westminster
Awards for district exhibits at the New Westminster fair were presented Saturday afternoon. Chilliwack captured the perpetual challenge shield donated by Sir Thomas Dewar, the $500 cash prize from the fair, and the diploma. Langley took the $400 second prize and Richmond the third.
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New Westminster
B. C
Chillawack
Thomas Dewar
Fair Management
Langley
Richmond
Oregon teachers favor single board for normal schools
At Salem Oregon on October 8 the department of superintendence of the state teachers association voted to place all state normal schools under one controlling board. A few superintendents reserved decision and abstained.
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Salem, Or
Department of Superintendence
State Teachers’ Association
Literary Gossip and Notable Bookish Antics
The piece lists Flora Annie Steel's Wales set novel The Sovereign Remedy, Mark Twain autograph pranks, and General Greeley’s Polar Discoveries handbook. It notes Booth Tarkington as a practical joker, a Nassau Magazine editor tale, and various quips about getting literary fame through shortcuts and public stunts.
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Flora Annie Steel
Wales
Mark Twain
A. W. Greeley
United States Army
Pacific Division
San Francisco
Little, Brown & Co
Boston
Booth Tarkington
Canaan
Princeton
Nassau
Tarkington
Tennyson
Washington
Dying girl's vision foretells father's fate in canal death
In Ac crington Lancashire a gravely ill young woman predicted the location of her father Isaac Marsden's body. At Stevenson street he vanished suddenly and was later found in the water at Aspen bridge Oswaldtwistle. The daughter, 25, died about an hour after the prediction.
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Accrington
Lancashire
Isaac Marsden
Stevenson Street
Marsden
Bonds of friendship and memory in shared hardship
A stitched verse fragment recalls Gen. C. G. Halpine and Private Miles O Reilly sharing rations and peril in war. The poem contrasts soldiers' camaraderie with elite glass and gold, then cites Scott's portrayal of patriotic defiance and moral worth.
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C. G. Halpine
Miles O'Reilly
Bevy of Egyptian Village Damsels At Work By River
A depiction of Egyptian peasant women carrying water from the river in loose blue garments and veils. The scene highlights their poised posture, headloads of water jars, and practical head carriage developed from field labor, with occasional visible facial tattoo designs.
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Burke
Rebekah
A Cup of Tea and Social Etiquette in Tea Rooms
A London Sketch writer notes that a man buying tea can be a tragedy or comedy depending on his sex. He approaches the shop timidly, sits near the drafty door, and asks for tea while a wary waitress decides how tips influence service and the interaction.
The Fella h’s Yokemate and the Delta Maidens
A fragment from a Fortnightly Review piece describes village life in the Nile Delta. It sketches child labor by peasant girls in farming tasks, water-wheel work, tending goats, collecting firewood, building duties, and selling water at railway stations. The text also anecdotes tea shop manners and a secretary Taft hoax tale, ending with a proverb about appearances and value.
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Serapis
Mother Nile
Cairo
Delta
Smits M D Physician and Surgeon Card
Professional card for Dr. Smits a physician and surgeon with offices at Aberdeen General Hospital and Crowther Wooding block Aberdeen Washington. Practice limited to eye ear nose and throat. Office hours vary by location and include mornings and evenings with telephone contacts 614 and 135. Office rooms over Elk Pharmacy Aberdeen WA.
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Crowther-Wooding Block
G and Heron Streets
ELK& Pharmacy
Aberdeen
Wash
Mapes Office Hours in Kaufman Block Rooms
D J A Mapes sets office hours from 9 to 11 a m 2 to 3 8 and 7 to 8 p m in rooms 5 and 6 Kaufman Block contact tel 1753 Aber.
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Kaufman Block
Aber
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Adams County
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Women of
Illinois
Federation of Women's Clubs of Illinois
Seward
Robert S. Dunn
Dora
Bogoslav
Higest Point
New York
Chicago Record- Herald
Sir Walter Scott
Mardam
Dien
Grantta Joke
Taft
Sir Richard Owen
Pembroke Lodge
Sir Richard
Lord John Russell
Ile
Lord Job
Grant
Laret
Smith
D* Watkins
McNiven
D. J. A. Mapes
Deen, Wash
Everett E. Lane, D. D. S
Hayes & Hayes
C. Cross
Attorney AT Law
Zelaska Block
E. H. Fox
Rrobert E. Taggart
Dabney Block
Continental Saloon O. C. Vammen
G Street
Heron, Wash
Humboldt Saloon
Fred Hewett
South F Street
Aberdeen, Wash
Andrew Blum
W. Johnston Transfer Co
S. P Street
Roslyn Coal
J. M. Lupton, Mer
Cor. H. and
Hume
A, Ingebrightsen
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Ocosta
H. B. Elder
N. P. Ry
A. D. Charlton
N. P. Ry. Co
Portland, Oregon
Canadian Pacific
Minneapolis
St. Pau
Duluth
Fort William
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
P. S. Locke
John Halstead
Pacific Ave
Central Restaurant
M. Antich
Prop
Heron
Wishkah
Fred Redinger
Pioneer Barber Shop
Heron Street
Free City
Cit Y Hall
M. J. Walker
Wm. Ziegler
Boot and Shoemaker
Jeff
William Ziegler
Northern Hotel
Alfred T. Carlson
NEW Management
Wishkah Street
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