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Newspaper

Centralia Weekly Chronicle

Location

Centralia, Washington, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1912

Page

3

Richeson Seeks Rehearing Over Mental State Claim

Boston January report states Rev Richeson plans a rehearing arguing mental instability caused his guilty plea to murder in the first degree. If granted, case returns to higher court. President Horr of Newton Theological Institution denounces Richeson as a traitor to God and man.

United Boston J¢t Coung Rev Richeson Supreme Judicial Court Richemag George E. Horr Newton Theological Institution Horr Violet Edmands Richegan Geoundrel Miss Linnell

Chicago Braces Under Record Cold as Coal Costs Rise

United Press reports brutal January cold in Chicago with temperatures well below zero and coal prices up by one dollar per ton, intensifying suffering among the poor. Des Moines records twenty nine below zero, marking a regional cold snap.

Chicago Des Moines Iowa

Central Woman Dies This Morning In Snow Disablement

A local snow storm knocked many telephones out of service as linemen work around the clock to restore lines. The telephone company asks patrons to report outages with relay base numbers and names if service remains unavailable by evening.

Funeral for Mrs. Sarah Courter Held Sunday

Mrs. Sarah Courter 71, long time resident of the city, died at home after weeks of illness. The Church of Christ will host the services with Tev McCash officiating, burial in Washington Lawn Cemetery. Born April 29, 1840 in Indiana, she came west with her husband 22 years ago and lived in Oregon before settling here. Survived by husband and four sons, all residing in the city.

Sarah Courter Oregon Centralia

Germany slapped by France premier bid sparks defiance

PAS Jan. 12 Theophils DeKane has been offered the premier bid and is seriously considering accepting. His selection would be a defiance to Germany which demanded his official decapitation in 1970 and secured it. If DeKane accepts he will retain his post as minister of foreign affairs.

United Press PAS Theophils DeKane Germany Del¢ats

War basis planned for Hawaii defense posts

The secretary of war decided to place Hawaii on a war footing by transforming Schofield Barracks and Fort Shafter into a standing regiment post at an estimated total cost of about five million dollars. The text also notes a lighthearted remark about children and vacations when teachers are ill.

San Francisgo Secretary of War Department of Hawaii Schofield Barracks Fort Shafter

Wife's Bone Graft Saves Man's Leg in Unusual Operation

In St Louis a man named Fred Bottenhoff, injured in an auto collision, received a four inch by one and a half inch by one inch bone graft from his wife's leg to his own left leg after surgeons removed splintered bone. The wife offered the bone and doctors accepted the living graft.

ST. Louis Fred Bottenhof Bottenhoff Botten~hoff

Osler theory linked to crematory suicide in UK

United Press dispatch from San Francisco reports Dr Thomas Kiehner discussing the Osler theory in Britain. He claims the subject arranged engagements at a crematory before swallowing poison, detailing the method and location as part of a death by own action scenario.

San Francisco Tha ‘Osler Mthomna Kiehner

Testing Twelve Inch Mortars At Fort Totten Long Island

Fort Totten on the western end of Long Island Sound tests twelve inch mortars as part of New York defenses. Residents report strong concussions from the firing as photographers observe ground impact near the fort. The large guns fire 14 pound shells about two miles, with officers predicting the impact within a few feet.

New York Long Island Sound Fort Turten Long Keerett

Will Auction Harm Brown Properties in Chehalis

Sheriff Urquhart will auction the Harm & Brown Lumber Company properties in Chehalis on February 10 to satisfy two Lewis County Superior Court judgments. First, GD H Moss holds a fist mortgage for 24,081.38 dollars on the mill. Second, A T Krown C L Brown and Herbert Clark hold a second mortgage for 318,192.24 dollars.

Harm & Brown Lumber Company Chehalis Urquhart Lewis County GD. H. Moss A. T. Krown C. L. Brown Herbert Clark

How We Are Gouged by Socialist Lecturer

A fragmented item notes Gugens Wood, a socialist lecturer, expected to discuss “How We Are Gouged.” The report hints at socialists selecting irritating topics and mentions Eugene Wood and a talk on tariffs, business trust issues, and public reaction.

Gugens Wood Chehails Iyerim Eugene Wood Bii

George Hagerty Lecture and Sugar Gouge Debate

The piece contrasts socialist ideas with practical hopes for workers, urging solutions like affordable homes and reasonable work hours over lectures on politics. It notes Eugene Wood’s planned Glide theatre lecture on January 19 and mocks polite discourse, referencing sugar gouging and media contributions.

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