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Newspaper
Centralia Weekly Chronicle
Location
Centralia, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1911
Page
7
A large Dryad blaze Friday night destroyed five residences and damaged the Palace Hotel and the Dryad opera house. Volunteers battled the two hour fire after a barn fire likely started by sleeping tramps. Estimated losses range from 25 000 to 60 000 with most damage to the hotel and opera house.
United Press Leased Wire reports Fairchild, premier member of the Washington public service commission, died suddenly this morning at home after a stroke. Earlier attacks began at 4 o clock as he attempted to move a snk pea from his breast to a chair. The commissioner died at the hospital in Olympia.
Fragmentary report notes troops patrolling the area to prevent looting. Describes wrecked houses, supply deliveries averting famine, and retreating dangers as authorities secure the west side of the town.
Notes from Centralia area show a Ladies Charity event at a hall on an October Friday night with Mrs rank Ipe hosting. The auction features a wife auction with two boxed items, a dollar prize to the highest bidder’s wife, a literary program, and proceeds to buy chairs for the new hall inviting all to attend.
A H Bowman, floral manager of the Sherman-Clay Piano Company, has been mysteriously missing from the city since last Monday. Reports say Mrs. Bowman left a few days earlier for Menominee, followed by Mr. Hoinan, with the command offices in confusion and officers of the mane house guards arriving to restore order and pursue leads.
A garbled OCR account places President Taft arriving in Bellingham from Yavoma, touring the Rita Way area and the Armory, visiting Everett and nearby locales. The narrative notes crowds and weather, with mentions of officials and the Daughters of the American Revolution in a later line.
Deputy Sheriff Thomas Foster arrested Ada blacksmith Young on circumstantial evidence tied to murder arson at the Plymouth Hotel in Adna. Fire gutted the hotel general store post office and homes. a charred body was found, with rumors of a missing husband disproved.
A catastrophic blaze engulfed the Chehalis area plant late at night, gutting the woodwork facility and destroying thousands of dollars worth lumber. Firefighters faced delays arriving, while a freight train blocked streets, complicating operations and endangering nearby sheds. Investigators note the incident severely impacts local industry and workers.
The report notes a trial day with witnesses and a strange sequence of events. jurors hear that a vast array of charges and a single suspect faced the court while evidence remained uncertain and the defense argued the case. The proceedings focus on alleged wrongdoing at a West venue and the trial date is given for a later day.
M. Bonadtet, postmaster, presents striking figures on Centralia postoffice growth over a decade. Receipts rose from 4506 dollars in 1901 to 19967 dollars in 1911, a 343 percent increase with an annual average rise around 34.37 percent.
Harriet Quimby appears in a recent photograph as the first American woman acrostatist. The image captures her poised atop a high arching apparatus, reflecting a historic milestone for women in aerial performance.
Frinke, a popular Chehalis State League pitcher, had been set to appear in Walla Walla this year but pleaded guilty to burglary in Chehalis. He was sentenced in Superior Court by Judge Rice after being arrested during a Dunbar & Company hardware store robbery amid a Twin City Woodworking plant fire.
In Los Angeles on January 9 a contempt trial for Arcorn coil faced indefinite delay as Judge Lordwell postponed proceedings. Defense representatives raised questions about procedure while prosecutors pursued the matter, with ongoing deliberations and unresolved motions shaping the next steps in the case.
The postmaster at Benedict reports the application for a rural delivery route extending into the Nanatoyd Valley has again been turned down by the postal service. This marks the second failed effort to secure a route there as locals and the postmaster have long pursued service for the territory. A small extension has been approved on rural route No 1.
The Supreme Court of the United States convened for the October term with all justices except one whose wife is sick. With the President away, the usual adjournment for the justices to visit him was dropped and much routine business was transferred. Arguments begin tomorrow on how anti trust laws may apply to various businesses.
The good government committee of Chehalis circulates its first petition under the city’s commission government plan. It asks voters to support Dr Z T Coleman for mayor and William Brunswig and Edward Degseller for commissioners at the November 6 election. Opponents had not yet formed a ticket, likely to do so in the coming week.
J S iep reports oil prospects near Wilnodan in Lewis County as 1376.26 acres are leased for 25 years by Mr Yackley. The California oil company is named as sponsor and 1q percent is to be received on secured interests.
The readable text is garbled with repeated phrases. no coherent events or identifiable names, places, or dates emerge to form a substantive news item or record.
United Press Leased Wire reports aviator Rodgers resumed flight from Joliet at 8:35 AM, following the Chicago and Alton railroad tracks, aiming to reach Springs today, with plans to continue despite prior delays.
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