Petitions Circulating Favoring Commission Plan For Centralia
A petition to hold a special election on adopting or rejecting the citys commission plan is circulating with little difficulty. JH Somerville says he will likely reach the required signers tonight. Sixty times the mayor may act to call an election with twenty five percent of last vote cast needing 130 signatures. If approved the plan could take effect when current administration terms expire.
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Centrajia
Commission
JH. Somerville
Difficulty Securing Building for Post Office in Centralia
Difficulty securing a suitable Post Office building as the government lease ends soon. Three bids opened September 18 yielded only one bid, failed to meet approval, prompting another call for bids. Advocates urge Centralia to pursue a federal building, noting Congress considered purchasing sites but
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Post Ofice Department
Post Office Department
Centralia
Metredie
Eltes
Olymnia
Washington state taxes and levy changes reported in 1911 data
Olympia reports for 111 tax year levy 3.30 mills total money $5, WE21GT. 1910 levy 3.43 mills and $4,420,926. Board of Equalization notes attorney general says 4 mill highway levy is usual. Five counties shift assessed value, Chehalis Grant Kitsap Okanogan Skagit see rate changes. others unchanged.
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United Fresh
Olympia
State Board of Equaliza Uen Todas
Benora
Tvld
Chehalis
Grant
Kitenp
Okanogan
Skegil County
Bound Over For Liquor Sale On Indian Reservation Near Tacoma
A Daly of Polen Doyle of Chehalyestesthiy Aviles, an Indian on a reservation near Tacoma, was bound over to the Superior Court on a liquor sale charge. The proceeding involves allegations that he sold whiskey to Indians and the case centers on violations of liquor laws on tribal lands.
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Daly
Polen
Pioneer’s Daughter Married by Judge Beaufort Yesterday
The Chehalis area records a wedding yesterday as pioneer families gather. Judge Beaufort officiated for a couple connected to the Mindride and Chehalis communities, with elder relatives traveling from Tante county and an extended family including grandmother Mrs Wiley, once crossing the plains h six years ago.
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Beaufort
Custiew Vni
Meaufort i
Chehalis
Goorne
Soxtoy
Hela
Chehalia
Tua County
Mrr Wiley
Department Called Out Ten Extinguish Burning Outhouse
Fire department crews responded late night to extinguish a blaze that damaged a shed and outhouse. Heavy smoke and flames spread near residences. cleanup followed as investigators assessed the scene for causes and the cost of damage.
Convicted Men Taken To State Reformatory
Gosts the Greek restaurant keeper and J B O Donnell were sentenced after pleading guilty in Superior Court. Gosts abducted a 16 year old girl from Chehalis and O Donnell confessed to stealing a bicycle from a city resident. They were taken to Monroe reformatory yesterday afternoon.
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John
Young Boy Vanishes From Chehalis Ahead of School Term
Dewey Saunders, 14, son of a prominent Chehalis family, disappeared yesterday choosing life on the road over school. Parents and the sheriff search are fruitless so far, with authorities believing he may have headed toward San Francisco along the South Bend steamship route.
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Dewey Saunders
Sheriff's Office
San Frantisco
South Bend
Falling Girder Damages Building At New School
A heavy object toppled from a new school building causing damage and alarm as workers rushed to secure the area. Witnesses described a near miss with injuries narrowly avoided during the incident at the construction site.
Destruction of a Naval Vessel Sparks Fouled Plot Rumors
In Toulon Sept 21 suspicions arise that the Liberte's destruction was plotted to cripple the French navy. Fires at arsenals and a wire found near the Lapatria magazines accompany word of numerous casualties. A court of inquiry opens as rescue efforts continue and Grydocks are prepared for Verite Republique and Democratique damaged by blasts.
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Toulon
Liberte
Lapatria
Lberte
Verite
Republique
Democratique
Woman Shot by Wife in Denver Marital Tragedy
In Denver on September 26 C. G. Patterson, once a wealthy Chicago broker, was shot and killed by his wife Gertrude G Patterson. Authorities cite infidelity threats and looming divorce as factors. It is reported the wife fired after Patterson struck her.
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Denver
Colo
Patterson
Chicago
Gertrude G. Patterson
Robbery Suspect Brought In After Northwest Dispatch
Deity Sheriff Tom Foster, aided by a pocket comb with red hair as clue, traced a Merit Hardware store robbery to William Durke in Seattle. Chief C G Rannick confirms Durke in custody, with four knives recovered. Sheriff Liquhart plans to bring Durke to justice in Northwest city. Circulars had been sent to sheriffs and police chiefs, but no responses until yesterday.
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Tom Foster
Merit Hardware
C. G. Rannick
Seattle
William Durke
McNite
GC. G. Bannick
Liquhart
Gving Durke
German Langs Meet Washington D O Sept Mans Convention
A transcriptional fragment notes plans for a national German language convention in Washington, aiming to open soon with invited ministers and speakers expected to address attendees.
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Washington, D. O
Wington Wu
Aviadors
Austran
Sky
Minster
Swand
Appearance of Surveyors Signals Railroads to Begin Work
A batch of surveyors appeared in Camol tssotuagor diepot and deivtiy indicating railroads will commence work soon. Officials cited delays in public notices and ordinance approvals as hindrances while engineers prepared. city authorities planned to pass orders permitting vacations and necessary track work once formal approvals are secured.
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RPS
Camol
Italys ultimatum loom as Tripoli crisis deepens
Constantinople informs Turkey any troop dispatch to Tripoli is a hostile act. London reports England rallying to Italy against Turkey, while Washington plans to send Chester to Derna or Benghazi to protect US citizens and archaeologists amid rising anti foreign sentiment and recent tribal killings of expedition member Herbert I. de Cow.
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Constantinople
Tripoli
Mediterranean
United States
American Archaological
Archeological Institute of America
Cyrene
North African
State Department
Richard Norton
Boston
Herbert I. de Cow
Water Committee Plans Municipal Gravity Water System
The joint Centralia Chehalis committee met in Chehalis to push a municipal gravity water system. Chehalis backs a bond election, legal staff to draft documents, and engineers to compare routes from the Ne waukum River headwaters to Centralia. A Centralia route study is ordered, next meeting set for October 4.
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Centralia
Chehalis
Newaukum
Eastern Railway & Lumber Company
Big Railroad Strike On Signals Potential General Walkout
United Press Leased Wire reports indicate unions on major rail lines plan coordinated action. International Machinists Federation and Illinois Central clerks vote for benefits and strikes, signaling possible nationwide rail disruption. Memphis shopmen join 15,000 Illinois Central workers, with army guards patrolling property. San Francisco reports President Requin weighing Harriman line strikes to aid Illinois shopmen, decision possibly by nightfall.
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Tal
Illinois Central Shopmen’s Federation
San Francisco
Requin
Shepmen
Federation of the
Marriman Tines
Harriman Hines
Fugitive From Justice Heads South Move
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a report about a fugitive fleeing toward the south after evading capture. Names and precise locations are unclear, but the item references escape, pursuit, and authorities involved.
Unclear OCR fragment hints at event with people and locations
Fragmentary text mentions Santos Aaya Roghwater Roghwater Roghwater and multiple names. Absentee attendance referenced, with De Reed Nevth Tower Avenue, Dainiot. Context and details are damaged. essential facts not recoverable.
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Tamnunstone
Varna
Washington
Ventura
Santos
Roghwater
Daria
Cryptic campus social data from Ruston event
An OCR damaged item from Ruston mentions a party or gathering during a week, naming several unclear individuals and groups. The readable names include Hho Miser Ghidyst Whaghiay Suuthyeit, Wala Knog, Vers Beynuhiy, Kellugeps, and Catarina Musto, with fragmented context about timing and attendance. The text remains garbled and uncertain.
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Ruston
Mairsday
Mies
Catarina Musto
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