State fair to award baby contest prizes in Washington
North Yakima September 3 1000 dollars in gold and medals for best city and rural babies plus prizes for 16 town and rural divisions. First prizes 12 dollars second 6. open to children of bona fide residents of Washington. Entries close September 25 with daily examinations and advance parental notice. Grand sweepstakes trophies for best boy and best girl announced by judges.
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North Yakima
Wash
Washington
Tabitha Jones
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Harry Averil
Federation
Woman’s Home Companion
Fair Commission
Pacific Coast
U. S
Special Days at Spokane Fair Show Weeklineup
Spokane Interstate Fair features daily themes from Opening Day on Sept 15 to closing events. Exhibits due by 9 AM Opening Day. $2,000 Derby on Derby Day. fireworks and parades. multiple day designations including Indian Congress Day Coeur d Alene Day and Modern Woodmen Night. various contests auctions and live stock showcases mark the crowded schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tex” McCloud
Fanny Sperry Steele
Lucile Mulhall
Otto Kline
R. R
R. H. Johnson, Secy
Walla Walla
Wash
Northwest
Washington National Guard
Crawford
Yakima Valley
Spokane
Women's Relief Corps
Indian Congress
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Big Bend
Stevens County
Shriners
Poultrymen
Congress Tent
Last Day of 1913 Fair With Races Polo Games and Fireworks
The final day features the $1000 Cowboys Relay Race and special athletic stunts. Declining games in polo, awards for the $500 Better Babies Contest, an elaborate fireworks display, and two Highlanders Band concerts mark Sunday. General admission is twenty five cents, children ten cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highlanders
Marietta Surgeon Slashes During Operation and Kills Patient
In probate court Mrs. William R. Dabney described her husband Dr. William R. Dabney’s sudden mental collapse during a Marietta hospital operation. He allegedly stabbed the patient with his knife as hospital staff restrained him. The wife moved him to Canada for rest before bringing him to Cincinnati for treatment at Longview hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
William R. Dabney
Marietta
Longview Hospital
Canada
Bravest of Chicago’s Force Honored with Harrison and Tree Medal
Patrolman James M. McDermott earned the Harrison and Tree medal as the bravest of 1912 for tracking a murderer under a house. He pried boards to reach the criminal, whose revolver misfired due to dirt. The Civil Service Commission called the act the year’s bravest deed. A Scotch Highlanders’ Band will play at the Spokane Interstate Fair September 15, with lacrosse added as a new feature and Canadian teams expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDermott
Chicago
James M. McDermott
Civil Service Commission
Spokane
Boy Gypsies Found After Seventeen Years Missing
Frederick Brosseau twenty four who was kidnapped by gypsies seventeen years ago has been identified by his parents in Montreal. He remembers little of his past except that he was named Fred and from northern New York. He is held as a witness against gypsies arrested for kidnapping.
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Watertown
N. Y
Frederick Brosseau
John Brosseau
Sissonville
St. Lawrence County
Young Brosseau
Oka
Montreal
Fred
New York
Wanderer
Brosseau
Wilson to Travel in Fall for Mobile Meeting
President Wilson has accepted invitations to attend the Southern Commercial Congress in Mobile Alabama on October 27 if Congress is in session. He may also attend the National Encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans in Buffalo from September 3 to 6 if his schedule allows. The invitations came from a committee led by Senators Fall and Hughes and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Buffalo
Washington
Wilson
Southern Commercial Congress
Ala
United Spanish War Veterans
Fall and Hughes
Jere A. Costello
John Lyman Smith
G E. Rausch
John W. Mitchell
Department of the Potomac
Dog Helps Stranded Team After Bus Breaks Down
In Delaware near Middletown a Christiana Athletic Club bus broke down on a country road. A note tied to the club dog prompted an amazing sprint. The dog ran to Wilmington in two hours and reached the clubhouse weary but saved the stranded players, who were then aided by relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Christiana Athletic Club
Middletown
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Ernest Lister
Olympia
Sue Lombard
H. B. Averill
J. S. McKee
Hoquiam
R. C. McCredie
Sunnyside
H.S. Ellwood
Ellensburg
Janet S. Moore
W. W. Robertson
A. E. Larson
L. O. Janeck
Richard Strobach
Wallis Williams
National Indian Congress
72Nd Seaforth Highlanders
North Bank Road
Superior Service
R. H. Crozier
Portland, Oregon
H. B. Witter
Kennewick, Wash
Washington State
Department of Agriculture
Kennewick
Bisreag
Soka Bea
Rceast
First Nations Indian Congress
Seaforth Highlanders
Bend
Bahia
Illustrated Daily
Penn Building
Soma
Kennewick's Printers
Co Superior
Ritzville
Treasur Enginee Superin' Jones
Hanford
Attorne Treasur Enginet
Desgrang
Mann
Coundington
Kenne Johnson
Retary
Kennetion
H. Kenne
Ken On
Dow
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