National Capitol Focus Shifts to Taft Messages
Washington notes center on President Taft as Congress sits idle. Congress faces no major postal savings, interstate commerce, or anti-trust actions this session. Looming topics include conservation, anti-trust amendments, coal lands, ship subsidies, and migratory bird protections.
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Washington
Congress
National
Taft
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chairman Mondell
House Public Lands Committee
Humphrey
Merchant Marine Committee of
The
House
Greatest Storm Of Years Dims East Coast Shipping And Icebound Rivers
A massive winter storm battered the eastern states and Atlantic coast, causing many deaths from cold and shipwrecks. Tidal waves struck New England. roads stalled for a day and the Ohio River froze. St Paul and other towns saw temperatures well below zero while Wenatchee offers calm weather contrast.
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Atlantic Seaboard
New England
Ohio
St. Paul
Leavenworth
Wenatchee Valley
Halley's Comet Visible Naked Eye in New York
New York reports the first naked eye sighting of Halley's comet on its present visit. Professor Eastman of Columbia University has observed the comet for several days without a telescope. It appears in the northeast about twenty degrees in length.
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New York
Halley
Eastman
Columbia University
Russia Massing Troops in Siberia Amid War Speculation
Reports from travelers published in Shanghai papers claim Russia is deploying a half million troops near Lake Baikal and sending 15 submarines to Vladivostok. Amur Railroad construction accelerates, fearing a second war with Japan over Manchuria, while Siberian and Kamchatka coast surveys heighten espionage activity.
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Victoria
B. C
Russia
Siberia
Manchuria
Shanghai
Lake Baikal
Vladivostok
Amur
Japan
Siberian
Harbin
Kamchatkan
Government orders raze fences on federal land
Fort Bidwell California December 26. The government demands large landowners tear down fences built around vast tracts of government land to allow settlement and use of the territory.
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Fort Bidwell
Cal
Tax Reports Must Be Made Across Western States
Denver December 26 local agents of the federal internal revenue department prepare blank forms to mail to companies in Wyoming Colorado and Arizona under the new corporation tax law.
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Denver
Federal Internal Revenue Departments
Wyoming
Colorado
Arizona
Bones of Cortez Found in Mexico
From Guaymas a report says Hernan Cortes conqueror of Mexico remains lost for a century were located in the Chapel of Hospital de Jesus Nazareno in Mexico City. The find is dated Dec 27 from Victoria B C and notes the discovery at the historic site.
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Cortez
Mexico
Victoria
B. C
Guaymas
Hernan Cortez
Hospital de Jesus Nazareno
City of
Puget Sound Steamer Columbia Sunk at Seattle Wharf
The 120 ton Puget Sound steamer Columbia was rammed and sunk at the Standard Oil Company's wharf in Seattle on Sunday afternoon. A street car conversation quotes a bystander offering a Hartshorn liniment remedy to an amused passenger.
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Puget Sound
Seattle
Columbia
Standard Oil Company
Washington Farmers Reap 57 Million From Eight Staple Crops
Washington farmers earned 57.5 million dollars from eight staple crops in a year on 2.364 million acres, with wheat and hay leading. Wheat yield averaged 25.8 bushels per acre, and California led the Pacific coast in electrical industries while Washington ranked high in power production and railway electrification.
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Washington
State of
Union
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Idaho
Bureau of Statistics
New York Philanthropist Seeks Name Change for Son
John H. Thirey, a New York philanthropist and educator, will ask courts to rename his youngest son born September 14. The child was named in honor of Dr. Frederick A. Cook, and after Cook’s claim was rejected by the University of Copenhagen Thirey wants the son to carry his father’s name.
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New York
John H. Thirey
Frederick A. Cook
Cook
University of Copenhagen
Thirey
Bidelights From Other Cities In Washington
Reports from Montesano Seattle Tacoma Spokane Walla Walla and more detail local events. Hunters counted wildcats and turkeys workers faced strikes and violence a jail sentence was suspended Edna May Nelson pled guilty while a bank paid a dividend Traders National Bank boosted capital Spokane mills closed due to strikes rail safety awards and railway plans outline regional developments and an irrigation project expands near Mount St Helens.
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Montesano
Seattle
Union Pacific
Portland
California
Oregon
Tacoma
J. D. Warren
United States
Jesse James
Railsback
R. T. Phillips
Jackson Street
Railroad Avenue
Spokane
Miles Poindexter
United States Senate
Walla Walla
Edna May Nelson
Traders National Bank
Hammond
Centennial
Puget Sound
Harry Hunter
Sam Burrows
Olympia
Grays Harbor
Vancouver
St. Helens
Richmond
Lower Yakima Irrigation Company
Lower Yakima
Elma
Winston Hotel
Latsop
Charles Potter
Potter
Satsop
Aberdeen
Apple grading and labeling law amendments set standards
The act defines standard size markings for apples and requires packaging to show variety, locality, and packer. Penalties apply for misbranding or misgrading in interstate shipments. It also covers repacking by non-owners, altering marks, and broadens territorial definitions with enforcement by the secretary of agriculture, effective July 1, 1910.
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United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Not Yet Won Father’s Ear Says Cleveland Leader
In a humorous exchange from the Cleveland Leader, a suitor admits winning the beloved’s heart but concedes he has not yet won the father’s approval. The tongue‑in‑cheek dialogue ends with the line that the man must gain the father’s ear to progress.
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Cleveland Leader
Advertised Letters Remaining in Post Office 1909
list of uncalled for names including Fred W Clayton E Pland James Crawford Vincent Rolch Geo Myers Lem Sillain Leona McClure Bud Webbey H Watt with two repeats. Postmaster J C Davis notes to say advertised when calling for same.
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Clayton
Fred W Pland
E Crawford
James Rolch
Vincent Myers
Geo
Sillain
Lem McClure
Leona Webbey
Bud Owens
H C Watt
J. C. Davis
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Harbor Bill
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Patton
Chicago
James A. Patten
Blanchfield
Western Electrical and Gas Directory
Nevada
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Pacific Coast
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Lafean
Leavenworth Market
Martin Christenson
Packing House
Emil’ Frank
Prop
Housewives
Leavenworth Furniture & Hardware Co
Ss City Drag Line
Rainier Beer
Lee J. Howerton
Department of the Interior
U.S. Land Office
Waterville
Wash
Callie Castleberry
Ethel Castleberry
Harrison D. Castleberry
J. E. Shore
U .S
Amanda Farmer
Wenatchee
Connie Parker
Israel Trask
Patrick H. Graham
Leavenworth, Wash
W. F. Haynes
Register
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