DROWNED IN LAKE UNION DURING SEA TTLE SAILING TRAGEDY
A Bradstreet's reporter Aaron D Mitchell 24 drowned in Lake Union while sailing with friend John W McKean. Mitchell who moved from Seattle three years ago to work for Bradstreet's was described as bright and amiable. Rescue attempts are ongoing as crews search the lakefront for his body.
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Mitchell
A. L. Mitchell
Seattle
P.I
Aaron D. Mitchell
Bradstreet
Mercantile Agency
Lake Union
John W. McKean
McKean
C. D. McKean
Ravenna Boulevard
Newton Street
Jack
Bradstreet’s
Wilson’s Business College
Fireworks Spectacle Planned for Wenatchee Fourth
The Wenatchee Fourth of July committee contracts Hitt Brothers to stage a top Northwest pyrotechnic show. A 250 foot rack will be built under expert supervision three days before the display with 52 features including a flag salute.
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Hitt Brothers
Northwest
Seattle
Wenatchee
Wholesome Country Life and Indulgence Across Cities
The piece argues that tobacco and liquor use rises among urban women while rural life remains virtuous. It criticizes leisure class excess, notes suburban indulgence without outdoor work, and calls for meaningful outdoor activity and purposeful work rather than easy pleasures.
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New York
Foresters Plan Strong Local Lodge Drive And Picnic
Local Foresters led by Roy T. Haines kick off a strenuous campaign in Leavenworth aiming to build Court Icicle into a top city lodge. Activities include class initiations, entertainment meetings, a grand family picnic, and a guessing contest with membership eligibility.
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Leavenworth
Roy T. Haines
Independent Order of Foresters
Court Icicle
Carlquist
Icicle Court Icicle aims to add 50 members by July 24
Mr Haines projects a large membership increase for Leavenworth Icicle Court with a target of 50 new members by July 24. He cites assets over 15.5 million, strong fraternal support, and abundant local resources as keys to sustained growth and improved meeting appeal.
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Haines
Court Icicle
Icicle Court
Leavenworth
Northwest
Washington
Gates Poised to Challenge Standard Oil in Texas Exposé
In Washington reports Gates and Farmer Gates as Wall Street labeled rivals to Standard Oil, with Gates claimed to have made a massive profit from the Texas venture. Observers note he has “made good” despite harsh scrutiny from some quarters.
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Texas
Wall Street
Standard Oil
Gates
John W. Gates
Texas Oil
Standard Oil Company
Farmer Gates
Texas Company
Fate of a Kansas Apple Orchard Tragedy
A Terre Haute Star reflection recalls a Kansas orchard of 65 000 apple trees burned on 800 acres after decades of care and failed soil, fertilizer, and climate tests. The piece compares the loss to a tragedy, noting the owner’s sorrow and the chance the apples could have produced Ben Davises.
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Kansas
Gifford Pinchot
Ben Davises
Terre Haute Star
Newspaper Fraternity Hears Rich Patents Pitch
The Quincy Quill ridicules a proposal by a patent medicine firm to place 66 inches of ads and a two inch plate au for five dollars, semi annually. Costs cited include 4.15 for printing, 0.85 for a year’s work, postage, subscriptions, and distribution, concluding readers should ignore it and read The Echo.
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Quincy Quill
Washington Farm Goods to Tour Great Northern Car
Fruits vegetables grains and grasses from every Washington county will be exhibited in the Great Northern exhibition car soon departing Spokane headed through the central and eastern states. Washington products will also be shown in Seattle Spokane St Paul Chicago and other eastern cities.
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Washington
Spokane
Seattle
St. Paul
Chicago
O. A. Atwood
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Martin J. Wessels
Wessels
Mr. Atwood
Louis W. Hill
Great Northern
Death of Washingtons Governor John H. McGraw
John H. McGraw former Washington governor 1893 1897 died at his Seattle home after a four month illness. He endured neuralgia septic poisoning typhoid fever and night chills showing energy and will throughout his long career. Born October 4 1850 in Maine he rose from clerk to hotel keeper police chief sheriff bank president and governor.
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John H. McGraw
Washington
Seattle
John Harte McGraw
Daniel and
Catherine McGraw
Barker Plantation
Penobscot County
Maine
Canadian
Penobscot
Regular Airship Passenger Service Inaugurated
The first regular airship passenger service began last week with Count Zeppelin's Deutschland carrying 20 passengers on the inaugural scheduled voyage.
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Friedrichshafen
Dusseldorf
Germany
Count Zeppelin
Hamburg-American Steamship Company
German Airship Stock Company
Dirigible
Tribune Opinion Urges Party Realignment and Purge
The Lynden Tribune argues the Republican Party has failed to redeem its promises and should be reorganized or split rather than oppose within factions. It warns against alliances with internal cliques and suggests life after the party may be necessary. Senator Dolliver quips the Aldrich mantle will be museum relic.
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the Tribune
Republican Party
Lynden Tribune
Dolliver
Aldrich
National Museum
Missing Dinner Illusions At Country Inn
Customers spar over a Sunday meal as a kitchen quarrel leads to no words but a brick. Report notes kin from the country visiting the establishment amid tense silence and a single brick allegedly exchanged.
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Stuttgart
Mannheim
Cologne
Enterprise
Casey
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