Chinese Suffrage Drive Through New York Chinatown
Miss Lavinia Dock leads a suffrage effort in Chinatown using a white silk Chinese banner bearing votes for women. Chinese residents, including a highborn woman and family members, express support as the banner is shown in their homes and streets. A Chinese voter hopes his wife becomes a citizen. In Kingman, Indiana, a bee sting swallowed with grapes injures a woman’s tonsil requiring medical aid.
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New York
Lavinia Dock
Henry Street
Chinatown
Miss Dock
China
Buried Alive Veteran of Civil War Lives to Tell Tale
Centralia Missouri resident James M. Hulen, aged seventy five, claims the rare distinction of being buried after being pronounced dead in the Civil War. Shot through the right eye by a 44 caliber bullet, he kicked dirt in his grave as clods fell, was exhumed, and survived to be treated in a hospital. He served in the First Missouri brigade, Company G, under Colonel Cockrell, at New Hope Georgia during Sherman's march to the sea.
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Centralia
James M. Hulen
Hulen
Man with Forehead Tattoo Faces Court
In San Francisco a Mexican facing vagrancy charges refused to speak, pointing to a tattoo on his brow that read "Fred Harris, Sonora, Mexico." He cited heart disease and requested his grave be marked, after which Judge Brady dismissed the case.
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San Francisco
Becsey
Beesey
Fred Harris
Sonora
Mexico
Blind woman sews mail bags for 26 years
Washington reports Miss Hattie Maddox, blind, has spent twenty six years in the post office department mail bag repair shop. She once asked Postmaster General Wanamaker for a two months trial and was granted the chance. She now handles a large pile of sacks and is regarded as one of Uncle Sam’s best workers on mail bags.
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Washington
John Wanamaker
Wanamaker
Hattie Maddox
Post Office Department
Uncle Sam
Error in Navy Pay Estimates Sparks Departmental Scrutiny
Washington reports a $196,000 discrepancy found in navy department enlistment estimates for the next fiscal year. A four officer board spent four days auditing figures after an earlier $224,000 error affecting warrant officers in engine rooms. Engine room crews warned action was needed to include their salaries. Officials marvel at the rarity of such mistakes given vast government activities.
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Washington
Navy Department
Navy
Treasury Department
Snakes Found in Wisconsin Normal School Locker
In La Crosse Wisconsin Normal school maid ens discovered a nest of water moccasins deposited in a locker by a mother snake. The snakes fled the locker, causing excitement and a scramble as some were killed and others hid in floor holes.
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la Crosse
Wis
Farmer Drifts With Wind After Car Instruction Book Flies Away
Hartford City reports farmer John Holcroft near Hartford City bought an automobile and took it on a practice run. He left the instruction book on the seat, a gust blew it away, and he could not stop the car. Holcroft drove on shouting for help until he ran out of gasoline halfway to town.
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Hartford City
John Holcroft
Holcroft
War on Moths That Hurt Trees Plan Outlined
Entomologists from the Department of Agriculture outline fall measures to curb gypsy and brown tail moths in infested areas. They urge cutting and burning fall webs on trees near dwellings and orchards, especially on apple pear cherry and oak, plus careful winter wood cutting to reduce food sources and protect conifers. The area is under federal quarantine. nursery stock cannot be shipped without inspection.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Federal Horticultural Board
White Man with Black Liver and Road Contract Award
The passage discusses the liver as a blood purifier and its imagined role in passion, promotes Dr. King’s New Life Pills to cleanse the liver, and notes a seven mile road contract between Dayton and Waitsburg along with Walla Walla’s roughly $98,000 spending in the past season.
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Dayton
Waitsburg
Government Officials List From Early 20th Century Roll Call
A compiled roster naming President Woodrow Wilson and officials across state and federal offices. Includes cabinet members such as Secretary of State and Secretary of War, U S Senators, congressmen, and state officers like governor and state treasurer. Also lists land district officers and supreme judges among others.
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Trenasuay
Secretary of Navy
Secretary of Interior
Sec. of Agriculture
David F. Houston
Wim.c. Redfield
Wm. B. Wilson
J. Bryan
Wm. G. McAdoo
L. M. Garrison
James Reynolds
Albert Burleson
Josephus Daniels
Franklin K. Lane
U. S
W.L. Jones
M. H. Poindexter
W. L. LaFollette
Ernest Lister
Louis F. Hart
I. M. Howell
Edward Meath
W. Clausen
W. V. Tanner
Savidge School
Josephine
Chicken swims to shore after dog chase in Alpharetta pond
In Alpharetta Georgia a bird dog chased a flying chicken into a fishing pond. The chicken surfaced and swam about forty feet to the pond bank. Spectators watched the bird move calmly to shore despite the pursuit.
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Alpharetta
Thomas Manning
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Banner
Kingman
Ind
Edward Reath
Reath
American Press Association
Miss Maddox
Agriculture Department
Superior Court
State of Washington
County of
Chelan
Daniel T. Henry
Robert B. Henry
Frank A. Morris
Libbie A. Morris
Chelan County
Libbie
W. M
Lake Chelan
Allasin
Wenatchee
Chas. Kenyon
Said County
A. V. Huff
Houston
Walla Walla
P. A. Snyder
Suke Eliott Bide
Deb. G. W. Hoxbey
Leavenworth, Wash
DR. J. Stillson Judah
Leavenworth Hospital
Chelan County Abstract Co
J. A. Gellatly President
W. W. Gray
Wenatchee, Wash
Knights of
Pythias
Valentine Franklin
D. C
A. R. Brown
Attorneys AT Law
Fred Kemp
E.L. Baker
N. A. Pearson
Elliot Elk
G. H. Hannan
Crollard & Crollard Lawyers
B. J. Williams
A N.corbin
Williams
Corbin
Echo Office
Diogenes
S.H. Knowlton
Woodrow Wilson
Thos. R. Marshal
Elman Hotel
W. E. Tomlinson
Prop
Tower
A.j.tower CO
Boston
Sower
U.S
Chamley & CO
Ghamtey
Valencia St
Cal
Somess
Tae
Seattle
Third Ave
Cherry ST
el Pt
Lewis J. Nelson
Elliott Block
J. B. Adams
E. H. Fox
Hight St
John ER. Porter
Attorney At Law Notary Public
Columbia Valley Bank
Wenatchee Wash
Wenatchee Abstract Company Incorporated
R. W. Vermilya
Mgr
Columbia Vally Bank Bldg
City Drag Line
Rainier Beer
Lee J. Howerton
The
Echo
Zarthan Lodge No
Masonic Temple
Jack Ruth
W.M
A. G. McKeown
Lecy
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