Halley Comet Predicted Return Stirs Public Fears
G. E. B. reports on Halley’s Comet’s forthcoming perihelion and the public’s mix of fear and fascination. The article notes historical panics, scientific explanations, and the comet’s path, with dates near February to June, and urges calm while observing the awe of the celestial visitor.
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Halley
B. C
Neptune
Mars
Earth
Venus
Ignatius Donnelly
Egypt
Arctic
Shakespearean quotes frame baseball praise and jests
A collage of stage line references mixed with baseball commentary notes from the Washington Post depicts Shakespearean quips about hitting errors and umpiring as playful spectatorship. The piece blends theatre names with sports terms to echo dramatic tension.
Advertised Letters Remaining in Post Office 1909
The notice lists uncalled for letters dated November 22 1909 including Allen F G Clark L W La Noire Jack Macphail Jack McElroy How'd McCoombs M M McKay Mrs Purcell Conductor Robertson Mel Raney Chas Richardson A Stenerson Al Wally W T and instructs to call the letters adv vertised. It also notes the first double decked ship was built by Tyrians in 786 B C.
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Allen
F G Clark
L W la Noire
Jack Macphail
Jack McElroy
How
D McCoombs
M M McKay
Mrs Purcell
Robertson
Mel Raney
Chas Richardson
A Stenerson
al Wally
J. C. Davis
Standard Oil Declared Illegal by U S Circuit Court
The U S circuit court for the Eastern District of Missouri declares Standard Oil Company of New Jersey an illegal combination restraining trade and orders dissolution. Decree bars stock voting and dividends to the parent, with stay possible for appeal. effective in 30 days.
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St. Paul, Minn
Sanborn
St. Paul
Vandeventer
Frank B. Kellogg
Standard Company
Standard Oil Company
Taft Seeks Democratic Government for Washington
President Taft plans to push radical changes to grant District of Columbia residents voting rights and a democratically elected single commissioner. He aims to shift from autocratic governance to representation, though exact proposals remain uncertain. The move would end the current system where Washington lacks civil rights beyond taxation.
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Taft
Washington
District of Columbia
Congress
Washingtonians
Washington Farmers Join Local Option Fight in Walla Walla
The Farmers' Union of Walla Walla has adopted a resolution condemning the saloon on five counts and urging business men to vote to ban it at the December 20 election. Reasons include tempting boys, impairing farm help efficiency, reducing tax revenue, producing no wealth, and being a moral evil.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Farmers’ Union
D K E Plans Large Dinner for Commander Peary
Delta Kappa Epsilon at Bowdoin announces a December 18 dinner at the Hotel Astor in New York to honor Commander Peary. The Theta Chapter member previously hosted him two years ago and presented the fraternity flag.
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New York
Brother Peary
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Hotel Astor
Palouse Wheat Arrives in Cincinnati for Flour Making
The first wheat shipment over the Rockies in 20 years from Washington state has reached Cincinnati. Twenty seven cars of bluestem and red Russian wheat from the Palouse belt south of Spokane were sent to Cincinnati and St. Louis this month to be processed into flour and cereals.
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Cincinnati
Rocky Mountains
Washington
Palouse
Spokane
St. Louis
Moral Crusade Raids Lead to Possible Damage Suits
In Pendleton Oregon on a Sunday raid seven rooming houses and a major hotel were raided by Mayor Murphy's moral crusade party. Guests were awakened and couples lacking proof of marriage were forced to show marriage certificates. Few arrests occurred, but officers and the mayor face potential damage suits.
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Pendleton, Or
Murphy
Astor's Yacht Nourmahal Found Safe in San Juan Harbor
A wireless message reports John Jacob Astor's yacht Nourmahal safe in San Juan harbor Puerto Rico ending days of anxiety since November 5. Colonel Astor left Port Antonio before news of his wife's divorce decree reached him and it remains unclear if he has learned of it. Mrs Astor sailed for Europe on November 18.
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Washington
United States Revenue Cutter Service
John Jacob Astor
Nourmahal
San Juan
P. R
Astor
Colonel Astor
Port Antonio
Mrs. Astor
Europe
Coal Interests Given Another Trial
Judge Sanborn of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals set aside the verdict and ordered a new trial in the Sherman anti trust case against Union Pacific Coal Company Union Pacific Railway Oregon Short Line James M Moore and Everett Buckingham. The United States suit arose from a Salt Lake coal dealer's charge that the defendants refused to sell and haul coal for him.
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St. Paul
Sanborn
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
United States
Union Pacific Coal Company
Union Pacific Railway Company
Oregon Short Line
James M. Moore
Everett Buckingham
Salt Lake
Oregon Apple World King at National Apple Show
The sweep stakes prize of 1000 dollars for a full carload exhibit at the National Apple Show went to Tronson and Guthrie of Eagle Point Oregon for Spitzenbergs. They receive a gold medal banner and the title Apple King of the World. The largest perfect apple prize went to Lorr and Ball of Methow Washington for a Wolf River weighing 25 ounces with 1658 inches in circumference.
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Spokane
Tronson and Guthrie
Eagle Point
Oregon
Lorr and Ball
Methow
Wash
Wolf River
Ex Solon Accused of Fraud In Sound Pacific Scheme
Seattle November 21 L E Rader former state legislator from 1894 to 1898 representing Pierce and Kitsap counties is arrested charged with conducting a land lottery as secretary and manager of the Sound Pacific Land Company a $100 000 corporation.
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Seattle
Sound Pacific Land Company
L. FE. Rader
Pierce
Kitsap
Hams Cured by Electricity Up for Debate in Chicago
At the American Meat Packers Association annual convention in Chicago on November 22 electricity cured hams were deemed practical. The key claim centers on superior keeping qualities of electrically cured meat.
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Chicago
American Meat Packers’ Association
Moving Pictures to Teach Farming
The federal department of agriculture sent an agent to Ithaca to film the New York state college of agriculture poultry farm. The educational pictures will be shown this winter in many states.
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Washington
Federal Department of Agriculture
Ithaca
New York State College of Agriculture
Canal Half Done Costs Doubled as Panama Project Expands
Washington reports the Isthmian Canal Commission says the Panama Canal will cost about 375.2 million dollars, up from the original 144.2 million. Wages, material costs, and eight hour law provisions pushed expenses, with no expectation of trimming the final total.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Isthmian Canal Commission
Tawney
House Committee On Appropriations
Panama
Isthmus
United States
Opium Smuggling Ring Busted Off Pacific Coast
In San Francisco on November 23 the revenue cutter McCulloch and treasury agents seized about 200 pounds of contraband opium worth $40,000 after capturing two smugglers and a gasoline launch. Customs officers guard ports coastwide to break the ring in one of the era’s largest Pacific coast plots.
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San Francisco
United States Revenue
McCulloch
Treasury Department
Pacific Coast
Seattle Socialist Paper Suppressed by Police
Seattle reports police confiscated an entire edition of the Socialist weekly by Dr. Herman F. Titus after an article by Agnes Thecla Fair of the Industrial Worker of the World. Fair was imprisoned in Spokane for street meetings. A street vendor was jailed in bail for circulating forbidden literature.
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Seattle
The
Socialist
Herman F. Titus
Agnes Thecla Fair
Spokane
Typhoid Ravages Caswell Family in Prineville
Three Caswell orphans remain destitute in Prineville after typhoid claims four other family members. Seven Caswell siblings traveled from Idaho recently. only an 80 year old grandmother in Idaho remains able to help.
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Prineville
Caswell
Idaho
Ex-President Castro Accused by Venezuela Officials
In Caracas on November 21 ex-president Castro now living in Santander Spain is charged by top Venezuelan government officials with trying to trigger another revolution against the Gomez regime. Observers say Castro will persist in attempts to undermine his foes.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Castro
Santander
Spain
Gomes
Oregon and Washington Girls Debate at Seattle
University of Oregon and University of Washington women will meet in an intercollegiate debate in Seattle this year with Washington bearing the expense. Oregon will host the coed debate next year.
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Seattle
Navy
Oregon
Washington
Four Acre Orchard Sells for Eight Thousand Dollars
Ashland Oregon November 22 a four acre peach orchard sold for eight thousand dollars cash. The sale was completed in spot cash and the buyer takes immediate possession.
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Ashland, Or
Train brakeman killed in railroad accident near Krupp
A brakeman named Ball met a fatal end when a freight train eastbound from Wilson Creek passed Krupp. Fragments of flesh, a hat, gloves, lantern, and later an arm and part of the head were found along the track. Ball lived in Spokane and was the son of a Northern Pacific employee.
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Ball
Wilson Creek
Krupp
Spokane
Northern Pacific
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