Open Letter Questions North County Route Choice
A Lynden Citizens Committee letter to Senator Edward Brown questions supporting the Ferndale to Custer State Road No. 6 route. It argues the Guide Meridian Blaine Sumas route would serve more residents, tap more cross roads, and have fewer engineering issues, citing engineers and a 1950 voter-owners petition.
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Bellingham Herald
Custer
Ferndale
Meridian
Blaine-Sumas
Lynden
Everson
Nooksack
Sumas
Wharcom County
Bellingham
Blaine-Sumas Road
State Highway Commission
Blaine- Sumas
Ferndale-Custer
Citizens Committee
Lynden, Wn
Township Meeting set for March 7 1911 with local offices
On Tuesday March 7 1911 the first Town Meeting will organize the township. Notices will detail the plans to be carried out. Officers to be elected by ballot include Clerk Treasurer Assessor Constable and Justice of the Peace for each district. A Road Supervisor to be chosen by voice vote.
Cold Air Course in Chicago Schools Aimed at TB Risk
A Chicago school plan uses a cold air course based on Emil Seidel ideas from Milwaukee. Classrooms stay at varying temperatures and students move between rooms until they endure 50 degrees without discomfort. The method targets children prone to tuberculosis.
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Chicago
Emil Seidel
Milwaukee
Boys Arrested for Stealing Tools from Freeman Shop
Dump Colley and the Bowles boy were taken to Bellingham by Officer King on a charge of stealing tools from the Freeman blacksmith shop. The pair admitted the theft, with officers recovering a large tool assortment. The Bowles boy was sent home on good behavior while the Colley boy faces another hearing next Saturday.
Homemade Philosophy for Small Packages and Big Ideas
A compact reflection on social wisdom, friendship, and daily conduct. It urges cheerful greetings, neighborly love, and practical care as the path to better people and communities, comparing life to feeding cows for stronger yields.
Faithfulness as a core value opposed to a selfish doctrine
The piece warns against a modern creed of looking out for one’s own interests, labeling it a pernicious doctrine. It emphasizes faithfulness to family friends and employers as a higher guiding principle.
Plague Spreads in Assikho and Amoy Areas
Reports from Harbin describe a plague spot near Assikho forty miles east with about 400 daily deaths. The outbreak also reaches Blagoveshchensk suburbs and Amoy where eight to ten deaths per day occur on the city outskirts as Russian regiments patrol the Russo-Chinese frontier.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Assikho
Blagoveshtchensk
Amoy
China
Panama-Pacific Celebration Invites Reach White House
The joint resolution authorizing the President to invite nations to the 1915 Panama-Pacific celebration in San Francisco has finalized its passage and now rests in the White House, completing its congressional journey.
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United States
San Francisco
Congressional Mill
White House
Centralia Man Arrested After Attack on 17-Year-Old
Miss Sophie Hanson of Centralia, 17, rushed to police with a bloody face and a gashed eyelid after her stepfather John Hanson struck her while she wore eyeglasses. Hanson was arrested by Chief of Police Roberts.
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Centralia
Sophie Hanson
Roberts
John Hanson
Hanson
Mack the village druggist and his quiet greatness
The narrator recalls Mack a plain country druggist in Ashton Iowa who helped neighbors with coal and wounds, aided a poor widow, mentored the narrator, and shaped a humble life into lasting influence. Mack balanced charity, politics, and honest business, proving greatness in everyday deeds rather than fame.
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Mack
John
Ashton
Ilowa
Dubuque
Kansas City
Bryan
Boies
Northwest Rail Line Financing Delayed Until Funding Arrives
Portland reports that construction on the North Coast line from Spokane to Seattle and Spokane to Lewiston hinges on the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company securing funds. Directors in New York authorized improvements, but a sizable bond issue is needed to cover major Oregon and North Coast extensions.
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Oregon
Women Weigh In On New York Senate Race
Gossip from Tammany Hall claims wives of candidates influence the contest as Mrs W F Sheehan and Mrs John A Dix vie to wear Paris gowns as the next Senator’s wife. Democratic leaders note Albany social sway shifts the deadlocked race toward a Dix Sheehan alliance.
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New York
Paquin
Tammany Hall
William S. Sheehan
United States
W. F. Sheehan
John A. Dix
Paris
Senate
Dix
New Orleans Honors Lincoln Birthday With Trade Group Gatherings
In New Orleans the board of trade and the cotton exchange adjourned to publicly honor Lincoln for the first time in the city's history. Former President Black urged closing the exchange noting there is now neither North nor South and calling for recognition of a great American citizen's natal day.
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New Orleans
Lincoln
Board of Trade
Cotton Exchange
Black
America
Raising Maine Delayed By Funds Shortage At Havana
The work to raise the wreck of the battleship Maine is virtually halted due to lack of money. Only 100000 of the original 300000 appropriation remains, with 80000 tied up for salvage of steel piling and 20000 reserved to bury sailors believed still inside the wreck. Memorial services were held at the scene by local Spanish American War Veterans and the Havana Daughters of the American Revolution.
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Havana
Maine
Lackawanna Steel Company
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Arnold Believes Daughter Dead in Missing Case
Arnold asserts daughter Dorothy is dead amid the disappearance case. G C Griscom Jr had said he planned to marry Dorothy in Atlantic City. Arnold’s lawyer Lorenzo Armstrong doubts the mystery will ever be solved.
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Arnold
New York
Francis
Dorothy
Mr. Griscom
G. C. Griscom, Jr
Atlantic City
Lorenzo Armstrong
Arnolds
Roosevelt Endorses Direct Election of U S Senators
Former President Theodore Roosevelt advocates a constitutional amendment for direct popular election of United States Senators. In a Lincoln Day speech at Grand Rapids he voiced clear support for the move.
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Roosevelt
Grand Rapids
Mich
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
California Senate Passes Initiative Measure 35 to 1
After a lengthy argument the administration forces overcame opposition and pushed the initiative and referendum measure through the California Senate by a 35 to 1 vote in Sacramento.
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California Senate
Sacramento
Senate
Grange Growth and Tribune News Push in Chelan and Whatcom
Whatcom county granges urged to use Tribune columns for news and send items or appoint correspondents to boost membership and cohesion. Chelan County Pomona Grange organized, with active members influencing state insurance talks and pushing a purchasing agency for orchard needs. State Deputy Steers promotes new granges while Mortimer Whitehead of the National Grange delivers talks, signaling Chelan’s rapid rise in grange matters.
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Whatcom County
Tribune
Grange
Alson W. Steers
Pomona Grange
Chelan County
Bro. Steers
Chelan Co
Smithson
J. T. Compton
Wenatchee
Mortimer Whitehead
National Grange
McCormick of Weyerhaeuser Dies Without Will
Tacoma report states Robert L. McCormick secretary of Weyerhaeuser Timber Co left no will. Estimated net worth ranges from one to two million dollars. He reportedly believed the law would assure proper distribution of his estate.
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Tacoma
Robt. L. McCormick
Weyerhaeuser Timber Company
Dilling Takes Office as Seattle Mayor After Recall
Seattle sees Hiram C. Gill retire at noon after recall election. George W. Dilling chosen to succeed him, with Police Chief Wappenstein and Light Superintendent Arms also leaving. Police Captain Claude Bannick named acting chief to shut gambling dens and clean up the city. Gill declined to stay until February 20.
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Seattle
Hiram C. Gill
George W. Dilling
Gill
Charles W. Wappenstein
Richard M. Arms
Municipal
Claude Bannick
Dilling
Inventor seeks patent on sun energy harnessing devices
W. R. Lewis plans to file patent office drawings for a curious collection of instruments and machines intended to capture store and commercialize solar energy. His work aims to prove feasible methods to harness sun rays and convert them for practical use.
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Everett
W. R. Lewis
Patent Office
Women and Men Plunge From Ice Near Chelan Falls
About two hundred people escaped drowning when five acres of ice broke loose from Lake Chelan and drifted away from land. Skaters rushed to shore and plunged into freezing water to reach safety. Several girls were hurt and many others soaked.
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Wenatchee
Chelan Falls
Chelan
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Osinola County
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McCormick
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