Young minister named president of DePauw University
The Rev Edwin H Hughes formerly of Malden Mass was inaugurated as president of DePauw University in Greencastle Indiana. Born December 7 1846 he built a long career in ministry and education including Ohio Wesleyan University and Boston area churches. His selection marks a significant leadership shift for the Methodist institution.
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Methodist University
Greencastle
Indiana
Ind
Edwin H. Hughes
Malden
Mass
de Pauw University
Indianapolis
Meharry Hall
Orweleck
William Newkirk
Board of Trustees
Edwin Wolt Hughes
Moundavnly
OW. Va
Thomas B. Hughes
Iowa
West Virginia University
Ohio Wesleyan University
Iowa College
Cringe
Mudleinawnship
Poweshelk
Ohio
H- Ohio Wealeyan
Iss
Hoxton University School of Theology
Borden P Bowne
New England
Newton Center
Center Church
Pain
Swindlers Capture Jack Walters and Wife
Seattle December 9 Jack Walters and his wife May Walters were arrested Saturday night by Deputy Sheriff Crawley from Ellensburg on charges of passing worthless checks. Authorities say the couple are among the cleverest cheek swindlers to operate in this section of the country. the man is said to be the mastermind.
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Seattle
Jack Walters
May Walters
Crawley
Ellensburg
Woman passes checks in Tacoma area fraud ring
A female accomplice works Saturday nights passing worthless checks as the wife of a laborer, operating in Tacoma and other cities. Waltera is wanted for forgery in this city but may be kept by Kittitas county officers.
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Tacoma
Sound
Waltera
Kittitas
Murderer to hang for brutal killing of child
Zenon Champoux, a young Frenchman, was found guilty of murdering Little Bruce, a cancer patient girl, by thrusting a knife into her brain. The Washington Supreme Court upheld the death sentence, delivering the decision after arguments from attorney A J Speckert. Champoux has been jailed since the 1902 murder.
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Seattle
Zenon Champoux
Little Bruce
Supreme Court
Champanx
A. J. Speckert
Illinois horticulturists meet for thirty seventh annual event
The Northern Sinois Horticultural association holds its thirty seventh annual meeting in Rockford with Professor J. L. Hartwell as convention officer. The show features over six hundred plates of fruit and vegetables and runs through tomorrow with papers and discussions plus addresses by eminent authorities from Ninols Wisconsin and other states.
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Rockford
Northern Sinois Horticultural Association
J. L. Hartwell
Ninols
Wisconsin
Mission Convention Flourishes in North Carolina
The state convention opens in Charlotte with strong turnout from across the state. Reports show North Carolina missions thriving as total yearly donations reach 61,100, a notable rise from last year’s contributions.
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North Carolina
Charlotte
N. C
Work 5 Postponed as Eureka Flat Farmers Discharge Crews
Joseph W. Harvey reports that cold weather and late rains have halted work on Eureka flat farms. Farmers have discharged crews and will not seed until spring due to wet ground and fear of early cold. Nearly all wheat raisers delayed sowing this fall and await better conditions.
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Eureka Flat
Joseph W. Harvey
Walla Wal
Statesman
Wheat sales doubt on 1903 crop
A Seattle daily claimed nearly 80 percent of Washington's 1903 wheat crop was sold, but Walla Walla dealers dispute the figure. One trader estimates not more than 60 percent sold, with possibilities as low as one third in the local area. Uncertain about Palouse and up-country holdings, they see no reliable overall count.
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Seattle
Washington
Walla Walla
Walla Walla County
Walla Walls
millions of fruit trees planted in washington in 1908
The state horticulture commissioner Van Holderbeke reports over 3,000,000 trees planted in 1908 after data from nearly every county. Yakima county led with 87.7 trees in November, while several other counties posted nearly comparable totals, per the Walla Walla Union.
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Washington
Hordenttura
van Holderbeke
Yakima County
Walla Walla Union
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