Wilmerding Woman Fined After Brass Knuckles Fight
Pittsburg Miss Mary Cepola, Wilmerding, convicted of attacking Mrs Stella Pokal and other Ladies Beneficial Society members. Trial revealed Cepola used brass knuckles after being knocked down, a table topple, and a dictionary strike. Judge Ford fined Cepola five dollars plus costs.
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Pittsburg
Mary Cepola
Wilmerding
Stella Pokal
Ladies’ Beneficial Society
Ford
Mr. Pokal
Mrs. Cepola
Ladies’ Beneficial Sociery
Mrs. Pokal
Ladies Beneficial Society
Judge Ford
Love Me Love My Dog Motto Ends Officer's Station
Washington reports Col Clarence Deems of Fort Hancock N J banished from his post due to his devotion to his dog, a factor in reassignments that sent him to the Presidio San Francisco. Taft reshuffled command at Fort Hancock placing Col White over Howe, with Deems awaiting further fate amid ongoing tensions and a stray admonition about a dog as cause in military command disputes.
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Washington
Clarence Deems
Fort Hancock
N. J
War Department
Presidio
San Francisco
Col Deems
Artillery
Fort Howard
Maryland
Colonel Deems
Department
Col
Deems
Walter Howe
Taft
Howes
John V. White
Expert Opinion On Surety Licenses For US Bonds
Washington reports the treasury department adopted an attorney general opinion on state licenses for surety companies. It allows bonds to be accepted if issued by a home office or nonresident office without a state license, for principals in that state or for contracts to be performed there, deeming such bonds valid and enforceable against the company.
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Washington
Treasury Department
United States
Department
Lee
Federal building sited on oldest U S streets in Plymouth
The Treasury chose a site for the Plymouth federal building on Leyden and Malin streets, two of the oldest in the United States dating to 1620. The plot, once William Brewster’s home, sits near Governor Bradford’s corner and Town Square. The Baptist church property cost $22,000.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Plymouth
Mass
Baptist Church
Leyden
Malin
United States
William Brewster
Pilgrim Church
Brewster
Bradford
Town Square
Burlint Hill
Colony
Taft Delays Appointments Amid Harsh Public Letters
President Taft faced a presidential setback as two candidates for government service faced a flood of letters and telegrams opposing them. He admitted the episode would force him to redo his work, joking that without a smile he might resign.
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Washington
Taft
Taff
Hay for Sale Elgin Oregon
Oat mixed alfalfa wild grass and timothy hay for sale at 15 to 20 dollars per ton. F.O.B. cars Elgin branch. ELGIN FORWARDING CO. Elgin Oregon.
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Elgin
Elgin Forwarding CO
Ore
Choice Wheat Farm for Sale Near Helix
Farm listing offers 00 acres two miles from Helix with fair improvements and a fine well. Price $50,600. Leased to 1912. Easy terms. John A. Gross, 414 Boyer Ave, Walla Walla, Washington. Also shoe repair ad claims 65 cents per pair and a tax and interest free land deal with Jacobs-Stine rep.
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Helix
John A. Gross
Boyer Ave
Walla Walla
Wash
Pacific Coast 19 Sinking Declares Portland Geologist
W Hampton Smith, a pioneer geologist of Portland, argues against current scientific views on the Pacific coast geology. He claims the coast is sinking rather than rising and contends the Willamette gravel is glacial in origin, not river-deposited, with evidence spanning 150 years of field study and observations from the Northwest.
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Portland
Pacific Coast
United States Geological Survey
Northwest
W. Hampton Smith
Portland Academy of Sciences
Willamette Valley
Cascade Mountains
Pacific
Behring Sea
Gulf of
Lower California
Smithadeo
Ile Poaita
Willamette
Columbia
Danett
Weil
Tong
Congregation riot at Spokane church caused by lemon boys
In Spokane many visitors and about 700 worshippers at First Baptist watched as Lemon Boys staged a prank during Rev. Dr J. W. Kramer’s service. The lemon boys released a lemony spray while the congregation whistled hymns, triggering panic and a brief disruption before order returned amid scattered applause and chatter from the crowd.
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Spokane
Wash
Heverbright Powellees
First Baptist Church of
Spokan
J. W. Kramer
Tim
Coneregatian Dan
Vantige
Dr. Kramer
Underground railroad yard two miles deep in mountain mine
The Morning mine in Idaho hosts a two mile underground railroad yard for lead silver ore in a mountain chamber. Built under Charles Cartwright, ex-University of Pennsylvania football star, it spans 200 by 56 feet with a 1600 ton ore bin and 2500 foot shaft planned. The work marks a major deep mining push by the Guggenheim controlled Federal Mining & Smelting in the Coeur d'Alenes.
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Spokane
Wash
Mullan
Idaho
Muiread
Federal Mining & Smelting Company
Charles K. Cartwright
University of Pennsylvania
Northwest
America
Spokany
Coeur d’Alenes
Federal
Guggenheim
Coeur Walene
United States
Tche
Girth Race to England Against Death
Spokane report notes a student named Fiorence Mockett in training for a race to England to race against death. The fragment hints at a medical or wartime context from Spokane Washington.
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Sacred Heart
Spokane
James Mockett
London
Eng
Miss Mockett
England
Chicago
New York
Liverpool
J. J. Brown
Washington
Idaho
Mia Browne
United States
Wash
Fiorence Mockett
Jacobse Stine Co Representatives Spotlight
Representatives from Jacobse Stine Co focus on a Portland real estate proposition viewed as a strong option. The brief note highlights timely choice and a favorable reception among stakeholders.
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Jacobse-Stine Co
Portland
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A. C. Koeppen & Bros
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Bklund
Jacobs-Stine
Clijms Lifeting
Desi
Lemons
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Peoplen
SSS
THE
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
Mortilly Mine
Guggenheima Mas
Moe
Peeples
ATAB
Bart. Ben Ae Pim
Bruggists
Houdon Manufacturing Co
Minneapolin Minn
Lore & Cem
First National Bank
Pendleton, Oregon
Seventh
Stark Streets
Park Street
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