Noted Athletes Meet in Seattle Coast Cities Represented
Seattle hosts the Am ateur Athletic Union championship on August 13 and 14 at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo stadium with New York Athletic Club Irish American Club Olympic Club Multnomah Portland Seattle Athletic Club showcasing stars. Notables include Flanagan Bel lars Rector Irons Rose Glarner and Smithson among many others aiming for best possible team score.
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Seattle
Wash
West
Amateur Athletic Union
Pacific Coast
New York Athletic Club
New York
Coast
Chicago Athletic Association
Cherry Circle
Olympic Club
San Francisco
Multnomah Club
Portland
Seattle Athletic Club
John Flanagan
Melvin Sheppard
Flanagan
Martin Sheridan
Fred Bellars
H. L. Trube
America
D. R. Robbins
Yale
Sheridan
Harvard
John Bbeele
James Rector
Walker
London
Rector
Frank Irons
A. B. Shaw
Huff
Johnny Garrels
Michigan
Windy City
Ralph Rose
Andrew Glarner
Rose
Glarner
Pete Gerhardt
Multnomash Athletic Club
Multnomah
Forrest Smithson
Dan Kelly
Smithson
Shaw
Kelly
Aultnomah
Henry McKinney
Spanish Prisoner Swindle Reappears in Chicago Letters
The post office warns of revived Spanish prisoner swindle schemes. A Russian banker, A. Beliavsky, is said to be imprisoned in Madrid and letters claim he and his daughter are owed funds. Dozens of complaints cite printed letters offering a reward for help in obtaining 470000 dollars, with clippings from a London paper included.
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Chicago
Post Office Department
Madrid
Spain
Post Office
A. Beliavsky
Beliavsky
London
Beliavesky
Fails to die by own action after forty two trials
San Francisco reports Kate Powers survived forty two suicide attempts over three years. She repeatedly used chloroform, looms of ocean waters, and thrice attempted hanging with no fatal result. Hospital staff deem her record unmatched and expect her to abandon the chloroform method as ineffective.
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San Francisco
Kate Powers
Hotel Seward Opens in Portland Promises Fair Prices
Nathaniel K. Clarke announces the new Hotel Seward in Portland at Tenth and Alder. Allan A. Wright, former Portland Hotel chief clerk, will head the office. the 48 room structure features a cafe and an omnibus pickup at the station. The ad stresses courteous service and convenient location near Arlington Club, Olds Wortman King store, and streetcars.
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Seward
Portland
Oregon
Cornelius
Tenth & Alder Sts
Arlington
Olds, Wortman & King's Mammoth Department Store
Allan A. Wright
Portland Hotel
National Friendship and Sisters Meet for Triennial Convention
The United Brotherhood of Friendship and Sisters of Friendship and allied colored fraternal groups convene in St Paul for their triennial gathering. Some 4 600 delegates and leaders attend. Events include a moonlight Mississippi cruise, parades with gold purse prizes, memorial sessions, and talks by Gov John A Johnson and Mayor Daniel W Lawler. Trips to Minnehaha Falls Lake Minnetonka and Fort Snelling occur. Endowment and welfare issues for aged and old folks homes are also on the program.
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St. Paul
United Brotherhood of Friendship
Sisters of Friendship
Mississippi
John A. Johnson
Daniel W. Lawler
Minnehaha Falls
Lake Minnetonka
Baby Burns Fatally Playing With Matches In Tent
Baker City July 26. Four year old Leland Rohner seriously burned while playing with matches in a hay ranch tent near Wingville. His two year old brother Preston escaped unharmed. Fire under the bed trapped Leland. sister alerted rescuers. The tent was mosquitoes tight. boy’s shoulders head and hands burned. Medical care given. condition dire as night fell.
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Baker City
Wingville
Leland Rohner
John Rohney
Preston
Leland
Judge fines himself for speeding in Vancouver
Vancouver July 26 Police Magistrate Adolphus Williama sat in judgment on himself last Saturday and found that he had been driving 19 miles per hour over the limit. The court ordered him to pay five dollars and costs after confirming the speeding charge.
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Vancouver
Adolphus Williama
Adolphus Williams
Williama
Man Pleads Guilty Desire For Shelter Ends At Sing Sing
New York police report 75 year old Francis Graham crippled by rheumatism homeless and unable to work sought a place to die. He told the judge he preferred Sing Sing over Blackwell's Island and asked to be sent there after the court rejected his guilty plea and sent him to the Bureau of Outdoor Poor for aid.
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New York
Francis Graham
Blackwell's Island
Tam
Graham
Tte
The
Bureau of Outdoor Poor
Ontario locals form independent telephone company
Ontario residents organize an independent telephone company to provide local service. The move aims to improve rates and reliability, with plans to attract investors and hire local staff. Community leaders say the venture will foster better communication infrastructure for the region.
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Ontario
Washington NJ Votes on 60000 Sewage Plant Plan
Washington New Jersey July 26 a special election is held to decide if the town will fund sixty thousand dollars for a sewage disposal plant The state threatens suit against the town and violators if the measure fails The state board delays legal action during the election amid charges of coercion and influence over voters.
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Washington
N. J
Smith
State Board
Jeffries Receives Visit From Minister at Amusement Park
In Minneapolis-Revy G I Merrill a preacher called on heavyweight champion James J Jeffries during his appearance at an amusement park. Merrill urged preaching about the body as well as the soul and argued ministers are no better than others. Jeffries challenged the idea and noted many good people outside the church. Merrill promised to appear on the platform with him tomorrow afternoon.
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Minneapolis
Revy. G. I. Merrill
James J. Jeffries
Nashter
Morrill
Midlater
Merrill
Cushman Estate Valued At 200000 In Tacoma Will
In Tacoma where Congressman's will was filed July 27 1903 the estate is estimated at about 200000. Personal mementoes go to widow May F Cushman mother and brother as they elect while real property in Pierce County is to be divided equally between widow and mother. No executrix named. May F Cushman asks to be appointed executrix. The estate requires work to determine exact amounts.
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Tacoma
Francis W. Cushman
Pierce County
Harriman 18 A Poor Tipper At Bad Gastein Visit
Bad Gastein Austria July 26 B H Harriman heads a large party including his children secretaries and servants at Hotel Europe the biggest visit there since royalty. He remains upbeat and says he feels fine as many notable Americans travel from Vienna and Munich to see him.
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Bad Gastein
Austria
H. Harriman
Europe
Vienna
Munich
Harriman
Harriman Turns to Frugal Tipping in Vienna Visit
The American millionaire Harriman weighs 145 pounds after gaining several pounds and follows Dr Strumpell to eat fruit freely. Austrian porters and Walters in Bad Gastein expected a lavish shower of tips but were surprised by his judicious, not reckless, tipping. He now wears a ready made outing suit from a Viennese tailor.
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Hie
Dr. Strumpell
Mr. Harriman
Cork Legs Save Life of Owner in Galveston
William Davies of Groveton Texas a legless 29 year old man survived the Galveston hurricane after falling from a Tarpon fishing pier. Adrift for thirty hours he discarded his cork legs but recovered them and used them as supports to swim to safety returning thirty miles to Galveston and being picked up by a boat.
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Galveston
Texas
William Davies
Groveton
Tarpon
Gulf
da View
Galventon Upper Bay
A Night Rider's Raid
A Night Rider's Raid describes disruptive bed partners of calome croton and alo es pills. Dr King's New Life Pills provide relief without distress and claim to cure colds headache constipation malaria for 26¢ from Tillman & Co.
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Dr. King
Tillman & Co.'s
Emigration from Europe Reaches 999000 This Year
The annual emigration from Europe amounts to 999000. A small percentage of these persons return after a few years.
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Europe
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George Bonhag
Siveven Miles
Harry Porter
Porter
Petahuma
Wiles Golden
Pendleton and Viccinity
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Matcides
Bradfield Regulator CO
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Jeffries
Cushman
May F. Cushman
Cass Matlock
N. Berkeley
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