Awakening of Old China by Bishop Bashford
Bishop J W Bashford argues China has progressed more in five years than any nation and is awakening to a new life. He notes youth leadership, modern schools rising, exams fading, and widespread education as China embraces western civilization amid Boxer fears. He cites 400 million Chinese eager to adopt Western learning and notes extensive school expansion in Nanking and Chungking provinces.
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China
Shanghai
Russia
Nanking
Yuan Shih Kai
Chibli
Dr. Smith
Confucius
Miller elected mayor of Valdez for fourth term
Henry W. Miller, former city clerk of Seattle, was chosen as Valdez mayor yesterday for his fourth term. The election result confirms Miller's leadership in the open town government amid local developments.
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Valdez
Henry W. Miller
Seattle
Tuskegee Institute celebrates 25th anniversary keynote guests
In Tuskegee Alabama on April 5 events marked the twentieth fifth anniversary of the Tuskegee Institute. About 1600 students attended the exercises with notable guests including Secretary Taft KR C Ogden Harvard President Eilet Dr Lyman Abbott and Bailor Villard of the New York Evening Post.
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Taft
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Harvard
Lyman Abbott
Baitor Villard
New York Evening Post
Valdez Trail Collapses Strands Travel Near Palrbanks
A battered Valdes trail to Palrbanks is shattered cutting routes to Tarana. A cablegram from Valdes says no travel is possible on the tents. Faralion reports mushers dropping loads and caches urging travelers to help themselves.
Everett High Meets Local High in Snappy Baseball Contest
Baseball fans await a quick game between Everett High and a local high school. Lineups feature Hemenway Helford Mullen Maguire in key positions with Hickingbottom bidding for right field. Also noted are a saddle theft report by Councilman Murphy and complaints about geese roaming streets near the neighborhood.
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Always Something New Take the Read of a Thousand Wonders
The Southern Pacific Co presents the Coast Line and Shasta Route through a realm of endless novelty. Tickets, reservations and descriptive literature available at Union Ticket Office 608 First Avenue. K and Bellas, General Agent.
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Southern Pacific Co
Shasta
Union Ticket Office
First Avenue
K &. Bellas
Luge At Auction Draws Crowd On First Avenue
Great Northern Express holds daily sales of unclaimed packages on First Avenue South. Hendreda crowd the rooms as bidders snap up items. A package sold for 2 dollars containing women’s wearing apparel, another fetched 4 dollars revealing a week’s dirty laundry. The new owner valued the package at 1 dollar.
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Great Northern Express Company
Hendreda
To & Man
Champion bowler Frank Favour wins national title
Frank Favour bested 850 competitors to win the sixth national ship of the American New Sreas with a total score of 669 pins at the Whew state championship in Oshkosh.
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Oskosh Wieman
Our Bes
Incorporation Papers Filed For Local Firms
Articles of incorporation were filed in Olympia on April 5 for several concerns. KB J. Wolff Company seeks $16,000 in capital for a general dry goods business. Hotel Mavey Company aims $200,000, with ability to raise to $500,000. Sweeney and others form First Freechurch with Rev Alfred W. Martin and partners. Re mane Photographic Company lists $14,000. Land Owners' Corporation includes Will J. Parry, J. F. Hale, D. P Oltiiam among others.
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Olympia
KB J. Wolff Company
General Dry Cous
Hotel Mavey Company
Vilege
KFP
Willie Hoppe Becomes World Billiards Champion
A sobbing mother watched Willie Hoppe defeat Geo Slosson to win the world billiards title. Hoppe presented his mother with the $5 000 gate and the $600 prize from Slosson as tribute to her training. The Hoppe family, based in New York, started practice when Willie was six and Frank three, with their father guiding the study and the boys performing prodigy exhibitions early on.
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Geo. Bslosson
Wille Hoppe
Willie
Slossen
Hoppe
New York City
Frank
Mozart
Rewalta
Mount Saker Expedition Aims To Measure Peak Height
The Marcamas, Pacific coast climbers, plan to ascend Mount Saker and carry a complete set of instruments to measure its altitude. Estimates vary from 10,827 feet in Dodges Advanced Geography to about 10,960 feet in common belief.
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Pacific Coast
Saker
Dodges
Washington
Landes
Department of Geology
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State University
Mount Baker Climb Expected To Draw Large Gatherings
Officials note Mount Baker stands above 10 000 feet and anticipate a record turnout this year. Members estimate over ten thousand climbers, with societies from Oregon and California planning to join.
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Mount Baker
Oregon
California
Arbor Day Proclaimed in Olympia for April 12
Acting governor issued proclamation designating April 12 as Arbor day in Olympia but not declaring it a holiday. The document marks the state observance while leaving normal business open.
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Olympia
30 Japs Remain in Strike as Mill Hands Walkout
Special to The Star reports that April strikes by mill workers continue with the injunction in force. Organizers claim the injunction masks poor conditions, and more mills plan to strike to oust Japanese workers. About 30 Japs remain as unions push for action by week’s start.
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Milla
C. C. Young
A. F
Yeater- Gay
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