Seattle Cockfights Draw Big Crowd in Port City Event
A Seattle contingent held a private cockfight in a Portland hotel basement drawing hundreds of witnesses from Seattle Tacoma and San Francisco. William Moland known as Billy the Mug led birds that won 7 of 12 mains while Green a Sacramentan displayed skill influencing results. Portland reporters described Seattle as a fast town and praised the affair as a bold open gathering.
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Seattle
Oregon
Ieee
Maine
William Moland
Eee & Arr
Portland
Gporta
Sacramentee
Belond
Bebh
Mike Burns
Peter Riordan
Condon
Central
Tacoma
San Fran
Iso
Fragmented Civil War and State Notes Across Regions
Silenced judicial actions and political chatter fill reports from Stockton and Franklin to Tennessee. References mention a beef trust probe, a divorce case, a gambling incident with a count wounded, and Democratic party maneuvering amid regional tensions.
London Police Ire, Paris Fuel, Berlin Dogs Count
A miscellany of 1900s Europe notes cites London police sickness, Paris fuel supply, and Berlin dog counts. It lists naval totals, German criminal records, and a warning to not alight from moving electric cars. It also mentions ink chemistry and Australian views on a colonial conference.
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London
Paris
Berlin
France
Germany
Nome Late News Briefs Describe Freezing Accidents and Justice
Reports from Nome recount Sydney Mudgetter freezing both feet and a separate incident at St Michael where a half breed woman beat a native boy and branded him. A relief cutback halts rations for single men while meals are set at 35 cents for improvident individuals. Ship losses include the tug Reception and Oriole towing Nome City. barge survives. Nome mail service tightens rules, requiring written or typewritten matter and railing against contract abuse.
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Sydney
Merritt
HH. F. Miller
Reception
Oriole
Nome City
Shismoriff
F. G. Kimball
Nome Mail Service
Nome
Kimball
Schwabacher Defeated by Fremont in Season Opener
The Schwabacher Hardware Co. baseball team lost to Fremont 14 to 6 in Woodland Park in the season's first game. Boole drove in three runs with a bases loaded hit in the sixth, while Hoblitzell turned a double play in the third. Umpire Campbell officiated as the two squads lined up with Johnson, Boyle, Boole, Hobnitzell, Sprague, Chapman and Cabo for Schwabacher and Foster, Woods, Fitzgerald, Lanam, Sleusser, Fried, and Davis for Fremont.
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Woodland Park
Schwabacher Hardware Co
Fremont
Boole
Schwabacher
Hoblitzell
Johnson
Boyle
Tat
Hobnteell
Sprague
Chapman
Cabo
C. F
Cotton
F. Campbell
Foster
Woods
G. Fitzgerald
Lanalman
Sleusser
J. J
Moblendon
Fried
G. Davia
Auction Sale of Furnishings from Two Flats
Public Auction set for Tuesday April 8 at 620 Pike Street to sell the complete furniture from two flats. Items include a large Fearler Organ, parlor set, folding beds and bedding, rockers, couches, clocks, sewing machines, ranges, stoves, bedroom sets, iron beds, dressers, tables, dining chairs, glassware, tub and wringer and more.
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Pike Street
How Boers Are Faring For Prisoners In Ceylon and Bermuda
Frederick Taylor, a Royal Geographical Society fellow visiting New York, reports on Moor prisoners in Bermuda, Ceylon, and nearby camps. He notes poor conditions, overcrowding, fever, and strict surveillance, with many unfed and homesick inmates aged from 19 to 65 amid barbed wire encampments and scarce shade. One escapee is identified as a Russian.
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New York
Frederick Taylor
Royal Geographical Society
Folklore Society
North America
Hermuda
Oceyton
New York City
Bermuda
Ceylon
Mount Levinia
Seattle to install red lights at dangerous intersections
Seattle Electric Company plans red signal lights at key street crossings to warn motormen when fire units are responding. Wires will be strung from fire headquarters with automatic or operator control to activate lights at busy corners including First to Third avenues with Madison Columbia James Yealer Way, and Pike King streets.
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Third Avenue
Columbia Street
Seattle Electric Company
Electric Company
Madison
Columbia
James Streets
Yealer Way
Pike Street
King Street
First Avenue
Seattle Humane Society Plans Pound Action Tonight
The regular monthly meeting of the Seattle Humane Society will be held tonight in the parlors of the Rainier Grand. Members discuss taking over the city pound and operating it for the city while progress continues on rehearsals for the cantata Queen Sather.
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Seattle Humane Society
Rainier Grand
Brief World Notes From A Busy Era
A collage of statistics and facts covers health, industry, transport, and science. Topics include artificial teeth usage, a planned Los Angeles indigent hospital, France's incomes, a Paria to Peking automobile journey, box packaging from Maine, GE sales, naval ammunition costs, wine overproduction, rubber trucking near Manos, Purdue telephonic engineering, Maryland canning workforce, wind speeds at altitude, German mines employing tens of thousands, and Cuban farm statistics from 1899.
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Arizona
Los Angeles
France
Tion
Paria
Peking
Siberia
Florida
Maine
General Electric Company
North Atlantic Naval Squadron
Manos
Amazon
Para
Purdue University
Maryland
Germany
Cuba
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Senate
Amt
Roosevelt
Stockton
Cal
Frank
Stafford Aus& Registrar Land Office
Indepen
Senetee A
Raymond
Iken
Tim
Matilda C. Ben- Soult
Joseph
Bie
Mathias Padziwill
Nieswhtach
Maxville
Tenn
Furgeson
Knoxville
Aguinaldo van Wink
Aguinaldo
Waa
Ido
Faneton
San Nour
Democrats
Jefferson Davis
Far North
Vantage
England
Richard Croker
Challow Park
Moat House
Croker
Bertie” Havin
Charles Reiff
Eugene Leigh
Foxhill
Ele
Godwin
Morton
Port Orchard Points
Skagit Chief
Colman Dock
J. T. Wilson
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Humane Society
Second Avenue
Seneca and
University Sts
Tonteht
Thewera
Adams & Blanchard
2D Ave
Hinckley
Safe Deposit Building
Hertha
Witatenhs
Third Ave
Florence Dental CO
A. Lindauer
Ten Marche Block
Tek Main
Lake Union
Lota
Herbert
Scheuerman
First Avenue and
Cherry St
Lion Clothing House
Goodyear
Maurice Gorber
First Ave
South Corner
Mack
Bample
Sampte
Edingham
Chambray Walsta
W.B. Hutchinson Go
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