Death of girl linked to canned tomatoes in San Francisco
In San Francisco on April 2, the coroner was informed of the death of four year old Miler Widge, with attending physician Jones attributing the cause to canned tomatoes. The Pidge family had eaten canned tomatoes yesterday, causing convulsions in the girl and her brother. The girl died within hours. the boy remains in danger. A week earlier the boy had a deadly illness after eating canned tomatoes but was not then linked to the cause.
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San Francisco
Miler Widge
Jones
Man Drowns After Typhoid Illness in Philadelphia
John Gerstenbach, ill with typhoid fever, attempted suicide by submerging his head in a backyard bucket in Philadelphia. He became unconscious and was found, transported to St. Agnes Hospital, where he died shortly after admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
de Urious
John Gerstenbach
St. Agnes Hospital
Two Polish Girls Escaped Death On Red Bridge Crossing
Lavincki sisters from Pittefield narrowly escaped a fatal railroad accident on the Consolidated road as a southbound milk train bore down on a bridge over the river between Housatonio and Glendale. They clung to the ties and leapt into the icy river as the bridge swayed, then were rescued and identified in Great Barrington. The train crew and passengers lauded their quick, brave actions that saved their lives.
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Pittefield
Lavincki
Reston Globe
Housatonio
Glendale
Red Bridge
Girta
Great Marrington
Great Barrington
Marriage Licenses Granted in Seattle
A license to wed was issued yesterday afternoon to Charles H. Stevens 25 and Grace H. Parker 28, both residents of Seattle.
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Charlies H. Stevens
Grace H. Parker
Seattle
Salmon Spawning Stations Planned Across Rivers
Olympia reports a salmon spawning station will be built on the Nisqually river this fall with a hatchery later. A steelhead station is planned on the Lewis river and another on Wind river. Wenatchee river will be investigated. White river hatchery to be located 1.5 miles up Greenwater river and in operation by fall at an expense of 2000 dollars.
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Olympia
Nisqually
Lewis River
Wind River
Wenatchee River
Little
White River
Greenwater
Brckley
Stowaways on Atlantic Liners A Constant Nuisance
A captain describes persistent stowaways aboard Atlantic liners. Despite strict watch and port searches, crews and stokers sometimes aid hidden men to slip into holds. Each voyage can yield multiple free passers, who fear not work but bread and fear discovery.
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Willy Nilly
Seal
Stowaways and Superstitions Sailors Cite
The piece notes a belief that ships with stowaways are less likely to founder and recalls a fatefully warned vessel. An old salt recalls a warned voyage that sank soon after, with only a few saved, prompting reflections on providence and protective charms for the unlucky and outlawed aboard ships.
Missing Oregon boy prompts anxious search
Frank J. Hughes, fourteen, living on a steer ranch in Lobster precinct Benton County, left home with Winchester rifle and provisions after his father stepped out. The boy vanished in hills and a swamp area, traces leading toward Dusty eighteen miles south of Corvallis. Authorities expect he may be found alive soon.
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Corvallis
Frank J. Hughes
Lobster Precinct
Bhenton County
Dusty
Corvallia
Courage Under Fog: Stella Disaster Compared to La Bourgogne
A reflection on Anglo-Saxon bravery amid the Stella disaster in the English Channel. Passengers and crew remained calm as the steamer, crowded with excursionists, struck rocks in dense fog and sank. The captain stayed on the bridge while boats were prepared, contrasting with the La Bourgogne tragedy of the prior year.
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English Channel
la Bourgogne
Warning to Others at Rushville Depot Death Case
April Anderson of Cincinnati, a 33 year old Black barber and card shark, was found dead behind his Rushville shop after an alcohol binge. Police say he suffered torturous delusions of being eaten by rats and snakes choking him as his end came.
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Rushville Depot
Ind
Anderson
Cincinnati
Summer shirtwaist styles with sailor collars and lace
Fashion notes describe summer shirtwaists in guipure lace and lace-trimmed fabrics such as pique linen and duck. Many feature removable vests or girdles, stock collars, and liberty satin trims, with variations in India linen muslin dimity and zephyr gingham. The overall look is boyish, with a single front plait and a plain, small silhouette.
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Bishop's Lawn
Aspiring Actress Makes Plea For Dual Talent
A slender, pale girl asserts she can act and asks to join the theater. The manager questions her singing and mouth organ skills, then offers a chance to try again and perhaps a washing windows job if she returns. He restrains from outright discouragement to encourage her ambition.
Buy Clipper Bicycles and Exercise Accessories
KF M Spinning, local agent at 1022 Second Avenue, advertises Clipper bicycles for exercise use and promotes other cycling gear.
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KF. M
Second Avenue
MG SAVES TEN LIVES
Felton Delaware April 22 The remarkable incident follows a dog that saved the life of ten people at Cartees Crossing Alain Graham and his family were awakened by the dog’s loud barking and scratching. Mr Graham opened the door and was enveloped in flames from sparks from the stove. The family extinguished the fire with hard work the dog appeared to be aroused by the crackling flames and ten minutes later there would have been no escape for the family
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Felton
Del
Cartees
Alain Graham
Utn
Sleeping cars need names not numbers say Journal editors
The Providence Journal suggests naming sleeping car classes after fictional works to boost traveler appeal. It favors "The Ottrietian" as a likely favorite and "the Burrows of Batan" as a strong second, seeing it as a good experiment in imaginative nomenclature.
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Talker
Batan
Providence Journal
North Pole mine braces for high value brick shipment
Haker City April 22 Superintendent Thomas Evans of the North Pole mine, backed by the Darings of London, delivered bricks weighing forty pounds to the First National Bank worth $196,000. The mine yielded $160,000 last year and operates with a 20-stamp mill and a modest cyanide plant. It employs thirty five men under Manager Mmil Mel eer.
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Haker City
Thomas Evans
North Pole
Darings
London
Flrst National Bank Wold
North Pot
Mmil Meleer
Fixed It for Him
A tender reminiscence of a young couple in a Northwest town enjoying newlywed life. The husband writes on a typewriter as they learn to manage their home and share devotion to each other amid small domestic details.
Exclamation Point Fix Sparks Domestic Mockery
A young man frustrated by worn typewriter keys complains of the missing exclamation point. His wife reappears with a rough fix, ink on a key to spark a nearby symbol, drawing a playful jab at male tech tinkering and domestic patience.
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Floeper
A Shelter for Men Organizing Meeting Planned
Tomorrow evening at Westminster Presbyterian church a meeting will organize a men shelter in the city. The aim is to provide food lodging and small cost for men with speakers including A J Hair secretary of the Charity Orientation Society. Motive work will likely begin in October to advance the project.
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Westminster Presbyterian Church
A. J. Hair
Orienteation Society
Death by own action shocks Armor candy plant site
In Armor Michigan on April 2 Andrew A Marehall owner of the Uger News candy estate on South Main street died by own action using gas and tubing in a novel method. A Kansas neighbor Andrew Dixon recently died and was praised for his kindness, with a neighbor describing his readiness to help and fulfill last wishes.
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Andrew Dixon
Kansas
Andy
Sunday Topics in the Churches
A list of church services across Seattle including St. Clement’s Episcopal Plymouth Congregational and more. Each entry notes church name location pastor and morning and evening service times with occasional sermon topics.
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St. Clement's Piscopal Church
Twenty-fourth Avenue
Washington Street
George Buzzeile
English Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity
Seventh Avenue
Union Street
James F. Beates
Pike Street
First Presbyterian Church
Fourth and Spring
A. Ft. Hutchison
Plymouth Congregational Church
Hattery Street
M. BE
Third Avenue and
Battery Street
H. D. Brown
Daniel
St. Mark's Episcopal
Harvard Avenue
Beneca
Spring Streets
J. P. D. Lwyd
Seattle
Third Avenue
Cedar Street
L. J. Hawyer
Firet Baptist Church
Fourth Avenue
James Street
Loula
Howerman
Plymouth Church
Market Quotations from Saturday Morning Trade
Market notes show quiet activity in commission circles with prices unchanged from Monday. Quoted ranges cover grains vegetables fruits dairy and meats from Beattie to Puget Sound, including oats, hay, butter, eggs, poultry, beef, pork, fish, nuts, and flour, with detailed per unit prices for multiple items and destinations.
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Cireles
California
Lota
Beattie
Puget Sound
Washington
Prison Poem by Incarcerated Writer Sparks Debate
A jail inmate pens a poem asserting art survives confinement. The Chicago Record notes the work challenges censorship and raises questions about freedom of expression behind bars.
Beattie Sailings To Alaska Announced By Steamship Line
The Beattie route to Alaska lists sailings at 10 a m via Victoria and Port Townsend with dates including March February 2 7 12 57 and more through May plus every fifth day thereafter. The steamers Cottage iy City of Topeka and Al Ki depart 9 a m from Beattie with a long set of March April and May dates and every fifth day thereafter.
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Renae
Beattie
Victoria
Port Townsend
Alaska
Cottage Iy
City of Topeka
Al-Ki
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Oregon
Plymouth Congregational
University Street
W. H. G. Temple
Mr. Winchester
Snohomish
Pirat Presbyterian
First Baptist Uniting
Sacred Heart Church
Brotherhood Building
Sixth Avenue
Bell Street
Father Frown
Fourteenth Avenue
George A. Bailey
Madison Street
Madis
Twentythird Avenue
Grege
Grace M. EB
Thirtieth Avenue
King Street
W. H. Selleck
W. Whitfield
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Twenty-fourth Avenue South
Donald Jows
Panter
Zaccheus
Paul
Second Presbyterian Church
Third Avenue North
Harrison Street
W. A. Major
Trinity Pariah Church
H. J. Gowen
M. W. Churey
Aveney
Marion Street
Ronard M. Randall
Wilmot Whitfield
Church of Our Lady of Good Help
F. X. Prefontaine
Ermon
Church of Immaculate Conception
Broadway
A. Ewere
Columbia Street
W. H. Gilchriat
Christian Mental Secience
Bigelow
Third Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Twenty-second Avenue
East Cherry
Hev
Elmer B. Thomson
Market Street
Twenty Fourth Avenue South
Main
Thomas Baldwin
Farina
Graham
Java
Costa Rica
Sack
Aden Mocha
Guatemala
Eaastern
Iowa
Mic
Alberta
Columbia River
Burbanks
Yakima
Med
Nough
Chicago
Big
Boston Clothing House
Pike
Great Ticket Office
Everett
Mt Vernon P. m
New
St. Paul
U. & Mall
Oriental
Os Oy Ve
Japan
Cates
Asiatic
Bonney & Stewart Tal
Periors
Columbia St Telephone Main
Wash
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
J. FY
Trowbridge
Puget Sd
Ocean
Uptown
Flrat
Goodall, Merkina & Co
Washington & Alaska Steamship Company
Alaska Lightning Express Steamship
TTY OF
Yester Wharf
Skagway and Sea
G. F. Thorndyke
Yesler Way
Empire Line
SA Michael Es
Dawson City
Yukon River
First Ave
International Navigation Company
United States
Canada
Mayo
Europe
Permanentra
Plete
Ares
AYO
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