Opening of Alaska coal fields aims to cut fuel bills
Washington reports Senator Poindexter's plan to develop Alaska coal to lower Pacific coast fuel costs. Testimony notes Pacific coal is expensive, with Navy consumption cited at 150,000 tons yearly. Estimates show Alaska fields hold billions of tons, with potential profits cited for syndicates and large-scale development.
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Alaska
Senator Poindexter
Householder
Gilson Gardner
The
Star
Washington
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Coast
Alfred H. Brooks
Geological Survey
Seattle
San Francisco
East Coast
Tory
British Columbia
Australia
Japan
Germany
Washington State
Hia
U. S. Navy
United States Navy
Pocahontas Field
West Virginia
Brooks
Ballinger-Pinchot
Cunningham
Morgan-Guggenheim Syndicate
Kennedy
Guggenheim Syndicate
Bering River
Gold Fever Captures Seattle Sourdoughs North of City
The piece recalls push toward the Klondike with four pioneers, Red Riggs Salero Saez Herbert Abbott and C J Mayer building a stockade and earning wages. Miners and old timers flock to Seattle bars with talk of passage aboard the Northwestern for McCarthy and the Shushanna.
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Salero Saez
Herbert Abbott
J. Mayer
Iiara
City Limita
Greenwood Line
Red” Rigas
C. J. Mayer
Noble Wallingford
Sheriff's Office
H. Meyers
Justice Brown
Riggs
Abbott
Saez
Mayer
Arctic Club
Billy Chappelle
Sam Stanley
Jake On
Nome
Norwood
Frye Hotel
Shushanna
Butler's Saloon
First Av
Pioneer Square
Sean
Tom Jackson
Klondike
Jim Murray
Billy Devine
Jack Peterson
Northwestern
McCarthy
Boggs
Unino St
Seattle
Alaskan
Butler's
Spitz & McNeil’s
That Terrible Forest Fire Allayed by Report
A large forest fire near Lake Washington drew fear and viewer awe but was later found to have limited scope. A small logging engine caused sparks near Lake Sammamish. rangers fought the blaze to prevent spread and expected no major trouble unless wind picks up.
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Lake Washington
Bellevue
Beaux Arts
Star
Lake Samammish
Girl Under Bed Sparks Bumptious Burglar Tale
New York August 2 a tale of a supposed old maid finding a man under a bed took a turn when a man named yer Kersch returned to his bachelor quarters after a day’s work and pulled out a girl named Anna Weinstein from beneath the bed police suspect she is a clever burglar and may have staged the sceneThe incident reads like a reversal of the familiar trope.
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New York
Yer Kersch
Anna Weinstein
Suffragist Plea for Skirts for Men at Beach
Miss Rosalie Ladova, a suffragist, argues men should wear skirts or close-fitting bloomers while women wear tights. She was arraigned in Hyde Park for bathing at Jackson Park without a skirt, displaying a black satin bloomers outfit to a large crowd. The arresting patrolman produced her discarded skirt and swimwear. Ladova contends women swim better in skirts and that women with figures beyond modest should be allowed tights, asserting men currently expose more skin at the beach.
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Rosalie Ladova
Hyde Park
Jackson Park
Pat Straight
Ladova
Miss Ladova
Mears Falls Behind Schedule During Around-the-World Run
New York newsman John H. Mears loses 12 hours en route between a point 200 miles off Cape Flattery and Seattle while attempting a globe circling record. The Empress of Russia delays Victoria arrival. a speedboat and railroad holds keep him on track to reach Seattle for the North Coast Limited.
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John H. Mears
New York
Globe
Cape Flattery
Seattle
Mears
Victoria
Northern Pacific
Atlantic Express
Shore
Empress
North Coast Limited
East
Rubber corsets debut at New Bedford beaches
New Bedford Massachusetts August 2 authorities report a novel fashion at sea bathing resorts. Women wear rubber corsets under swimming outfits to preserve shapeliness, described as a lifelike enhancement of seaside life at the beaches.
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New Bedford
Masc
Evelyn Nesbit Found in Santa Barbara After Disappearance
Evelyn Nesbit, the pretty witness in the Los Angeles white slave inquiry, was found in Santa Barbara after two weeks missing. She was arrested at a local hotel an hour after arriving and refused to disclose her whereabouts since her disappearance.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Evelyn Nesbitt
Los Angeles
Miss Nesbeith
Divorce Hearing and Wandering Gila Monster Incident
In San Francisco on August 2, Au gust Angner testified in a divorce saying he opposed a monkey sleeping in bed though he defended cats and dogs. In Redondo Beach a gila monster that escaped a museum scratched a drug store door before the proprietor fled after hearing Beethoven.
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San Francisco
August Angner
Redondo Beach
Cal
Clergy decries ankle exposure as a sin in sermon
Rev. F. C. Bruner argues that showing the ankle through a skirt is a sin and compares the rustling of silken folds to the hiss of a serpent, voicing strong moral opposition in Chicago.
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Chicago
F. C. Bruner
Inrush to McCarthy as prospectors push toward new gold fields
Reports from McCarthy state 110 men arrive with four car loads of supplies and three car loads of horses, heading toward Shushanna placer grounds. About 15 square miles of placer ground exist, with early claim jumping and fractional staking noted.
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Cordova
Alaska
McCarthy
Shushanna
Scolai Pass
C. Bones
Zeke Miller
New Gold Strike Sparks Stampede to Shushanna River
A famous gold strike near McCarthy triggers a rush from Cordova, Copper River valley, and Dawson. About 400 stampede toward the Shushanna district as steamboats and rail routes funnel prospectors toward McCarthy, then on foot via the Scolai trail.
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Shushanna River District
McCarthy
Copper River
Cordova
Copper River Valley
Seattle
Copper River & Northwestern Railway
Scolai Trail
Shushanna
Scolai Pass
Meat Packers Missing Halt Warrant Service
Report says Sulzberger and Sons could face penalties for selling decomposed meat in Seattle. Deputies failed to serve warrants as managers and local agents were unavailable or out of state. Authorities highlight strict penalties for property crimes but lighter fines for selling tainted food.
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Lake Washington
Sulzberger & Sons
New York
Chicago
Kansas City
Seattle
California
Death of Credit Manager in Bank of California Incident
C H Warner 65 a civil war veteran and credit manager for Albers Brothers Milling Co collapsed and died from a heart failure while making a deposit at the Bank of California Seconday and Columbia streets. He had worked five years with Albers and leaves a wife and son Harry. Also weather notes forecast indoor clothing as sun and heat ease Sunday.
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C. H. Warner
Albers Brothers Milling Co
Bank of California, Seconday
Columbia Sr
Warner
Albers Company
Harry Warner
One of Our Sea Friends Dies
New York reports Alderman Frank Detzler hailed a small fish into his boat when a 300 pound shark leaped aboard. Detzler killed the shark after an hour’s struggle aboard the vessel.
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New York
Frank Detzler
Detzler
Pennants Offer From The Seattle Star Office
Four consecutive coupons from The Star plus 15 cents earn a 65 cent pennant. Oregon State Pennants are out and California Pennants arrive next Monday. Pennants can be mailed for five extra cents per pennant. Bring to The Seattle Star at 1307 Seventh Ave near Union St for redemption.
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Star
Oregon State
California
Seattle Star
Seventh Ave
Union St
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Tion
Adel ‘Hird
Brooka
Fred L. Boalt
Evelyn
Lemme
Mr. Gila
Shushanna River
Dawson
Weather Bureau
Sol
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