Sourdough Wachman Finds Giant Ontario Gold Dyke
Robert Wachman a Chicago overalls salesman turned prospector struck riches in Ontario at a gold dyke after guiding by Gust Larson. Engineers estimate 40 to 100 million tons of ore averaging $10.35 a ton, with a busy mine now producing substantial ore value. Wachman joined by backwoods effort, built a mill, compression plant, and dock while keeping promoters at bay.
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Pryden
Ontario
Aum
Robert Wachman
Tenderfoot
Wachman
Chicago
Gust Larson
Winnipeg
Lare
Lady Luck
Autopsy Finds Bremerton Woman Died by Self Destruction
In Bremerton on August 5 a coroner's jury initially accused Dan Radovich of murder then sought an autopsy. Doctors E L Smythe and W H Gage reported Mrs. Petrana Radovich killed herself by hanging, clearing the husband who was released from Port Orchard jail. Six children are cared for in Kitsap county. The case followed an alleged quarrel during which she had a black eye.
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Bremerton
Petrana Radovich
Dan Radovich
Port Orchard
Kitsap
Manette
Radovich
Grapes Asked For By Beasie White Fraught With Theft
Beasie White, 39, attempted to take grapes from a stand at 6801 Duwamish Ave after asking for fruit and being refused. She allegedly reached for Frank Gallacio's wallet in his back pocket. police booked her about ten minutes later.
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Beasie White
Frank Gallacio
Duwamish Ave
Frank
Bessie
Widow seeks servant then hints at marriage
A widow asks for a versatile male servant willing to do any house work and errands. A bystander suggests she would find what she wants only by remarrying, implying marriage rather than hired service. The exchange hints at social expectations about companionship and labor.
Feared loss of sons drives mother to suicide
Emily Schaffer, 24, living at 723 Lane Street, shot herself in her home amid fear her ex-husband would remarry a wealthy widow and take their three boys. Police rushed her to City Hospital after a .25 caliber Mauser bullet pierced her right side. she died later without hope of living without her children.
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Sertia
Emily Schaffer
Lane St
City Hospital
Grass Files Candidacy for 45th District
Robert Grane announced his bid to serve as state representative in the 45th District on Wednesday afternoon on the Republican ticket. He seeks election to the position amid party backing and local support.
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Bob Grass Files
Robert Grane
One May Hand Out Cheer to His Friends
In Olympia, the state supreme court remanded Herman Hesnel’s Franklin County case for retrial after reversing his conviction. Justice Kenneth Mackintosh ruled Hesnel did not peddle liquor as a business but gave friends an occasional nip, finding likely enough evidence to convict him of unlawful possession in a misdemeanor case.
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Olympia
Kenneth Mackintosh
Herman Hesnel
Franklin County
Heasel
Fenna
Equalizers Postponed Hearings For Budget Session
The county board of equalization postponed hearings to next Wednesday so three councilmen may join in the connect budget sessions. Assessor Frank Hull reported 1920 valuations rose by 42,475,540 over 1919, and Seattle Day Nursery at 302 Broadway saw its assessment cut by half. Several petitions were tabled for next week.
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County Equalization Board
Connect
Frank Hull
Seattle
Proadway
No raise for city car men
City budget plan limits spending for 1921 with park and library departments retrenching. Park requests 231,102 dollars with salaries at 262,572, exceeding a 1 mill levy. committee keeps within 1 mill. Library seeks 212,912. levy set at 1.1 mills. Water department 1,961,000 approved. Street car wage hike of 25 cents a day fails 6 to 3.
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Park Department
Library Department
Water Department
Boy Falls Into Well Drowned in Port Townend Visit
Four year old son of Dr. Frank M. Bryant of Victoria drowned after the cistern top was removed and the weight released. The child had just arrived with his mother to visit his grandfather J. H. Schoonover in Port Townend.
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Port
Oregon Population Totals From 1920 Census Released
The 1920 census figures show Oregon with 744 286 residents up 110 620 or 16 4 percent since 1910. Multnomah County leads with 275 498 people. Deschutes newly counted at 9 622. Umatilla 25 946. Benton 13 744. Jackson 20 406. Klamath 11 414. Lane and San Diego counties also listed with notable increases.
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Washiington
State of Oregon
Trinity
Cal
Deschutes
Ore
New County
Salem
Benton
Linn
Jackson
Multnomah
Umatilla
Klamath
Lake
Union
Amador County
Mendocino County
Trinity County
San Diego County
Ferry County
Washington
Oregon
Lyna
Mendocino
San Diego
Ferry
Wash
Amador
Belfast Is a City of Fear a Star Writer Claims
Milton Bronner reports from Belfast that fear grips the city as riots claim 18 lives and over 250 wounded. Militants lash streets, 4,000 British troops occupy harbor sites, and sandbag fortifications line the alleys while economic tensions underlying sectarian clashes surface.
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Belfast
Star
Ireland
Milton Bronner
Ulster
Milia
Bombay Street
Three Towns Swept by Fire Across North Region
Aug. 5 reports describe Frant town of 2,000 population north of Dayton destroyed by fire with losses around 1.06 million dollars. Pontotoc main business district fire caused about 6,000 dollars in losses. Cyta WA Ont reports Carp area fire 29 miles west, wire service lines down. Revelstoke BC bakery fire causes about 10,000 dollar loss.
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Dayton
Here
Patty Lous
Cytawa
Ont
Carp
Revelstoke
Dominick Tano
Boy Sues City Over Leopard Attack at Woodland Zoo
Aaron Aiken, seven, wandered to a leopard cage at Woodland Zoo and was severely lacerated when a leopard clawed him on July 4. Attorneys for the boy filed a claim for 1 000 dollars against the city on Wednesday citing harm and resulting job losses for workers.
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Aaron Aiken
Woodland Zoo
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Henry
Smatier
Wey
Park Board
City Brary Department
City Council
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Abe
Beeve
Pontotoc
Mian
Sues City
Leopard
Zod
Yarche
Bon Marche
Nulife
Ard-Widre
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