Record-Setting Surplus Piano Organ Sale At Johnston Co
Johnston Co announces a great sixty five thousand dollar surplus stock sale on pianos and organs. Twenty seven purchasers last week took advantage of low prices with many models from Kimball Bell D Johnston Co. Firms offer deep cuts on pianos and organs with multiple payment options and guaranteed instruments.
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Pease
Ida Fowler
Chase
Hannah Larson
D. Johnston Co
H. Pfeil
Kimball
John Huntington
Hadorff
T. J. Hagan
Bell
Mra
C. F. Canedy
D. 8. Johnston Co
Angelo Lapasin
Mra. E. Knapp
Mra. A
Deputy Hodge Chases Rail, Catches Thief From Pinland
Hoot, man! Deputy Sheriff Hodge sprinted to catch the 8:27 a.m. train then nabbed a heavyset thief from Pinland who had robbed Hendrickson’s boarding house of $18 and trinkets. He learned of the crime Sunday, tracked the suspect Herman Johnson via Seattle police, boarded the train in pajamas, raced to the depot, and captured him. The suspect was returned to Black Diamond for trial.
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Hobbie
Hodge
Land of Heather
Black Diamond
Pinland
Hendrick
Son
Tacoma
Cle Elum
Beattie
Herman Johnson
Seattle
Johnson
Ronnie Beotland
Mintander
At & P.m
Hospital Thief Trapped in Makeshift Jail at Providence Hospital
William Herrick, who robbed several rooms at Providence Hospital a week earlier, attempted another break in early Sunday. A patient raised the alarm and Herrick found the improvised jail secured by a spring latch. He fled but was recaptured and confessed to recently being released from a California state prison.
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Eral
Providence Hospital
Adam
California
Shotgun Quarantine Across South Feared In Fever Towns
An 1897 New Orleans dispatch explains shotgun quarantines used to halt travel during yellow fever. Guards man stations, seal towns, fumigate goods, and bar entry. Trains are blocked, mail and merchandise pass through external depots, and officials enforce strict exclusion with potential penalties.
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Star
New Orleans
South
Monroe
Canton
Mixs
Baton Rouge
Bhut
Mississippi
Yellow fever fears disrupt river trade and quarantine tensions
The article describes ship captains barred from shore near Natchez after yellow fever outbreaks linked to New Orleans. Italians from New Orleans face peril in country towns under strict quarantine rules. Health towns on the Mississippi Sound protest the measures as summer residents flee, hurting hotel revenues and local economies.
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Imperial Line
Natchez
New Orleans
Misaiasippi Sound
Telegraphers Strike Demands Prompt Work Conditions Plan
Telegraphers demand overtime limits on Sunday work not to exceed a per year total, exclusive representation by Telegraphers, promotion by seniority, a $5 monthly wage rise, an eight and a half hour day for relay operators, relief from duties for helpers, quarterly transportation, relief from tending lamps pumps or handling mail between trains and depot, abolition of indemnity clause, reinstatement of F A Brown H C Carlson and C C Turney unjustly discharged, wage increases totaling 2200 for Great Northern 3500 for Northern Pacific, and bond premium reimbursements of about 1 50 per man per year.
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United States
F. A. Brown
Northern Pacific Telegraphers
H. C. Carlson
C. C. Turney
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Forest Blaze Cuts Off Grant's Pass After Coon Rescue
In Grant's Pass Oregon on August 7 two boys attempted to smoke out a treed coon, starting a massive forest fire. The town and surrounding area are isolated with all traffic halted and water scarce for exhausted firefighters. Barns and fences are destroyed as a dense smoke hangs over the city.
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Grant's Pass
Ore
Starvation Hits Puthoff Strike in St. Petersburg
Aug 7 report from St. Petersburg says hundreds of striking Puthoff workers face extreme hunger with widespread scurvy. The public appeal to General Trepoff seeks relief as destitution worsens.
Atrocities Reported in Samar Refugee Tales
Reports from the war department detail torture and murder of loyal Filipinos by Samar renegades. The accounts describe severe abuses against both men and women as ongoing atrocities reach Washington.
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Washington
Samar
War Department
Local Boys Aim for National Sharpshooters Prize
Washington state militia trains 16 crack shots at American Lake under Adjutant General James A. Crain for the Seagirt New Jersey event on August 24. Iain J. Howard Darlington will accompany the team as spotter with a telescope. Oscar J. Horn, Cleveland attorney and Delta Delta member, visits Seattle during a two day tour after aiding Bennington disaster recovery.
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Washington State Militia
Seagirt
N. J
American Lake
James A. Crain
National Guard
Washington
Iain J. Howard Darlington
Iain J. Howard Darlington, In the County Auditor's Office
Bennington
Oscar J. Horn
Cleveland
Ohio
Delta Delta College
Seattle
Mr. Horn
San
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