Boundary survey amid harsh Alaska conditions stalls progress
Meyer reports the Fremont Morae party and Plemmer’s Chilkat team face heavy rain, thickUnderbrush, and rugged terrain along the new Alaska Canada boundary. Leland’s White Pass group is small and weathered. Officials fear a five year timeline. only 30 of 500 monuments shipped. Tittmann and King plan to tour inspected work in days ahead.
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Meyer
Stikeen River
J. A. Plemmer
Chilkat
O. M. Leland
White Pass
International Commission
London
United States
F. W. King
Canada
Parthea
Men claim they were thrown from a freight train
Louis Rondie and Furman Bar clay file separate damage suits against the Northern Pacific Railway after alleging they were forcibly ejected from a moving freight train at midnight last November. Rondie seeks 20000, Bar clay 13100 alleging permanent injuries and declaring they had paid fares accepted by train staff. Bondie describes himself as a 34 year old lawyer and Barclay as a 21 year old printer.
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Louis Rondie
Furman Barclay
Northern Pacific
Northern Pacific Railway
Barclay
Bondie
Charting Tiska Island Waters for Government Coaling Station
Geodetical survey steamers MacArthur and Patterson under Captains Ritter and Pratt map Tiska Island coasts to locate channels and reefs. Gedney steamer, Capt Dickens, surveys Prince of Wales island west coast. Ballard man Charles Sanderstrom is tried for lunacy, accused of taking over a gospel tent and preaching all night.
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Tiska Island
Aleutian
MacArthur
Homer P. Ritter
Patterson
Pratt
Gedney
E. 8
Dickens
Prince of Wales Island
Charles Sanderstrom
Ballard
City Engineer Presents Cedar Lake Souvenir to Council
City Engineer Thome yesterday presented council members with a three sheet folder souvenir from the city excursion to the municipal lighting plant at Cedar Lake. The memento features reproductions of the finest photographs of Cedar Lake and the Cedar River upper and lower falls, previously exhibited in Seattle.
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Thome
Solona
Cedar
Cedar Lake
Cedar River
Seattle
Agitation to outlaw billboards stalls in city
The drive to abolish billboards faded after two months. City Engineer Thomson has not yet drafted the ordinance. The plan would require metal and fireproof billboards in the first fire district. Crichton led the push, then it faltered as billboard interests proved powerful and unthreatened by potential city action.
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Fire and Water Committee
Thomson
Crichton
Creffield reward funds placed with sheriff in Oregon
The $350 Creffield reward is now in Sheriff Burnett’s custody. Individual donors’ $200 will be returned on request. The $100 from Boston reverts to the county. O Hurt refuses to let his son Roy who captured Creffield accept the reward.
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Corvallis
Ore
Burnett
Boston
Hurt
Roy
Creffield
Botkin New Trial Motion Delayed to Monday
Cordelia Botkin, convicted of murder, awaits a court decision on a motion for a new trial. Judge Cook said a ruling would come Monday, noting he had received many anonymous communications but would not be coerced.
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San Franctraco
Cordelia Botkin
Cook
Boys Held On Bonds For Freight Spur Incident
In Lagrandse Oregon on August 14 two boys were held for the circuit court in October on bonds totaling 296 dollars after they piled debris on the Steel Spur track risking a freight train.
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Lagrandse
Ore
Cigarmakers Union Explains Home Cigar Advantage Meeting
Tonight at Ranke hall a meeting under Local 185 of the Cigarmakers Union explains and advocates home consumption of cigars. Alfred Jones and W Harmon address the gathering with Rust and Rica among speakers. Local Actors and Musicians unions provide entertainment before free cigars and refreshments.
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Cigarmakers’ Union
Ranke Hall
Seattle
Firma
Tobacco Trust
Alfred Jones
Pacific Coast
Cigarmakers’ International Union
Talks Politics Cabinet Discusses President Letter
Washington August 16 The cabinet spent most of the session discussing the president's letter of acceptance which is expected to be released around September 10 according to Scrippe News Ass'n.
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Washington
Last Lake Voyage With a Price of Loss and Legend
Ezra Benziger recalls a perilous voyage on the George H. Brandt near White Lake, facing a gale and dismast, with five crewmen lost after a harrowing day as shore life savers finally rescued them. He later rebuilt his life in Chicago, returning to the lake in later years only reluctantly.
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Bera Henninger
Chicago
Etraite
White Lake
George H. Brandt
Johnson
Lee Shore
Guntayson
Ike
Montague
Hfe Mre
Guelaveon
White River Cemetery
Hank Johnson
Sailor Chronicle of the Brandt Shipwreck and Captain Malone
An eye witness account recalls the George H. Brandt's last voyage from Chicago toward Menominee with a timber cargo. Captain Jim Malone refuses to head into a squall, fires a warning shot, and the vessel capsizes as the main mast fails, leaving crew members clinging to wreckage and recounting a perilous sinking near Racine.
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Jim Malone
Chicago
Menominee
Brandt
Hacine
Hank
Racine
Pantless Actor and Revengeful Tailor In French Farce
In Lile France Aug 14 a pantless actor and a revengeful tailor star in a comic farce. The actor bought clothes from the tailor and did not pay. The tailor trapped the actor by seizing his wardrobe while he bathed, causing a canceled performance as the tailor holds the clothing and both sue each other.
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Lile
France
Forest Fires Menace Timber Near Wendling and Wildwood
Firefighters work from noon to halt a large blaze advancing along the Mohawk River toward Wendling where a big lumber mill lies. A separate major fire above Wildwood razes vast timber as a small army of men tries to head it off.
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Mohawk River
Wendling
British protest to Russia over contraband sinking Knight Commander
The British ambassador presented a formal protest to the Russian government regarding contraband policies as outlined by Premier Dalfour in the House of Commons in connection with the sinking of the Knight Commander.
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ST. Petersburg
Dalfour
House of Commons
Davis Campaign Set in Sulphur Springs Veranda Rally
Ten thousand people are expected to witness Henry G. Davis’s notification tomorrow in Sulphur Springs. The Davis party arrived on a special train last night. Thomas Taggart and John Sharpe Williams are expected late today. The speaking will occur on the Grand Central hotel veranda.
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Whith Sulphur Springs
Henry G. Davis
Davis
Thomas Taggart
John Sharpe Williams
Grand Central Hotel
State tennis tournament sees mixed doubles match victory
An afternoon at Summit avenue court featured several tennis bouts. In mixed doubles Mrs Langdon and Hunter defeated Mrs Denniston Parker and Mr Benham 6 4 6 3 7 5, while Armstrong defeated Bleeker in another match.
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Summit Avenue
Tennis results show decisive wins in late matches
Sam Russell defeated Clay Allen 6 1 6 0, Joe Tyler beat Nat Paschall 6 3 6 2, Jack Ballinger won over Karl Lewis 6 1 6 4. Other matches continued until a late hour this evening.
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Sam Russell
Clay Allen
Joe Tyler
Nat Paschall
Jack Ballinger
Karl Lewis
Rewarded for Honesty by Seattle Conductor
Walter Reid an 11 year old Star newsboy was handed a $6 gold piece instead of pennies by Sarver a Seattle Electric railway conductor at Fifth avenue and Pike street. Reid tracked him down returned the extra amount and the conductor rewarded him with 2 praising honesty as best policy and most profitable.
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Pers
Fifth Avenue
Pike Street
Sarver
Seattle Electric Railway
Reid
Unclear excerpt on relationships and language
Fragmentary text discusses social behavior and marriage notions with remarks on summer girl routines, female self presentation, and divorce courts. It references opinions on why questions and love, though no coherent event or date is established.
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Marlen EK. Pew
A Canal Link From Dardanelles to the Baltic Proposed
A 14 August discussion argues for a Black Sea Baltic canal by dredging the Dwina and Dnieper routes or linking via the Lutechesa. The plan envisions 24 feet depth, 12 miles of new waterway, and 100 million dollars in cost, offering an alternate sea outlet for Russia and altering European politics.
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Petersabung
England
Dardanelles
Russia
Black Sea
Baltic
Dwina
Riga
Kherson
Sues
Panams Canal
Dnieper
Kachovka
Nicopel
Alexandrovek
Ekaterinosiay
Gorval
Biadéeen
Berevine
Marshal Ney
Vitebsk
Ulla
Lutecheza
Orschisa
Immigrant Mrs Maybrick Not to Be Detained on Arrival
Commissioner Sargent said today that New York officials were instructed not to detain Mrs Maybrick upon her arrival in America. She will be afforded every facility of an American citizen during processing and entry.
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Washington
Sargeng
New York
Maybrickt
America
Reputation and Character by Cynthia Grey
The piece argues character matters more than reputation and urges young women earning their own living to protect both. It warns that independence reduces accountability to others and that a string of small indiscretions can erode reputation, urging prudence for years of self-reliance.
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Cynthia Grey
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