Metropolis Building Tax Dispute Over Abatement Plea
The Metropolitan Building Co faced a tax dodge dispute as the county board weighs an abatement plea. The firm argued the Cobb and Henry properties are a dead loss, while the board sided with F. W. Weath and valued the lease at a practicable rate, the case centering on a challenged $90,000 claim.
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Metropolitan
Jeane
Old University
County Board of Equals
Chase
Ite
Metro Seen
J. Rufus x 4 Moore
Cobb and Henry
F. W
El on Fire in Frisco Bay
San Francisco witnesses a blazing steamer adrift in San Francisco Bay. Fireboats spray water from all sides as flames engulf the vessel. Passengers were landed yesterday after a sudden blaze forced them to flee for safety.
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Frisco Bay
San Aprancisco
Ra Fe
San Franbay
Ben
Ives
Three Hurt in Crash at Sixth Avenue and Pine
Three people injured when a car crashed into a market area at Sixth avenue and Pine Street Saturday night. Mrs H B Kleben J J Donovan and Percy an engineer were the injured occupants of a auto, with details from police and witnesses.
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Maat Sixth Av
Pine
H. B. Kleben
J. J. Donovan
Percy
Suto
Martinez
Cal
Circus Arrives as Trucks Unload for City Exhibition
The circus rolls into town with 86 carloads of performers animals and gear. A thousand residents prepare to witness the grand setup and behind the scenes glimpse into the live show world including acts and curiosities.
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Ving
Taxpayers Meet to Hear Progressive Legislation Speakers
Tax reduction advocates will gather at Erickson's hall Queen Anne hill 512 Denny Way Wednesday evening under the Progressive Legislation club speakers include John A Whal ley Moncrief Cameron John F Murphy and George EB Tilton The piece also notes a Turkish national holiday July 24 1904 and a vivid circus scene describing daily routines sights and sounds of preparation and the eager crowds of children at the show.
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Erickson's
Legislation Club
John A. Whalley
Moncrief Cameron
John F. Murphy
George EB. Tilton
Prospective Secretary Ballinger Successor
William Oxley Thompson, president of Ohio State University, is discussed as a potential successor to Secretary of the Interior Ballinger upon resignation. A farmer at heart and active in Columbus civic life, Thompson has led Miami and Ohio universities and holds multiple degrees, with a background in the Presbyterian ministry.
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Wm. Oxley Thompson
Ohio State University
R. A. Ballinger
Columbus
Chamber of Commerce
Cambridge
Muskingum College
Oberlin College
University of Pennsyvania
Presbyterian
Longmont College
Colorado
Miami University
Ohio University
Woman life revealed as man seeks sister’s reputation
London Aug 20 Harry Lloyd died aged 74 at Enfield. Post mortem shows Lloyd was a woman who had lived 30 years as a man posing as her sister’s husband and father to her sister’s child. Marie LeRoy, Belgian educated, twice lived in London, sacrificed half a century of her womanhood to preserve her sister’s conventional morality.
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London
Harry Lloyd
Enfield
Marie LeRoy
Chas. Bradlaugh
John Stuart Mill
Old Hall of Science
Eliza
Lloyd
Eliza Lloyd
Litthe
Elizabeth
Eiven
Identity of Harry Lloyd Tied to Marie LeRoy Case
Inquest confirms Harry Lloyd as the real identity of the lost Marie LeRoy. Key witnesses are deceased, making facts hard to verify, but the investigation has established the linkage between the two names and the missing person case.
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Harry Lloyd
Marie LeRoy
Men Escape In Red-Hot Tunnel In Idaho Fire
In the old War Eagle mine tunnel near Wallace Idaho forty one men led by Forest Ranger Pulaski hid from a wall of flames. Five died in the tunnel and another man was found burned to a cinder. Survivor Charles Hickman of Leeds South Dakota described the heat.
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Spokane
Wash
War Eagle
Wallace
Idaho
Pulaski
Charles Hickman
Leeds, S. D
Creek Heat After Tunnel Fire Traps Two Workers
Survivor recounts escaping a tunnel fire and wading in a creek to cool off. His partner, Clark, was unconscious and not found. the group drank from the warm water and became ill.
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Clark
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Fy Walted Press
Circus
Edious Ife
Muate
Lion
Hippopotamus
Taxpayers’ Meeting
Turkey
France
Wade
Apollona
Secy. Ballinger
M.a.gottstein
Main
Ind
Dantan Linnae
Mda
Clairo
Hosbeef
Mission
Hall Rock
Seattle
Harry Lioyd
Man-Woman
Elizabeth Lioyd
Fdutwick
Avenue
Pike Stre Co
Ostrich
Express
MacDougall & Southwick
Firet Fiecor
Heth
the Four
Rian & Wilber
Barnes & Barron
J Y Small
Small Sisters
Mulltini
Stort
Wales
Moore
Seattle Theatre
Queen OF the Outlaws
Lois
Alex Pantages
Mer
Lawrence & Sandusky
Texas
Pantages Theatre
Vaudeville
Paris Green
Musical Spillers
Tudor Cameron
Bonnie Gaylord
Chester
Jones
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