Street Car Monopoly Faces Tacoma Court Challenge
Tacoma authorities challenge the Tacoma Railway and Power Co over service quality as F A Boutelle is fined for poor public service. Two operators also fined for operating with flat wheels after city ordinance pushes stricter car standards. A separate report notes a missing woman found dead in the river following a prowling incident.
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F. A. Houtelle
Tacoma Railway & Power Co
Tacoma
A. Boutelle
General Public
Boutelle
Revival of Gypsy Smith Yields Few Cincinnati Additions
Rev G R Robbins of Lincoln Baptist Church says at most 200 people will join Cincinnati churches from the Gypsy Smith revival. He notes Moody’s remark on worldwide revivals and states his congregation has gained only one new member, stressing effort to reach men through thoughtful appeal.
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United Press
Cincinnati
G. R. Robbins
Lincoln Baptist Church
Gypsy Smith
Moody
Robbins
Middle West
Four Miners Die in Illinois Coal Mine Explosion
Four miners were killed instantly in a coal mine near Centralia Illinois when a blast wrecked the interior and endangered many workers in the gallery. The bodies were recovered shortly after, with reports noting severe crushing and parts blown from one man.
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My United Pree Centralia
Dee
Here
Mmba
Murberea Victim Found Stripped and Brutally Killed
Report from Denver details the discovery of Mrs. Ernest Rupp, 26, whose body was found half stripped of her clothes with a crushed skull, after she went for help. The incident is described as a brutal murder with a heavy object likely involved.
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Denver
Colo
Ernest Rupp
How to Make a Model Servant, Says Mia Howes
United Press reports Mia K. Howes outlines rules for shaping a model servant. Be patient and sympathetic, treat her as human, show appreciation, help with unclear tasks, assist during heavy work, and share family holidays. Also notes an advertisement for a housework and cooking girl at six dollars a week with Christmas remembrance.
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Itty United Press
Chicago
Mia
K. Howes
C. W. Rankin
Seraimarweitek
Germs Lurk in Saloon Lunches Warn Inspectors
War on saloon lunch counters and restaurants declared by Dr. J Crichton, commissioner of public health. Reports show unsanitary methods by saloon cooks and poor food reaching patrons. Chemists report ptomaine germs abound and utensils inadequately cleaned.
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J. &. Crichton
Health Department
Why Is American Jailed Asks U S Why Is American Jailed
The American embassy in Mexico City is asked to investigate the imprisonment of Conductor James A. Cook at Guadalajara. He has been jailed since August after being arrested with his train crew for allegedly robbing the train. The Mexican crew were released on bail. The evidence cited is said to be climate related.
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City OF
Mexico
James A. Cook
Guadalajara
State Department
Washington
Cook
Seattle Woman Police Officer Warns of Ceramic Deception
Dr. Mary Martin, Seattle's woman police officer, alleges hundreds of girls are被 victimized by the American Caramel Decor ating Co with offices in the Denny and Arcade buildings. She says more than 60 complaints cite fees from $1.50 up to $20 or more for lessons and transfers that yield no refund or work acceptance. The company offers training in ceramic painting and promises refunds or employment at $3 per dozen after practice, but no work is deemed perfect and refunds are denied.
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Caramie Decorating Co
Denny and Arcade
Mary Martin
Seattle
Dr. Martin
China
Tranefere
Old Coon Songs Not For Them at Howard University
A threatened revolt by colored students at Howard University grows over President Thirkield urging them to sing old plantation coon songs and religious tunes. Thirkield argues such songs preserve ancestral traditions and contentment from the prewar era.
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Washington
Howard University
Thirkield
Regro
State Health Official to Tour State Against Tuberculosis
Dr. Eimer Be. Heg, the state health commissioner, will start tomorrow on a tour of the entire state to enlist volunteers in the fight against tuberculosis. He will take the anti tuberculosis exposition exhibit and lecture in every large city. Physicians in all cities will be asked to cooperate and help ensure the trip is a success.
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Eimer BE. Heg
Owtate
Ieg
Mother Scolded, So He Shot Her in Mephis Roach Case
James Franklin Roach, 23, shot his mother after she scolded him for theft of a revolver. Deputies with bloodhounds chased him from a Roach cabin as authorities say he fired point blank. Mrs. Roach was wounded but expected to survive.
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Mephis
Tenn
James Franklin Roach
Roach
Heney Files Suit Against Crocker for 250000
Prancia J Heney filed a formal complaint in a $250,000 libel suit against California millionaire William H Crocker yesterday afternoon. The article notes a meeting at The Virginia on Virginia Street and mentions new rates from $2.06 to $4.00 per week for residences.
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HENEY
My United Prep
New York
Prancia J
William H. Crocker
California
Virginia
Virginia St
Brighthay
Seattle Women Plan Martyrdom For Free Speech Fight
Two Seattle women, Mrs. Floyd Hyde and Mrs. Emile Hermann, intend to travel to Spokane to join the Industrial Workers of the World in a public protest of street preaching. They plan to risk jail and possible hardship for their cause, carrying the banner of the United Wage Workers party of Washington.
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Seattle
Floyd Hyde
Emile Hermann Ia
Hife
Spokane
Industrial Workers of the World
Brotherhood of Man
Pokane
LW. W
Washington City
United Wage Workers’ Party of Washington
England
Minnie A Caine Arrives In Hoquiam After 97 Days At Sea
The four masted schooner Minnie A Caine reaches Hoquiam Washington with crew half starved and Captain Oleen dying. Salted by a 26 hour typhoon off China after leaving Haipong September 20 bound for Bellingham. Only flour and beans remain in the galley.
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Hoquiam
Wash
Oleen
Minnie A. Caine
Haipong
China
Caine
Bellingham
Salem elects Arthur Howard as mayor amid graft probes
Arthur Howard wins a dramatic Salem mayoral race after a year and four months in town where he built the Dispatch, exposed graft, and faced libel lawsuits. He faces two indictments and may serve time, while tracing ancestry to Salem’s pre Revolutionary past.
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Salem
Maas
Masaachanetts
Gazette
Dispatch
Howard
Aepi
Duke of Norfolk
England
Messina Earthquake Reports Surface From 1908 Observations
Fragmentary notes recall early observations after the Messina quake, mentioning analysts in Rome and bronze tablets presented by a foreign league. The report reflects the era’s uncertainty about effects and timing, with scattered details and a search for corroboration.
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Rome
Ieee League of Italy
Pape's Diuretic Promises Quick Kidney Relief
A reader warns of backache and bladder woes and highlights Pape's Diuretic as a cheap remedy. The ad claims it cures kidney and urinary symptoms by restoring function and ending nighttime urination with a few doses.
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Pape
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