Lost Election Bet Rolled Peanut With His Nose and Made Money
In Cheney Washington on December 29 Sam Webb a socialist staged a stunt after Los Angeles election results showing Hariman lost. Webb rolled a peanut across Main Street with his nose to promote a local store, with a photographer and a boy displaying a sign. He announced photos would cost two dollars each at a nearby gallery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheney
Cheney, Wash
Sam Webb
Webb
Los Angeles
Harriman
Hard Time, But at Last This Excited Couple Got Married
Dr. Carl A. Hickman married Misa Bet tle Durrett after a chaotic ceremony in Fort Worth Texas. The best man fainted knocking over palms, lights failed, and the sisters reacted with hysteria before Miss Lillie Durrett gave away her sister to the groom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Carl A. Hickman
Misa Bettle Durrett
Lillie
A 97 Kernel for Little Fido
A London firm offers a Pekinese drawing room kennel priced at 97 dollars. The piece, described as exquisite furniture in Chinese style with lacquer by an Oriental artisan, targets English aristocracy and customers at a New York hotel patron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Europe
London
Comte
Divorce sought by Emma Sing Lope from Chinese husband Sing Lope
Emma Sing Lope, a white Portland woman, filed for divorce from her Chinese husband Sing Lope in circuit court. They wed in 1908 at Vancouver Washington. She alleges cruel treatment including false accusations of flirting with white men and humiliation through Chinese language curses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland, Or
Dee
Emma Sing Lope
Sing Lope
Vancouver
Wash
At 83 He Becomes a Robber
CHICAGO Dec 29 The oldest man ever arrested here charged with highway robbery is William H. Ely 83. Ely with a younger man entered an Englewood real estate office and attempted to hold up L S Jamieson a clerk. Jamieson sprang at the old man and wrenched the weapon away. The accomplice fled and Ely was overpowered and locked up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William H. Ely
Ely
Englewood
L. S. Jamieson
Jamieson
Goddard Assails Thomson in Investigation Report
Councilman Goddard submits a detailed resume of his probe into charges against Engineer Thomson. He identifies fault lines and ties alleged false improvement work to Thomson while criticizing Councilman Griffiths for conduct of the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Councilman
Goddard
Thomson
Griffiths
How It Happened Columbus Day Parade Incident
A long Columbus Day parade caused blockades in West Seattle. Mrs. Mabel Clara True, plaintiff, was removed from a car after a transfer dispute with a conductor. Damages of 5000 dollars are sought. Lincoln plans for the national Republican convention delegates favor Taft’s renomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Day
West Seattle
Washington
Mabel Clara True
Union St
Transfer
Lincoln, Neb
Taft
Nebraska Republican League
Geese Save Chicago From Potential Downtown Fire
Geese cackling in crates on the third floor of a consalmon house siding drew a watchman’s attention to an overheated stove. The ensuing fire spread to woodwork but caused little damage, credited to the fowls’ alarm that aided in preventable disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geege
Chicago
Rome
Tax Reform League Holds Weekly Meeting Saturday
The Tax Reform league meets at 12 30 Saturday in the Kniddale cafeteria committee room at Third and James. A large audience attended the last meeting and an open session is planned for questions and discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tax Reform League
Kniddale
Third and James
A Mite of Radium Lost in Paris Streets
A large reward is posted for the recovery of a mite of radium worth 8000 dollars lost in Paris. Police warn the finder to surrender it at once as radium is highly dangerous. The tube was given to an unnamed American physician via a messenger who pocketed it and dropped it after a hole burned through the coat pocket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Presse
Paris
Oil Records Broken
California topped US oil output in the previous year with 73,010,660 barrels, about 35 percent of the national record, according to United Press data released in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington, D. C
California
United States
City Bonds Proposal Tabled By City Council
J H Edwards of Washington Trust and Leman of Merrill Oldham Co. urged the city to issue 3 500 000 in bonds if interest rose to 6 percent with concessions. The proposal was referred to the finance committee and city officials for study. Beattie Automobile School listed as address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Edwards
Wahsington Trust & Savings Bank
Leman
Merrill. Oldham Co
Boston
Blaine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Liberty Building
Postoffice
Seattle
University
Lake Washington
Lake
OLE Hanson & CO
Conshohocken
Victor Mauk
John Wood Manufacturing Co
Beattie Automobile Scleel
Broadway
Eee
West ‘Ern Collection Co
Reichert Bros
Department Store
James St
West
American Boy Magazine
Russia
Rockwood
Vicuna
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!