Yangtze voyage note reveals opium use and gambling aboard
A aboard the Shutting on the upper Yangtze, a drifting journey amid rapids is documented. The writer notes a miniature Chinatown scene with opium smoking and gambling among passengers, including a Chinese crew, while mentioning a 100000 yearly Yangtze death figure and an English agent for Standard Oil. The letter cites an incident where the Englishman’s wife douses Chinese women with water during a dinner.
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Bill
Yangtee
Yangtse
Standard Ol Company
Chamber forms committee to examine bond dealing firms
In Portland on February 9 the Chamber of Commerce created a committee to audit all Oregon companies issuing bonds after the collapse of the Columbia River Orchards company. The panel’s aim is to assess investor risk and the responsible parties.
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Griland
Portland
Columbia River Orchards Company
Northwest
Penufy
Chamber of Commerce Today
Delegation split at Palatka G.O.P. convention
Florida delegates split at the Palatka state convention with two backing Roosevelt and one for Taft. the remainder endorsed Taft, amid party bolt and a new Roosevelt ticket formation. In San Francisco the Barbary Coast faces closure except for a restricted zone as police move to curb nightlife. Comptroller Bothwell travels to Boston to negotiate municipal car bonds with Seattle bonds deposited in New York under Trust Co. of America supervision.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Cone
Roosevelt
Taft
Chicago
Palatka
San Francisco
Police Commission
Bothwell
Boston
Seattle
Truat Co. of America
New York
Deputy Sheriff Bound By Gunpoint at San Francisco Saloon
Deputy Sheriff Cammaday, at pistol point, tried to collect a judgment from W. Beck, a saloonist. Beck disarmed him, took the sheriff’s badge, and gave him a spanking in the saloon on February 9 in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Cammaday
Pistol Point
W. Beck
Beck
Precise Artist Owners Denied Access For Cream Pies In Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court denies Charlotte Mair owner of a Boston apartment house the right to bring cream pies through the front door as a legal action or nuisance dispute. The ruling addresses allowed entry and storage practices for edible pies in residential buildings and clarifies occupant rights.
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Supreme Indicia Court of Massachusetts
Misa Charlotte Mair
Boston
Whistling Club Preaches Gospel at Hilledale Church
William Burd of the Hilledale Methodist Church in New Jersey organizes a whistling club of 20 boys to sing gospel hymns during services aided by a plane. The group trains weekly and aims to attract worshippers with musical whistling.
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William Burd
Methodist Church
Hilledale
N. J
Man Kills Self in Cabin Near Silver Star
William Kaiser, 60, reportedly took his own life in his cabin near Silver Star after a period of distress over searching for gold. He laid down beside his cabin fire and did not survive.
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William Kaiser
Silver Star
Stolen Tombstone Found At Cemetery Site
Police recovered a tombstone stolen from a Macon marble yard and found at a cemetery near the grave of Henry Syke’s child who died recently. Authorities believe the father intended to mark the grave and bought eight stones, but cannot determine how he carried out the act alone.
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Macon
Henry Syke
Taft Nominates Hoquiam Postmaster
President Taft nominates Ralph Philbrick to be postmaster at Hoquiam Washington with the nomination reported from Washington.
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Washington
Taftoday
Ralph Philbrick
Hoquiam
Wash
Jarre and Co. Firm Featured in Local Notice
A fragmented OCR notice mentions Jarre and Company tied to a local matter. It references a business action and a public notice with limited readable details.
Beauty Gets Divorce in San Francisco
San Francisco society beauty Gertrude Phipps, once famed for dancing at Kirmeas here, was granted a divorce from Horton F. Phipps son of Pasadena millionaire Col. Samuel Phipps. The husband’s father reportedly promised Mrs. Phipps twelve thousand dollars upon entry of the decree.
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San Francisco
Ouasel
Gertrude Phipps
Horton F. Phipps
Pasadena
Col
Samuel Phipps
Largest shipment of automobiles heads to state
United Press Leased Wire reports the largest shipment of cars ever sent to a single state. Sixty railroad carloads valued at $309,000 are en route to San Francisco via the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific and insured for $275,000.
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United Press
Denver
Tts
San Francisco
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Buying Up 30 000 Postage Stamps to Win $1 000
W Parker Lyon former Fresno mayor is in Pasadena buying rare stamps from collectors. He claims to have 22 000 stamps and aims to reach 80 000 varieties within a year. He wagers $1 000 that he can find 20 000 new stamps in a year and plans to continue from the San Joaquin valley toward the south.
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United Presse
Pasadena
Cal
W. Parker Lyon
Fresno
Uncle Bam
Lyon
San Joaquin Valley
Estate of David Graham Phillips Left Royalties to Heir
The will or notice states the estate consists of royalties from Phillips books totaling about $12,000. At his assassination here several months ago he had $300 in bank. His sister Mrs. Carolina Frevert is named the sole heir.
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Preesw Wire Npwy
David Graham Phillips
Carolina Frevert
Parker Denies Request to Defend Indy Dynamiting Suspects
Washington February 9 Judge Parker denied reports that he was asked to defend the 32 or more labor men indicted in Indianapolis for alleged participation in a nationwide dynamiting conspiracy.
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Parker
Washington
Ildianapolia
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