Transcontinental Lines to Boost Trains for Portland Exposition
Railroads push major equipment upgrades for the Lewis and Clark exposition next summer. Pacific Northwest service will see palatial trains, faster routes, and tighter connections with steamboats and mines along the North Pacific coast. Canadian Pacific Burlington Northern Pacific Great Northern all promise time reductions and enhanced schedules to attract eastern travelers.
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Pacific Northwest
Jaspurl
Northwest
North Pacific Coast
Canadian Pacific
Chicago
Burlington
Northern Pacific
Seattle
Portland
Puget Sound
Great Northern
Woman Found Dead in Bed from Gas Fumes at 714 Union Street
A 19 year old woman identified as Mrs Minnie Wagner was found dead in bed at 10 AM. Coroner and deputy coroner investigated and suspect accidental gas exposure after turning on a gas jet near an electric light. Roy Heckathorn first entrant opened windows to vent the room. Gertrude Cols alerted landlady Mrs Bohall. Remains taken to Bonney-Watson morgue.
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Minnie Wagner
Union Street
Carroll
Arnold
Edward Wagner
Port Hadlock
Roy Heckathorn
Gertrude Cols
Bohall
Heckathorn
Bonney-Watson Morgue
Flogged prisoners at New Castle workhouse in Wilmington
Warden Meserve of the New Castle County workhouse flogged several prisoners today. William Postel who stole three mackerel received 10 lashes. Several culprits spent an hour in the pillory before being punished further.
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Wilmington
Del
Warden Meserve
Newcastle
William Postel
Unnamed Man Committed To Steilacoom Insane Asylum
A man taken into custody Thursday morning near Renton for strange behavior was sent to Steilacoom asylum yesterday. He did not speak after arrest and was committed under the name John Doe since his true identity could not be learned.
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Renton
Steilacoom
John Doe
Mass meeting for boys at YMCA February 12
A mass meeting for boys aged 14 to 18 is set for Sunday February 12 at 2 20 PM at the YMCA. Dr F L Wharton will give an address titled A Touchdown. All city youths in the age range are welcome to attend.
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D.m
F. L. Wharton
Pairview
Aohas
Hainier Mead
Wiretevenue
Wash Street
Dmenenrey
New Rainier Boulevard
Mr. Fitz
Chicago Police Target Hoch in Multi Marriage Case
Chicago police prepared to present evidence of 11 marriages contracted contrary to law by Johann Adolph Hoch, a claimed champion of the era. Reports say Hoch has wed 39 women, with several wives dying or disappearing, including Mrs. Jacob Huss Hoch, Mrs. August Hertzel Hoch, and Countess Otto von Kern, as investigations extend across multiple states.
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Chicago
Johann Adolph Hoch
Polce
Hoch
Jacob Huss Hoch
Wheeling
W. Va
August Hertszel Hoch
Norfolk
Henry Bartel Hoch
Baltimore
Wilhelmina Mueller Hoch
Buffalo
Justina Loeffler Hoch
Elkhart
Ind
Otto von Kern
St. Paul
Vas Huida Nagel
Mre
Emma Klencke Hoch
Baltimore, Md
Marie Doess Schmitt Hoch
Police trace alleged Bluebeard Hoch widow network
A police verified list links 29 marriages to Hoch with 2 sudden deaths and 11 disappearances tainted by poison or similar causes. Names include Mrs Julia Steinbrecher Hoch Chicago and Mrs Emily Welker Hoch Chicago, among many others across Milwaukee, Cleveland, Philadelphia, and more. Several widows are reported living, others disappeared or dead.
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Julia Steinbrecher Hoch
Belmont Avenue
Chicago
Mary Wernicke Rankan Hoch
Ward Street
Mary Hendrickson Hoch
Union Avenue
Emilie Fischer Hoch
Wells Street
Emily Welker Hoch
Martha Hertzfeld Hoch
Ontario Street
Pasadena
Cal
Marie Heseler Hoch
Wheeling
W. Waiving
Hoch
J. H. Schwarzemann
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Alberta Heinrichs Hoch
New York
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lena Hoch
Wis
Natalie Irrgang
Best Avenue
Marianna Hoch
Cleveland
Sophia Pahake
Batavia
T. O'Connor Hoch
Caroline Sehnefer
Stilex Street
Philadelphia
Annie Hermann Hoch
Evanston
Madeline Letrmitt
Germany
Mra C. A. Meyer Hoch
H. Irick Hoch
Mary Leichmann
GL. Hart
Minneapolia
Hart
Sophia Reichel
Milwaukee Avenue
John Hoeck
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Coronation Anniversary Celebrated Across Japan Empire
Tokio marking the coronation anniversary of Japan’s first emperor with nationwide festivities. The emperor hosted a luncheon for about 600 guests and toasted the powers represented at the event.
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Tokio
Japan
Denied motion in suit against Star Publishing Company
Judge Albertson denied B. Denny's motion for a new trial in the damages suit against Star Publishing Company. C. V. Lawson, who runs a medical institute, was arrested for practicing medicine without a license and released on $500 bonds after prior similar trouble. Legally, he had relied on physicians to attend patients.
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B. Denny
Star Publishing Company
Albertson
C. V. Lawson
Lawson
Philadelphia official charged over houses of ill repute
Indicted city director of public safety is charged by the grand jury with responsibility for the existence of houses of ill repute in Philadelphia. He leads the police and fire department and faces questions about city corruption.
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Philadelphia
Grand Jury
Make Good: A Bride’s Duty to Her Intended Husband
A historical admonition urges a bride to dress and behave to win and please her husband. It contrasts pleasing a lover with courting the husband, noting the wife should be attractive, attentive, and agreeable at home, even praising in-laws and keeping up appearances for marital harmony.
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Klawon
Furth Seeks 35 Year City Street Car Franchise
Beattie Electric chief Furth pushes a 35 year Fort Lawton street car franchise while asking for similar terms on future lines. The city committee, intrigued, approves the plan as a long term hold on the system, promising sidewalks and a broad grip that may freeze out competition.
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Furth
Beattie Electric Company
Corporations Committee
Fort Lawton
Diamond
American Improvement Company
Mullen
Detalia
Interbey
Another Hold Up Reported by L. & Lee Co At 202 Second Ave
A solicitor for L. and Lee Co reports a blackmail scheme in the restricted district demanding $10 monthly from merchants to deliver goods. Fruit vendors reportedly pay $6 monthly for hawking space while police urge caution and legal help. Habe Bartlett faces larceny charges. George Spencer is a witness. Prosecuting Attorney Mackintosh to file formal charges.
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Second Avenue South
Habe Bartlett
George Spencer
Bartlett
Spencer
Mackintosh
Foreclosure sought on Colonnade Hotel mortgage
Charlies Allen and J R Berry filed an action yesterday afternoon to foreclose a $16000 mortgage on the Colonnade hotel furniture fittings and leasehold at River Avenue and Pine. Judge Aputae ruled for the defendant H O Shuey Bal lard in a Delong bank creditors suit for $232606.85, holding the receiver liable only. Rev A N Raven Batlard will address the social later meeting at the temple Sunday afternoon February 12.
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Charlies Allen
J. R. Berry
George T. Willard
John
Colonnade
River Avenue
Pine
Aputae
H. O. Shuey
Ballard
Delong Bank
A. N. Raven
Batlard
Wil
Temple
Sewing Machines Disposed At One Third Price
A local ad notes shopworn high grade sewing machines from Wheeler & Wilson Mfg Co offered at one third of their original price. The seller lists 1629 Becond Avenue as the contact point for buyers.
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Wheeler & Wilson Mfg. Co
Becond Avenue
Critic Metcalf Battles Theatrical Trust Again
New York February 11. James Metcalf, Life critic, continues a brisk and brisk row with Klaw and Erlanger over his published attacks. The dispute centers on Metcalf being barred from shows by the theatrical trust.
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New York
James
Metcalf
Theatrical Trust
Life
Klaw & Erlanger
Theatrical Manager Exclusion Battle in New York
Barred from 47 local theaters of the trust Metcalf continues to seek admission at various houses and faces repeated refusals. He accuses several Theatrical Managers' association members of conspiracy and urges criminal proceedings claiming the ban deprives him of a lawful calling. The association vows to keep him out after a prior libel suit dispute with Life and a corridors confrontation with Kian and Erlanger.
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New York
Metcalf
Jerome
Theatrical Managers’ Association
Managers’ Association
Kian
France sends troops to Tonkin amid Far East unrest
The French government ordered 600 artillerymen aboard the cruiser Morchet Reville to sail tomorrow, with 6 000 troops and supplies to follow for Cochin China. The detachment is sent due to disturbances in the Far East.
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Marseilles
Tonkin
Cochin China
Ln Morchet Reville
Far East
New Ferrie Stock Company Opens in Seattle March 6
Manager J P Howe announces the Ferrie Stock Company will begin a 26 week run at Seattle on March 6 with Grau starck, a dramatization of Mc Cutcheon's romance. Other western circuit openings include San Francisco April 17, Los Angeles April 27, Denver April 28, and Minneapolis ongoing. Winnipeg Kansas City Salt Lake City openings to be announced.
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J. P. Howe
Seattle
Ferrie Stock Company
Graustarck
McCutcheon
San Francisco
Grand Opera House
Los Angeles
Denver
Minneapolis
Winnipeg
Kansas City
Salt Lake City
Divorce Decree Granted in Superior Court
Judge Griffin signed a decree freeing Laura B. Frank from eight months of marriage to August Frank amid allegations of cruelty including threats to kill. The judge awarded custody of any future children. Other divorces granted include Minnie Barnard from Robert J. Barnard for cruelty and Maud Knapp from Merton Knapp for non support.
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Griffin
Laura B. Frank
August Frank
Minnie Barnard
Robert J. Barnard
Maud Knapp
Merton Knapp
Weight loss claim from Mrs Woodward Box 387 Oregon City
A classified advertisement by Mrs. Woodward offers a guaranteed weight loss remedy claiming to reduce weight by six pounds and measurements without exercise or starving. She invites readers to send a stamped addressed envelope to Box 387 Oregon City Oregon for details.
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Woodward
Oregon City
Oregon
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