She's Fastest Typist and Stenographer in the World
In Philadelphia Rose L. Frits known as Miag Frits, champion speed typist, reportedly wrote 6186 words in an hour from new copy and 123 words per minute from unfamiliar matter. She also achieved 187 words per minute in shorthand and 112 words per minute transcribing notes. She began typewriting at 15 and, after 13 weeks, reached 120 words a minute through hard work.
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Rose L. Frits
Miss Frita
Hich
Philadelphia
Mise Frite
Miag Frits
Keystone Church Hosts Sunday Exercise Prise
Students at Keystone Congregational Green Lake punch the bag and swing on trapezes between Sunday school sessions. The gym area is described as a gyrminasian style space where youths hang out daily except Thursday prayer meeting night and Sundays.
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Keystone Congregational Church
Green Lake
Bere Ting
Keystone Church
Passenger Missing Overboard From Cottage City
J. P. Morrow, a steerage passenger, was missing after the Cottage City voyage from Prince Rupert to Seattle. Passengers believe he went overboard in a despondent moment.
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J. P. Morrow
Prince Rupert
Seattle
Hermann Jury Discharged In Blue Mountain Reserve Case
The jury in the ex-Congressman Binger Hermann case was discharged after 48 hours of deliberation as no verdict could be reached on charges of conspiring to defraud the government in creating the Blue Mountain forest reserve. Jurors stood 11 for conviction and one for acquittal.
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Portland
Ore
Binger Hermann
Government of
Public Lands
Blue Mountain Forest Reserve
Hermann
General Land Office
Wolverton
Pastor Dean Delivers Farewell Sermon for Tabernacle Church
Rev John Marvin Dean who has served seven years at Tabernacle Baptist preached his farewell sermon last evening and will move with his family to San Jose where he has been called to serve at the First church.
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John Marvin Dean
Tabernacle Baptist Church
San Jose
Gray-Haired Woman Waits Daily For Lost Husband At Sea
An elderly widow, Harriet Cole, waits daily on a Pacific Coast Steamship Company dock for her husband Don Cole who vanished at sea years ago. She believes he may return any day, continuing her vigil despite time and aging. Local watchmen provide a chair and quiet support as she endures and hopes.
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Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Ahe
Maya
Harriet Cole
Don Cole
Engine Goes Dry in Waterfront Railroad Drama
A Northern Pacific switch engine on the Cherry Street waterfront ran dry and halted traffic for about thirty minutes. The crew and dockside loungers fetched water in buckets, feeding the engine as bystanders watched a makeshift water supply rescue.
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Cherry St
Northern Pacific
Local Briefs on Run Plans and Woodland Park shed
Two hosts may be put on the run between Renton and Leachpark in the near future as Captain J L Anderson of the Anderson Steamboat company reviews prospects. The Woodland Park concrete shed is nearly finished awaiting final paint before tenants move in after a collapse incident injured two workers.
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Renton
Leachpark
J L. Anderson
The
Anderson Steamboat Company
Woodland Park
Tte
Baptist Social Union Banquet Promises Notable Speakers
The Baptist Social Union will hold a banquet Tuesday at the Hotel Lincoln with City me er KR HK Thomson as the speaker. Rev Mr Whitman and Rev Mr Thomas of Tacoma will attend as guests along with all Baptist groups and their friends.
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the Baptist Social Union
Hotel
Lincoln
City Meer KR
HK. Thomson
Mr Whitman
First Baptist Church
City End
Mr Thomas
First Baptist Church of
Tacoma
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