Boy Scouts Activity Report From Seattle Area Trips
Maj Ingraham took seventeen boys from West Queen and Capitol Hill troops on a hike to a Kitsap county ranch last week. They left Friday afternoon and returned Saturday night after visiting the navy yard and dry docks. Morrill led nineteen scouts on a Bothell area hike. J Morton Franklin, University Heights troop scoutmaster, is in Oregon. Harold H. Waller oversees the group in his absence. A Montesano troop plans to visit Seattle and Gen Sir Caden Powell and James E West are expected in March for a larger gathering. Maj Ingraham plans weekly patrol leader meetings to train chiefs and instruct others in scout work. The Daily Goop emphasizes the daily good turn as core to the scout law.
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Ingraham
Weat Queen
Capitol HI
Hie Ranch
Kitsap County
Nolaht
Navy Yard
Seattle
Bothell & So
Morrill
Bothell and
Jack
Sir Caden Powell
James E. Weat
Montesano
Great Scare Fort Totten Mortar Test Causes Alarm
Fort Totten tested 12 inch mortars firing a 40 pound powder charge that hurled a 1047 pound steel projectile 1600 yards into Long Island sound, shattering a window and frightening nearby residents. After initial fear, authorities increased powder with less public disturbance.
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Ft. Totten
Long Island Sound
Mesa Kitchen
Fort Totten
Hoodoo? Local robber’s card clues Fresno thefts
In Fresno on Feb 16 Joe QGaten supposedly finished robbing a house and dropped his calling card. Authorities traced the card to Joe and linked him to the crime, concluding with his identification through the card.
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Fresno
Cal
Joe
The Incinerator Por You The Ideal Matt for Shle
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a device titled The Incinerator and a promotional claim about an ideal matt for a climate, with scattered company initials and a footnote style attribution. The readable content is too damaged to derive a clear event, person, or organization.
Disappeared All Right in Portland Saloon Plot
A. C. Carpenter of Idaho loaned two strangers 125 dollars to stage a disappearing trick in a Portland saloon. One man vanished while the other handed a 940 dollar check that the bank would not cash. Local authorities investigate the odd scam and missing witness.
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Portland, Or
A. C. Carpenter
Carpenter
Old Jake the fire horse to gain park lawn access
Los Angeles reports the city considering granting Old Jake the fire horse a private freedom in Eastlake Park lawn after 25 years of service. A petition advocates for his continued presence, while a light moment notes the idea of expenses under current costs.
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Los Angeles
Jake
Eastlake Park
ELOPES WITH SECOND WOMAN IN MEDFORD
Perry Knotts of Gold Hill seeks a warrant for the arrest of his wife Ida Knotts and Arthur J. Smith for eloping Monday to Sacramento. Ida left with three children, taking her six year old son. Smith previously married a wife in a similar elopement from Boise. In New York Medill McCormick conferred with Theodore Roosevelt about rallying delegates to the Republican convention.
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Medford
Perry Knotts
Gold Hill
Ida
Arthur J. Smith
Sacramento
Vandewalker
Huabang
New York
Medill McCormick
Chicago
Theodore Rooeyvelt
WM Ts
Roosevelt
Moving Picture of Taft Shows Arizona Statehood Proclamation
A private White House screening today displayed President Taft signing the proclamation admitting Arizona to statehood. The film also shows Taft walking the White House grounds with Mrs. Taft during the session.
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Washington
White House
Taft
Arizona
Statehood
Memory Patient Fails to Recognize Names at Hospital
A man who lay twenty days in Good Samaritan hospital in Los Angeles failed to recognize his own name or identify A Kolts of Vancouver British Columbia or J W Kendall a former mill employee who has a wife and family in Vancouver Kendall could not confirm the man’s identity nor his name during the examination potential leads point to amnesia or memory loss with no clear identification.
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Los Angeles
Good Samaritan
A. Kolts
Vancouver
B. C
J. W. Kendall
Kendall
Kolts
Danderine Promise Of Hair Rescue In Ad Claim
An advertisement extols Knowlton's Danderine claiming it stops dandruff itching and hair loss. It promises immediate scalp relief within ten minutes and new growth after a few weeks, urging readers to buy a 25 cent bottle from drug stores.
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Knowlton
Truth About Hiram C Gill Campaign Moral Issues
An Executive Committee promotes Hiram C Gill for mayor, criticizing the present campaign’s moral issues and urging voters to support his nomination and election.
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Hiram C. Gill
Reform or Perish The Purity Question and Gill Campaign
A Seattle opinion piece pleads for mercy for fallen women and condemns purity squads while urging reform over persecution. It lauds Hiram C. Gill for promising a clean city and public docks, urging voters to back his conservative business administration. It credits Gill with protecting the vulnerable and advancing public ownership, arguing his past words and deeds prove his fitness.
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Mr. Gisaye
Mr. Cudihee
Cudihee
Pariah
Cotterill
Claude G. Rannick
Gill
Pillar
Portland
Bellingham
Tacoma
Everett
King St
Colman Dock
Jesus of Nazareth
Seattle
Tia
Mseat State Institution
Mfe
State of Washington
Monroe
Gilt
Abraham Lincoln
Hiram C. Gill
May Krueger
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