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International Institute of Music of New York
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International Institute of Music
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N. Y
Funny Sights in Foreign Sites in a Chinese Melodrama
A correspondent recalls a Canton theatre melodrama starring Montmorency Wun Lung and Maude Kow Fang. The plot features a domineering mother-in-law, a scheming rival Horace Hop Tong, a stock scene, a theft accusation, and a knife finish where Maude kills the two villains after a late, rambling performance that ends at six in the morning.
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Canton
China
Bill
Dorsey
Montmorency Wun Lung
Wun Lung
Bay BO
Montmorency
Maude
Horace Hop Tong
Horace
Eddie Foy
Monty
Eddy Poy
WEB
Teddy Will or Won’t Run Teddy’s Oyster Bay Visit
A fragmentary political verse mocks Walter Roosevelt era chatter about a possible bid. Rumors swirl day by day with lines debating Teddy Roosevelt’s intentions and public reaction, offering playful ambiguity on a hoped or feared campaign.
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Teddy
Statesman
Oyster Bay
Campaign Opens As Local Candidates Speak At Pavilions
Hi Gill the reform mayoral hopeful opens his campaign at Dreamland pavilion with Gen Metcalfe McElroy and Guile as speakers. Parish to address Latona Payse hall with Han son Myers Landon and others. Horner Pidduck Booth speak at Ravenna hall urging public ownership of streets. Caldwell and Chandler announce headquarters as campaigns gain steam.
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Hi Gill
Dreamland Pavilion
Gill
James B. Metcalfe
James F. McElroy
FE. H. Guile
Jules Redelsheimer
Parish
T. A. Parish
Payse’s
Latona
Ole Hanson
H. W. Myers
Daniel Landon
Mr. Parish
H. D. Houghton
A. W. Schroeder
Prof. Herbaman
Mra. Z. Cauffman
Man Falls Through Skylight In Lodging House
James Welsh narrates the incident after leaping from a third story skylight at a San Jose lodging house. He says he cheated the barber and the undertaker at the same time and escaped with only minor injuries aside from shaving by glass.
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San Jose
Cal
James Welsh
Glass
First Infantry to sail from Portland for Hawaii in May
War department orders direct the First Infantry at Vancouver barracks to sail for Hawaii in early May. A transport will pick them up at Portland and will stop at San Francisco en route to the islands.
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Vancouver
Wash
War Department
Hawaii
Portland
San Francisco
Islands
Prodigal Son Returns Challenged by Father
A brief exchange shows the prodigal son declaring return and the father retorting with skepticism. The quotation captures tension over whether repentance is genuine. This vintage tone echoes a moral vignette of doubt and reunion.
Community notices and talk invitations detour city events
Dr Edwin J Brown socialist candidate for corporation counsel will speak on the terminal proposition at the Good Kata cafeteria at noon Friday Opposed to the proposed terminal University Improvement Club hosts a meeting discussing Seattle terminal project at University branch public library Representing the port commission Judge C BE Remsberg and Scott Calhoun speak North End Progressive league hears Thorwald Seigfried on single ax amendments at Mrs P B Widholms home Bergfried favors amendment Jul Frater names Washington Trust Co as administrator of the estate of Mrs KB L Stone died in Los Angeles January 8 Will contested by legatees in California court Michigan society grand ball February 12 at Ren ton Hill club J L Charbneau lecturing on Washington State Art Museum at Schevermann building Firetav and Cherry Streets Public warned that corporations have one month to file net profits reports for 1911 or face fines from 1000 to 10000.
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Edwin J. Brown
Good Kata
Brown
University Improvement Club
Seattle
University Community Club
University Branch Publicbrary
Corner 10Th
North End Progressive League
Thorwald Seigfried
Mre. P. B. Widholm
Sunnyside Ay
Bergfried
Jul Frater
Washington Trust Co
Mra. KB. L. Stone
Los Angeles
California
Confederate general Stonewall Jackson resigns in 1862
Odd historical note marks fifty years since Stonewall Jackson’s 1862 resignation from the Confederate army amid concerns over battlefield leadership. The issue contrasts with a busy county record showing Kirkland ferry operations in 1911 and expenses totaling 46 796 11 with salaries and repairs as major costs. A fatal accident at Camp Ton near Redmond, a theatre fundraiser, sheriff association elections, and local civic notices fill the rest of the page with regional events and public service actions.
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Kirkland
Opium smuggler Emil Sorenson given nine months in jail
Emil Sorenson pleaded guilty to opium smuggling before Judge Danworth and received a nine month confinement in the county jail. T. M. Smith alias Davis also admitted impersonating a federal officer but had his sentence postponed. Seattle Kennel Club planned the next dog show for late April or early May. Former Gov. E W Hoch will speak Friday night at the A auditorium on A Message From Kansas.
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Emil Sorenson
Danworth
T. M. Smith
Davis
Seattle Kennel Club
E. W. Hoch
Karesas
Kansas
Doctor Short Dies Rather Than Permit Amputation
New York surgeon Dr. Gamiel Short died after blood poisoning developed from a rusty nail. He refused to allow amputation, choosing to end his own life rather than endure the procedure.
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New York
Gamiel Short
Chaotic Briefs Span Scandals and Oddities Across Cities
A collage of terse, mispunctuated items from January 31 reports odd incidents and quotes. Subjects include a sentencing remark on tobacco use, Lina Cavalier’s divorce decree, a 13 to 23 cent stamp note, a fright death from car headlights, Chinese stowaways in Texas, dieting death in New York, subway moustache theft in New Jersey, a philadelphia pension stance, and a libel suit by Geo H Lambert against Mennonite bishops in Indiana.
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Elkhart, Ind
Geo. H. Lambert
Mennonite Church
Nevada mining man Col EB T Eddy reported missing
Col EB T Eddy a Nevada mining man lawyer and politician has been missing since January 19. Friends fear trouble after his disappearance as he carried valuable mining papers to seal a deal the next day and had $200 on him.
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Los Angeles
Col
Eb.t. Eddy
Nevada
Eddy
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Sandia
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Jokers
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Geo. F. Buer
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Frederick & Nelson, Inc
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