Bryan's Dry Fight Dominates San Francisco Democratic Session
At the July 2 Democratic convention in San Francisco the floor roared as William J. Bryan prepared to push a bone dry plank. Richmond Hobson backed the amendment while Bryan pledged to speak for an hour, seeking a decisive stand on prohibition amid League of Nations debates and high tensions with Senator Glass.
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Clover and pasture profits in a rural daydream
The narrator details hard work cutting clover with a scythe on an acre of rough, stumped land and considers the value of hay, estimating two tons worth about $60. He debates pasture prices, reflects on a dairyman’s grueling schedule, and critiques a local store owner’s reluctance to profit from others’ labor, envisioning cooperative alternatives.
Mayor vetoes garbage collection ordinance in city
Mayor Hugh M. Caldwell vetoed the Tindall measure aimed at city owned garbage collection and sale in downtown. The bill would have added about $59,000 in revenue but critics said it targeted Japanese merchants and risked monopoly by hog operations. The veto blocks passage unless six council votes support override. two council members abstained.
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Race Hoss Willie Wins Sprint Over Bullet in City Chase
Police search for Race Hoss Willie after a bizarre race down Weller street where the famed hound and poultry farmer allegedly outpaced a pistol bullet fired from his gun. Joe Auburn, a miner, narrowly escaped injury as the bullet grazed his coat tail and Race Hoss disappeared toward Rainier valley.
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Seattle’s First Fourth Read Today’s Chapter
The Star Seattle Story Book presents Seattle’s First Fourth reading session on page 16. Readers gather as the chapter unfolds with local traditions and community engagement highlighted. The page captures brief event notes and civic participation.
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Committee of 48 Meets Saturday for Lunch Talk
The Committee of 48 will hold a regular noonday lunch on Saturday July 3 at the Good Fata cafeteria. Prof. George 8. Counta will discuss Economic Political and Legal Equality. The public is invited.
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Public blamed by S C chief over gas shortage in Seattle
Standard Oil official John McLean accuses drivers of hoarding and siphoning gas, saying Seattle has enough gasoline if people share fairly. He notes Tacoma faces a similar shortage but without long lines, and says distributors can serve their own customers but struggle with Standard Oil's supply.
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Haywood to Speak at Workers Fourth of July Picnic
William Haywood of Chicago leader of the IWW will speak at a Renton junction People’s park Fourth of July gathering on Industrial Democracy. Elmer Smith, recently acquitted in the Centralia veterans murder case, also speaks. Admission charged for most. free for children under ten.
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Centralia
Acreage of Cotton In Cultivation Rises In 1930
The United States reports 36,504,000 acres of cotton in cultivation this year, up 371,000 acres or about 1.1 percent from last year.
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Parachute Jumper Dies After 4000 Foot Fall
Casper Wyoming July 2 Frank Hanson parachute jumper fell four thousand feet to his death when his harness snapped after leaping from an airplane Hert Cole aviator tried to dive his plane under Hanson to break his fall but missed him.
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Weather record for June shows unexpected rainfall deficit
Seattle residents upset by wet June are proved incorrect as monthly meteorological data show rainfall at 1.93 inches, below normal for the period and discrepancies noted in 1972 records.
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Slaying and Shootout Over Gas Theft Sparks Harbor Hall Brawl
Seattle private patrolman Phillip Hathaway shot twice during a chase of two alleged thieves at Longshoremen's hall. One man, Tabit the Syrian sailor, died. bystander A. McKibben was wounded. Draper and O Malley were arrested on open charges. Hathaway claimed self defense after being surrounded in the basement melee.
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Deputies to Stop All City Entries for Scott Kid Benefit
Four hundred deputies will man checkpoints at city entries and downtown premises to search hotels rooms and homes as part of a man hunt tied to a benefit dance for Scott's widow. The Hippodrome event on July 20 aims to raise funds with 3000 tickets at two dollars each, backed by Seattle Elks lodge No 92.
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One Big Union Voted Down at Spokane Convention
The State Federation of Labor convention in Spokane, Washington, decisively defeated the one big union resolution calling for Industrial unionism to replace craft unionism. Adopted resolutions included a voluntary $1 assessment for the triple alliance, endorsing the Plumb plan, freeing political prisoners, condemning Kansas industrial court, and endorsing universal exchange of working cards.
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U. S. Destroyer Pursues Turks for Captives
The state department said a U S destroyer was sent to Mersina to secure the release of Nilson and his wife Americans at a mission school in Tarsua Sicilia Asia Minor who have been captured by Turkish nationalists.
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Two Shipyard Men Are Killed by Car
Two shipyard workers George Sutton and Charles Hyde were killed when a street car brushed them from a step at a crowded Oakland intersection. A third man was perhaps fatally hurt in the collision, which occurred at a street car turn.
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Gas Company Substation Destroyed by Lightning Fire
A fire sparked by lightning destroyed Pacific Gas and Electric Co. substation in Corning California. The blaze caused about $10,000 in damage. Fire crews contained the incident to the facility with no report of injuries.
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McAdoo Favored as Nomination Battle Intensifies
News from San Francisco outlines the 1920 Democratic contest as McAdoo leads early, while anti-McAdoo leaders struggle to unite. Davis or Cummings emerge as reluctant alternatives, with ballots and bloc votes shaping a potential deadlock and realignment among Cox Palmer and other factions.
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731 Votes Necessary to Nominate Democratic Leader
San Francisco July 2 The charter notes the 1096 delegates entitled to vote for the presidential nomination Two Canal Zone delegates have been seated by resolution The necessary majority is two thirds of those voting The nominating total may change on each ballot Should all delegates vote the number
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