Alaska Cable Expansion Under Greely Expedition
Gen A W Greely chief signal officer of the U S Army arrived in Alaska with Major Glassford to oversee cable work. The Burnside cable ship loads new line at Tacoma and expects to sail within two weeks. Crew from the Philippines will fill shortages. New line should be active within five weeks. Alaska club committee on Alaskan needs will confer with Greely Friday afternoon.
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Alaska
A. W. Greely
United States Army
Glassford
Tacoma
Burnside
Gen. Greely
Alaska Club
Jerome the Bulldog District Attorney Targets Equitable Life
New York July 6 Jerome New Yorks district attorney William Travers Jerome vows to present Equitable Life Assurance matters to the grand jury to probe officials for prison guest chambers. The relentless prosecutor who jailed Larry Sommerfield and cracked criminal rings prowls the East Side from Seward Park, living a workmanlike existence and smoking cigars as he fights powerful trusts.
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New York
Wm. Travers Jerome
Rooervelt
Larry Sommerfield
Jerome
Special Tomorrow Night Bargains at Box Paper Mfg
Readable items advertise white castile soap in large bars and 48 piece box paper sets with regular values and special prices for tomorrow night. Includes 500 paper books of summer fiction for idle hours and a Ladies New Black Silk Belt with high quality taf feta and Peau de Sole fabrics.
Williamson and associates face land fraud trial in Oregon
In Portland the second land fraud case opens before Judge J J De Haven. Congressman J N Williamson his partner Van Gemer and Marion R Biggs are accused of orchestrating perjury to claim Prineville lands under the timber and stone act to back sheep ventures. Francis J Heney leads the U S. prosecution with strong local political ties among the defendants. A 70 man sales venue was drawn for the trial.
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Portland
Ore
Federal District Court
J. J. de Haven
J. N. Williamson
van Gemer
Marion R. Biggs
United States Land
Prineville
Williamson
United States
Prine Villa
Williamson and van Geaner
Mitchell
Francis J. Heney
Oregon
A. 8. Hiennett
J. H. Mitchell
H. 8. Wilson
Lionel R. Webster
Wiliamson
Wine colored bay water near Coupeville caused by sunfish bloom
In Coupeville Washington on July 7 observers report a striking deep wine color across several square miles of the bay. Officials attribute the hue to millions of sunfish exuding a reddied jelly like fluid, turning the bay into a solid mass of shapeless fish.
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Coupeville
Waah
Mon arch Shirt Sale At F N Brooks Co Seattle
A Square Business Deal offers Monarch shirts for one dollar each at F N Brooks & Co located at 1831 24 Ave Seattle. The promotion targets every man in Seattle with a limited time price cut on a brand name shirt.
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Seattle
Monarch
F. N. Brooks & Co
24 Ave
Wall Street Man Chooses Love Over Family
James Street, a prosperous Citairs financier, abandons his wife and six children for Edna Miller a 17 year old stenographer. After illness and hospital stays Street resigns from his $25,000 a year post as family ties crumble. Edna and her mother defend the affair as nobody else’s business as Street’s colleagues urge him to quit his job.
Klondike exhibit theft suspect cited for liquor influence
Portland July 7 It is reported F C Sprague a New Orleans resident accused of stealing a nugget at the Klondike exhibit washup at the fair grounds was intoxicated at the time A telegram from his ailing wife in San Jose arrived this morning and Sprague says he will never drink again after repaying the incurred expenses and denying the charge
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Portland
Ore
F. C. Sprague
Fair Grounds
New Orleans
Sprague
San Jose
Notable ship president to divorce for younger lover
A former president of a major steamship line, hospitalized after a near fatal episode, plans to divorce his wife of 19 years to marry Edna a 17 year old schoolgirl. Edna declares she is in love and will wed once the divorce is finalized, while the wife reflects on years of fidelity and raised children.
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Man Street
Compu
Edna
Street
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