Vouchers Require Itemized Details for County Expenses
Chairman McKennie halted road district vouchers lacking itemized entries. He cited past payouts totaling about $100,000 in 1910 for vague requests. Deputy Prosecutor Evans advised requiring reports to specify location and nature of work and material, and McKenzie halted payrolls totaling $2,647.60 for road districts Nos. in line with that guidance.
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McKennie
Board of Commissioners
Evans
McKenzie
Wanamaker Celebrates Life and Business Milestone
Philadelphia July 11 John Wanamaker founder of the mail order system known as the greatest merchant in America marks the third year of his life and the third year in active business.
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Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
America
Heat Drives East Side Families to Roofs and Fire Escapes
In New York during a severe hot spell, East Side residents crowd roofs, fire escapes, and sidewalks to find air and safety as families guard each other through sleepless nights. The Star photographer captured scenes of parents watching over sleeping children amid the heat.
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East Side
New York
Kansas
The
Star
City council backs policing plan for business center
In a straw vote yesterday the council indicated it would sustain the mayor’s plan for policing the business center during Polluted week. Two thousand seven hundred dollars will pay for equipment and salaries of 50 men. The gear will be reusable by the department as needed.
Woman Defends Self in Lewistown Attack
Miss Christie Macdonald defended herself after an incident near a theater when a man allegedly assaulted her. She knocked the assailant down and declared she would not endure such mistreatment. In Tacoma, Gov. Hay criticized a Nisqually Hill county road strewn with glass that made driving unsafe last week.
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Lewistown
Christie Macdonald
Christie
Tacoma
Haywee
Nisqually Hill
Elopement and Annulment Case Amid Chicago Gossip
Chicago tale: Charles Long 16 marries Helen Innes 16 with a $17.40 cash capital and $9 weekly pay. her mother seeks annulment. Other brief items cover mayoral stance on noise law, Wright brothers absence from Chicago aviation meet, a $125,000 gift to Mrs. Richard Genius, and various federal and city incidents.
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Chicago
Charles Long
Helen Innes
Richard M. Genius
Charles H. Morse
Coronation Day Traffic On London Underground Totals 4.45 Million
London underground railways released figures showing 4,450,000 passengers carried on June 22 Coronation day and June 23 the royal progress day.
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London
London Underground
Forgetful Groom Recovers Bride Name At License Office
Patrick Hanley, an Irish man, visited the marriage license office in Jersey City seeking a license for himself and his best girl. He could not recall the bride’s name, prompting a trek to her home before returning with the needed information and the license in hand.
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Jersey City
N. J
Patrick Hanley
Patrick
Vancouver Shipyards Burned in Early Morning Fire
Vancouver shipyards were destroyed by a fire that raged early morning. Wellace shipyards suffered heavy losses with several boats on the ways ruined and extensive damage reported in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Vancouver
B. C
Wellace
Bee Causes Auto Crash injuring Essex man
George Seele son of Will iam Seeley of Brookline Massachusetts was injured when a bee landed on his car nose on Saybrook Road Hartford. He lost control and crashed near Henry Gladwin's home in Guilford suffering a deep thigh gash and multiple minor injuries.
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Hartford
Conn
Saybrook Road
George Seele
William Seeley
Brookline
Mass
Essex
Henry Gladwin
Guilford
Seele
Pension Awarded to London Tramp Poet William H. Davis
In London a pension of 250 dollars yearly was granted to William H. Davis a tramp poet whose work The Soul Destroyer drew literary attention several years ago.
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London
Wm. H. Davis
Literary London
Burns Says Bureau on Track for Dyna bombing Suspects
London dispatch reports detectives led by Detective William J. Burns claim Bernard Kaplan and M. A. Schmidt, linked to the Los Angeles timed dynamiting case, are near capture as he prepares to return to the United States. Burns indicates arrests likely before week’s end despite warnings in newspapers.
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United Preas
London
Bernard Kaplan
M. A. Schmidt
Los Angeles
William J. Burns
United States
Burns
Kaplan
Schmidt
Phonographs Promoted as Alarm Clocks by Milwaukee Mayor
Milwaukee July 11 local report says Mayor Seide urged use of phonographs as alarm clocks at the annual convention of the National Association of Talking Machine robbers. He claimed music would banish blues and end groans at waking.
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United Free Seas
Wire
Milwaukee
Wis
Seide
National Association of Talking Machine Robbers
Protection for sailors near public places in city council action
A proposal may make excluding American sailors in uniform from public places a misdemeanor. The push follows a complaint from R L Ghormley to Mayor Dilling after three sailors were barred from Rathekelier last Friday night.
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U. S
Dilling
R. L. Ghormley
Southerland
Eas
Flying bullet image and dramatic dialogue excerpt
A stereopticon photograph with a fast lens visualizes air waves from a speeding bullet. The scene shifts to a domestic quarrel over a letter seen as feminine, then a punchline about a dressmaker’s bill in New York Mail.
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New York Mail
Rainier Heights group urges Seattle to own phone system
The Rainier Heights Improvement club adopted a resolution urging Seattle to own the municipal telephone system and oppose the proposed merger of two operating companies. The vote reflected a clear stance against privatized control.
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Seattle
Rainier Heights
Clear Brains and Good Spirits Through Clean Digestion
Text extols natural mental and bodily vigor from a healthy stomach liver and bowels with pure blood, asserting better conditions follow the use of certain remedies or practices.
King's Chaplain Farrar Weds Nora Davie at Westminster
Rev. Freder ick Percival Farrar rector of Sandringham and domestic chaplain to the king married Nora Davie at St. Andrew's Westminster. The bride is sister of Richard Harding Davis and daughter of the late Clarke Davis of Philadelphia. Gifts included tokens from King George Queen Mary Queen Mother Alexandra the Prince of Wales and Princesses Victoria and Mary. The couple will reside in Sandringham parish house after a continent trip.
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Frederick Percival Farrar
Sandringham
Misa Nora Davie
St. Andrew's
Westminster
Clarke Davis
Adelphia
Richard Harding Davis
King George
Queen Mary
Alexandra
Prince of Wales
Victoria
Princess Mary
Reid
Farrar
Eleven Story Fireproof Building Planned On East Irday Site
An 11 story steel frame fireproof building costing 500000 dollars will start about Rept. 1 on the east side of Irday between Pike and Union ta by C. H. Cobb, a logger and capitalist.
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Irday
Pike
Union
C. H. Cobb
Logaer and Capitalist
Public Utilities Oversees Seattle Offer Not Accepted
The Seattle and Southern offers $386 053.59 for a city property, prepared by Superintendent A L Valentine and City Engineer R K H Thomson. It is not expected Crawford will accept the bid.
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Nter
Seattle, An & Southern
Public Utilities
A. L. Valentine
RK. H. Thomson
Crawford
Bars Gum Chewers July 11 Order Declares No Objection
Justice Nash issues ruling declaring no objection to tobacco for chewing gum users. The order affects unspecified individuals and aims to regulate gum brands during a July 11 decision.
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Nash
GIVES WIFE TO BROTHER IN RUSSIA PRACTICE
Nathan Flaxner a tailor was sentenced to six months in jail by Judge Wilbur in Los Angeles juvenile court for contributing to the dependency of his 7 year old daughter. Flaxner said his brother Jacob who lived with the family confessed a love for his sister in law and that the wife reciprocated. The husband left with the child claiming the transfer followed Russian custom.
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Los Angeles
Nathan Flaxner
Wilbur
Flaxner
Jacob
Russia
Figures in sensational murder case on coast
Mrs Emma Rumball and her brother Arthur Lewis, staff at Oroville California, face murder charges in the death of Helen, the 14 year old stepdaughter. Helen’s body was found in the attic with a rope around her neck. Mrs Rumball claims the girl killed herself. police doubt the story and the pair are detained. In Kingston Ontario a train strike saved a man’s hearing as Renaud of Aylmer Quebec, reeling from injuries, regains his hearing after a scalp wound and broken ribs.
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Emma Rumball
Arthur Lewis
Oroville
Cal
Kingston
Ont
Renaud
Aylmer
Quebec
Corey's Son Weds in Detroit Wedding at Johnston Home
Alan Lyle Corey, captain of Yale's baseball team and son of steel magnate W. E. Corey, married Marguerite Johnston at the Johnston residence on Woodward Avenue Detroit. Rev. A. W. Stalker of Ann Arbor officiated. Corey's mother Mrs. Laura Corey did not attend. The couple will honeymoon around the world.
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Detroit
Alan Lyle Corey
Yale
W. E. Corey
Steel Corporation
Marguerite Johnston
George Johnston
Woodward Avenue
A. W. Stalker
Ann Arbor
Corey
Laura Corey
Locomotive Used To Chase Negro In Massillon Massacre
Massillon Ohio July 11 after 100 armed deputies and police had kept a mob at bay a negro named Harvey Mickens charged with assaulting Myrtle Evans fled into custody. He was captured after a long chase using a locomotive and handcar. New York July 11 a collision between a trolley car and a cement truck left two dead and 50 injured as both vehicles were demolished.
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Massillon
Ohio
Harvey Mickens
Myrtle Evans
Mickens
New York
Comic Quips From Newspapers Referencing Worries and Work
A collage of old newspaper quips shows a exchange about debt worry and duty. The Omaha Bee note wonders about unpaid bills while a Kansas City Star gag ties school duty and social trouble to a pun about getting along.
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Omaha Bee
The
Busy Bee
Tommy Tuffnute
Kansas City Star
Wrinkleless Skin Now Easy to Have
An ad claims a home remedy using saxolite and witch hazel tightens skin and reduces wrinkles. The wash solution is made with one ounce saxolite powder to one half pint witch hazel and said to firm cheeks neck and areas under the eyes.
Spinning's Pre Inventory Tool Sale Opens Today
Spinning's Bargain Store launches a pre inventory tool sale with 25 percent reductions on all non special sale items. Special sale tools are advertised as the warmest bargain babies crossing the pike. Featured prices include Yankee Screwdrivers from 50 cents to 2 dollars and automatic models at 1.25 dollars. Store location listed as 1415 17 Fourth Avenue.
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Yours For Bargains, Spinning’s Bargain Store
Fourth Avenue
Classified Ad Harbors Promises for Business Growth
The notice promotes a product named Business Bringers described as improving profits, customer satisfaction, and staff efficiency. It claims quick payback and customizable arrangements for various businesses.
Special July Prices Listed for Lump Nut and More
The notice lists July specials with Lump at 5.50, items priced at 5.00 and 34.00 for Nut at 3.50, indicating a sale catalog or promotional pricing for customers.
External Absorbent Treatment Restores 71-Year-Old's Health
Mr. Clark of Taylors Mill credits Loughney & Loughney External Absorbent Treatment with rapid relief from lumbago and rheumatism. He reports drawing out poisonous secretions and believes blood cleansing offers lasting benefit. The firm offers free consultation at 401-402 Peoples Savings Park building and promises complete treatment under $10.
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Mr. Clark
Taylor's Mil
Loughney & Loughney
Peoples Bank
Clark
Taylor's Mill
Loughney &Loughney
Loughney &Loughney Have Moved From the Wire
Peoples Savings Park
Second Avenue
Pike Street
MacDougall & Southwick
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