Granddaughter of Chase to star in own play The Last Act
Ethel Sprague Donnelson, granddaughter of Salmon P. Chase and member of Lincoln's cabinet era circles, will write and star in The Last Act. A San Francisco resident, she hails from the noted Chase family, with Kate Chase linked to Washington social life. Donnelson also served as a nurse in Camp Montauk during the Spanish-American War and was praised by President Roosevelt. The piece closes with an advertisement for the Laurel Double Flue Range from Thos Headat Co.
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Donnelson
Salmon P. Chase
Lincoln
Mrs. Dennelson
San Francisco
Kate Chase
Washington
Europe
Napoleon II
Can
Camp Montauk
Roosevelt
Woman to Resume Stage Work After Civil War Medal Recognition
A woman noted for her Rough Rider Medal is praised by the president for her inestimable service and personal qualities. Mrs Donnelson, formerly Miss Donnelson, showed dramatic talent in supporting Manafield before marriage and now plans to resume stage work after a lapse of years.
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Donnelson
Manafield
Bankers Converge at Portland for Annual Meeting
The Washington State Bankers association meets at the American Inn in Portland for a three day session. Notable talks cover banking growth, automobile banking, deposits interest, money orders, and banker relations with lumbermen. Officers include Latti mer and Coffman among others.
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Portland
Ore
Washington State Bankers’ Association
American Inn
Lewis and Clark Fair Grounds
Washington
N. H. Laumer
Dexter Horton & Co
Seattle
Bankers
Walker Hill
Mechanics
American National Bank
St. Louis
American Bankers Association
H. W. Lobb
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
American Surety Company
N. B. Coffman
Coffman
Dobson & Co
Chehalis
N. H. Lattimer
Dexter, Horton & Co
B. T. Coman
Colfax
First National Bank
Charles 8. Eltinge
Spokane
Traders’ National Bank
P. C. Kauffman
Tacoma
Fidelity Trust Company
E. W. Purdy
Bellingham
George 8. Brooke
J. F. Lane
J. A. Swalwell
Everett
HM. H. Turner
Walla Walla
Brute Receives Cat O Nine Tails for Wife Beating
In Portland Oregon July 190, Betcher a Southern Pacific carshop worker was given ten lashes with a cat o nine tails after beating his wife for withholding 50 cents for whiskey. He earns 3.50 a day yet his wife must wash to support the family. The deputy sheriff administered the punishment at a jail corridor whipping post as the sentences landed.
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Portland
Ore
Betcher
Southern Pacific Carshopa
Inauguration of Buffet Grill Service on Northern Pacific
Inaugural buffet grill service begins on new trains between Beattie and Spokane with first class service on the line. The trains will depart Seattle daily at 2 p.m. starting July 20, marking a notable extension of coast transportation.
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Northern Pacific
Beattie
Spokane
Seattle
Beattle
Indian Joan of Arc Fits Herself at College to Elevate Her Race
Miss Laura WM Cornelius a fullblood Indian woman graduates Stanford and plans to uplift her people. She intends to join the Oneida community in the east to devote herself to mental moral and physical elevation of her tribe. Her people hail her as a Joan of Arc.
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Joan of Arc
Ban Francisco
Laura WM. Cornelius
Stanford University
The Drummers' Sample Sale Draws Beattie Shoppers
The Novelty Suit and Skirt Manufacturing Co in Beattie hosts a crowd of ladies and merchants at its salesroom on Second Avenue. They showcase tailored garments cut from traveling sales trunks with low prices and an elegant display for today’s sale.
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Beattie
Novelty Suit & Skirt Manufacturing Co
Second Avenue
Prize for dandruff remedy name offered by Seattle institute
The Washington Institute of Dermatology and Fatural Surgery in Seattle offers fifty dollars to the creator of the best name for their dandruff and falling hair remedy. Contest closes August 15. Reward paid August first at the offices. Name must be original and include a self addressed stamped envelope.
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Washington Institute OF Dermatology
Seattle
Wash
Clowes
Mer
Not the Reservation as Motive Power Says Miss Cornelius
Miss Cornelius argues that Indians are a backward race and that the reservation system is not the force that will lift the race forward. She asserts the need for broader progress beyond de generacy.
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Dous
Miss Cornelius
Boycott Protests Hit American Trade in Chinese Ports
Hong Kong reports that consular officials in Amoy and Shanghai were mobbed today after China began boycotting American goods. The Standard Oil comprador in Amoy was ordered to resign. More complications are anticipated.
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Amoy
City National Bank Fails in Kansas City
The City National Bank with $300,009 capital failed to open this morning and is now in the hands of the comptroller of the currency. Deposits total $1,500,000 and liabilities amount to $2,000,000. In Oyster Bay the president had no visitors, balancing work and recreation.
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Kansas City
City National Bank
Oyster Bay
Rainier Boulevard Boom Grows Property Demand
The Rainier Boulevard area shows rising property demand with prices climbing. Many lots near Jackson Street and Sixteenth Avenue South have seen substantial gains from $300s to $350–$375, and a buyer recently offered $1,760 cash for a 40 by 100-foot lot. The Lewis Littlefield Company predicts the entire addition may sell out this summer, possibly by August, driven by unprecedented demand.
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Rainier Boulevard
Jackson Street
Sixteenth Avenue South
Sixteenth Avenue
Lewis-Littlefield Company
Haller
Ayer's Hair Vigor Promises Rich Color Restorations
An advertisement claims Ayer's Hair Vigor restores early rich color and stops hair loss. It markets the product as proven with sixty years of sales and asserts consistent success with no failures.
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Ayer
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