New Von Heidelberg System of Painless Dentistry
Dr. L. D. Grant advertises a "New Von Heidelberg System" promising painless dentistry with gold fillings, porcelain restorations, and nerve removal. He emphasizes personal, careful service at 2045 Liberty Building, Third Avenue and Union Street, opposite the post office, promising outcomes and reasonable charges.
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von Heidelberg
Vonberg
DR. L. D. Grant
Liberty Building
Third Avenue
Union Street
Post Office
House Steel Trust Probe Seeks Sherman Antitrust Reform
The Democratic majority steel trust investigation committee released its report calling the mills system "inhuman and iniquitous" and urged radical changes to the Sherman antitrust law. Chairman Stanley announced three bills, with Ian Gardner signaling one or two Republican reports and Congressman Littleton preparing an opposing view on the burden of proof for monopolies.
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United Press
Washington
United States Steel Corporation
House Steel Trust
Stanley
Steel Trust
Thaa
Ian Gardner
Littleton
New York
Souvenir Confederate Bill Leads to Museum Relic Laugh
Mrs. A. Highdam rented a room to two men who paid with a Confederate five dollar note. After using the bill for change, she tried to deposit it and officials laughed, noting the note is a Civil War souvenir worth a few cents to relic hunters.
McCursker Runs for Congress in Oregon's Second District
Thos B McCursker, once state campaign manager for Senator La Follette in Oregon, announces his candidacy for Congress from the Second District. He plans to run on La Follette themes. he faces A W Lafferty, who was renominated but now backs Theodore Roosevelt.
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Portland
Ore
Thos. B. McCursker
LaPotlette
Oregon
Congress
McCusker
Senator LaFollette
A. W. Lafferty
Theodore Roosevelt
Man Dies After Bandage Placement Accident
In Redding California July a man named A Mazzi died after slipping and severing an artery below the knee while handling a butcher knife. By the time a physician arrived his life had ended with bystanders tying a bandage below the wound rather than above it.
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Redding
Cal
A. Mazzi
Mazzi
Beating Records at State University Summer Session Enrollment
Summer session enrollment at the state university breaks all records with 483 students, up from 37 percent last year. President Kane reported to the board of regents yesterday. 357 women and 126 men are enrolled.
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Summer School of the State University
Kane
Board of Regents
Paris Apaches Slang Becomes Society Fad
Paris social circles chase Paris slang as a fad with French and foreign members studying argot. Slang dictionaries are sold to tourists while society women take lessons at high fees. several American women are among the learners and one may have originated the trend.
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Paris
Joint Conference Sought by Seattle Clubs for City Welfare
The Seattle Commercial Club announced a plan to form a joint conference with all local improvement clubs. The aim is to coordinate efforts on issues affecting welfare and to achieve more through united action.
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Seattle
Midnight clash leaves 16 youths missing in slum
In Los Angeles a late night brawl between a hen turkey and a Zorilla upended T. C. Peck’s railroad quarter. Investigators found 16 young turks unaccounted for. Peck says he escaped unharmed while the polecat Zorilla remains at large.
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Los Angeles
T. C. Peck
Peck
Zorilla
Polecat
Cow bit by mad dog in Bellewood leads to hydrophobia scare
In Bellewood Pennsylvania a cow owned by R Clark McCauley, bitten weeks earlier by a dog, contracted hydrophobia and menaced people. A constable freed the town from danger as a mad dog had also bitten several other dogs after a prior street chase. In San Francisco a moving picture drama ends with Robi Galvin shooting a supposed traitor during a screening of state secrets.
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Bellewood
R. Clark McCauley
San Francisco
Robi
Galvin
England’s Naval Expansion Seen as Slap at Germany
Berlin reports on July 24 noting semiofficial comments expressing disquiet over Britain’s enlarged naval policy. The coverage says the supplementary estimates are interpreted as a direct challenge to Germany, with newspapers framing the move as a sharp rebuke.
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Berlin
England
Germany
Fashion Ad Artist Wins World’s Big Art Honor
Eugene Savage of Bloomington Illinois wins the Grand Prize of Rome from the American Academy of Rome for best young American artist. He earns a three year Rome residence at Villa Aurelia, a studio and home, plus a thousand dollars yearly for three years and top instruction abroad. Savage rose from fashion illustration to famed artist and will travel to Rome in the fall with his wife, a Bloomington doctor.
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Rome
United States
American Academy of Rome
Villa Aurelia
Gene
Chicago Art
Corcoran Art Gallery
Washington
Chicago Academy
Savage
Bloomington
Gene Savagé
Il 1
Army of Snipe Encounters Migratory Birds Near Ship
The Admiral Sampson, arriving from northern points, reports a large flock of snipe attracted by ship lights. Birds collided with the vessel and several dozen were killed. The Admiral Lampoon carried a shipment of silver for foxes, part of an order of 200 to be delivered to the Canadian government.
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Sampson
Admiral Lampoon
Coroner Jury Recommends Male Operators in Rails Signals
Chicago July 24 coroner's jury after Burlington wreck at Western Springs July 14 recommends only men in railroad signal towers. The panel found no specific fault but faulted the mail train engineer for excessive speed and inability to see signals.
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Chicago
Burlington
Western Springs
Market Prices and Buying Selling Rates For Local Producers
The record lists buying prices paid to farmers and selling prices charged by retailers across various goods. Items include fruits such as apples and oranges, vegetables like potatoes and carrots, meats including beef and pork cuts, dairy products, and poultry, with values shown per unit or weight and noting variability by freshness and electioneering factors.
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Valencia
Crescen
Logan
TH. A
Bantern
Puget Sound
Rene Vere
Lneraseconeens
United States Builds World’s Greatest Wireless System
The United States plans a vast wireless network to command warships globally. When finished, Uncle Sam can talk to battleships anywhere, with signals expected from San Francisco to the far east.
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United States
Uncle Sam
San Francisco
May Declare Independent Phone Franchise Forfeited
The city council may declare the Independent Telephone Co franchise forfeited at its next meeting. A public hearing showed the company has ceased to provide adequate service as Pacific Telephone Co officials testified no repairs are attempted and old contracts fetch higher rates with limited service now offered. Attorney Rupp admitted merged connections began last January, while subscribers report worsening service.
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Independent Telephone Co
Independent Co
Pacific Telephone Co
Edward D. O'Brien
City Utilities
Amalgamated Company
Rupp
O'Brien
Council
Goddard
Pasadena Seeks Higher Edison Rates In Unusual Action
Pasadena city council authorized an appeal to the state railroad commission to compel the Edison Electric company to raise its current rates. The city, which runs a municipal lighting plant, cut rates from 8 to 6 cents four years ago, while Edison reportedly charges lower rates to undercut municipal pricing. The move aims to prevent taxpayer losses and preserve competition against potential trusts.
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Edison Company
Pasadena
Cal
State Railroad Commission
Edison Electric Company
Edison
Nine Babies to Nine Mothers Stirs Baton City
Beet field workers bring infants to the baby booth in Baton Colorado after a mix up at arrival home. The city marshal faced the task of distributing nine babies to nine mothers without error as surprising discoveries followed.
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Baton
Colo
Owen Wister
Sailors Attack Tugboatsman For Purse Loss
Alfred Malin of the tugboat Darling was assaulted by two sailors in a saloon beneath the Sailors Union hall Union and Western last night. He was relieved of 45 dollars.
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Alfred Malin
Darling
Union Hall
Union and Western
Woman Dies Saving 65 Dollars in Fire at Pishkill
Mrs. Andrew Reilly perished in a July blaze at her home near Pishkill New York. Struck by flames she re entered to save 65 dollars she had left behind, and was burned to death.
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Pishkill Landing
N. Y
Andrew Reilly
Opera Stars to Sing for Bowery Mission
Frederick Townsend Martin reports Mary Garden and Mme Nordica will perform for the Bowery Mission on the second and last Sundays in November. The note also mentions Dance at Dreamland tonight on the Bowery scene.
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Bowery London
Frederick Townsend Martin
Mary Garden
Mme. Nordica
Bowery Mission
Roosevelt praises vigorous bull mouse in new party pledge
United Press Leased Wire reports Col. Roosevelt at Progressive HQs in New York praising the bull mouse as a vigorous animal. He frames the new party as the people's party opposing corruption and pledges equal opportunity for all. He plans to lead the third party campaign in New York.
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United Prem
York
Col. Roosevelt
Progressive
People's Party
Party of Equal Opportunity
Barnes, Penrose, Guggenheim and Co
California
Massachusetts
Chicago
Barnes
Murphy
New York
New York State
Campbell Defends Principle in Moyers Foe Hearing
Thomas Campbell, rival of President Charles H. Moyer of the Western Federation of Miners, spoke to the federation convention at Cripple Creek. He denied Moyer’s charges of IWW ties and disruption aims, denouncing the Butte delegation and asserting he fights for principle. The duration of the Moyers Campbell hearings remains unclear.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Thomas Campbell
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Moyer
Industrial Workers of the World
Campbell
Butte
Moyer-Campbell
Archbold Trial May Be Delayed and Beef Trust Probe Likely
Washington July 24 The House Judiciary Committee decided that if the Archbald impeachment is postponed to fall a probe of the beef trust will be started. A subcommittee is preparing evidence against the beef barons for presentation.
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Washington, D. C
House Judiciary Committee
Robert W. Archbald
Commerce Court
Beef Trust
Progressive Mississippi party to be lily white
Jackson Mississippi July 24 Following the cancellation of plans for a progressive republican convention attended by white and negro republicans it was announced that the progressive party in Mississippi will be solely a white man’s party Senator Dixon of Montana and Col Roosevelt’s manager urged lily white ism
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Jackson
Misa
Mississippi
Dixon
Montana
Col
Roosevelt
Woman Candidate Files for Congress in San Diego
Mrs. Helen M. Stoddard filed papers in San Diego for the Eleventh district congressional nomination on the prohibition ticket. The entry marks a woman candidate joining the race.
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San Diego
Cal
Congress
Helen M. Stoddard
Eleventh
There'll Be Action if He Lands in Congress
John I. Nolan, secretary of the San Francisco Labor council, is seen as almost certain to win the Fifth California district seat. A Republican and a progressive, Nolan is a metal trades worker who has long championed organized labor. He helped push the eight hour law for women and other labor measures during the last legislative session.
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John I. Nolan
San Francisco
Organized Labor
Congress
San Francisco Labor Council
Nolan
California
Jst
Vital records list multiple births in Dayton area families
A series of birth notices records several newborns in Dayton and surrounding addresses. Names appear with parental and residence details, including two girls and multiple boys born to various couples at homes on streets such as Eighth Avenue, First Avenue, 37th Avenue, Director Street, and more.
Marriages and Partners Listed with Residences
A compiled list shows names and residences of marriages or intended unions. Individuals span Seattle Tacoma Vancouver Beattie Georgetown Enumclaw and Los Angeles with ages noted for some entries.
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J. G. Garrison
Port Angeles
Amanda Summers
Los Angeles
Chester A. Jackson
Seattle
Addie BR. Johnson
Frank BD. Swift
Vancouver
B.C
Gladys JL. Randall
T. B. Wright
Beattie
Carrie Keats
Eric
Robert F. Bower
Norma J
Brook
Gers
Sea
Claudia E. Larkina
F. Willlame
May McKee
Alfred Martinsen
Walluku
Emma Babcock
EK. Perry
Georgetown
Helen Simpson
Georgetow
W. J. Galbraith
Tacoma
Laila Edgerly
William Edward Lathner
Logia Leveque
Enumclaw
Deaths Listed for Multiple Seattle Area Residents
A terse death notice fragment lists individuals Rochie Acei 10 of Duwamish river Frea Windsheimer 62 Seattle General Hospital A Anderson 46 Providence Hospital Kate Wawa 11 2744 Railroad Ave G Hill 45 11th and Landers E Cook 65 202 1Sth Ave B C Cray 96 Pacific Hospital M I Schermer Minor Hospital G Kinnear 76 818 Queen Anne Way A Anderson 1329th Ave 8. The fragment reflects multiple obituaries with insufficient detail.
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Rochie Acei
Duwamish River
Frea Windsheimer
Seattle General Hospital
A. Anderson
Providence Hospital
Kate Wawa
Railroad
G. Hill
11Th & and Landers
E. Cook
B.C. Cray
Pacific Hospital
M. I. Schermer
G. Kinnear
Missouri women push to abolish tight skirts
Mrs James Nugent president of the Missouri branch of the National Congress of Mothers calls a meeting of society presidents to discuss a movement to abolish tight skirts. She says mothers should appeal to daughters and favors comfortable garments and shorter skirts.
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United Free
Louis
James Nugent
Missouri
National Congress of Mothers
Congress
Girl Who Eloped Is Captured in Oregon
Ethel Metcalf who disappeared from Oakland June 26 was found at Hammond near here and brought to Astoria by Officer Bryant. George Gray, her supposed elopement partner, was also arrested. Miss Metcalf said her parents knew of her plan and had offered a $150 reward.
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Astoria
Ore
Ethel Metcalf
Oakland
Hammond
Bryant
George Gray
Leper Surrenders to Health Authorities in Denver
G W Carson claiming leprosy turned himself in at Denver health offices after escaping a leper colony near San Francisco on May 2. He says he roamed the country in box cars since, and now intends to return to the colony. A telegram was sent to the Surgeon General in Washington.
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Denver
San Francisco
G. W. Carson
Carson
Washington
Appraiser Resigns to Return to Law Practice
W Bird, appraiser of customs, submitted a resignation today at the treasury department. He cited a wish to resume legal practice and said he would support the Roosevelt third party.
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Washington, D. C
Francia W. Bird
Customs
Treasury Department
Roosevelt
Lillian Russell Urges Foot Care for Health
The famous actress Lillian Russell, now in mature years, stresses foot care as essential to health. She promotes Calcide Calocide soak instructions and claims quick relief from soreness, corns, and odors, urging readers to buy Calcide from druggists rather than risky remedies.
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Lillian Russell
Chicago Tribune
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