Expatriate Looey Bloom’s Bold Showdown at the Portales
In ERA CRUZ Mexico July 26 Looey Bloom an American expatriate who trains horses and promotes prize fights wins quick recognition after defending his honor against a hostile Mexican heckler. The altercation ends with the Mexican incarcerated by a marine as Bloom receives social attention and more fight promotions follow.
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Fred L. Boalt
Era Cruz
Mexico
Looey Bloom
Looey
Portales
Lie
Loosy
Vaudeville satire sparks looming political campaign
A humorous account lampoons Judge Wilson R. Gay for seeking a 3000 salary while exalting other announced candidates including J. M. Clapp and Judge John E Humphries. It notes past docksite deals by Clapp and hints at anticipated candidacies for state and federal offices. DETROIT Ford profit sharing after wage increases cited by industrial expert.
There's No Test Like a Trial Dental Offer
OR L A Clark D D 8 advertises speedy relief for timid and nervous patients with top quality work. The dental office promises best service to earn referrals and notes that prices are the lowest in the Northwest while offering gas.
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Northwest
Regal Dental Offices Ad Promotes Services
Regal Dental Offices headed by L R Clark with O D O and manager at 1406 3rd Ave NW near Union St invites customers to bring this ad for services.
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Regal Dental Offices
Cor
L. R. Clark, O. DO
Manager
3Rd Ave
N. W. Cor
Union St
Princess Helen Morton Bayly declared insane in Geneva prison escape saga
Princess Helen Morton Bayly, heiress to Mark Morton fortune, is described as insane by court ruling and held at Col. George Fabyan’s estate near Geneva. The report chronicles her marriages, escapades, robberies of funds, and public interviews while kept under guard at Riverbank estate.
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Geneva
Helen
Mark Morton
Chicago
Virginia
Roger Bayly
Col
George Fabyan
Fairyland
Helen Morton Bayly
Col. Fabyan
Morton
Lake Forest
Helen Morton
Washington
Delaplane
Warrentown
King
Sir Roger Bayly
Elopers
Wheaton
DuPage County Court
Alaska Marriage Law Question and Advice Column
A reader asks how soon after a divorce one can marry in Alaska and the answer quotes District of Alaska law on void marriages and waiting periods. The column then offers marital guidance on relationships, divorce validity, and practical counsel for typical courtship dilemmas.
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Alaska
District of
Now Theyll Eat Sundry Animals Feed From Seized Corn
State inspectors seized 60 car loads of Manchurian corn full of weevils and worm damage at the docks. Milling firms claim the shipment was not intended for humans but for animal feed, with officials releasing it for that purpose under supervision.
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W. H. Adama
Crawford White
Boys Cured of Skin Sores by Resinol Ointment
A Chicago reader recounts two sons with severe skin pimples that itched and kept them awake. After trying various remedies, two 60 cent jars of Resinol Ointment and two Resinol Soap cakes cleared the problem, with no recurrence since. The notice urges trial samples from Resinol’s Baltimore department.
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Chicago
Marker
Willow St
Resinol
Baltimore
Portland paper changes hands in July sale
The Evening Telegram was sold by the Oregonian Publishing Company to J. B. Wheeler, his brother L. R. Wheeler, and John F. Carroll. Carroll will continue as managing editor and business manager, a role held for eight years, with Carroll staying on in that capacity.
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Portland
Evening Telegram
Oregonian Publishing Company
J. B. Wheeler
L. R. Wheeler
John F. Carroll
Carroll
J. EB. Wheeler
Lives of Bandits Hang on Escape
In New Orleans on July 25 authorities fear the lynching of bandits who killed Flagman Thomas Elgin during a L and N train robbery at Gentilly Friday night. Six posses with bloodhounds search for the outlaws. A dozen suspects are jailed but lack identifications and are not believed to be involved in the crime.
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New Orleans
Thomas Elgin
Louisville & Nashville
Gentilly
Milwaukee tunnel near completion in Cascades
With eastern and western crews 150 feet apart, the 11,902 foot Milwaukee tunnel in the Cascades is expected to finish by August 1. The tunnel will shorten the route by 8.6 miles and ease a difficult climb.
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Milwaukee
Cascades
Suicide attempt fails as woman is jailed for drunkenness
The woman, identified as Addie or Ada Rose of 515 Pine, attempted self harm by strychnine early today but recovered and repented after being taken to the city jail and booked for drunkenness. Mrs. Robert Leslie at the same address attributes the act to drink and family troubles.
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Addie
Ada) Rose
Pine
Robert Leslie
Bandits Escape After Chataworth Park Hold Up
Three bandits robbed the Southern Pacific Coaster at Chataworth Park Thursday evening and fled. A sheriff’s posse with bloodhounds abandoned the chase when the trail led to a rabbit’s burrow. suspects remain at large.
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Los Angeles
Southern Pacific Railroad
Chataworth Park
Cossacks Win Vienna Reports Striker Suppression
Reports from St Petersburg say troops dominate the strikers across European Russia. Some industries resume, telegraphic service is restored, and most trains operate under heavy military guard as authorities tighten control.
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Vienna
St. Petersburg
Russia
Ornate shed guards brickwork at University Street project
A decorative shelter rises over Fourth Ave and University St while the Stewart building is under excavation. Built to keep bricks from falling, it features artful design, a roof garden, night illumination, and visible work through fence windows. The steam shovel runs at night with coke to curb smoke.
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Fourth Av
University St
Stewart
The
Metropolitan Building Co
Metropolitan Theatre
Father of Victim Seeks Reduced Sentence in Murder Case
Haverstraw New York July 26 Insanity from drink after brooding over his daughter's elopement with Fred Newman will be used as Town Wm Cleary's defense when he is tried for killing Newman. The victim, a 20 year old, was shot in Cleary's office after announcing the marriage. The victim's father, a friend of Cleary, says he would be satisfied with a lengthy prison term and does not want him electrocuted.
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Looey
Filascor
Urrutia
L Looey
Suil
J. M. Clapp
Lafe Hamilton
Lake Union
Grand Jury
Clapp
Safe
Helen
Chicago
Wheaton
Morton
Haverstraw
N. Y
Fred Newman
Wm. Cleary
Cleary
New York
Newman
Roosevelt to testify in libel suit defense
Wm. Van Benschoten, Roosevelt's lawyer, pursued material from Chairman Wm. Barnes Jr. of the New York Republican state committee for Colonel Roosevelt's defense in Barnes's $50,000 libel suit. It is believed the trial will expose Barnes's career and Roosevelt will recount incidents from his New York political ties.
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New York
Wm. van Benschoten
Col. Roosevelt
Wm. Barnes, Jr
Republican State Committee
Barnes
Roosevelt
Taxi Driver Fined After Early Morning Collision
R. M. La Rue a taxicab driver was fined 25 in Judge Gordon s court after a forenoon collision with a Ford delivery wagon in front of the Colman building. Officers charged reckless driving. La Rue said his wheels caught in car tracks causing the taxi to swerve. the taxi front was smashed and the Ford wrecked.
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R. M. la Rue
Gordon
Colman
la Rue
Camels of the World Vaudeville Show Set for July 30
The Camels of the World Seat tle Temple No. 185 announce a vaudeville entertainment and musical Thursday evening July 30 at their hall.
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The
Camels of the World
Seattle Temple No
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