Taft Faces Veto Over Wool Tariff Bill
Washington 26. House leaders plan to accept or lightly modify the La Follette wool tariff revision bill passed by the Senate. The measure mirrors the vetoed bill Taft vetoed previously and is built largely on the tariff board report Taft himself backs. Taft is expected to veto again. The move aims to place the president in a bind over signing or vetoing.
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Senate
Taft
la Follette
Tariff Board
Pennsylva nia Railroad Eyes Lands for Atlantic Pacific Line
New York July 26 The Pennsylvania railroad seeks to start a steamship line linking New York and Philadelphia with Pacific coast cities after the Panama Canal opens. It was reported today the firm is obtaining options on vast land along the Delaware River.
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Philadelphia
Pacific Coast
Panama Canal
Pennsylvania Railroad
Delaware
King Pierp
J. P. Morgan
United States
Morgan
Kingly
Chicago Swedish Society Picnic Highlights Odd Tales
Mrs Selma Meselina of 204 pounds won a quarter mile of varnish when she ran 100 yards in 18 seconds. A bystander quipped she is the saddest woman, and the husband agrees with her in everything. New North LaSalle tunnel featured a black cat as officials of the Chicago Railway Co. laughed at superstition tests.
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Chicago
Selma Meselina
New North Lasalle
The
Chicago Railway Co
Dummy found after body hits Chicago sidewalk outside Y W C A
A frightened crowd gathered on Michigan Avenue near the Y W C A when a body struck the pavement. They discovered a dummy wearing an old skirt and jacket, prompting alarm before realizing the apparent deception.
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Chicago
Michigan Ave
Bizarre Local Tales From Across the Nation
A barrel collected church offerings in Waukegan as 6,000 parishioners passed. In Chicago Rev. Bayard Mitchell urged for another provocative orator. In St Louis James Solomon found a cow trapped in his kitchen. A New York porter Robert Kincella drowned on a roof. Utica hosted a double jail wedding for two couples both prisoners. In New York Salvador Lodice robbed a trolley car after water from passing cars flooded his cellar.
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New York
Robert Kincella
Salvador Lodice
Cara
Woman Fails to Land Cook Job at Pleasantville Hotel
In Uniontown Pennsylvania a New York woman sampled an ad by Hotel Keeper Georgank Tetlow for a cook position at Pleasantville station Winchester county. She remarked I like high balls but did not secure the role.
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Uniontown
Pleasantville
Winchester County
New York
Georgank Tetlow
Ministerial Union Moves to Break Up Local Church Baseball League
A Canonsburg minister seeks to dissolve the Church Baseball league after a game with profane remarks heard. A Ballard Progressive Republican club public meeting is set for 8 tonight in Junction hall Ballard to discuss the issue.
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Ballard Progressive Republican Club
Junction Hall
Ballard
Opticon lecture on Scot land by Rev EB A King
A Bainbridge inland Chautauqua lecture titled Scot land the land of Scot and Burns will be delivered by the Rev EB A King from North Yakima. J A Blosser the mountaineer will speak at Denny hall tonight on Sixteen Years in the Cascade Mountains.
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Burns
Bainbridge
Cascade Mountains
J. A. Blosser
Denny Hall
Water supply shutoff planned along several streets Saturday
The waterworks department will shut off supply between 39th Ave and Rainier Ave from 8 a m to noon, and between Orcas St and Brandon St. A suit for 1000 damages was filed by P L Sheff against Queen City Lumber for injuries from handling lumber. An action to recover 1575 for breach of contract was begun yesterday by Highland Park and Lake Burien Railroad against McLaughlin Realty.
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Rainier Ave
Orcas
P. L. Sheff
Queen City Lumber Company
Highland Park & Lake Burien Railroad
McLaughlin Realty Company
Contractors Are to Blame in Thackeray Place Power Incident
The city sues contractors Andrew Peterson and Henry Price over a 1908 grading at 4741 Thackeray Place. Allegations note careless stump blasting loosened city light wires and sent 2,200 volts into W. L. Abrams as he tried to switch on his residence light. Abrams’ widow won a $15,000 verdict against the city. the city blames the contractors. The Title Guarantee Co. of Pennsylvania, as contractors’ sureties, are also named defendants.
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Andrew Peterson
Henry Price
Thackeray Place
W. L. Abrams
Title Guarantee Co
Pennsylvania
Abrams
May Deport Petrich on Parole Condition
Nick Petrich, in the penitentiary for killing Kent’s town marshal four years ago, may receive parole on condition of deportation to Montenegro. Judge Frater and local officials signed the petition for the conditional parole. Petrich was in the country less than two years at the time of the murder and may be deported.
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Montenegro
Nick Petrich
Kent
Frater
Vanderveer
Hodge
Strmeer
Petrich
Everett Postmaster Removes Secret General Delivery Mail
Postmaster Vernon ended clandestine correspondence at Everett general delivery by personal interviews with suspected youths, beating headquarters instructions by several months. The city had already eliminated secret mail through the window, per the report.
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Everett
Hitchcock
General Delivery Department
Vernon
Indians Die In Sudden Storm At Needles
Two Indians are dead and one fatally injured after a violent rain and windstorm struck Needles California. The victims were bathing in the Colorado River when the storm hit and they tried to flee along a railroad track, coming into the path of a piledriver swept by the wind.
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Needles
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Colorado
Window Shades and Awnings Offered at Discount Prices
Advertises green water color shades 36 inches wide by 7 feet long on automatic roller at 28 cents each. Green opaque shades 36 by 7 on Stewart-Hartshorn self acting roller at 48 cents each. Custom sizes styles and materials available. Window and porch awnings made to order with cheerful estimates. Firet Floor Annex.
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Stewart-Hartshorn
Clearance hosiery sale in cotton lisle and silk lisle
Women's hosiery offered in cotton lisle and silk lisle with high spliced heel and toe, four inch garter top. Available in black, tan and other plain colors at 18 cents per pair. Located on the first floor.
Clearance on Women Glace Kid Suede Mocha Cape Gloves
Clearance sale highlights desirable gloves in broken sizes and colors. Women’s Glace Kid suede gloves in mocha and cape styles offered at 50 cents per pair.
Hats and children’s wear sale items with low prices
Pongee Silk and Linen Hats in natural color with Tom O'Shanter crowns priced at 1.00. White straw braid hats trimmed with white satin or ribbon priced at 1.00 and 0.50 for sailer styles. Girls and boys wash dresses and suits sizes 2 to 5 years on clearance 50c to 2.50.
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