Bartender Wins a Scholarship to Princeton
John Larsen at 19 earns a four year Princeton scholarship after juggling bartending at his father’s life saving station on Milwaukee avenue Chicago with rigorous study He graduates from Evanston academy and becomes a standout athlete while funding his education with work in the barroom His father backs his honest effort and pride in his son’s path to New Jersey learning.
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John
Princeton
New Jersey Institution of Learning
Doggie” Trenchard
the Poes
de Witt
Sammy White
Pop
Seattle to Take Over Garbage Collection Next Year
Seattle city council approved a plan to assume control of garbage collection starting February 1 after private contracts expire. Health Commissioner Crichton outlined a $60,000 appropriation to buy 50 wagons five auto trucks and scows to dump waste into Puget Sound. Samuel Emerson the efficiency expert estimates annual savings of about $100,000.
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Seattle
Crichton
Puget Sound
Samuel J. Emerson
Fight for ownership of Everett bonds
Ownership of ten thousand dollars in Everett city bonds is to be resolved August 5 in a case between Mrs. Anna Louise Klein and Griffith H. Griffith executor of the late John H. Hughes. Klein was served an injunction while registering at the Savoy hotel. she says Hughes empowered her to remove the bonds from his safety deposit box.
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Everett City
Anna Louise Klein
Griffith H. Griffith
John H. Hughes
North American Trading & Transportation Co
Forest Grove Women Seek Ideal Husbands via Mayor Cotteril
Two women from Forest Grove Oregon appeal to Mayor Cotteril to act as matchmaker to ease lonely hearts. The letter describes one woman a little over 20 and the other under 35, both capable of earning a fair living. They seek husbands who are large well built and physically near perfect.
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Cotteril
Cupid
Forest Grove
Ore
Shooting of Naoma Purner Highlights California News
In Santa Cruz a man shot Naoma Purner after she refused a rose bouquet. The attacker aimed at himself but was disarmed and jailed as threats of lynching arose. Also reported are the death of Mrs. Bessie Woods, the Conn family sailing for Cordova, and the deportation of M. KR McGinnis from Vancouver on a bad check charge.
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Santa Cruz
Cal
Naoma Purner
Miss Purner
Auto strike injures man at Seventh and Jackson
An automobile driven by Frank Westerman struck Nick Jasciarelli as he stepped from a street car at Seventh Avenue and Jackson Street. Jasciarelli, 40, was thrown 15 feet, suffered a compound fracture of the right leg, and was taken to the city hospital. Witnesses say the car traveled at least 25 miles per hour.
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Nick Jasciarelli
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Jackson St
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Soldier Kills Himself at Fort Stevens
John Kuhns aged 19 a private in the U S Army and stepson of Oklahoma Representative Jefferia shot himself on guard duty at Fort Stevens Oregon dying from three gunshots to the head. The same dispatch notes a Missouri burglary incident in Palmyra where Mrs. John Bross mistook a burglar for her husband during a struggle.
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John Kuhns
Jefferia
Oklahoma
United States Army
Palmyra
John Bross
Indictment in California Grand Larceny Case T: Indictment in California Grand Larceny Case
San Francisco grand jury returns true bills against Cora Perkins in a grand larceny case over a $4500 McNamara automobile. District Attorney wires New York police as Pat Waleh could be released. Nicholas J. McNamara and his daughter Gladys testified in the proceedings.
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Cora Perkins
New York
Nicholas K. McNamara
Waleh
Nicholas J. McNamara
Gladys
McNamara
Perkine
California
A Conductor’s Patience Under the Jeering Crowd
A humorous portrait of a street car conductor shown as patient and tolerant despite constant questions and rude remarks from irritated passengers. The piece notes his duties including street naming and store hours enforcement while passengers rail at him yet relies on his polite endurance.
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Guy Looshes
Hinh
Woman named Queen Mary rides hand car in local row
A fragment mentions a vote in Washington on reciprocity and excise measures. The House approved an amendment to repeal a reciprocity provision by 138 to 98 and also struck the Senate's plan to create a permanent board.
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Queen Mary
Washington
Senate
Taft cables condolences on death of new Mikado
Washington July 36 dent Taft motored to the embassy and offered his condolences on the death of the late Mikado. In reply to President ph blogram, the new emperor cabled I am deeply touched by your sympathetic message and sincerest thanks.
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Taft
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Ph Blogram
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Seattle panel weighs removing political banners citywide
A Seattle committee met last night to decide how to remove banners that agitate the atmosphere. The group also discussed coordinating with the school board to secure buildings for political meetings.
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Seattle
Alleged Divorce Claim Over Trading Wife for Property
Mrs Ida M Davis of Cleveland seeks divorce from Donkey Davie of the Goldendale area alleging he traded her in 1910 for two lots. They married in 1893 and have two children. Davie, a well known local figure, earned his nickname from driving an ox and donkey team.
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Wash
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Davie
Double Charge For Rob Wolfe On Bank Note Charge
Rob Wolfe, arrested last week on passing worthless bank notes, faces a second charge for parole violation from the Monroe reform story. He was placed under bonds of $1,500 yesterday by United States Commissioner W. D. Totten.
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United States
W. D. Totten
Lighthouse for Alaska Advocated by Chamber of Commerce
John J. Fitzgerald chairman of the House appropriations committee received a telegram from the Alaska bureau of the Chamber of Commerce urging support for a bill to appropriate 125000 dollars for a lighthouse at Cape St. Elias in southwestern Alaska. The message says the lighthouse would save life and property.
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Committee On Appropriations
House of Representatives
Alaska Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
Cape St. Elias
Alaska
Emperor Yoshi hito May Call Extra Session for Modernization
TOKIO July 31 Emperor Yoshi hito plans an extraordinary parliament session to outline policies continuing the modernization started by his father Matsuhito who died early Tuesday. He rests at his father’s bedside with no elaborate accession ceremonies planned.
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Yoshihito
Japan
Matsuhito
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