Church Fair Scandal Involving Local Pastor and Escorts
At a Sausalito church fair two young women and a man were invited by pastor Wittema Johanson to perform. The trio performed a cakewalk in tights prompting embarrassment for a Congregational church pillar, Paterson and Akrainus were among the performers, with the incident unfolding after private arrangements.
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Sausalito
Cal
Dame Grundy
Congregational
Wittema Johanson
Johansen Wes
Manhunter On Horseback After Attack In West Virginia
Reports describe a violent pursuit across the country with a farmer killed and a rancher wounded or killed. A force pursued the alleged culprit for miles on horseback, firing hundreds of shots before the suspect was killed. Women and children were reportedly not allowed to leave their homes during the incident.
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Peter Huff
Parmera
Fred
Chicago Preachers Sought as Pulpits Stand Vacant
In Chicago on June 2, eight large churches lack pastors and face vacant pulpits. The city seeks strong men to lead major congregations, including among the wealthiest, as the public looks for ready candidates to fill these roles.
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Chicago
Eain
Clergymen depart amid vacancies in city churches
Pittsburg reports seven injured in a powder explosion at Youghiohenny coal mine No 2 Scott Traven Pa. one man William Baird fatally burned. Explosion traced to a matock striking blasting powder in a mine car. Nearby Paw Paw lake fish die off from unknown disease. cankerous mouth lesions noted. In Iowa Dr McDonald assesses a family outbreak of a peculiar blackening illness. one dead, four hopeless, others dangerously ill.
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Pittsburg
Youghiogheny River Coal Company
Scott Traven
William Baird
T. Joseph
Mich
Paw Paw Lake
Michigan
Max ON City
Iowa
McDonald
Buffalo Center
Porto Rico Dead Letter Rules Shuffle Envelope Designs
Postal authorities in Porto Rico issue brief rules for dead letter work and start choosing a special stamp envelope design. The chief option favors decoration with Amerigo Vespucci, while Ponce De Leon is considered for its link to the city name but no image exists yet.
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Washington, D. C
Porto Rico
Amerigo Vespucci
Merritt
Ponce de Leon
Ponce
MeIntyre Family Buried and Wedding Mixup Sparks Grief
Edward MeIntyre two years old was to be buried in Canada after a telegram claimed his burial date. The father traveled to retrieve the body while the mother arranged mourning. A later message said the child should be married, shocking the family as news arrived in New York.
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Edward MeIntyre
Wallaceburg
Canada
Ward
John MeIntyre
Slater
Melntyre
Mra. Melntyre
Iowa code revision swapped electors by district accidentally
An Iowa report from Des Moines notes a 1807 drafting error in the Iowa code where presidential electors are assigned by congressional district. The Simpeon College study in Indianola suggests the change would award several electors to Democrats, and observers expect the legislature to restore the previous statewide method.
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Democratic Party
Pressed Steel to Ship 100 Gondola Cars to Egypt
In Pittsburg on a June morning the Pressed Steel company will begin shipping 100 steel gondola cars from the city to the Egyptian States railway. The contract value is set at 160000 dollars and marks a notable innovation in Egypt’s railroad history.
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Pittsru HG
Batumiay
Pressed Steel Company
Mayot
Egyptian States Railway
Framer State of Washington Leaves Yealer Wharf
A vessel identified as Framer State of Washington sails from Yealer Wharf in the morning on a Sunday. The trip is described as a round trip, with no further details on destination or return time provided.
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State of Washington
Yealer Wharf
Seattle
Everett
Tacoma
Badmunds We
Colmank
Red
Scott
Police Chief Caught in Copper Wire Theft Near Maspeth
New York June 2 Henry J Dearry once Long Island City police and fire telegraph chief is under arrest with two alleged accomplices. Copper theft from telegraph lines has been common this year. They were spotted cutting the road wire east of Maspeth station and Dearry was seized as he emerged from the bushes near White Pot road.
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New York
Henry J. Dearry
Long Inland City
Fire Telegraph
Hhs
Long Island Railroad
Maspeth
Long Island City
Maspeth Station
White Pot Road
Bearry
Transit Schedules From Seattle to San Francisco and Other Ports
Passenger and freight sailings listed from Seattle to San Francisco via Victoria and Mt Townsend with multiple departure dates from May to August and every fifth day thereafter. Additional routes include Topeka Orisaba Al-Ki with various June July and August dates. Ends with contact info for J F Trowbridge and agents Goodall Perkins & Co. in Seattle and San Francisco.
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Seattle
San Francisco
Northern Pacific Holds Vast Stevens County Lands
The Northern Pacific railway company now holds 260,778 acres of land in Stevens county. Andrew Smith, manager of the Whatcom creamery, says the creamery is in good shape and making butter at 1000 pounds weekly with output rising weekly and promising a strong summer run. The Pacific American Fish company rejects the first mite offer on Fairhaven grounds but seeks 660 feet of water front around the Franco-American cannery. Governor Rogers spoke at the Whitman county G AR reunion praising veterans and the American effort in Manila.
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The
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Stevens County
Andrew Smith
Whatcom
Pacific American Fish Company
Fairhaven
Bellingham
Rogers
Whitman County G. AR
Manila
Walter Kiex in precarious condition after hiccoughs attack
In Ambelpa Pennsylvania Walter Kiex has suffered a violent hiccoughs period since Thursday. Doctors say his condition is precarious and all efforts to ease the hiccoughs have failed. Local note mentions Kors Drug Co and a Peculiar entries about a fertilizer lot and orchard addition as unrelated.
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Ambelpa
Jane
Walter Kiex
Various Local Notices from June Events and Appointments
Incoming trains bring numerous men with no clear employment signal as work underground and in mines remains scarce. Chelan reports Rev J T Hoyle arriving in June for Methodist services. Hoyle and infant expected. Sprague school board reelects Prof Rolland B Reid Miss C Cosgrove and Miss Wilkinson, term start pending. Fourth of July committee invites James Hamilton Lewis for the speech. Indianapolis Grand Lodge bars candidates with missing limbs from receiving degrees noting left arm above wrist and inflexible legs disqualify.
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Wash
Methodist Episcopal Denomination
Boston
J. T. Hoyle
Entab
Mia
Sprague
Rolland B. Reid
C. Cosgrove
Missa C. Wilkinson
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana Masonic Grand Lodge
Colquitt Pleads Guilty in Dooley Assault Case
In Athens Georgia on June 2 Charles Colquitt a Black man pleaded guilty to assaulting white engineer Dooley and received a twenty year penitentiary sentence.
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Athens
Charles Colquitt
Dooley, White
Pittsburgh and New York capitalists to start WV plants
West Virginia Plate Glass and Huntington Bottling works to reopen at once under Pittsburgh and New York capitalists. The plants, idle for five years, will operate in opposition to trusts. Also reported, a mad dog epidemic outbreak in Pratt Cumberland county.
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W. Va
West Virginia Plate Glass Works
Huntington Bottling Works
Pittsburg
New York
Cumberland, M4
Pratt
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