Odds and Ends From Everywhere Tidbits From Far Afield
A string of brief notices spans continents from York Town to Los Angeles. Reports mention a river fast attempt, a cremation in a cemetery, Panama hat seizures, a Roosevelt visit to Delta, and a British Antarctic expedition naming December 1911 for Pole arrival. The Metal Workers strike expands as 1,500 members join and leaders predict near-total walkouts.
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London
Scott Haw
South Pole
Boott
Auckland
New Zealand
Los Angeles
Metal Workers’ Council
Taft Heads West and Midwest on four day trip
President Taft leaves Washington for a four day tour with stops planned at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania Ada Ohio Munroe Michigan and Detroit Michigan He will deliver the Bryn Mawr commencement address and speak at Ohio Northern University Ada and attend a Detroit Chamber of Commerce banquet He will unveil General Custer statue at Munroe Saturday morning
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Washington
Taft
Hiryn Mawr
Ada
Ohio
Munroe, Jackson
Detroit
Mich
Bryn Mawr College
Helen
Ohio Northern University
Chamber of Commerce
General Custer
Munroe
Stopping Skin Blemishes with Simple Blood Cleanser
A colonial era advice note urges readers to clear skin blemishes quickly at low cost. It claims unsightly eruptions arise from impure blood and a disordered system and will disappear after a few doses of a simple remedy.
Spain's Premier Proposes Tax Shift To Aid Poor
Madrid June 2 United Press Premier Dan Alejan drafts a Lloyd George like budget to lessen taxes on the poor by shifting burden to the rich. He would exempt the church from taxes to win clerical support, but politicians doubt the plan can succeed as church property is vast and Spanish capital is heavily abroad. Clerical industries now pay little tax and compete with taxed private enterprise. The priesthood and king reportedly oppose any move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Madrid
Dan Alejan
Lloyd. George
Spain
Taxon
Byron Convicted of Attempted Blackmail in Multnomah Case
In Tland Oregon A Byron was convicted of attempting to blackmail Amabel Mush a banker for six thousand dollars and given four months in Multnomah county jail.
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Tland
Ore
A. Byron
Amabel Mush
Benan
Multnomah County
Alaska Republicans oust Shackleford in party split
Louis P. Shackleford head of Alaska’s Republican Territorial Committee is declared untrue to his trust at a meeting in Juneau. The party calls for a statewide convention in Juneau on June 30 to nominate a delegate to Congress, with 50 delegates allotted per judicial division. The Victoria steamship sails from Pier 2 at 10 PM with 650 Iditarod stampeders aboard.
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Dy Walted Prees
Juneay
Alaska
Louis P. Shackleford
Republean Territorial Committee
Washington
Guegenhbeimen
Treadwell
Shackleford
Juneau
Congress
Man who threw beans sent to Berlin asylum
Abraham Elerweiss a Polish Jew who yesterday tried to kill Prince Frederick William by hurling a pot of beans at his head was sent to the Dalldorff asylum. Physicians examined him and pronounced him insane.
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Fn United Press
Berlin
Abraham Elerweiss
Prince Frederick William
Dalldorff Asylum
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York
Mott
Pryor
Pety
Tote
Willian
Pionee
Portsngal
Ted
Gus
Charles Chiften
George Whybark
Willis
Termes
Ring County
Walla
C. FF
T. Bellan
Secret Service
Panama
Colo
Roosevelt
Colorado Livestock Association
Delta
Helen Taft
Father
Beecham
House OF Samples
Victoria
Pier 2
Iditarod Stampedera
Asylum
Axminster
Second Ave
Union St
Seattle
Western Union
America
Neurviert
Wedge
Cowen
M. Bridge & Co
Pires Era Yeeler
Seattle, Wash
LETTER _TELEGRAPH COMPANY
Oelvidere Brok
Gaeuceal Uarea
Goode Billie
Francisco
Cumbiner & Fox
Crosby
Wee York
W.L. Douglass
Packard Shoes
Clothiers
Yesler
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