Divorce talk and public figures stir debate in press
The Seattle Star reports on clergy and lay leaders debating divorce for remarriage when a spouse is living. Ecclesiastical voices from Bishop Scarborough to Dr Parker urge public moral clarity while civil marriages persist. Commentary notes Times critique of Dewey dinner plans and remarks on wealth and fame.
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Parker
London
Cardinal Abbens
Baltimore
New Jersey
Episcopal Church
Scarborough
Lomion
Archbishop Scarborough
Spring handicap plans in athletics face weather woes
With three weeks to the spring handicap meet the outlook is poor due to cold rains. Y M C A and A C clubs sustain limited training while Prof Crane arranges weekly scratch meets at the Y park. The Tacoma Seattle Y M C A dual meet may be held next Saturday if weather permits.
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A. C
A. W. Crane
Douthitt
Seattle
Tacoma Y. M. C. A
Large Exodus From Milwaukee Soldiers Home After Pension
Six hundred men requested discharge from the Milwaukee Soldiers Home last month, following pension payments. The April 23 departure is the largest exodus yet, reportedly a protest against regulations by Col. Wheeler. Critics complain the red cardboard permit to leave the grounds is revoked for minor offenses and may pauperize the men.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Col. Wheeler
Farms Excluded from Forest Reserve, Clarke County
June P. Sheller, superintendent of forest reserves, returned from Clarke county where he investigated settlers' appeal to remove three townships from the reserves. He will report favoring the settlers, saying land is more valuable for agriculture than forestry. Over 100 families occupy land now in reserve. one farm in Shelatehiec valley has a large orchard with five to six inch apples. Timber exists but second growth dominates. Roads are nearly impassable and logging operations halted by heavy rains. loggers cannot move timber to streams or railroads.
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Tacoma
P. B. Sheller
Clarke County
Shelatehiec
Lewin River
Fashion Fancies Take Center Stage In Elegant Gowns
The fashion page surveys gowns in white batiste and taffeta with lace trims, bias folds, and primrose hues. It notes steel buckles, feather boas tinted like opal, and Parisian influences from lace bodices to voles and petticoats, forecasting steel and silver as season trends.
Infant Bitten by Rat May Fatal to Child
In Chicago a months old infant, Gertrude Cohn, was left alone at home when a rat entered the cradle and bit her hand. Dr Meyerevils cauterized the wound but blood poisoning is feared as the child lies in danger.
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Chicago
Gertrude Cohn
Whitman county schools report higher attendance and graduations
Colpax Washington June 4 The year ending brought prosperity to Whitman county education with increased enrollment and satisfactory progress. About 125 pupils have graduated from the fifth grade in county schools and eighty one graduates already reported from the grade with more to come. Some districts will close after June 16.
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Colpax
Wash
Whitman County
Pally
Maine Mansion Transfer Ties to Westinghouse Ownership
The Capon Circle mansion once owned by the late James G. Maine is transferred to George Westinghouse of Pittsburgh. The house, built for Mr Blaine to entertain during his presidential bid, hosted the marriage of Maine’s daughter to Colonel Coppinger of the army.
Bridges in Danger as Heavy Rains Hit Wisconsin
Heavy rains across Eau Claire and surrounding areas cause extensive private property damage. Reports indicate water a foot over bridges with multiple country bridges endangered. A washout occurred between Knapp and Menominee on the Omaha road and another on the Wisconsin Central west of Chippewa Falls. Pratt's Orchard Add.
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Eau Claine
Wis
Srackett
Knapp
Menominee
Omaha Road
Wisconsin Central
Chippewa
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