Nell Pickerell Harry Allen a Jail Folly in Spokane
A deputy brings Nell Pickerell alias Harry Allen to the county jail. Nell, 34, dresses in trousers and lives as a man though she is a woman. Twice jailed and linked to bootlegging and vagrancy, her life includes work as a cowboy, bartender, miner, and pool slicker. Her history touches love suicides connected to her, and she remains defiant of gender norms. Nell has a son in Alaska and a refinement-seeming Seattle mother.
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Harry
Nell Pickerell
Nell
Neil
Spokane
Gertie Samuels
Hazel Walters
Madrona Park
Harry Allen
Alaska
Seattle
War Talk and a Cracking Telegraph in a Turbulent Era
The piece narrates chaotic war era chatter from Washington to Berlin as Bryan resigns and Wilson stands firm. It notes headlines of submarine warfare, potential resignations, and a vivid Collier’s wartime illustration seen by Cynthia Grey with a stark wartime vision.
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Cynthia Grey
Collier's
Europe
Grodno
Warsaw
Georgia prison board rejects clemency for Leo Frank
Atlanta June 9 The Georgia state prison commission refuses to recommend commuting Leo M. Frank's death sentence to life imprisonment. The governor now holds sole clemency power. execution would occur June 22 if not commuted. Commissioners Hainey and Davidson opposed. Patterson supported clemency.
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Atlanta
Georgia State Prison Commission
Leo M. Frank
John M. Slaton
Frank
Mary Ph N
Milledgeville
Hainey
Davidson
Patterson
Frank Will Tang
Ernor Nat C. Herris
Miller on Trial for Life as Woman Jurors Spark Tension
June 9 A L Miller stands trial for the May 2 killing of William Chatten, president of Union Lumber Co, at the Millers’ Union Mills home. The crowded courtroom includes Mrs Miller and their three children. Jury has 10 men and one woman. challenges exhausted. defense hints at unwritten law.
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Olympia
A. L. Miller
William Chatten
Union Lumber Co
Chatten
Union Mills
Ita
Miller
Lane Proposes Replacing Saloon Saloons With Shelter Hubs
Everett June 9 Representative W D Lane of Seattle spoke at the charities conference proposing new buildings to house transients and homeless men after saloons close next January. He suggested smoking rooms, pool and billiard tables, libraries, lunch rooms and auditoriums in these shelters.
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Everett
W. D Lane
Seattle
Charities
Bryan's Farewell From White House Marks Last Day in Office
Secretary Bryan bid farewell at the White House at 12 30 with President Wilson and Secretary Tumulty present. He said he would talk this afternoon but offered little news and described feeling somber as he prepared for departure. He compared himself to a hen trying to cover chicks and spoke of keeping international secrets.
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Washington
Bryan
White House
State Department
Wilson
Tumulty
Brgan
Wilson Stands Firm in Note to Germany
President Wilson remains firm on protecting American rights as he faces a crisis with Germany. Robert Lansing signs the note as acting secretary of state and will forward it to Berlin at 2 p.m. Bryan resigns, aims to rally public support for arbitration alongside his earlier proposals.
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Washington
Wrgan
Eddie Savoy
Bryan
Counselor Lansing
Berlin
Carl WW. Ackerman
United Pressman
Wilson
London
Gerard
Jagow
Lusitania
Germany
John Edwin Nevin
Robert Lansing
Lansing
United States
A Married Man's Troubles and Wilson's Peace Plan
The article portrays ministers differing over a note on peace methods. It notes President Wilson and the retiring secretary spoke cordially in the White House blue room. Bryan bid farewell to 150 officials with emotion as he extended his bet.
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Mbehd
Wilson
White House
Bryan
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