Drownings Follow Swan Lake Rowing Accident
Two girls Blanche Gorman and Alice Monahan drowned near Swan Lake after a small rowboat capsized while passengers attempted to reach shore. Needles and an accompanying man escaped with Needles rescuing a companion before reaching land. John Lee, with ties to San, was nearby as the incident occurred.
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Needles
Eek. Nev
Blanche Qor Hw
Richard Gorof
Alice Monahan
John Stonahan
Orillia
Geath
Swanay
Trav Nurer
Seat
Blanche Gorman
Alice
Swan Lake
Shepherd
Misa
Needles Girl
Gshore
Miss
John Lee
San
Think Japs Sunk Dewey Rivalry Shocks San Francisco
A cryptic report from San Francisco on June 17 notes Japanese forces maintaining a telegraph station near Dagaupia Island and exchanging coded messages with American officers. The intelligence hints at suspicions linking Japan to the Dewey incident, alarming U S Army officers and prompting heightened monitoring of island activity.
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Gan Francisco
Cal
Dagaupia
San Francisco
Earty
Harriman Lines to Spend 16 000 000 on Web Construction
A report from Idaho dated June 17 notes Harriman lines plan major railroad construction. The project includes a Pass line from Lewiston to Bates and the Huntington Lewiston main line, with a total length near 250 miles. Officials say the work will be completed soon and will cost substantial funds.
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Harriman Lines
Ida
Harriman
Lewiston
Huntington-Lewiston
R Butte
MG Forester Picnic and Ex Exposition
Pleasant Beach hosts a community picnic featuring outdoor games and a baseball dock event. Attendees enjoy scenic recreation as locals gather for a casual afternoon of leisure and light activities.
Portland Athlete Takes Life After Rejection
Gladys Baker refused Ephraim Jameson proposal leading to his suicide in his Y M C A room in Portland. The note read I did this not I love her and Goodbye ali. Jameson, a former Hill Military Academy student and rising electrical engineer, was hailed as one of Portland’s top athletes.
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Portland
Ore
Gladys Baker
Ephraim Jameson
Gladys
Ali
Jameson
the Hill Military Academy
Train Dives Into River Near Arlington Ore
An Oregon freight wreck near Arlington yesterday injured Fireman Hinkle and Brakeman A. O. Strule of The Daisies and two vagrants. High speed struck a boulder causing the tender to plunge into the Columbia River. 18 cars burned, rails torn up 300 feet. Strule is critically injured and not expected to survive.
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Unite? Pree
Arlington
Ore
Hinkle
A. O. Strule
Daisies
Here
Columbia River
Strule
Portland Child Killed by a Car
A four year old boy darted from a store as a street car turned the corner at 11th and Morrison in Portland. The car struck the child and he died moments after arriving at the hospital. The Gasser family had just arrived from Idaho.
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Portland
Ore
Charles Gasser
Botsete
11Th and
Morrison Sts
Mmotorman
Gasser
Idaho
Forestry Teacher Resigns for Better Place at Eastern College
Professor C. By Goets, longtime head of Washington State College forestry, resigns to accept a similar post at an Eastern agricultural college with a higher salary. He will work with the Washington State Fire Association this summer to guard state forests against fire and trespass.
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C. By Goets
Washington State College Forestry School
Eastern Agricultural Colleges
Washington State Fire Association
Get Bust By The Jon Story At The Shop
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt shows a retail scene where a salesman tells a customer about trust and stories in a disputable exchange. The fragment hints at miscommunication and customer skepticism in a sales encounter.
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Jon
Philadelphia Bulletin
Generous Offer From a Mother's Patience
A Chicago News excerpt portrays a mother coaxing her son Tommy to approach by promising to give him something for nothing. The boy resists, asking what she wants, while she reveals the birch switch hidden behind her, setting a tense domestic scene by the pond.
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Tommy
Chicago News
Mayor ends tense strike in Terre Haute ice wagons
In Terre Haute Indiana Mayor Louis Gerhardt steered a peaceful resolution to a two week ice wagon strike led by Jesse Tryon of the Ice Handlers union. Police remained neutral and no violence occurred as workers won most demands and arbitration began. A later note mentions a Niagara River race prize of $1000.
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Terre Haute
Tod
Louie
Terre Haute Ice Companies
Louis Gerhardt
Loote
Ing
Poice
Aldea
Tce
Jesse Try
Motor Boat Skippers Race Tiny Crafts Through Whirlpool
Dozens of motor boat entrants will attempt the Niagara whirlpool test next September beginning in the calm water below the Falls. Percy Jones and Rollin D. Potter of Toledo will pilot Nomad II, a 6 foot long cabin cruiser with a 20 horsepower engine, through upper rapids into the feared whirlpool basin before finishing in calmer waters downstream.
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Niagara Whirlpool
Niagara Falla
Percy. Jones
Rollin D. Potter
Toledo
Willl
Jones
New York
St Lawrence River
Atlantic
Ralaco
Jones and Potter
Frank Gheen
New York Power Boat
Prizes Offered for Washington Strawberry Growers Festival
Washington strawberry growers are invited to participate in a festival at the Seattle Chamber of Commerce exhibit room on June 22. A case of berries delivered before opening will enter the competition for a cup, with festival days scheduled at Eastlake Richmond Ueseh Vashen lel and Chamber of Commerce. Berries will be given to housekeepers between 2 and 4 PM.
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State of Washington
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Eastlake
Richmond Ueseh
Vashen Leland
Chamber of Commercce
Gaekwar Arrives in San Francisco Aboard Siberia
The Gaekwar of Baroda lands in San Francisco with wife the Mahariam daughter Princess Inder eraja and a large retinue. He travels unadorned in a Prince Albert outfit and hat while ruling over 2 million subjects with broad democratic manner. He socializes with passengers and plays whist during the voyage.
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United Pree
San Francisco
Peorla
Prince Albert
Gaekwar
Baroda
Mahariam
Indereraja
Wake Up Your Way in the Cab Tale
The passenger shouts to the driver “Get on, man” as another man in the cab is teased about his luck. A bystander explains the unlucky man’s fate, saying he is not sick but unlucky for missing five mornings of oats or whiskey. The quote appears in Cosmopolitan Magazine. Some men who hope for the best are too lazy to go after it.
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Cosmopolitan Magazine
Roosevelt Homecoming Sparks Offers and Stunts
Roosevelt returns to New York as crowds gather to greet him. C. W. Post proposes a $100,000 yearly editor post and the National Trades Workers' Association is named. Charles K Hamilton plans to fly to meet the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria and circle the ship. aviator Frank Goodale may attempt a similar feat. Warren Crockett, a Rough Rider from Georgia, delays surgery for the reunion before leaving the hospital.
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United Prep
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
C. W. Post
Natonal Trades Workers’ Association
Charles K. Hamilton
Kaiserin Aneaste Victoria
Frank Goodale
Idela
Warren Crockett
Marietta
Crockett
Rough Riders
Golden Paint Fights Leave Six Youths and Two Women Gilded
In New York on June 17 Aaron Litesky a second hand furniture dealer and his wife clashed with a woman over a prior purchase. The altercation drew several youths who sided with the woman and the painter sprayed gold paint. Litesky retorted with more paint soaking all involved. Police responded as the brawl peaked near East 126th Street station.
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United Prom
New York
Aaron Litesky
Beconday
lAtzsky
Luesky
Luzaku
Sherman
Central Park
East 126Th St
Mirror and memory solve $1,800 hotel theft at Dakota
Misa Krautman, a Dakota hotel cashier in Chicago, recovered $1,800 stolen from the hotel vault ten days earlier. She identified carpenter Frank Carson via a mirror and, after pressuring him, he led detectives to the false bottom of his tool chest containing the money. Carson is jailed.
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Calied Press
Chicago
Misa Jane Krautman
Dakota Hotel
Frank B. Carson
Carson
Miss Krautman
Frank
Will cremation of Mrs Charlton body requested
Austin and Kate Scott siblings of Mrs Mary Scott Castle Charlton murdered in Como Italy, ask Como authorities to exhume and cremate her body. Ambassador Leishman is to arrange cremation and shipment to San Francisco.
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Fn United Press
Ban Francisco
Austin
Kate Scott
Mary Scott Castle Charlton
Como
Italy
Navy Yard Visiting Days Feature Battleships
Saturday and Sunday especial visiting days in battleships at navy yards. Take boat at Colman dock. Round trip fifty cents.
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Navy Yards
Colman Dock
Short Cut to Wealth and a Family’s Egg Trade
A Chicago Evening Post gag imagines the Pliggenses growing rich by storing a crate of eggs last summer and selling them during a January cold snap. It jokes about marrying their daughter to a foreign noble and living abroad half the year, contrasting wealth with modest roots.
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Pliggenses
Pliggens
Chicago Evening Post
Big Forester Picnic and Excursion Outing
All aboard for Pleasant Beach on Sunday for a big outdoor outing with sports dancing and baseball. Boat leaves Colman dock for a round trip price of 50 cents. Dance at Dreamtana tonight.
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Pleasant Beach
Colman Dock
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