Washington Gives Woman Suffrage Boost at Summit Avenue
Washington grants women voting rights prompting 71 year old Mrs. Jane Winterbourne to become a citizen. At the Suffrage Citadel 21 women, including five over 60 and one past 82, vote in the recall era while 15 men stand with them.
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United States
Summit Av
Jane Winterbourne
Ahso
Jane
Jane Birch
Gill
Mrs. Winterbourne
England
Washington
Notable Local Figures Referenced In June News
The report mentions Jerry Watsell a tinsmith, Clint S. Harley cashier of Mercantile Bank, and William C. Cochrane a former sheriff. Harley returns home after a month awaiting United Wireless case proceedings in New York. Cochrane is dying at Kent hospital due to blood poisoning from an ingrowing nail.
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Clint S. Harley
Mercantile Bank
United Wireless
New York
William C. Cochrane
Kent Hospital
Sulzer
Henry Clay
Tim” Woodruff
Ken tuckian shoots self after Salvation Army call to repentance
In a Salvation Army hall in Los Angeles Ensign Payton urged sinners to come forward. Frank A. Campbell a resident of Kentucky knelt in the aisle then drew a revolver and shot himself in the breast. He had been in ill health.
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Los Angeles
Ensign Payton
Salvation Army Hall
Frank A. Campbell
Epidemic Probe Opens in Tacoma Water Question
A Tacoma investigation begins to determine if water is the cause of an epidemic of stomach aches. The report notes experts will seek the source, while other cities report political and legal moves.
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Tacoma
England declares new treaty in the elve't war sparks debate
May 1 1861 marks dramatic claim of neutrality amid disputes over its meaning and dangers. Roosevelt denies polar hunting plans for 1912. Native Sons organize in Seattle. Island Transportation builds a $50000 steamer to replace Whidby. Corwin sails with women and cargo to Bering Sea. University Junior Day offers $250 prizes. J M Lux dies on a train near Evanston Wyoming. Publicity experts and boosters gather for a major meeting.
Age is thirty whispered by a nimble lip
Bess and Tesa chat about a remark from Mr Blank who doubted Bess’s stated age of twenty five. The lines suggest amusement at the mismatch between appearance and stated age.
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Bess
Mr. Blank
Tesa
Historic Morys Bar Remaining Open at Yale
Yale fellows cheer as Morys in the historic Temple Bar will stay open. Proprietor Linder had warned that undergraduates were leaving for other cafes and business was slack, but crowding has returned and activity revived at the Yale hotspot.
County Officials Debate State Agency Over Public Accounts
County Commissioner McKenzie expresses growing support for a state bureau of accountancy to audit public funds. The board delays action and aims to join a lawsuit with the city to challenge the bureau’s creation amid cost concerns.
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McKenzie
State Bureau of Accountancy
Dietz Seeks Ed ward Hines In Murder Trial
Ed ward Hines the Hayward lumberman linked to the Lorimer case has a summons to appear as a witness in the John Dietz murder trial for Deputy Sheriff Oscar Harp. Dietz asserts Hines can reveal details about a man claiming power greater than the state governor. Sheriff reports Hines left Hayward and is being sought statewide as the court refuses to compel his appearance out of county.
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Hayward
Ala
Edward Hines
Lorimer
John Diets
Leslie
Oscar Harp
Diets
Hines
Dietz
Clark
Gunman in Ochoco Mine killing faces question
John Robinson, now in sheriff custody, shot and killed Louis McAllister at the Ochoco gold mine entrance. Authorities say the killing is under review after a dispute over the mine. McAllister was wealthy prominent and well liked.
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Prineville
John Robinson
Louis McAllister
Ochoco
McAllister
Robinson
Washington Briefs on Dignitaries and Personal Habits
The item surveys U S figures in Washington including Representative Sulzer and five Smiths in Congress. It notes Chief Justice White’s French fluency, Attorney General Wickersham’s shirt cuffs, Andrew Carnegie’s half-paris spectacles, and Charlie Taft enjoying telephone switchboard duties at the White House offices.
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Charlie Taft
White House
Dogs as Food Used in Several German Cities
Berlin reports 1416 dogs eaten as human food in the last three months of 1910 across Liepsic Dresden Chemnitz Zwickau and Bautzen according to new statistics released today.
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Berlin
Liepsic
Dresden
Chemnitz
Zwickau
Bautzen
May sue city over sewer spill near Lake Union
Members of the Eastlake Improvement Club threaten lawsuits against the city over ore from a trunk sewer at Garfield and Eastlake draining 100 feet from Lake Union onto private property. Two feet of germ laden water reportedly covers about 1,000 feet. The board of health has been alerted several times, with no action taken.
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Eastlake
Noteworthy Northwest Musicians at Boylston Unitarian Concert
A Seattle and Northwest concert at Boylston Unitarian Church featured tuneful melodies by Gerard Tanning and others. Composers included Mrs. Mary Carr Moore Alice Wilson Perry Abbie Gerrish Jones Drusilla S. Percival Roy C. Williams and Elias Blum in an engaging seasonal performance.
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Seattle
Northwest
Boylston Unitarian Church
Gerard Tanning
Mary Carr Moore
Alice Wilson Perry
Abbie Gerrish Jones
Drusilla
Percival
Roy C. Williams
Elias Blum
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Commercial Club
Western Washington Development League
Beattle Press Club
Abe
Puck
Thomas L. James
Garfield
Augustus Gaffney
Rochester
James
Chicago
Charlies Kittrick
Philadelphia
Ida Arbuckle
John Shinn
Earl Burr
H. G. Herold
Bellingham
Teresa Eldridge
Pittsburg
Antonio Sisca
Mallan
Mrs
Jerry Watsell
Boston
L. C. Page
William H. Russell
Boston National League
Page
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Jack Cudahy
Fresno
Cal
C. H. Schmidt
Pagland
Lord Bacon
Teddy Roosevelt
Native Sons
Chamber of Commerce Rooms
Western Steel Corporation
The
Island Transportation Co
Oak Hat
Bering Sea
Corwin
J. M. Lux
Hotel
Evanston
Wyo
Cheasty
Women's Department
Cheasty’s Haberdashery
Second Avenue
Spring Street
Company A
6Th
Ulinois Cavalry
Samuel Ro van Bant
Minnesota
Dietz Calls
Edw
Washington Briefs
Smiths
House of Representatives
C. B
Michigan
J. W
8. C
California
William R
Texan
Jonah K. Kalanianoale
White
Tte
Wickersham
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
May Sue City
Logal Composers
Snyder
Henry Rief
Wenatchee
Seattle Commercial Club
Everett
Mra. Curry
Curry Optical Company
Eyesight Specialists
Frederick & Nelson, Inc
Ostermoor
Navy
Gray
Alice
Tan
Stillman
Viret Fieer
Annex
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