Fraud indictments target vast land fraud schemes across states
A grand jury accuses a senator, railroad magnates, timber barons, and others of extensive land frauds spanning Call WEahtacton Oregon Idaho Minnesota and the Dakotas. Counsel favors a legal action while the finance committee weighs Fortson place matters. City plans lease and building for a station with $12,000 budgeted for construction.
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United
United _& man
The
Pacific
Weahtacton
Oregon
Idaho
Minnesota
Dakotas
Corbin Marries Mystery Bride in New York
Spokane reports 70 year old railroad magnate D C Corbin admits a recent ceremony in Mt Vernon New York. He declines to name the bride with rumors stating she may be his housekeeper formerly Mrs Tony Peterson.
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Spokane
D. C
George Hazzard Forfeits Bonds in Forgery Case
George Hazzard, historian and former chair of the Washington state Democratic committee, failed to appear at his Rushville forgery trial. Henry county authorities move to forfeit his bond as Hassard allegedly forged subscribers to his county history. He reportedly fled to Tacoma.
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Richmond
Ind
Geo. Harvard
Phairman
Democratic State Committee
Waashington State
Rushville
Henry County
Hassard
Assard
Tacoma
Aranite Quarry Memory and Agen Agote History
A stark fragment recalls a torn block of aranite from a quarry wall and traces the faded history of agen agote as if unearthed yesterday, blending geology and legend in a concise archival note.
Beattie Motor Boat Club Eyes Foster Island Site
The Motor Boat club of Beattie plans a boat house in Foster Island Union Bay, believing the location is optimal. The group is actively promoting the Fourth of July races to support the project.
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Motor Boat Club of
Beattie
Ths
Foster Ieland
Union Bay
WILL FIGHT THE ILABOR TRUST
New York reports from theNational Manufacturers Association show a resolution declaring the labor trust a greater menace than capital and urging federal and state probes. Another resolution cites President VanCleave and a plan to raise $600000 a year for three years for industrial opposition, aimed at labor uprisings. Tacoma man honored in Rome as Tacoma, Washington’s D. Johnston joins the executive committee.
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New York
VanCieave
Moon Fragment Theory Recalled by Pickering's Harvard Work
A June article in Harpers Magazine cites Professor Pickering of Harvard Observatory arguing the moon is a fragment of the earth and notes the location where it was torn loose. The piece highlights the vivid insight science offers into planetary origins.
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Professor Pickering
Harvard Observatory
Marpere Magazine
Base Ball Mitts at coset A Le Maile
A short notice lists A Le Maile at 1111 Fret Avenue as offering base ball mitts for sale or trade in a local classifieds item.
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Coset
A. le Maile
Fret
Rockefellers Wealth Praised Darkly Roasted by Judge Gaynor
Kansas City May 24 Justice W J Gaynor of New York criticizes the wealth and methods of John D Rockefeller in a biting address. Though not named directly Rockefeller is unmistakably the subject as Gaynor calls such a man a menace to public life and dangerous to free government. The piece notes a flaw in cut te insurance and mentions Washington Fire Insurance offering indemnity at regular rates.
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Serigps
Kansas City
W. J. Gaynor
Appellate Division
Supreme Court of New York
Johyn D. Rockefeller
John D
Gaynor
Sach
Washington Fire Insurance Company
New York
Paris
Coffee. You are both judge and jury for Schilling's Best
A grocer refunds money if a product called Schilling’s Best coffee is defective or not up to standard. The note offers a humorous take on consumer rights and product quality in a local context.
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Schilling
Etrane
Milan
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Ilabor
Scripps Telegraph Service
Rome
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Htm
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Orly
Rhodes Company
New Department Store
10C
Royal Worcester
Viewpoint
Royal Worcester Dorsets
Lilliputian
Mothal
Rhodes
Shattle-Tacoma
D. Semeley, Jr
Taroma
Loggers’ Supply Company
Colman Dock
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