Territorial Ventures and Civic Friction in Early Seattle
The article notes intense competition for General Funston’s endorsement and varied offers from businesses across Kansas and Washington, including $1000 for river crossing fame and $3000 to promote a melodeon brand. It also discusses streetcar franchise lengths, urging short-term grants, and questions about Senator Adrian G Foster’s stance on bringing volunteers to Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Funston
Kansas
Kanms
Punaton
Ewinming
Wichita
Leavenworth
Topeka
Lawrence
Wichia
Atchison
Jimtown
el Dorado
Philippines
Gen
Fred
Seattle
United States
Stag
Mberal
Adriean G. Foster
Washington
Tacoma
McKinley
Indian Bones Found at Glassport During Factory Excavation
Workmen digging foundations for the Horseshoe Company plant in Glassport unearthed 15 ancient Seneca skeletons with arrow heads and Wwathpum beads. The remains are attributed to chiefs who once served Queen Aliquippa in preindustrial times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsbury
Aliquippa
Monster
Glassport
Re Horseshoe Company
Liberty Bell Debate Over Paris Exposition
Paris officials considered sending the Liberty Bell to the Paris exposition next year. Mayor Ashbridge opposed the plan, calling the bell a sacred American relic and favoring its retention at home despite the Chicago World’s Fair display. He warned that sending it abroad risked damage or loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashbridge
Philadelphia
Paris
Chicago
Tunnel Formed for Chihuahua Mines Railroad
AUSTIN May 1 IE. T. I. Ker jet a wealthy mining man of Hulalla Mex forms the Mesaye company with capital of 5 million dollars to construct a tunnel through mountains in Chihuahua Mex. The group plans a railroad from Chihuahua city to the mines under the group of mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
T. I. Ker Jet
Te Hulalla
Mex
Chihuahua
Chihua
Washington state notes of 19th century developments
Headlines report a beef famine in Walla Walla and a German colonist settlement planned for Whatcom County. Mention mid column items including a Fort Spokane ferry washed away, hops backward near Puget Sound, a broken collarbone incident, and a Jefferson county pleate and clam bake. Fairfield brickyard resumes with 45 000 daily capacity. Falls townsite sold for 45000 to German buyer George Henselman. Reeditions include a Whitman county veterans reunion, Falls sale news, and Palouse gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitman County
Palouse
Falls
Geo. Henselman
Germany
Tripp Case Confirms Fever Reaches High Levels
In Denby Connecticut on May 26 a medical consultation followed the case of Johnny Tripp a year old scholar given red pepper by his teacher Miles Mary Connery. Dr Loomis reported fever at 108 percent and Dr A. Sindall joined in. no improvement and fever staying near the same. Tongue and face swellings from the pepper faded and doctors compare the case to typhoid fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denby
Conn
Johnny Tripp
Miles Mary Connery
Loomis
A. 8Ndall
Riot at a Cake Walk Sparks White Black Clash
May 4 riot at the opera house after negro cake walk ends in gunfire. Whites and blacks clash as negro shooters fire into a crowd, wounding three whites and fatally injuring four blacks. whites return fire and several others are injured. More than a dozen shots are fired before authorities quell the disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. T
Opera House
Brady
Thrasher
Relic dig uncovers six skeletons at Fort Mackinac site
Mackinaw City witnesses a grim find as Harry Lazell and Richard Neal uncover six complete skeletons while excavating at the Fort Mackinac site. Four are buried eastward, one westward with the head at the others’ feet, suggesting a burial place linked to massacres about 130 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mackinaw City
Mich
Harry Lazell
Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad
Richard Neal
Fort Mackinac
Korn Drug Co Fifth and Pike Prescription Specialists
Korn Drug Co located at Fifth and Pike markets prescription services and offers phone contact Pike 2% for inquiries and orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korn Drug Co
Fifth and
Pike
Kh and N company reconsiders Colfax line project
In Colfax Washington the Kh and N company will not build the proposed Penewawa Creek to Colfax line soon. Agents are offering to rent many lots and several houses along Spring Flat Creek bought by the Snake River Valley Railroad. Vacating tenants were told to leave May 11, suggesting postponement of construction this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colfax, Wash
Penewawa Creek
Colfax
Spring Plat Creek
Spring Flat Creek
Bouth
Snake River Valley Railroad Company
O. Rh. & N. Corporation
Dam Breaks Ripple Through Amberg Area Watersweep
Heavy floods hit Mar inete Wis May 4 with the Pike river dam near Amberg washed away and four other dams failing as the Mood reached them by morning. The Davin bridge approach was swept away and a steel bridge near Amberg was carried out while water flows over the structure. If the St Paul railroad bridge boom breaks it will be carried out.
Pretty Jane Ludwith jailed after rolling pin clash
In New Brunswick Prospect Piaina a young woman named Jane Ludwith faced a charge for striking her father with a rolling pin over a request for a striped silk dress and ribbons. Justice of the Peace Lucas committed the girl to jail after hearing the evidence despite her denial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
Prospect Piaina
Jane Ludwith
Titian
Miss Leadwith
Middlecox
Foulard
Olf
Patrick Lodwith
Pretty Jane
Justice of the
Lucas
Maritime Traffic and Wreck Debris Movements Reported
The Empire steamer conducted a trial run at high speed along the Lower Sound. The Ajax departed for Vancouver with 200 tons of cargo. The Rapid Transit will depart for Blacks Town to recover machinery and gear from the Brisham wreck. Schooner Annie arrived from the Cape with ballast. Willamette, under Captain Hanson, brought dynamite to Seattle from San Francisco and discharged it at Sitka and other ports in southeastern Alaska aboard Santa Crug. Captain Herbert F Beecher to pilot Santa Crug with Captain Olsen in command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid Transit
Blackstat
Brisham
Hanson
San Francisco
Seattle
Sitka
Maryland
Alaska
Herbert F. Beecher
Sa Crus
Olsen
Lamp Upset By A Cat Kills Miss Sutter In Newburg
Miss Agnes Sutter 76 wealthy spinster died in her Fleet Street home in a three story brick building after a lamp allegedly upset by a cat started a fatal fire. Her cat burned nearby and a broken lamp lay on a floor burn mark. The lamp was kept lit all night by a servant as was customary. The Salvation Army offered aid in the Kingston district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburg
Agnes Sutter
Fleet Street
Sutter
War
Mini Sutter
Touched a Trolley Wire Causes Severe Injuries
Edward H Dover, a plumber, was nearly electrocuted while handling gas pipes near the F ridge last night. A pipe touched a trolley wire, sending full current through his body and leaving him suspended until Charles Malt pulled him free. He suffered severe burns and his recovery is doubtful.
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Edward H Dover
Charles Malt
Deverk Handa
Ghosts Haunt Methodist Church Alarming Wansab City
Residents near Tenth Street and Tynney Avenue report nightly spectral disturbances at the local Methodist church. Dairyman Berryman Miller and others observed lights and noises at 3 AM, investigating to find empty premises and displaced furniture, fueling ghost rumors in a quiet district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wansab City
Tenth Street
Tynney Avenue
Berryman Miller
Ninth Street
Northrup Avenue
Miller
Amusements and Theater Notes In Seattle Area
Manager Ruvech stages The Three Guardsmen at Third Avenue theater while A Southern Gentleman draws crowds at Seattle theater. Clay Clement and company receive enthusiastic notices and The New Dominion is planned. Next week Retasco Thall and George Osbourne open with The Girl I Left Behind Me. Melbourne McDowell and Blanche Walsh tour Fanny Davenport plays La Tocca Fedora. Philharmonic Society promises first Seattle concert with Bruno Steindel quartet. Good Reality Club excursion to Olympia for Magnolia Muff bicycle fund.
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Ruvech
Third Avenue Theater
Three Guardsmen
Seattle
Clay Clement
Tt House
Mr. Clement
Beattie
Pheea McAllister
Mr. Dukelid
Clement
New Dominion
Retasco-Thall Company
George Osbourne
Scare
Melbourne McDowell
Blanche Walsh
Fanny Davenport
Banton
Howe
The
Philharmonic Society
Bruno Steindel
Muaste
Carr brothers strike valuable free gold vein in New Mexico
The Carr brothers and their father announce a remarkable free gold strike nine miles northwest of SUSTHR. The vein runs about 16 inches wide, with nuggets as large as hickory nuts and rock nearly solid with gold stringers. The vein extends half a mile. eleven claims in one group are staked over a two mile area. a New York party offered 25,000 dollars, which was refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susthr
Lee
Charlies Carr
Atrike Jana
Carr Brothers
New York
New fly pest attacks horses in North Vernon area
Farmers report a new fly species in North Vernon Indiana that attacks horses. The insects have small bodies and large wings and swarm into horses ears causing pain. One animal was found with two hundred flies in its ears and was relieved only by coal oil and turpentine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Vprnon
Ind
Germany Opens Newspaper Propaganda Channel in Washington
Germany moves to use a Berlin staffed newspaper representative inside the Washington embassy as a semi official arm of diplomacy. The role aims to shape public opinion on German US relations and foster a friendlier view of Germany among Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Germany
United States
Berlin
Building Permits Issued for Local Homes
Building permits issued today to George W. Dilling for a one story frame house at 1408 Tenth Avenue costing 600 dollars. Mrs. Sarah Hunt to build a two story frame residence at 352 Seventeenth Avenue costing 800 dollars. BE. G. King to construct a one story frame residence at 309 Broad Street costing 325 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Dilling
Tenth Avenue
Sarah Hunt
Seventeenth Avenue
BE. G. King
Broad Street
Timely fit saves arson defendant in Greensburg trial
In Greensburg Pennsylvania on May 6 Charles Dowden faced arson charges over a plot to destroy part of New Alexandria. An epileptic-like fit interrupted testimony, but the defense argued he was not accountable. The judge charged briefly and the jury quickly acquitted Dowden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Charles Dowden
New Alexandria
Dowden
Mother and Son Burned in Bellefontaine Fire
May 26 report from Bellefontaine details tragedy as Mia Rachael Austin and her son William die in a house fire. Ernest Austin, 24, wounded with a chest bullet, was found at neighbor Wesley Haines's door claiming a robber shot him before the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Haines
R. Austin
William
Peculiar Death on Railway Tracks at Crum Lynne
Abner Craig aged 75 from Waterville was struck and killed when he stepped onto a 56 car Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore line train at Crum Lynne after the engine and cars passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Abner Craig
Waterville
Philadelphia, W. & B. R
Crum Lynne
Snow to Last Until July on Colorado Line
Snow fighters with dynamite and shovels toil on the Colorado and Southern railroad mountain system. Without dynamite the banks would not disappear before the Fourth of July. The Como to Gunnison line may open tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Colorado and Southern Railroad
Como
Gunnison
The Best Property Offered Near Or Ede
A fragmentary notice advertises a best property offering with unclear location and dates. Readable elements mention an offer near a place resembling Or Ede and a seller or agent unidentified. General terms imply a real estate listing or auction item.
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Seattle Star
Whlls &Co., Punvishers
Sudees
Third Avenue
Waabing
Ten
Homeseekers
Paradise
Pratt's
Orch
Mexico
State News
Walla Walla
Whatcom County
Gear
Linace
Chinddk
Fort Spokane
Puget Sound
Mildred Baldwin
Whelton
Jefferson County
Fairfield
Columbian
San Pall
Coemopolis
Pattison
Levi Ankeny
George W. McCreedy
Goldendale
Joe Shoestepe
South Bend
North Yakima
Kgprma
Admiralty Head
Thomas L. Grant
Ferry County Court House
Republic
Pasco
State Capitol
Colville
George F. Kienstra
Montesano Creamery
Hillyard
Spokane
Sateop - Shelton
Montesano
Witcon
Aberdeen
Ee Pllensburg
Kittitas Valley
Artington
Jane
Empire
Empire Transportation Company
Vancouver
Annie Hae
Cape
Salvation Army
Pratt
East
San Poil
Gold Mining Company
Republic, Wash
En Blouel Repubic
Dro
Bome
San Fou
Treasury
Tsetse
Po Hadi
Ferry County
East San Poll Gold Mining Company
Republic District
East San Poil Gold Mining CO
Slater & Smith
James Street
Wash
South Dakota
J. Redelsheimer & CO
First Ave
Cor
Columbia
T 'S
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