15 Saved From Wrecked Ship Oceana Vance
Captain Oleen and 15 crew members aboard the 384 ton schooner Oceana Vance were towed into Port Townsend by the steamer Riverside after drifting off the Sound. They fought flooding with pumps and discarded lumber to stay afloat until rescue arrived. The vessel, built 1888 at Port Blakeley, is owned by Port Townsend merchants including L. Bi. Hastings and M. J. Bourke.
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Oleen
Oceana Vance
Port Townsend
Riverside
Olsen
Port Blakeley
Port Townsend Met
L. Bi. Hastings
M. J. Bourke
Two Prisoners Escape Alcatraz Prison by Raft
In San Francisco two inmates, Thomas Franey and Michael Mullin, escaped from the Alcatraz military prison by raft and are at large in the bay area.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco Bay
Thomas Franey
Michael Mullin
Clarice Confronts Harold Over Family Standing
In a tense exchange, Harold questions why Clarice’s father stands out while she remains unseen. The dialogue hints at familial tension and social standing affecting their relationship.
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Harold
Clarice
Great Northwest land show opens at Portland
The Great Northwest land products show opened in Portland with more than 1000 booths. Each county in Oregon offers an exhibit, while Idaho Washington and British Columbia also display. A dairy show runs concurrently at the Union Stock Yards.
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Portland
America
Great Northern
Idaho
Washington
British Columbia
Able
Union Stock Yards
Democrats Push Penny Postage and Postal Reforms
Information from here today indicates the Democratic administration plans penny postage an extension of parcel post and rural free delivery service federal aid for post roads and a readjustment of railway mail pay as part of post office reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Parcela Peat
Call to Courage Amid War Chant and Song
A speaker declares renewed resolve after defeat, urging ten thousand strong with a magic chant and marching rhythm. The private’s courage remains high and the captain’s eyes stay bright, while critics call the speaker weak for not fettering themselves.
Local News Roundup From Bremerton to Washington
Multiple brief items report on meetings in Bremerton and Everett, a rail extension announcement in Twin Falls, charity efforts in San Antonio, a city council finance proposal, and a death in Atlanta. Notable mentions include Mayor Cotterill advisory requests, Congressman Bryan banquet, Lake Washington canal work costs, and a National Dairy show win for a Washington Holstein herd.
Edison President Resigns. New York Presses Change
The article notes the resignation of Frank L. Dyer as president of the Edison company and allied interests, with A. Edison assuming charge of his own interests. It also mentions the Seattle automobile show armory, a lecture on the White Slave Traffic in Goshen, New York, and various other brief items from New York, St. Louis, Santa Monica, and Santa Fe.
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New York
Frank L. Dyer
Edison Company
A. Edison
Floral prices from a catalog of silks and blooms
A catalog style list offers prices for silk and velvet roses lilies and violets in pink coral white and other colors. Items include small pink roses with foliage 45l large velvet roses 95e and 1 45 for silk roses with foliage.
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la France
Displays of Christmas Stationery at Dennison’s Gift Dressings
Ready Dennison's Gift Dressings feature decorative Seals Tags Cards and gummed ribbons with gold and silver cord and tissue papers. Christmas Cards offered in great variety including new engraved hand designs and gift boxes in wide sizes and shapes.
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Crane
Berlin
Jones and Whiting
Gordon
Edwin Osgood Grover
Nesbit
Tuck
Dennison
Soc
Greek Benefit Nets about $1000 for Red Cross
A Moore theatre afternoon benefit for the Greek Red Cross society drew a large audience. Local managers musicians and citizens volunteered services as oratory music comedy and classical dance entertained. The program netted about $1000 for the cause.
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Moore Theatre
Greek Red Cross Society
Hanson Charged After Woman Crushed by Cow
Winnipeg report says Peter G. Hanson, a Grierson farmer, tied a girl to a cow’s horns in a revenge act after she spurned him. The cow bolted, the woman was dragged into bushes, and the exhausted animal fell crushing her. she may die.
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Winnipeg
Man
Peter G. Hanson
Grierson
Hanson
Handkerchief Box Offers Linen Initials as Gift
A box of six men's handkerchiefs priced at $1.75 features pure linen fabric with script initials encircled by a colored embroidered shield. Ideal as a gift item in period-style packaging.
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Democrats
Third Av
Third Avenue
Belfast
Ireland
Oregon-Washington Station
Bureaa
Fourth Avenue
Jackson Street
O-W. R
Oregon- Washington
City
Second Avenue
Seattle
Seattle Star
Seattie Star
Cotterill
Commercial Club
Bremerton
Twin Falls
Bancroft
Oregon Short Line
Twin Pine
Wells
Nevada
Southern Pacific
Dr. Gladden
Council
Lake Washington Canal
Public Safety Committee
Firetav
Seneca St
Fire Av
Union
Valdez
Yukon
Colville
Acorn Bros
Natonal Grange
San Antonio
Tex
Ciizens
Sisters of Charity
St. John's Orphanage
Joseph Guerrieri
Calhoun Hotel
George A. Upper
Reliance
Blake
Rome
Flovence
Venice
Paris
First Presbyterian Church
Brotherhood and the Ladies’ Societies
Hugh Eimer Brown
Brown
Edward Lincoln Smith
Everett
Sneed
Victoria
B. C
Port of Vancouver
Chicago
Aberdeen
VU. G. Supreme Court
Maryland Federal Court
Standard
Mfg. Co
Bathtub Trust
Atlanta
Jonghlness
J. M. Terrill
United States
the Feather Market
D. B. Duncombe
Emma Drake
Presbyterian University Church
Goshen
N. Y
Burton Gibson
New York City
Rowe Szabo
St. Louis
EB. G. Lewis
Santa Monica
Cal
Caroline Kimball
Chi
Santa Fe
N. M
C. H. Garrett
Los Angeles
Frederick & Nelson
Ladies’ Home Journal
Coats
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