Taft Era Ballinger Pinchot Clash Deepens
Washington dispatch details the Ballinger Pinchot dispute stirring Taft supporters and Taft cabinet members. Pressure mounts for Pinchot’s removal amid accusations of a conspiracy by Ballinger and allies. Pinchot insists on protecting public domain from the water power trust, while calls for investigation and possible resignation grow. Meanwhile a separate report notes Mrs. I B arrested for larceny by bailee after a Portland telegraph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilson Gardner
Waangton
D.C
Ballinger
Atate Alea
Taft Cab
Pinchot
Attor
Ff Wickersham
Sma
Pallinger
Hon
Hitchcock
Taft
Iereee
New York Journal
Gifford Pints
Rebenek
Jase
Roosevelt
Water Trust
Portland
I. B
Pyramid Pile Cure Promises Quick Home Relief
A dubious advertisement touts Pyramid Pile Cure as a cheap, effective treatment for piles. It claims fast results with a free trial and urges readers to request a sample by mail, promising the box is affordable and easy to obtain.
Fragmented notice hints at mail order for cure product
OCR fragment mentions a mail order action by PYR PRUG COMPANY and Partai Midh F of the great Pile Cure with instructions to mail a wrapper to receive a product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PYR Prug Company
Bon Marche Offers Luxurious Employee Cafeteria and Rest Areas
The Bon Marche spends about 10000 dollars to fit a rooftop cafeteria and two rest rooms for staff. The dining hall features ferns and trees, with meals priced at cost. A women’s room with lounges and water, and a men’s rest area with piano and social space, provide a full- floored employee comfort zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bon Marche
Bartender's Joke Sparks Supreme Court Appeal Case
In South Bend Washington Otto Beuke sues Carroll Broa owners of a Raymond saloon after a bartender burned Beuke with alcohol on his shoes and set them aflame. The superior court ruled bartender acts not the saloon’s liability but a retrial led to a jury awarding Beuke 225 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Wash
Otto Beuke
Carroll Broa
Raymond
Cohol
Beilke
Debutante's Million Dollar Gift Leads to Reno Divorce Move
Eve lyn Willis, once a New York debutante, later married Keith Donaldson. After a troubled marriage, she took her baby and joined the Reno divorce colony, seeking lawful separation. The story traces a Westward legal step amid a high profile past connection to financier Payne and the late Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Donaldson
Reno
Nev
Evelyn Willis
Smith
Chas. Whitney Payne
Sherry’s
New York
Payne
Tennessee
Chamber of Commerce Pushes Convention League Support
The Chamber of Commerce begins efforts to organize a convention league with backing from the city’s hotel papers and incoming railway lines to boost local events and commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Movement Aims for Convention in Seattle and Northwest
A movement forms to establish a league dedicated to securing conventions for Seattle and the broader Northwest region. The group outlines its business and purpose as organizing efforts to attract conferences and meetings, boosting local prominence and economic activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Northwest
Wreck in Blizzard Fatal for Two Stockmen Near Pasqua
A blizzard on the Canadian Pacific line at Pasqua near Moose Jaw Saskatchewan last night caused a train collision killing two stockmen named Oliver and Bolton. The impact destroyed the stock train and caboose, killed 25 steers, and injured Engineer Corbin and Brakeman Healey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Moose Jaw
Sask
Canadian Pacific
Oliver
Bolton
Corbin
Healey
Pasqua
Preime
Nicaraguan Crisis Deepens As U S Demands Apology
Cabinet meets in Washington to weigh demanding apology and indemnity for the execution of Leonard Groce and Leroy Cannon. President Zelaya likely to refuse. Des Moines officers probe the shooting while naval moves show rising U S interest. Americans in Zelaya territory reported missing or imprisoned amid protests of Gringo conspiracy claims.
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Zelaya
United Prec
Washington
Colon
Des Moines
Greytown
Leonard Groce
Leroy Gannon
Nicaragua
Estrada
Hhs
Cunningham case shows suspected timber land grabs tied to coal claims
District forester Geo H Cech reports in Portland on July 29 1909 that probes into Cunningham coal claims reveal possible aims to seize timberland for mine support. Special Agents Kennedy Stoner and Langille to assess timber value and coal viability. Wingate to inspect coal works. officials urge expediting examinations while charges of non workable coal are not supported by the land office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. H. Cech
Portland
F. E. Ames
Almaka
Cunningham
Clarence Cunningham
Kennedy
Stoner
Gravis
Langille
General Land Office
Gabriel Wingate
Wingate
Langilie
Ames
Cunningham Coal Group
Forest Service
The
Land Office
Sheridan
Whitewash Banker Indicted for Fraud
Lewiston Idaho November 23 After Frank W Kettenbach president of the Lewiston National Bank and other officials were indicted by the federal grand jury at Moscow on embezzlement and conspiracy the bank directors and a Commercial club committee issued resolutions expressing complete confidence in his integrity and ability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston, Ida
Frank W. Kettenbach
Lewiston National Bank
Federal Grand Jury
Moscow
Commercial Club
Women Only Patronage Accused Company Under Scrutiny
Ada Rand, widow, reports to Deputy Prosecutor John F. Murphy that Denver Realty and Mining, based in the Arcade, defrauded her with a blind ad offering women a money making scheme. The firm allegedly deals only with women, denying male clients. No formal complaint yet filed as the case awaits examination of its operating law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Rand
John F. Murphy
Denver Realty and Mining Company
Murphy
Iron Bed Specials in White and Bronze Finishes
Listing of iron beds and cribs with specials priced from $3.65 to $6.75. Features include brass vases top tubes mounts 104 inch head 41 inch foot and 11/16 inch pillars finished in white enamel with gilt trim blue enamel options and full or three quarter widths. Includes an iron crib with sliding side Simmons fabric spring dimensions 30 by 54 by 45 inches.
Starwich stops a small riot at Ravensdale saloon
Five Austrian men were brought to trial by Deputy Mat Starwich after a brawl at Frank Markus’s Ravensdale saloon. Frank Kagel, intoxicated, knocked over $100 in glassware, sparking a fight with Markus and four companions. The group was subdued by Starwich, and all five were sentenced to 33 days in county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mat Starwich
Frank Kagel
Frank Markus
Ravensdale
Kazel
Markus
Kazele
Joe
John Sigimund
Frank
Joe Samidl
Mat
Bitter rate war begins on Poulsbo route
Barnard Eliot, manager of Seattle-Poulsbo line, declares a price battle as Inland Flyer and Lydia Thompson cut rates on the Poulsbo run. He claims Kitsap firm must meet parity, vows aggressive tactics and possible freightless service to drive rivals off the Sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitsap
Inland Flyer
Lydia Thompson
Poulsbo
Mosquito
Kitsap Company
Colman Dock
Eliot
Galbraith Bacon
Kitsap County Transportaon Company
Baund
Burglary Interlude Sparks Kitchen Chatter
In a humorous aside from Chips, Willie asks what is happening in the pan while a bystander recounts hearing a burglar and chasing him away, capturing a lighthearted moment of domestic mischief.
Seattle fox hunt echoes English tradition on Thanksgiving
The article describes a mock fox hunt in Seattle on Thanksgiving with riders in red coats and riding attire, but without real hounds or foxes. Participants may use can cars if they wish, starting from 36th Ave and Madison St, under Master Clarence Booth Lamont.
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A. G. Spalding & Co
Seattle
Long Island
Yesler
Denny
R. W. Chambers
Merry England
36Th Av
Madison St. Myr
Clarence Booth Lamont
Ultra-fashionable crowd seen in summer hotel
Percival asks if it was cool this summer and Virginia says she ought to have found it so after stopping in a hotel filled with ultra-fashionable people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percival
Virginia
Flooding Strikes Eugene Springfield Dam Breach Wrecks Stores
High water from the Booth-Kelly Lumber dam overflow flooded Main Street stores in Springfield, with one to two feet of water. Eugene saw light rain as the river subsided. Rail traffic paused on Southern Pacific and O R and N lines. Bonneville washout requires days to repair and trains rerouted via North Bank. Roadbeds and tracks in Willamette valley and Southern Oregon are in precarious condition with slow orders in effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene
Springfield
Main St
Booth-Kelly Lumber Company
Southern Pacific
Bonneville
North Bank
Walla Walla
Willamette Valley
Oregon
Floods Rise Along Cowlitz Kalama Rivers as Snow Falls
The Cowlitz river near Castle Rock rose about six feet since the last report and sits a foot and a half above any prior time this season. Lexington’s county road washed out. Kalama reports the Columbia River two feet higher than last night but not at danger. Kalama River and smaller streams at flood stage. Heavy snow storms hit the West with prairie traffic moving. Canadian Pacific lost all telegraph wires on the north shore of Lake Superior, leaving Mast connections via Chicago.
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Castle Rock
Wash
Cowlitz
Lexington
Kalama
Columbia River
Winnipeg
Man
Lake Superior
Canadian Pacific
Great Northwestern
Chicago
Harsh Grays Harbor gale hits Hoquiam injuring lines
A severe gale rages on Grays Harbor causing telephone lines to fail. The schooner Jane L. Sanford dragged anchor and struck the Northwestern Lumber storage boom before a tug responded to a distress signal.
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Hoquiam
Grays Harbor
Jane L. Sanford
Northwestern Lumber Company
Landslide Wreck Halts Milwaukee Line West of Ellensburg
Heavy rains swell Yakima tributaries and trigger a wreck ten miles west of Ellensburg. Eight freight cars and a new large engine derailed, with no injuries to the crew. Line between Ellensburg and South Cle Elum is out of commission.
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Ellensburg
South Cle Elum
Yakima River
Private Pumping Plant at Burbank Washed Out by Floods
Rains at Burbank have raised the Snake river undermining the piers at the private pumping plant of C. C. Culp near Burbank and washing out the entire facility.
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Spokane
Burbank
Snake River
C. C. Culp
Fire destroys home on Fourth Ave North. couple escapes
Mr and Mrs B W Lewin woke to smoke and flames in their bedroom and fled as their residence at 2901 Fourth Ave N burned at 1145 last night. The gutted house sustained about 1600 in losses, with 500 covered by insurance. Investigators report a defective heater as the fire source.
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B. W. Lewin
Fourth Av. N
Fire Laddies Dance Tomorrow at Seattle Relief Ball
Floor Manager R. W. Norris will signal the 19th annual Seattle Fire Department Relief Association ball tomorrow night at 9 in Mammoth Rink Fourth Ave and Senecast. Indications point to a monster attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Norris
Mammoth
Senecast
Seattle Fire Department Relief Association
Barely Misses Death in Morning Fire
Albert Gordon narrowly escaped death at the residence of Miss Ruth Dilge at 319 Thomas Street. He was asleep when smoke rendered him senseless and was resuscitated with difficulty. The fire caused about 50 dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Gordon
Ruth Dilge
Thomas St
Gordon
Ancestor Fought in Hastings Creasy and Agincourt
Mr Silas Brown of Chicago recalls an ancestor who fought in Hastings Creasy and Agincourt and joined Ally Sloper's Half Holiday. The lively quip notes the fearless family history and comic period reference.
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Lady Devursey
Hastings
Creasy
Agincourt
Silas Brown
Chicago
Ally Sloper
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Forsor
Supreme Court
Nevada
Earling
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul Road
Cherry, Ill
Frederick & Nelson, Inc
TRON
Starwich
Columbia
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