Dueling Letters Reveal Suicide Attempts In Jail
McKenney and A H Montgomery faced prison release and a wish to end their lives. Montgomery, a Madison traveling man, tried to shoot himself but the gun misfired. F P Weat intervened, removing cartridges and urging calm. McKenney, Olympia youth, planned a farewell call and poison was found on him with motives of debt and unemployment.
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Olympia
East
Poolman
A. H. Montgomery
Madison
Wis
F. P. Weat
Arlington Hotel
Montgomery
Wisconsin
West
Himsself
McKenney
People’s Homes vs Corporation Dollars in Duwamish Valley
In Duwamish Valley residents fight Puget Sound Electric Co. after a ten day injunction delays a permanent ruling. They warn of potential contempt if the injunction holds and vow to press on beyond December 1 as they risk losing their homes to higher fares and corporate interests.
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Duwamish Valley
Puget Sound Electric Co
Gilliam
Jake Furth
Woman Buried Alive Is Rescued
Mrs. Anna Hubbell of Aurora Ohio was placed in the cemetery receiving vault as dead but revived hours later after guards noticed movement in the open coffin lid. Her daughter Cleveland Hubbell, 65, is reported in good health today. The family, aware of trances in past relatives, avoided a closed coffin and a doctor was called after the body appeared to stir.
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Anna Hubbell
Aurora
Hubbell
Cleveland Hubbell
Idy
Elderly Indiana woman opens first church and train ride
Wayne Indiana resident Welty, near 80, recounts first experiences with a church, school, railroad train and electric car after visiting her sister in the county. These revelations came around her 70th birthday year as she explored unfamiliar modern conveniences.
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Antil
Monorail Plan Stirring Towns of Townsend
Nov 25 report from Townsend notes a promoters push to franchise a monorail linking Fort Worden and Irondal. Council discussions show no decisions yet. Other items mention Mrs. Mary Knight’s will, social visits, and local gatherings.
Did Bagdad Baxter Have a Joyous Day
Cartoon dialogue depicts Bagdad Baxter recounting a chaotic Thanksgiving involving a delayed cable car, a missed boat, a villa visit, a stolen house key, a dash to the steamer, and a humble meal of lamb chops and fried potatoes, ending with a stubborn denial of Yuletide cheer.
Death Sentence for Poor Cows at Naval Academy Herd
Inspectors from the Federal Department of Agriculture ordered 18 cows from a milk herd serving the Naval Academy to be killed after failing to pass a tuberculin test. The action was announced in Annapolis on November 26.
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Annapolis
Federal Department of Agriculture
Naval Academy
Building collapses at Nele and McCarthy garage site
A roof and east wall caved in during excavation for a new garage in Portland causing heavy machinery and autos to crash into the pit. No injuries reported. In Providence a 19 year old girl was fined for shoplifting and named a man who instructs others to steal. In Nashua a stage actress known as Vivian Leroy was shot by her husband in their room near the police station. Rev. Whitman to lecture on the Oberammergau Passion Play with stereopticon slides at the First Presbyterian Church.
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Portland
Ore
Nele & McCarthy
Washington and Kingata
Providence
Florence White
New
Nashua
N. H
Arthur Murphey
Vivian Leroy
B. L. Whitman
Oberammergau
First Presbyterian Church
Whitman
Brutal Attack On Girl Lured From Dance
In New York on November 25, John O'Brien his brother Thomas Jacob Cohen and Samuel Friedman were arraigned and held on $6000 bonds for assault and robbery of Myrtle Bell Harding. The woman testified she met them at a dance hall then was lured to a stable where she was beaten and robbed of a diamond necklace and twenty dollars.
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New York
John O'Brien
Thomas
Jacob Cohen
Samuel Friedman
Myrtle Bell Harding
Friedman
O'Briens
What a Lot He's Got to Answer For
Chicago November 25. Marriage License Clerk Morris Salmonson who has held the job 25 years and issued about 500000 permits will be removed when the Democrats take power. Two deputies in the county treasurer's office with 37 years service are set for dismissal.
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Chicago
Morris Salmonson
Alas Love Knows No Color in Vancouver
In Vancouver Washington Charlies Sugg a Black bootblack chased a white man’s date to the ferry and dragged her back to shore. Police chief John Secrest arrested him and he was fined five dollars and costs after tearful pleas and a claim of love for the man’s partner.
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Vancouver
Wash
Charlies Sugg
Portland
John Secrest
Sugg
Gour
Sage
Rate war on Pacific rate war on Pacific
Consul General Thomas Sammons of Yokohama says a freight and passenger rate war is due in trans Pacific trade. He notes the severed joint operating agreement between Japanese and American steamship lines and predicts freer competition. He cites government subsidies and cheaper Japanese labor as giving Japanese carriers an advantage.
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Thomas Sammons
Yokohama
Sammons
Little Brown
London Coal Use and US Grapes Noted in History
The text asserts London consumes about 14 million tons of coal annually and the United States spends over 1 million dollars yearly on Spanish grapes. It also mentions a gas engine patented in England around 1711 as an early example related to later internal combustion engines.
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London
United States
England
Weather: Fair Tonight and Saturday
Fair spells in the forecast with light southwesterly winds. The outlook covers tonight and Saturday with settled skies and mild conditions.
Prospectors Gather As New Mill Is Set In Motion
Fairbanks reports a ten stamp customs mill was activated for prospectors to mill rock and a general holiday was declared marking the day as a notable event in the community.
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Fairbanks
Miller in Seattle jail amid graft probe linked to Northern club
Council committee seeks Miller at city jail claiming he is the missing secretary of the Northern club tied to gambling protection payments. Miller, held 42 days without charge or hearing, claims to be acting secretary and asks for counsel as investigators pursue the graft case in Seattle.
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Miller
Northern Club
M. D. Miller
Ronald
J. M. Glasgow
Kellogg
Blaine
Blaine and
Poeni Nee Miller
Wappenstein
Russia
Mexico
Seattle
Wappy
Investgating Committee
Millee
Gid Tupper
Clarenee Gerald
Chet Graves
Graves
Doctor Who Killed Girl Sentenced to Twenty Years
Dr. Robert Thompson, a young physician, was convicted of killing Eva Swan a 20 year old stenographer who sought help after a failed romance. He buried her in a cement floor after dissecting the body and packing it in a box. The nurse testified as a witness for the state. Thompson had previously served a prison term in Boston for a similar crime.
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San Francisco
Robert Thompson
Eva Swan
San Quentin
Thompson
Boston
Arnica Finish To Hunt Club Chase Ends With Falls
A hunt club run at the Country clubhouse ended with several tumbles including Lieut. Hanford and Miss Hanford. Hanford bruised, Miss Hanford with a black eye, Doc Kelton slight bruises. Dr Kelton led, Stevens was second, Miss Hall third amid a lively crowd and egg nog to arnica finish.
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Real Arnica
RE. C. Hanford
Miss Hanford
Walter Kelton
Amica
Iaiment
Country Club
Lieut. Hanford
Green Lake Boulevard
Doc Kelton
Judge Hanford
Hanfords
Clarence Booth Lamont
Robert Percy
Percey— Smith
Farrells
CC. FB
Whites
Henrys
Galbraiths
Kellehers
Nevius B. Pontius
Dr. Kelton
Mr. Stevens
Miss Hall
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J. Y. C. Kellogg
E. L. Blaine
John Cort
Russell & Drew
The
Welfare League
Hi Gill
Bob Hodge
Jacob Furth
Johnny Clancy
Austin E. Griffiths
Lolster
Star
Bagdad Baxter
Schnitzel Smith
Schnitzel
Lake Wallington
Hagdad
Gripman
At & O'Clock
Schnitvel
Merric Yule
Hole
Missouri
Pacific
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