Skagit River On The Rampage In Washington Flood
Skagit River at BEDRO WOOLLEY Washington rose rapidly starting at 10 AM with debris filling the stream. By 8 PM water stood 12 feet above the normal, flooding mills, destroying logs, cutting railroad tracks, and imperiling farms and roads along the river.
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Bedro- Woolley, Wash
Skagit
Bradbury Toening Company
Grand Rapids Srirety Company
McKinley Brom
Day Creek
van Horn
Cement City
Great Northern
Tower Mill Company
Jack Man Creek
New York Life License Revoked In Nevada
In Nevada the New York Life Insurance Company license was revoked by the state insurance commission. John Meal and others tied to the case involve policyholders and restitution money. William J. Russell seeks to bring suit with Attorney General Mayer over misuse of campaign funds.
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Garson
Nev
Silite and Insurance Commin
S& P
Ncense
New York Life Incompany
John Mealus
McCall
George Perkins
Ftwicense
Nevada
Albany
N. Y
William J. Russell
Mayer
New York Life In Company
Moneyr
Massachusetts
McKeen
Hughes
MccCall
Metall
Hmughes
Wee
Andrew Hamilton
Hamilton
Ministers Workshop Sparks Debate At Puget Sound Meeting
Rev J M Wilson warns against ten percent store reductions making ministers dependent and looked down on by businessmen. The Puget Sound Presbytery session at First Presbyterian heard calls to model Sunday schools on public schools with a graded system. A report showed Young People societies donated 2068 last year, up 1111 from the year before. Rev G A Glass of Pasadena addressed the gathering. fifty members attended.
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J. M. Wilson
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Puget Sound Presbytery
First Presbyterian Church
G. A. Glass
Pasadena
Cal
Tramps Flood City as Police Pinch 49 Since October
Since October 1 the police have detained 49 individuals described as tramps. A police officer notes many are poverty stricken with about 29 of the arrestees broke. The force plans to assign idle tramps to the chain gang if they refuse to work.
Forgery Suspect Harry Doyle Arrested in City
On a forgery charge, Harry Doyle alias Joe Doyle alias Harry Sinclair was arrested by police on Tuesday. He allegedly forged in Astoria Oregon. Sheriff Thomas Linnville will depart with extradition papers to secure the prisoner. Doyle has been a fugitive since April 18 and was said to work for the Seattle Electric Company while in this city.
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Harry Doyle
Joe Doyle
Harry Sinclair
Doyle
Astoria
Ore
Thos
Linnville
Clateop County
Seattle Flectric Company
Wants another spot to plant English flag
Tangier October 4 reports a guarded plan to mount a hunting and exploring expedition led by Baron and Baroness de Forest aboard the yacht Honor. The party with Moors aboard seeks to found an empire in the Sahara. The yacht carries 38 men and a thousand rifles with ammunition. Rumors say backing from a British baron and Forest is a British subject and Austrian peer.
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Tangier
Baroness de Foreast
Sahara
Las Palmas
Baron de Forest
Fatted Calf for Tub Baker Returns Home
County Commissioner C. H. Baker hosts a fatted calf for his son known as Eddie or Tub Baker who has just returned from the fair in King County where he supervised exhibits. The feast is described as a setting hen in proportion to his prodigality, seen by the Baker family as a metaphorical refuting of bad habits.
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C. H. Baker
Baker
Eddie
Tub” Baker
Fair At Land
King County
Fire destroys block in Portland on Salm to Front
A Tuesday night blaze in Portland leveled a block bounded by Salm on, Taylor and Front streets along the Willamette River. Damage is estimated at 110000 with half covered by insurance. Key losers include CH Lilly, owner, H Lilly Graim & Seed, New Era Paints & Oil, Timms Crees & Co, and W Holman, with losses ranging from 14 000 to 25 000.
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Portland
Get
Salmon, Taylor and
Front Streets
Willamette River
New Era Paints& Oil Company
CH Lilly
H. Lilly Graim & Seed Company
New Era Pain & Oi! Company
Timms, Crees & Co. Paints and Oil
W. ©. Holman
Indian Mary Sues for Writ Over Son Johnny
Indian Mary seeks a writ of habeas corpus to recover her son Johnny said to be in Alaska and adopted by the Metlakahtlas. Suit filed against the Washington Children's Home Society which cared for the child and transferred him to the Northern Indian tribe. Hearing before Judge Frater on Thursday.
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Mary
Johnny
Alaska
Washington Children's Home Society
Governor Signs Papers For Return Of Crowe
Governor Mickey issues requisition papers for the return of Pat Crowe from Butte Montana where he is held on charges including shooting Omaha officer Jackson. Detective Meltafeld will escort Crowe back to Omaha. A prior information accuses him in a highway robbery case demanding a $25,000 ransom. A South Omaha stockyards associate is said to identify Crowe.
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Lincoln
Mickey
Pat Crowe
Putte
Mont
Crowe
Omaha
Hmeltaeld
Butte
Donahue
Jackson
Edward A. Cudahy
Buttewerd
South Omaha
Burn Down Old House Ordered by Health Board
A two story frame house at fe Koren was torn down Tuesday by order of the board of health for unsanitary condition and public health risk. Sanitary Inspector C. Fraser and Fire Chief Latham supervised the blaze. Owned by W. Lutner, it housed a gang of men and boys for drunken revels and was long abandoned. Another building at 1006 Seventh owned by the First Presbyterian Church was ordered removed.
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Fe Koren
Board of Health
C. Fraser
Latham
W. Lewter
First Presbyterian Church
Bishop ODea Returns From Rome With Papal Blessing
Fresh from a papal benediction in Rome, Bishop Edward J. ODea will arrive in Seattle after a ten year gap. He will be greeted by priests and laity at the train and escorted to the Pro-Cathedral for benediction and blessing distribution. A large Sunday reception is planned as details are finalized.
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Rome
Pius X
Edward J. Dea
Neequally Dices
Seattle
Dieece
O'Dea
Vatican
Italy
France
Belgium
England
Rail line sale and depot dispute shape Washington rail scene
A six mile branch of the North Pacific line in Walla Walla county sold for 108 165 96 with records filed in Olympia. Outlook residents petition railroad officials after no depot was built midway between Sunnyside and Granger and Grater promoters blamed. Granger area shippers plan to move freight via Alfalfa four miles beyond the main line. Schwabacher Bros. Co of Seattle bought the first carload of Puyallup and Sumner fruit growers canned blackberries for 902 dollars, and the association set apple purchases at 60 cents per 45 pounds except Ben Davis and Pewaukee varieties.
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North Pacific
Walla Walla County
Washington
Grater
Granger
Schwapbacher Bros. & CO
Seattle
Puyallup and Sumner Fruit Growers’ Association
Fragmented Local Text Through OCR Provides Patchy Summary
Fragments show unclear statements about a mayor and assurances, but the text is garbled. No clear events, names, dates, or places can be reliably identified.
Penders of Port Townsend close at six as clerks strike
Market notes report Evergreen crates priced 10 cents higher. Port Townsend clerks gain near nightly off due to 6 pm closing order. several merchants refuse compliance causing potential clashes. Fire on San Juan island kills wife. husband severely burned. Bond sale: Chicago firm buys 40 420 of 40 000 county funds. Yakima fair sees strong turnout. North Yakima court house bid awarded. Interurban passenger corpse sighting. bogus five dollar coins circulate Tacoma. Prison physician Blalock ousted amid typhoid debate. Puyallup valley fair team ready. rain not hindering attendance. excursions to the fair increase.
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Port Townsend
Order of Things
Tom
San Juan Island
Hellingham
Rolling & Bons
Chicago
Clatlam
Ankeny
Piles
W. W. Fenton
North Yakima
Yakima County
Moxee Hardware Company
Blalock
State
Wallalla
Rees
Anid
J. C. Mack
Walla Walla
Hinlock
Marine notes report multiple steamers docking and sailing
The Pritieh steamer Tiger arrives at Beattie from the Pacific coast with coffee and general merchandise for Puget Sound. The Kosmos, Morphis, and Shasta factions plan movements between Seattle Bellingham and San Francisco with cargoes including flour sugar coal boxes shocks and salmon. Homer from Seattle heads to Los Angeles with a full load of passengers and general merchandise.
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Tiger
Beattie
Porte
South America
Veneer
Puget Sound Pointe
Morphis
Seattle
South American
New York
Shasta. I. HW. Gray & Co
Hellingham
San Francisco
Utopia
Bellingham
Homer
Gray & Co
Eall
Los Angeles
Cooperative store opens on Third Avenue under union backing
A new cooperative store at 419 Third Avenue operates under the Acern and Consumers association and is reinforced by the Western Labor union. In charge, Kk Ke taball reports a basic line and smooth progress observed by the writer.
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Third Avenue
Acern and Consumers Association
Western Con- Labor Union
A. Kk KE Taball
Court resumes arguments on Cassie Chadwick appeal
In Cincinnati on October 4 the United States circuit court of appeals resumed arguments for and against a new find for Mrs Cassie Chadwick.
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Cincinnati
Mra
Cassie Chadwick
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
City dads face snickers and political heat in Seattle race
The piece notes council members facing a tough election amid talk of a municipal ownership push, labor strikes against the Citizens' Alliance and Seattle Electric, and potential battles involving the Moore Gilman interests and local GOP figures led by Jacob Furth.
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Third Ward
Times
Matthews
Bowen
Burnett
Seattle Electric Company
Moore- Gilman
Octopus
Citizens’ Alliance
Jacob Furth
Municipal election sparks clash of people versus corporations
City politics tilt toward a showdown over municipal ownership of utilities and direct primaries. Officials expect councilmen, Ballinger, and Moore to shape a campaign where Seattle Electric, the Citizens' Alliance, and labor unions vie with newspaper support and party machines for influence.
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Philadelphia
Ballinger
William Hickman Moore
Inmnes
Seattle Electric Company
Citizens’ Alliance
Times
P.L
The
P.T
J. D. Farrell
Great Northern
Farrell
Moore-Gilman
Councilman Sees Aristocratic Pullet Shine at Portland Expo
Councilman Burnett praises his Rhode Island Red pullet claiming it the prettiest in the world. The bird travels in a cut edged box to Portland for exhibition, with Kimeecf rearing the showpiece in a genteel style hoping to impress the exposition judge.
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Burnett
Norld
Portland
Tts
Oregon City
Rhode Island
Kimeecf
Builder Joshua Green Files Plans for Four-Story Pike Corner
Joshua Green filed with the building inspector plans for the first four stories of a six story building to rise at the southwest corner of and Pike. The estimated cost of the four stories is $88,000.
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Joshua Green
and Pike
Daughters of the Confederacy Meet in San Francisco
The United Daughters of the Confederacy held a morning business session in San Francisco with Mayor Schmitz welcoming delegates. They dined at the Palace hotel and planned an afternoon trip to Mt Tamalpais.
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San Francisco
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Schmitz
Palace Hotel
Mt. Tamalpais
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