Garden of Peage Amid War at Manchuria Tomb
Douglas Story visits the imperial Manchu tombs at Mukden in Manchuria, describing a peaceful garden of the founder’s resting place. He notes ancient keepers, stone statues, a sacred dragon carpet, and a granite altar, portraying a rare calm amid wartime.
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Douglas Story
Mukden
Cathay
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Marden
God's Acre
Manchu Dynasty, Theraveryard
China
An Anais
Manchuria
England
Sues
Imperial Tombs and the Garden of Peace
A narrator describes a tomb in China with imperial tiles and a modest earth mound topped by a tree. The grandeur is only in the exterior courtyards while the inner tomb is a simple heap of lime white earth. Pigeons roost on the tree as a bugle signals time to rest in the Garden of Peace.
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Cathay
China
Mukden
Woodsworth Orphan Asylum Destroyed by Fire
A fire in Shelbyville Illinois destroyed the Woodsworth Orphan Asylum this morning. Two children are known to have perished and several others were injured while escaping from the burning building.
Franchises Involving Diamond Ice and American Improvement Up for Review
The corporations committee plans to grant similar franchises to Diamond Ice & Storage and American Improvement, aiming to avoid favoritism. The Diamond Ice franchise term may be 19 years, with a controversial low gas rate, while the American Improvement proposal sets 30 years at 0 cents. The Diamond Ice & Storage firm has gone out of business and merged into Puget Sound Light & Heat, with $1.5 million capital stock in the new filing.
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Diamond Iee & Strane Company
American Improvement Company
Oe Pares
Tiamond Ice & Storage Company
Inite Electric
Diamond Ice & Storage Company
Puget Sound Light & Heat Company
Court House
Alexander Hamilton
H. V. Perry
Anthony Zurich
Crane
Seattle Gas & Electric Company
Citizens’ Light & Power Company
Diamond Ice @ Storage company
Day Tally Murder Hel? Near Stilown, N J
A 34 year old man Frank Rasinger is accused after a 9 month old baby is found with its mother dead from buckshot wounds. Police report a desperate struggle in the house and the mother appears murdered as she attempted to flee with her child in her arms. The infant lies with blood on its frock and hands.
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Stilowm
N. J
Frank Rasinger
Here
Perate Atrinngle
Ti Ta
Chamber committee to report on city jail conditions
The chamber of commerce special committee inspecting the city jail will present findings this afternoon. It recommends using part of a 7000 dollar carnival appropriation for improvements, notes shortages of blankets and hammocks, and urges daily baths for women prisoners once baths are installed.
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Chamber of Commerce
G. M. Stewart
F. F. Evans
Pelaney
North Canal
Gasoline Blast Kills Family and Domestic Help in Hartington
In Hartington Nebraska on October 19 a gasoline explosion killed two children Dorie and Hansel Barnhart their father F W Barnhart and domestic Bertha Felber. Felber reportedly spilled gasoline near a hot stove starting the blaze and the entire room burned instantly with no escape.
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Hartington
Neb
Dorie
Hansel Barnhart
F. W. Barnhart
Hertha Felber
Bertha Felber
Forest Fire Threatens Ranches and Property Loss
Forest fires burn for a day near Los Angeles threatening Monica area. Thousands of dollars in farm property destroyed along with hundreds of cattle and ranch buildings. Government experiment station burned and fears rise that residents and families perished in the blaze.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Monica
Dolworth
Water Shut Off for Districts West of Fifth Avenue North of Lake Union
Water will be shut off tomorrow from 8 to 6 across the district west of Fifth Avenue and north of Lake Union including Fremont Ross Green Lake and Ballard to connect new mains. A second shutoff from 4 to 4:30 covers Westlake to Eastlake and Denny Way to Valley Street for further connections. The Dolphin sails from Skagway with 250 passengers and a large gold cargo, telegraphed to Alaska Steamship officials today.
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Fifth Avenue
Lake Union
Fremont
Ross
Green Lake
Ballard
New Water Maine
Westlake Avenue
Eastlake Avenue
Denny Way
Valley Street
Dolphin
Alaska Steamship Company
Skagway
Five Inches of Snow Hits Raton and Region
Five inches of snow fell in Raton New Mexico today as a storm stretches through Colorado and New Mexico. The Humboldt steamer called at Skagway and southeastern Alaska this morning carrying 20 passengers and a fall cargo.
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Raton
N. M
Colorado
New Mexico
Humboldt
Skagway
Alaska
King Edward to Host American Warship Officers in London
Telegraph briefs report King Edward will receive officers of an American warship at Gravesend and host them to a luncheon at Buckingham Palace. A separate item from Clifford, North Dakota says a robber wrecked the bank building safe last night and stole all the money.
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London
Edward
Gravesend
Buckingham Pala
Clifford
N. D
Chief Cook Orders Burning of Condemned Dwellings
Fire department chief directs burning of two condemned houses at Seventh Avenue and Seneca Street. The buildings long condemned and blamed for crime and disease were owned by Jim McNott Silas Walker and Mary Gaff. Chief Cook supervised the operation to relieve the neighborhood from robberies dope fiends and deadly outbreaks.
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tHeattho Fire Department
Cook
Board of Health
Seventh Avenue
Seneca Street
Chief Cook
Jim Mc Nott
Silas Walker
Marry Gaff
Old church torn down by chain gang before fire
An old church beside the houses was demolished by the chain gang before the fire, removing the structure prior to the blaze.
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Ney
Chain Gang
Logger Killed in Camp Accident at Kangley
Joe Shea a logger in Mileler's camp at Kangley was instantly killed when a tree fell as he tried to move away. An undercutter, he slipped and died at the scene. His home was Seattle and the body will be brought here by Bonney-Watson under Coroner Hoye. he leaves a sister in the city.
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Joe Shea
Mileler
Kangley
Shea
Seattle
Bonney-Watson Company
Hoye
Thin City
Collision at sea damages Dragon and scares crew
In Gibraltar on October 19 the British torpedo destroyer Dragon collided with the Spanish steamer Vira. the Dragon was damaged and a panic occurred aboard the steamer but no one was seriously hurt. In Palouse Washington on October 19 HC Clark, aged 53, died after crossing the plains fifty years ago with his parents. he lived in Willamette for 20 years and left eight children.
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Scriops News Aas
Gibraltar
Dragon
Vira
Palouse
Wash
H Cc. Clark
Plains
Willamette
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Peking
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Oxford
Second Avenue
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Bon Marche
Woodsworth Orphan
Lum
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Shelbyville, IL
Woodsworth Orphen Asylum
Washington Creamery
Java
Rio Coffea
Aian Tea and Coffee Co
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Aay Fcripps News Alan
Destroyer
RED Cross
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Independent
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