Fisher Ends Life Attempt Near Seattle-Tacoma Depot
Laborer Fisher, seen as drunken and despondent, tried to shoot himself at the First Avenue South depot near the electric railway. Wallace York intervened, defeating the act and helping Fisher home. Fisher is now grateful for his rescuers as authorities investigate the incident and his employment with the railroad is noted.
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Fisher
Fara
First Avenue
Mr. Fisher
Temple
Wallace York
Aes & Sound Railways
Adiram Chamberlain Nominated for Connecticut Governor
Adiram Chamberlain is named as a candidate for governor of Connecticut by the state convention. He lives in a flat above the Home National Bank, where he has served as president and is described as wealthy. The building houses a clothing store on the ground floor and presents an elegant interior.
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Mberilen
Conn
Adiram Chamberlain
Fiat
Con
Berlain
Home National Bank
Chamberlain
Campaign notes and family details on a gubernatorial candidate
A fragment describes a candidate claiming no promise to anyone and crediting his wife for life success. It mentions a Chamberlain who is a gray haired woman with blue eyes and two sons, with Mrs. Chamberlain not favoring the state congress during the campaign by endorsing W. Cleaveland.
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Chamberlain
Market notes on fruits vegetables and dairy prices
Seasonal market report shows summer produce leaving shelves while winter stock lags. Yakima and Wenatchee shipments rise. fresh fruit and vegetables quoted with varied per unit prices. Dairy and eggs prices listed to producers in round lots. regional supply and pricing reflect midseason conditions.
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Yakima
Wen
Unclear OCR Notice From Historic Local Page
Fragmentary readable text mentions names and scattered terms like ranch, poultry, prices, Washington. No coherent event or outcome is identifiable. summary reflects limited legible nouns without attributing facts.
Facetious Petitioners Call Attention to Street Condition
A jocular notice to the Board of Public Works complains about Olympic Place from Park Place to Prospect Street. The writers mock the street condition likening it to a desert walk and Absalom’s fate, noting rotten supports and holes in the planks.
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Board of Public Works
Olympic Place
Park Place
Prospect Street
Washington Weed Road
Croasira
Bas
Mayor Hummest Seeks Elusive She Bear
City leader returns from Orcus on a weeklong business trip and vows to pursue the old she bear. He declares “No … I will get that old she-bear yet.”
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Hummest
Orcus Ished
Austrian bill targets repeat offenders for six month limit
Vienna reports the government prepared a bill to punish individuals found in trespass or offense more than a set number of times within six months. The proposal sets strict licensing rules, granting rights to a single licence per inhabitant. The measure aims to curb repeated activity and regulate access.
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Vienna
Wise Old Dog Sees Seventeen Years Of Docks Fetches Messages
A clever canine known as Towle has run along Seattle docks for 16 years. He once carried a note from Jack to Captain Nagler by mouth, guiding the master to a fifth-floor location near Sack's Stew in Seattle.
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Seattle
Laundry Stolen From Wagon Near Ninth Avenue Corner
Hong Wing, a Chinese laundryman, seeks police help to recover four large bundles taken from his wagon yesterday near Ninth Avenue. Police suspect four bad boys may be responsible for the theft.
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Hong Wing
Ninth Avenue
Jewelry Stolen From Old Rainier Room
Mies J. D. Stewart reported to the Police that a solid silver thimble and a medrese cross breast pin were stolen from her room in the Old Rainier on Sixth Avenue. The items disappeared in a mysterious manner as the room was not broken into.
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Mies
J. D. Stewart
Rainier
Sixth Avenue
Annie Rooney Back in Jail Again in Seattle
Annie Rooney, described as a world traveler and disreputable figure to Seattle police, is back in jail. The noted musician reportedly prefers Seattle life and a soldier's uniform, with prior orders to leave town ignored as she returns repeatedly to the city jail.
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Annie Rooney
United States
Seattle
Annie
Miss Rooney
Another Green Family Arrest Leads Record of Detentions
A Green family member James was arrested by Detectives Tennant with Jack Regan tied to bezzlement and suspected of opium use. The report notes multiple arrests within the family and hints at a robbery linked to an Wemoto can.
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James
Tennant
Falleny Worman
Jack Regan
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