Des Moines Mayor S H Hanna Breaks Potato Market
Des Moines Iowa October news recounts Mayor James Hanna open market stalls to sell potatoes at 60 cents a bushel after learning farmers nearby sold at 40 to 45 cents. His campaign followed a Des Moines surge where potato prices rose to 2.40 a bushel, stirring commission men to lower prices and break the market.
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Des Moines
James Hanna
S. A. Shank
Apolis
Commission
Hanna
Edward Lytton
Iowa
Lytton
Durant
The Flirting Princess and The Spring Maid at Theatres Week
The schedule features Moore in The Flirting Princess and The Spring Maiden at Metropolitan Mizzi Hajos, Seattie Billy Clifford in The Girl the Man and the Louie The Clansman at Alhambra, and vaudeville acts at Orpheum Empress Pantages Grand. The Empress headliner is Swat Milligan in a New York polo grounds styled baseball sketch with Daisy Stampe. The Falcons opening act, Dunbar Turner, and Basque quartet also acclaimed.
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Moore
Mizzi Hajos
Seattie
Billy Clifford
Polo Grounds
New York
Swat Milligan
Daisy Stampe
Falcons
Dunbar and Turner
Faust
Mizzi Ha captivates record crowd in The Spring Maid
At the Metropolitan, Mizzi Ha fos danced into a warm welcome before the largest audience in the new theatre's history. She lit the stage with youthful charm and bright song, delighting the crowd with playful, childlike energy and radiant cheer.
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Metropolitan
New Theatre
Mizzi
Zelaya Headlines Unusual Pantages Week Concert
C Alphonse Zelaya headlined a pi ano concert at the Pantages this week. The audience praised his piano skill while Homer Barnett impressed as a character vocalist with catchy songs. Le Clair and Sampson as burlesque strong men kept the crowd laughing, and the Howard sisters as Harem Skirt Girlie proved their value.
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C. Alphonse Zelaya
Pantages
Zelaya
Homer Barnett
le Clair
Sampson
Howard Sisters
Orpheum B A Rolfe's Courtiers Week Bill Headliners
At the Orpheum venue the head liners for the week's bill are announced, featuring notable acts and performances. The curtain rises nightly with stage prestige and theatrical acts highlighted for audiences seeking entertainment.
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Orpheum
B. A
Pro Rama act headlines vaudeville bill at pheum
Mosher Hayes and Mosher the comedy bicyclists drew laughter and applause with new and old tricks. Tom Nann the Irish comedian staged a funny dream as Pat the King of Ireland. Kramer and Spillane showcased muscular strength. Cummings and Gladgings performed a conventional song and dance act.
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Pheum
Mosher
Hayes and Mosher
Tom Nann
Pat
Ireland
Kramer
Spillane
Cummings
Gladgings
Picture Shows and Dramas Across Classes and Plays
A catalog of stage offerings including Dream-Drama The Answer of the Roses and comedy Outgeneral, with Grand Opera-Drama The Cabin Hoy and Mike's Hero plus educational titles like Launching of Battleship Rivadavia. Lyceum features A Fake Suspicion and Eva Moves In, while Circuit and City sections list multiple dramas and comedies such as The Fighting Schoolmaster and The Adventures of Billy.
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Rivadavia
Lyceum
Magdapis River
Eva
Ajaccio
Napoleon
Washington
Billy
Mande Muller
Dr. Billa
Tommy
Alaska Chamber considers Alaska Bureau plan in meeting
Trustees of the new Chamber of Commerce meet this afternoon to discuss establishing an Alaska Bureau. A committee will report on the plan as 28 public market merchants charged with violating the Health ordinance for uncovered prepared foods appeared in police court this afternoon.
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Chamber of Commerce
Webde of
Alaska
Transportation Bureau of the New Chamber of Commerce
Arctic Club
New Chamber
Raid on alleged fantan game nets fourteen arrests
Fourteen Chinese were arrested in a raid on an alleged fantan game at 22 Washington Street last night. Sergeant Jennings guarded the front door as officers climbed to the rear, surprised occupants, and entered through a window.
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Washington
Jennings
Disappearance and Found Body Near Bothell Cabin
Elmer Ostrom, who vanished from the Hear Creek shingle mill near Bothell on Sept 13, was found hanging from a tree near the walls, death by his own action. Bloodhounds aided the search with no trace previously. Also, the steamship Dirigo of Alaska Steamship Co went aground while leaving Victoria harbor and now lies in mud but may be floated at high tide.
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Hear Creek
Bothell
Dirigo
Alaska Steamship Co
Bound Packet Lines
Victoria
Little Claudia’s prayer and a professor’s California tour
A child’s prayer wishes heathen souls heard and thieves kept away from her home in Lippincott’s. Prof. E O Sisson, head of education at the VA, left for California to lecture for a week in Alameda County and spend a week in Oregon.
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E. O. Sisson
Department of Education
VA. of W
California
Alameda County
University of California
Oregon
Sherman orders rapid movement eastward to Bridgeport
October 24 dispatch notes Sherman directing forces to drop Memphis Charleston railway work and cross the Tennessee to Ward Bridgeport with dispatch. He leaves road rebuilding to Memphis business groups and moves his army quickly as orders arrive.
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Chattaaoosa
Sherman
Memphis
Charleston
Tennessee
Bridgeport
Supreme Court to Hear Alaska Coal Lands Case Tomorrow
Washington dispatch reports the Monday coal cases involving large tracts of coal lands in Alaska will be brought before the supreme court for hearing tomorrow. Los Angeles report says Thomas, a Confederate veteran, was rendered unconscious after a rooster attack severed an artery with its spurs.
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Washington
Alaska
Supreme Court
Los Angeles
Thomas
Labor union activity and protests trigger citywide labor actions
The first regular meeting of Seattle Upholsterers and Mattress Makers is set for tonight. Labor groups protest Mandie Mason's discharge to Governor Hay's office. A Halloween dance by the Cooks union is planned at Fagies hall next Tuesday. Federal Laboration seeks a Spring charter amendment to make all city employees Seattle citizens. Union meetings cover multiple trades as the Anti Tuberculosis commission seeks funding from city and county authorities.
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Seattle
Mandie Mason
Gov. Hay
Cooks Union
Fagies’ Hall
Five Die in Ellsworth Murder Case The Hunt for Marzyck
Ellsworth Kansas Oct 24 Bloodhounds chase a suspect in the quintuple murder of William Showman his wife and three children. Ex convict Charles Marzyck named as the killer with a description matching a man who checked into a hotel as John Smith. Trail followed from the cottage to railroad junction and lost near the Union Pacific junction. James A. Moore of Western Steel Corporation expected in Ellsworth tonight.
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Kae
William Showman
Hag
Pat
Chas. Marzyck
Showman
Showmans
Marzyck
Elleworth
John Smith
Frisco
Union Pacific
U. P
Mizzi Hajoa Sets Portland Seattle Travel Record
Mizzi Hajoa, young prima donna at the Metropol itan theatre, breaks travel records between Portland and Seattle with a 4 hour 35 minute time. She arrived with her company aboard a special four car train on the Oregon Washington line pulled by an Atlantic type locomotive with 81 inch drive wheels on the Southern Pacific.
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Mizzi Hajoa
Metropolitan Theatre
Portland
Seattle
Mizzi
Oregon-Washington
Southern Pacific
Wright narrowly escapes death in glider accident at Kill Devil Hill
Orville Wright nearly died when a glider he piloted flipped over and plunged to the ground at Kill Devil Hill. After one glide he attempted a second flight that ended in a topple. Wright crawled from the wreck and stood atop the craft as it struck.
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Kill Devil Hill
N.C
Orville Wright
Wright
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