Orphan Girl Faces Reform School Commitment
Elsie Sherbloom a 11 year old orphan, placed 17 times by the Washington Children's Home Society, is brought before Superior Judge Morris for commitment to the reform school after witnesses testify she lies frequently. The judge, moved by the case, suspends the proceedings and grants another trial with Mrs Tellstadt agreeing to keep her if she behaves.
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Elsie Sherbloom
Washington Children’s Home Society
Morris
Reform School
M.D. Brown
Elizabeth Telleradt
Columbia
Mr. Brown
Elate
Bilaie
Teilstadt
Kilete
Washington Children’s Home
Washington Good Roads Convention Invites City Businessmen
The Chamber of Commerce issued invitations for Seattle businessmen to attend the Washington Good Roads Association annual convention in Bellingham on September 28 and 29. Citizens are urged to join and to support road building demonstrations using Uncle Sam's new grading equipment, the first west of the Rockies, shown between Whatcom and Fairhaven. The machinery is brought West by the U S Department of Agriculture to promote faster road construction methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Washington Good Roads Association
Bellingham
Seattle
Rocky Mountains
Uncle Sam
Whatcom
Fairhaven
Office of Public Road Inquiries
United States Department of Agriculture
Salmon Cargo Arrives on Valencia From Alaska Ports
The Pacific Coast Steamship Valencia arrived today with 609 tons of freight and three passengers. Freight includes salt and canned salmon, herring, and halibut. The vessel carried 13,000 cases of canned salmon from Tanks Point Ellis and Punters Bay canneries. From Kiliannoe the steamer also brought 60 tons of herring and 55 tons of salt salmon and fresh halibut.
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Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Valencia
Alaska
Veesel
Point Ellis
Punter Bey
Kilianoe
Weasel
Brooks department hat styles at $3 draw buyers
The advertisement from B N Brooks & Co at 131 M4 Avenue highlights affordable hats priced at three dollars. It emphasizes distinctive swagger and quality to attract shoppers seeking value and style this fall season.
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N. Brooks & Co
Ave
N. Brooks @ Co
Alleged Footpad Arrested After Interbay Hold Up Attempt
D Yates, suspected of attempting to rob Great Northern Railway conductor RH A Duane, was arraigned before Police Judge George. Hearing set for September 26. In default of 1200 bond he was jailed. He was captured the next day after a pursuit. conductor Duane identified him. Yates offered little comment.
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D. Yates
RH. A. Duane
Great Northern Railway Company
George
Yates
Duane
Interbay
Peterson
Russia Holds Contraband Distinction for Private Goods
Petersburg dispatch states Russia informed British German and American embassies that private party consignees receive non contraband status for goods not government military or naval. The contraband rule applies only to cargoes designated as government or military stores.
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Petersburg
Russia
Little Tales Terse Tells Lewiston Normal School Opening
The State Normal School at Lewiston Idaho opened last Monday with heavy enrollment about 30 percent above last year. The Chamber of Commerce trustees of Bellingham discussed a Syracuse Smelter works correspondence about the establishment of a plant at Bellingham. Joan Long a Snohomish man was committed to the insane asylum after a lengthy hearing. J Nesbit of Moscow Idaho vanished after a hunting trip and is feared to have shot himself. A shark 7 feet long and weighing 500 pounds was netted off Hat Is'land by fishermen. Ed Short of Wallace Idaho died from choking on bread.
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State Normal School
Lewiston
Idaho
Chamber of Commerce of
Bellingham
Chamber
Syracuse
Joan Long
Snohomish
Miner’s Dream Yields Communicating Device For Telephones
J B Fowler of Portland, a Coeur d Alene miner turned machinist, reports inventing a device to enable telephone operators to see each other. The plan reportedly came in a dream in 1897 and has been tested successfully. Also, Miss Anna Box of Palouse had a steel needle fragment removed from her throat after lying dormant for 14 years. The needle traveled from her foot to her throat and was found as a black speck under the skin.
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J. DB. Fowler
Portland
Fowler
Anna Box
Palouse
Mini Box
Bryan Roasts Republicans at Colorado Campaign Kickoff
William J. Bryan opened the state democratic campaign with a fervent speech in Denver. He arraigned Governor Peabody and the Republican administration for militarism and urged voters to back the Democratic ticket in the upcoming elections.
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Denver
Cole
Wiliam J. Bryan
Peabody
Soldiers in Control at Madison County Jail
Army troops surround the Madison county jail where indicted citizens are detained after a lynching. Civil authorities plan further arrests today and will keep soldiers on site until the lynching defendants’ trial concludes.
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Huntsville
Ala
Madison County
City liable in damage suit against city and Beattie Electric
Superior court jury awarded $236 to A. J. Judge against the city after a class insulator fell from a Columbia Street electric pole striking him on the head while a police call wire was being repaired. The jury found Seattle Electric Company not liable.
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A. J
Beattie Electriec Company
Columbia Street
Seattle Electric Company
Lawsuit Over Benefits Denied by Beneficial Association
Superior Judge Albertson hears John Bjorklund's suit against Beattie Electric Company Beneficiary Association to recover 260 dollars for sickness benefits claimed at 10 dollars weekly over 26 weeks, with the defense alleging fraud in obtaining membership due to chronic disease.
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Association
Dr King’s New Life Pill Advertisement
Working overtime might hour laws are ignored by those tireless little workers. Millions are always at work, night and day, curing Indigestion, fullness, Constipation, Sick Headache and all stomach, Liver and Bowel troubles. Only Boe at G. O. GUY, Inc. drug store, Second avenue and Yesler.
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Dr. King
New Life
Kary
Boe
G. O. Guy, Inc
Second Avenue
Yesler
Five Drowned No Prospect Of Strike
Charleston report notes three of eight crewmen saved from the Eagle and Dora disaster after the fishing boat Eagle went missing off the coast Friday night. Five crewmen drowned. Dora crew possibly lost, not heard from.
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Charleston
8. C
Apache
Eagle
Ex Governor Rich Is Dead
Santa Fe Sept. 16 Former governor William G. Rich died at Fagte Sierra county where he was ranching.
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Santa FR
William G. Rich
New Mexico
Fagte
Sierra County
Marriage Licenses and Lost Pocketbook Reported
Anton Duus age 22 and BKloma Jose phine Tjerinestad age 22, both of Seattle, obtained marriage licenses. Mrs A A Kneeland of Shelton reported to police a pocketbook found yesterday afternoon containing about $9, a gold watch and chain, and papers.
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Anton Duus
Bkloma Josephine Tjerinestad
Seattle
A. A. Kneeland
Shelton
Wash
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