Oddities From Far and Near Topple Odd Tales in News
A chaotic collage shows a tower Hill Port Rich York ticket selleroutsmarted by a grasshopper that nabs a dollar, a Baptists church feud over preaching in shirt sleeves, a Bloomfield man finally caught a bite after 12 years at sea, a Kalamazoo car clinging to a tree, and fond neighbors whitewashing scandalous posters at an old ladies home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tower Hill
Port Rich
York
Ellen Decker
Star- Rapid Transit Railroad
Tts
Washington
Jas
Garfield
Joseph Garlock
Bloomfield
N. J
Akea
Garlock
Nunaway Auto
Ooo. Ie
Kalamazoo
Mich
Power Shortage Reported After Landslide Wrecks Plant
A landslide damaged the Electron power plant causing a power shortage. BE. E. Potter, manager of the Seattle Ca, notes 7000 horse power from the city remains lacking and requests extra guests for a cook advertisement run in local papers as officials seek solutions. Legal notices mention an attorney handling listings for cooks seeking employment in Ville Kentucky with dates not fully clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle Ca
BE. E. Potter
Corpse Ride Unnoticed in City Train Car
In Cleveland on September 23 passengers aboard a Lake Shore train rode for miles with a corpse upright in a chair car without realizing it until the conductor tried to help an apparently sleeping woman from a Pullman car. The woman was identified as Hattie Co. Morgan en route from Kansas to Willoughby Ohio. The body was taken to the Sandusky morgue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Lake Shore
Pullman
Hattie Co. Morgan
Kansas
Willoughby
Sandusky
Weighs 157 Pounds But Has 17 Pounds Scrap Iron
In St Louis a man applying for a police post was weighed at 157 pounds and found to carry 17 pounds of scrap iron in his pockets. He left without giving his name. In San Francisco William Spillman, the escaped Presidio murderer, has been recaptured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Hodgeon
Police Board
San Francisco
William Spillman
Presidio
Kennewick Highlands Promised as Northwest Garden City
An optimistic feature extols Kennewick as a rising horticultural metropolis rooted beside three rivers and major rail lines. It cites irrigation projects, 20 000 acres under irrigation, a 8000 population, and vast potential for apples strawberries grapes peaches and alfalfa with early markets, favorable climate, and strong transport links boosting land values and growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennewick
Spokane
Chicago
New Orleans
Seattle
Washington
Benton
Klickitat
Sunnyside
Wapate
Richland
Hanford
Wahlake
Murbank
Strahorn
Tetelet
D. C. Henry
U. & Reclamation Projects
Columbia River
Fenton County
United
State of Washington
von Holderbeck
Kennewick Highlands
Steven B. L. Penrose
Whitman College
United States
Columbia River Basin
Northern Pacific Irrigation Company
U. S. Reclamation Service
Northwest
Europe
Australia
State of
Columbia Silver Valley
Dallare
James J. Mill
Keennéwick
Kennewick Islahlands
E. K. Willard
Highlands
H. M. Bartlett
Sietricta
California
Kendewick
Lewiston
Kennewtek
Concordas
Jonathan
Winenap
Rome
Ita
Kennnewick
Hogan
H.W. Desgranges
Mournsey
Yakima
Wehatches
United Reclamation Service
Era Pacific Irrigation Company
Atata
North Yakima
Raiilroads
Northern Pacific
Lane
Burlington & Quincey
Portland & Beattie
Puget Sound
Portland
North Coast Railroad
Kennewick Northern
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Bound
Ihe
Celtic Falla
Dalles
New York
Panama Canal
Thomas Cooper
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Columbia River Valley
Kennewick Highlands Orchards Trormpany
Ie Elementa
Ph. Blan
Applea
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wilkeebarre
Bradbury System
Jas. J. Hill
Thompson
Northern Pacific Irrigation Co
O. N. Marshals
Sales Mgr
Central Building
Dowle Shoe Company
Third Ave
Postoffice
The
Zamora Chriswelel
First Ave
Rock Island
Rock Island Lines
GEO. P. Cave Gen
Second Ave
Co. D. McCnaughton City Pass
Blizzard
Woodbury
Viennese Institute
Joan HN. Wood
Arcade Bidg
Seattle, Wash
B. C. Vgris
Wash
Ind
Sunset—Main
People's Hank Building
Second and Pike
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