Thieves Break Window and Rob Optical Store
Bold thieves smashed the plate glass window at Huteson Optical Company on Second and Union early this morning and stole about 1000 dollars worth of field glasses and binoculars. James C. Huteson suspects the theft occurred around 5 oclock. George F. Spangenberg heard a noise at night but paid it little attention. Police learned of the crime from Huteson at 9 this morning. The firm employs Bancroft system watchmen who pass the store hourly.
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Union St
Huteson Optical Company
Second and
Union
James C. Huteson
George F. Spangenberg
Huteson
Bancroft
Gaulthburg Driver Struck In Taxicab Garage Fight
HH Wisher a Seattle Taxicab driver was struck on the head with a heavy monkey wrench by Louis Stabler in the garage at 1405 Broadway. Fisher suffered a fractured skull and was taken to Seattle General hospital where an operation was to be performed. Stabler fled after the assault. Both drivers had been arrested for traffic ordinance violations.
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HH Wisher
Seattle
Louis Stabler
Broadway
Fisher
Settle General Hospital
Stabler
Filipino Pirates Take U S Gunboat
Official dispatches from Manila report rumors Moro pirates captured the revenue cutter Sora and killed its 14 crew. The boat, commanded by Capt. F E. A. McGerty, left Balabac with J L Perrine aboard to Sandakan to buy supplies. No further word has been received.
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United Pree
Manila
Porta
F E. A. MccGerty
Balabac
Palawan
J. L. Perrine
Sandakan
British North Borneo
Prowler Identified as Demented Man Killed by Homeowner
In a Bay Street incident last Thursday morning James Donofrio shot and killed August Hiliman 68 of Bellevue. An inquest found the intruder was a mentally deranged man who had disappeared Sept 20 after a illness spell, exonerating Donofrio.
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James Donofrio
Bay St
August Hiliman
Hellevue
Hiliman
Donofrio
Woman Attempts Suicide Over Unrequited Love
Emma La Vanscky a 31 year old seamstress tried to end her life at the German M E church 18 Howell Street yesterday afternoon by drinking half an ounce of chloroform. An earlier love affair a year ago left her desolate and four prior attempts were thwarted. she may recover.
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Emma la Vanscky
M. E
Howell St
Miss Lavanacky
American Music at the Exposition Today
The exhibition features three concerts by the city’s orchestra performing manuscripts by American composers. Several works are world premieres in Seattle today with local residents among the contributing composers.
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Seattle
Yale Treasurer Lee McClung Accepts U S Treasury Post
New Haven September 25 Lee McClung Yale University treasurer says he will accept the tender of the United States treasurership and resign from Yale with effect November 1.
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New Haven
Conn
Lee McClung
Yale University
United States
Yale
Wife charged with bigamy after marriage certificates found
Frederick Chapman found four marriage certificates in his wife’s trunk and learned she might not be divorced from her last husband. He confronted her, she confessed to former alliances, and Chapman filed bigamy charges. She was arrested last night. Prosecutors say she admitted five marriages besides Chapman and desertion of each.
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Kansas City
Frederick Chapman
Patten Cleans Up Million on Cotton Profits
New York broker James A. Patten travels to Chicago after adding 1 million to his wealth from cotton dealings in recent days. He forecasts a soaring market due to a short crop and promises another return in November with further gains expected.
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Patten
New York
James A. Patten
Chicago
Seattle transportation bureau plans witnesses for ICC hearing
The executive committee of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce transportation bureau will meet on Tuesday to select witnesses for an Interstate Commerce Commission case set for October 7. The action seeks lower rates for eastern states and argues that 10 years of rate changes have narrowed Seattle’s distributing area and that current rates are unreasonable and discriminatory compared with similar cities in the Midwest.
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Transportation Bureau of the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Seattle
Middle West
Auroras Disrupt Middle West Wire Service
Wire communication across the Middle West was interrupted by a strong aurora borealis. The charged northern atmosphere caused static interference with telegraph and telephone circuits, first felt between Des Moines and Chicago at 6 45 this morning and then moving eastward.
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Ty Ualted Press
Omaha
Neb
Middle West
Des Moines
Chicago
Supreme court upholds $25,000 in Seattle Electric injury case
Albert Reeks, 21, lost a leg and was left with a disabled other limb after a March 3, 1903 Fort Lawton wreck. The Washington Supreme Court affirmed the $25,000 verdict against Seattle Electric, ruling damages were not excessive despite the large award. Reeks, earning about $3.25 daily, would have earned $4.50 as a wagonmaker if uninjured. court praised his character and future prospects.
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Dy United
Olympia
Rept
Supreme Court
Seattle Eectric Company
Albert Ecka
Seattle
Fort Lawton
Reeks
Seattle Electric Company
Missionary from Far Off Country Arrives
The Rev. Theodore Holway, after ten years in and around Salonica, Macedonia, as an American Board missionary, is visiting his brother John Holway in Seattle. He will go to Minneapolis to address the foreign missionary convention, spend winter in Washington, D. C., then return to Salonica.
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Theodore Holway
Salonica
Macedonia
American Board of Foreign Missionate
John Holway
Seattle
Holway
Minneapolia
Foreign Missionary Convention
Washington, D. C
Bad Roads Plague Round Trip From New York
The article recounts Scott and Smith battling continual rain and mud from New York to the Far West and back. They complain that good roads seem scarce and that even predictable weather worsens road conditions.
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Scott
Smith
New York
Watchman perishes in barn fire at Golden Wear bakery
Firemen battled a blaze in the bakery stables at Massachusetts Avenue and Moran Place yesterday afternoon. Night watchman Cross, aged, was found dead inside a heap of burned hay after the flames subsided. Damages to the barn estimated at 600 dollars.
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Golden Wear Bakery
Massachusetts
St. and
Moran Place
Ansell
Cross
Mother Chooses Guardian in Probate Case After Yacht Incident
In Chicago on September 25, 1906, Eben Wassall, 15, petitioned probate court to appoint Agnes L. Hellmuth as guardian, after her father Dr. Joseph W. Wassall's yacht voyage on Lake Michigan. Her mother Mrs. Thomas Chadbourne of New York, who had divorced the doctor in Nevada in 1906, arrived to seek guardianship herself. The will leaves nearly all estate to Eben, who, under a law allowing those over 14 to select guardians, filed the petition as the will was probated.
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Chicago
Eben Wassall
Joseph W. Wassall
Lake Michigan
Agnes L. Hellmuth
Wassall
Thomas Chadbourne
New York
Chadbourne
Nevada
Preacher K J Woodard Commits Suicide After License Denial
In Hot Springs Arkansas a minister Rev K J Woodard of Tuckerman killed himself last night after being denied a license to preach. The incident was reported in Rept 25. No further details were provided.
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Hot Springs, Ark
K. J. Woodard
Tuckerman, Ark
Divorce Suit Details Salacious Flight from Baltimore to Seattle
Mrs. Laura D Spurrier files against William G Spurrier alleging desertion after he ran a Baltimore motion picture house and fled with a blonde cashier. He reportedly opened the Savoy Theatre in Seattle before selling his interest. Pacific Film Co now owns the Savoy.
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Altimore
Laura D. Spurrier
William
Savoy Theatre
Firatay
Spurrier
Baltimore
Eveby
Seattle
Pacific Film Company
Savoy
Fragments Suggest Evening Plans With Mr Sion-7
The readable text hints at a father being urged to stay home while someone named Mr Sion-7 is asked to do something for painter-ias and refers to a Realtor Neo. the passage is fragmentary and unclear about events or outcomes.
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Mr. Sion
Sunday school day at exposition draws thousands with barbecue
Despite a rain delay the exposition Sunday school day drew thousands from all denominations. A cornhusk party delighted children while a barn dance and overalls gingham apron crowd added to the fair. Rain postponed the barbecue to Monday with 20 steers cooking. guards slept and fires went out but meat will be served as planned.
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Washington State Building
Mob of Citizens Storms Miller Home in Cal
In Ban Jobe California on September 25 a mob stormed Jesse Miller's Sunnyvale home. They ordered him to face them and fired bullets when he did not respond. Miller had left before the crowd arrived. He is a well known figure in local religious circles.
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Ban Jobe
Cal
Jesse Mills
Sunnyvale
Mary Buright
Ruth Meany
Aitizens
Miller
Bunnyvale
Conquers Channel Near London by 1
Ted Heaton, an Englishman, swam 15 hours 30 minutes to within one and a half miles of the French coast before giving up. Heaton, shown with a pacing swimmer, ranks second to Captain Webb as the only man to swim coast to coast.
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London
Ted Heaton
Heaton
Capt. Webt
Comet
Near miss as two men saw through steamer line at dock
Harry Flynt and Ray Helliwell narrowly averted a serious accident by sawing the stern line of the steamer Iroquoisa at Colman dock while passengers crowded the gang planks. Flynt was arrested, bail posted, and both men faced charges. a preliminary hearing is set for October 1.
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Harry Flynt
Ray Helliwell
Colman Dock
Chippewa
Helliwell
Doc Eete
Flynn
Wife of Policeman Takes Her Own Life
In San Francisco on September 25 Mrs Walter R Carroll wife of Mounted Policeman Carroll at Park police station shot herself at home after a quarrel. He did not suspect the act and heard a pistol shot while shaving. she leaves behind two small children as authorities investigate.
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San Francisco
Walter R. Carroll
Carroll
The
Park
Big Hudson River Naval Parade Celebrates Hudson and Fulton
New York marks a nine day celebration honoring Henry Hudson and Robert Fulton with a massive naval parade. Warships from Britain Germany and the United States lead a flotilla along the river while replicas of historic vessels attract crowds. A rooftop rainbow flag ceremony and church chimes accompany daytime and nighttime pageants as thousands flock to hotels and riverbanks.
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New York
Henry Hudson
Robert Fulton
The
Hudson
Admiral Dewey
Manila
Bay
Hudson River
Great Britain
Germany
England
Duke of Edinburgh
Argyll
Drake
Verman
Dreaden
Weretha
Victoria Louise
United States
Montana
Robert Patton
Fiest
Fulton
Old Trinity Church
Portola envoy seeks warships for San Francisco festival
Charles Moore, special representative of the Portola festival committees, arrives at the Bt. Regis from Europe aboard the Lusitania. He will stay several days in New York before returning to San Francisco to continue his mission of securing warships for the Portola celebration.
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Lotted Pree
New York
Charles *. Moore
Bt. Regis
Europe
Lusitania
San Francisco
Investments Rise as Down Town Property Rebounds
The demand for downtown property is strengthening after a slowdown. R. C. Erskine & Co. reports steady inquiries for good investment properties. Everett realty handled by the firm moves readily, with supply meeting demand. The regional uptick is linked to a large influx of people from the fair.
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R. C. Erskine & Co
Everett
Realty Fire Predicts New Prosperity in Realty Mart
The weekly report by John Davia & Co. notes true expansion as cheap money and low interest fuel Seattle and Pacific coast growth. Railroads order steel rails for 1910, banks show resilience since 1907 crisis, and overall business gains are seen despite lingering unease.
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John Davia & Co
Beattie
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Seattle
Guy
Estern Roads
Chicago
Still Want West Seattle Property
West Seattle property remains popular with long term residents seeking a permanent home. The suburb offers superb sound views and easy access to downtown by car or boat, with prices described as extremely reasonable for buyers with steady income and savings.
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Seattle
Sound
West
Ripey and Company Investment Notes
Fragmentary OCR describes investors and speculation on easy profits. It references PACA and people logging off, urging bets on certain assets while noting prior gains and ongoing investments. The text is garbled but centers on financial offerings and cautious optimism.
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C. Ripey & Co
Paca
Forged Plans for New Holdings Raise Questions
Fragmented text describes actions by Orré Co and Pesan to create 300 acres, plat a reserve, and sell tracts. The piece mentions a disposition, mand for something, and plans to market property near 85th Street after platting. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
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Orré Co. Pesan
Angina
Pri
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