Great Northwest Tales and North Dakota Mosquito Posts
Mall correspondence from Devils Lake North Dakota recalls a crowd chasing an Uncle Sam prize while locals trade jests about winters summers and mosquitoes. The piece notes Westward growth from deserts to farms and argues advertising spurred Canadian land booms and Texas migration, criticizing lure of cheap reservations as a sucker's game.
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New York
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Burnside At Valdez To Lay Sitka Valdes Cable
The United States cable ship Burnside is due at Valdez to begin laying the Sitka Valdes cable this afternoon or tomorrow morning. Weather looks favorable with little risk of delay. if storms persist the shore end will be buoyed and work postponed until spring. Maj. Russell indicated six days of fair weather could complete the cable from Valdez.
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United States
Burnside
Sitka- Valdes
Valdes
Maj
Russell
North
Valdez
Joe Judge D Cady Herrick Democratic Nominee Candidacy
The text identifies Joe Judge and D Cady Herrick as Democratic candidates for New York governor. It states Herrick’s nomination appeased all Democratic factions in the state, signaling a unified party front.
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D. Cady Herrick
New York
Forgery Charges Face Port Townsend Immigrant
Shee Sing a Chinaman arrested at Port Townsend on unlawful presence faces two charges. He was found with a forged certificate and a forgery charge followed. A deportation stay may be ordered pending his trial. EAST ST LOUIS Illinois League of Republican convention opens with young Republicans from across Allinoia attending.
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Shee Sing
Port Townsend
United States
Lathe
Uncle Sam
Frye
Bell Will Tinkle Over Chief Joseph's Grave
Wilmer Washington dispatch says Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce died Wednesday and was buried Thursday with little ceremony. The band plans a ceremonial funeral later at North Yakima, after members return for the fair. A bell will ring above the grave at Nespolem, and the slain warrior lies beneath with relics of his day.
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Wilmer
Wash
Rept
Nex Perces
North Yakima
Iskely
Nespolem
Marriage Licenses Granted in Beattie Region
Albert Haumetater aged 30 of Beattie and Chiira Malett aged 88 of Kansan City received licenses. Rosario L. Vitre aged 44 and Dorothy Hallantine aged 24, both of Beattie, also obtained marriage licenses.
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Albert Haumetater
Beattie
Chiira Malett
Kansan City
Rosario L. Vitre
Dorothy Hallantine
Lawyers Meet Marks 27th Annual American Bar Association
In St Louis the American Bar Association opens its 27th annual meeting with the largest gathering of one hand bar members in the nation. The three day session precedes a broader congress of lawyers and artists, featuring many eminent jurists from the United States and Europe.
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American Har Association
Ariste
United States
Europe
Post Office Troubles News From Assistant Postmaster Colbett
Assistant Postmaster Colbett defends service levels at Uncle Sam’s post office. He blames public delays and last minute mailing bursts for congestion and urges earlier posting and midday stamp purchases to improve distribution and reduce crowding.
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Uncle Sam
Alway
Uncle Bam
Pure Food Congress Opens In St Louis
The International Pure Food congress and eighth annual convention of the National Association of State Dairy and Feed Commissioners begin in Congress Hall at the exposition. Delegates from many foreign countries and eminent U S figures attend. The congress aims to secure enactment and enforcement of national and state laws to prevent food adulteration.
City Hall and Jail Talk Quiet Advisory Meeting
A quiet advisory committee meeting with city officials including Mayor Ballinger and Cornell President Gill will meet in the afternoon. Officials expect discussion of a new city hall jail project next year’s tax levy and other municipal matters in a confidential executive session.
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Con
Ballinger
Riptinger
Rathbun Cornell
Gill
Plasterers Open Annual Convention in Philadelphia
The Journeymen Plasterers International Association opened its yearly convention in Philadelphia with strong delegate attendance from the United States and Canada. The event will last a week or more and cover several important craft topics.
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Philadelphia
Journeymen Plasterers International Association
United States
Canada
Submarine Boat Bids Opened for Puget Sound Fort Work
Bids opened at the local quartermaster office for 18 small boats to serve submarine operations in Puget Sound district. Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co. of this city submitted the lowest bid at 4840 dollars. Eleven bids ranged from 4840 to 9000 dollars.
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Mornt
Puget Sound
Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Company
Senator Chandler Injured in Automobile Accident
NABHUA New Hampshire September 26 Former United States senator William E B Chandler was seriously injured when thrown from an automobile. He suffered a broken arm and other injuries and was unconscious when rescued. He is at his home in great pain. Benster Fairbanks and his party earlier crossed North Dakota by train, with a layover in Jamestown for a religious service.
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Nabhua
N. H
William EB. Chandler
United States
Burglary Reported in Fremont Woman’s Sleep
Mrs Bring of 3915 Woodlawn Avenue Fremont reports a burglar entered her home in the night ten days after Russell Sageta’s serious fall. The thief stole $10 from under her pillow while she slept.
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Bring
Woodlawn Avenue
Fremont
New Bank to Open in Asotin Washington
Asotin will gain a new national bank led by George B. Kester of Lewiston National Bank. The institution will be capitalized at $25,000 and start operations within a month. Also reported is the sudden death of Maud Bolick, 16, Asotin High School senior.
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Abotin
Wash
Asotin Fe
George B. Kester
Lewiston National Bank
Mies Maud Bolick
Eli Bolick
Asotin High School
Tacoma man dies after fall from scaffold at brick yard
Lee Shaffer once of Bellingham died after a fall from a scaffold ten feet high in the yards of the Washington Brick company on the Tacoma waterfront. He resumed work after the accident but fell unconscious the next day and died at Hoska's undertaking rooms.
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Tacoma
Lee Shaffer
Bellingham
Hoska
Shaffer
Washington Brick Company
Puget Sound
Union Avenue
Unconscious Hoar and varied notes across cities
The dispatches report Senator Hoar in an unconscious state in Worcester Mass. Arch bishop of Canterbury visits Washington and travels to New York. The second university assembly meets in Denny hall. Shakespeare recitations by Wadsworth Harris of Word-Kidder at the Grand opera house. The steamer Humboldt arrives from Southeastern Alaska with 75 passengers and 100 tons of cargo. In Cambridge the Tucker murder trial date is postponed for months. A telephone service offers overnight copies of The Sterbas met at fixed hours.
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Denny Hall
Wadsworth Harris
Word-Kidder Company
Grand Opera House
Humboldt
Alaska
Cambridge, Maas
Charles L. Tucker
Mabel Page
Weston
Exceptional Value 71 Acre Valley Farm for Sale
An exceptionally good bargain offers 71 acres of cleared valley land near the Interurban with a splendid orchard and good buildings. Stock includes 35 head, spring water piped throughout, priced at 5760 dollars on terms.
40 Acres With Orchard Farmstead For Sale
Property includes 40 acres with 20 acres under cultivation, tongs bearing orchard, a new modern seven room house, large barn, farming implements, seven cows milking, a fine team of horses, 160 chickens, and 89 tons of hay. Price is $4,400. Located near Interurban on a good county road.
Magnificent Home and Independent Living on 19 Acres
Describes a splendid residence between O'Brien and Kent with 19 acres under cultivation. Includes a large barn and house, bearing orchard, various fruit trees, nine cows with milk worth $85 monthly, a horse, wagon, buggy, 206 chickens, pigs, implements, and total value $5,500. Alfred Lawrence v8, Second Avenue.
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O'Brien
Kent
Captain Willard Returns to Duty After East Vacation
Seattle police Captain Willard, who spent his vacation in the east, resumed duty this morning after attending the national convention of Eagles in Baltimore Maryland.
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Seattle
Eagles
Baltimore
Death Toll Rises From Knoxville Hospital Wreck
News from Knoxville Tennessee reports several victims of a southern railway wreck died at the general hospital. The list includes Wilfreb Cunningham James Milla Ethel Bhipp and others. Sixty or more injured remain in hospital with many in serious condition.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Opening of plantwork on open shop alarms unions
The Deering and McCormick plant of International Harvester and the Pullman works begin open shop operations. Union labor leaders fear a coordinated drive to break unions as 7,000 Harvester workers are returned to ten hour days with a 10 percent wage change and Pullman workers expect a 10 to 20 percent drop in employment.
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Deering & McCormick
International Harvester Company
Pullman
Chicago
Harvester Company
Poker game raid in Colfax ends with manager arrested
Colfax Washington crime report says a poker game was unearthed last night and William Martin was arrested as manager. It marks the first gambling raid in town since the felony law's enactment.
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Colfax
Wash
William Martin
Two Men Arrested After Failed Hold Up in Portland
Portland police arrested John Morgan of Seattle and a second youth after they attempted to rob a plainclothes officer. They confessed at arrest but pled not guilty at arraignment.
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Portland
Ore
John Morgan
Seattle
Taylor
Missing 14-Year-Old Boy Enticed From Seattle Home
Wayne Smith, 14, son of C. T. Smith of Seattle Hardware, has been missing since September 20. He was last seen in the afternoon walking down Second Avenue with a rough looking man. Police investigate as authorities fear he was enticed away by criminals for petty theft.
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Wayne Smith
C. T. Smith
Seattle
Walkig
Second Avenue
Gun Wound from Accidental Discharge Injures 12 Year Old
In WALLACE Idaho Mrs He Moore 12 was wounded by an accidental discharge while playing with a gun she believed loaded. The incident occurred last night and the child received non fatal injuries. In SPOKANE a crowd of 200 Nez Perce and Blackfeet headed to Nespelem for Chief Joseph funeral rites. The large march from Idaho Oregon and Washington aims to attend the funeral as preparations continue.
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Wallace
Idaho
He Moore
Spokane
Joseph
Nespelem
Oregon
Washi
Anniversary Stove Sale Highlights Adjustable Top Models
An advertisement promotes an anniversary sale on versatile top stoves with sliding tops for a wide opening. It lists models No 411 to No 419 with normal prices and sale prices, noting two griddie holes and a Hardy Oak design, with prices ranging from $10.38 to $18.00.
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