Wickersham Resigns as Alaska Judge in Surprise Move
President Roosevelt received James Wickersham's resignation from the third Alaska district judge post and will wait for a successor. Wickersham, a Tacoma native, faced political opposition and inquiries into alleged incompetence, yet investigations cleared him. He plans to stay in Tanana with his private practice.
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United Press
Washington
James Wickersham
Qede
Alaska
Roosevelt
Evangeline Booth Plans Broad Salvation Army Winter Campaign
Seattle Star reports Evangeline Booth heads a nationwide Salvation Army drive to shelter the homeless, aid poor women, feed starving children, and provide holiday meals for millions as she leads a vast network of barracks, hotels, and rescue services reaching tens of thousands. The War Cry editorial output reaches over four million copies annually.
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Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
America
Seattle Star
New York
Nation Army
United States
Candidates Declared in Fourteenth Ward Races
Ferdinand Schmitz was proclaimed the Republican nominee for councilman in the Fourteenth ward at a special city council session. Thomas B. MacMahon was named the regular People's Annexation candidate in the same ward.
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Ferdinand Schmitz
Republican Party
Thomas BR. MacMahon
People's Annexation
Election Party Set for October Eighth
A local notice announces a social gathering linked to the election scheduled for October eighth. Organizers invite residents to join, with details about time and venue to be announced.
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Party
Lusitania Fails to Break Record on Westward Run
Queenstown reports the Lusitania’s westward passage from New York on September 21 took five days four hours and 19 minutes, three hours twenty five minutes longer than the outward trip. Engineers fault the American coal supply as not as satisfactory as that used on the previous voyage.
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Queenstown
New York
Granite Falls mill worker killed by Monte Cristo train
Albert Tharp, employee of Menzel Mill company in Granite Falls, was instantly killed Wednesday evening by a Monte Cristo train near Loch Ley. The man lay on the track in a drunken stupor, and the engineer’s efforts to stop the train were to no avail.
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Snohomish
Albert Tharp
Menzel Mill Company
Granite Falls
Monte Cristo
Lochley
Meeker’s Ox Team Dares Broadway in Civic Tug of War
Meeker a Puyallup pioneer who drove an ox team across the continent writes about his encounter with New York police. Officers tried to confiscate the team as he attempted to drive on Broadway, a crowd jeered, and after a month to two, Meeker finally reclaimed the right to steer his pioneer outfit down Broadway.
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Fura Meeker
Puyallup
Th Mley
New York
Broadway
Hattery
Meeker
Gotham
What Will Happen To Dad Next In School Pranks
A reminiscence discusses old fashioned school grafts where children traded deception for candy money. Parochial schools oppose such schemes while public schools reportedly allow them as learning tools for honesty. The writer notes younger pupils are targeted and older students are less constrained.
Lathe Refuses Fees in Lodging House Case
Deputy U S marshal Fred M Lathe refused fees after U S Commissioner Kiefer ruled Mrs Jennie Baker owner of the Chicago lodging house must pay the cost of a case brought by seaman Wim Johnson whose baggage was detained for nonpayment of rent. The law makes detaining a seaman's baggage a crime punishable by fine or imprisonment. Baker says she did not know Johnson was a seaman and kept his baggage out of anger at his alleged attempt to defraud her.
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Fred M. Lathe
United States
U. S
Kiefer
Jennie Baker
Ciicago
Wim Johnson
Baker
Johnson
Architects Chosen for Children’s Orthopedic Hospital Plan
The contract to draw the hospital plans was awarded to Hall Howard and Galloway, architects already designing Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition buildings. The three story hospital will rise at the northwest corner of Crockett street and Warren street.
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Hall, Howard & Galloway
Crockett Ar
Warren St
Fasting healer Linda Hazzard not prosecuted under state law
Authorities declare Linda Hazzard cannot be prosecuted under existing state law though Lenora Wilcox died allegedly from her practices. Hazzard asserts she will continue her food denial healing as long as she is paid and does not claim medical credentials.
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Linda Burfield Hazzard
Lenora Wilcox
Haszard
Outbreak and Murders Reported in Kiangel Province
An outbreak of Hoxeriem has occurred at Nankangelien with an Italian priest and several converts murdered at the Tawouites and the Lagariat fathers' mission at Manchow Fu burned. In a separate note, a Seattle choir arrived in Wenatchee for the funeral of Mrs. Annie Horn.
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United Presse
Shanghai
Nankangelien
Kiangel
Tawouites
Manchow Fu
Seattle
Wenatchee
Hev. T. L. Green
Mra
Annie Horn
Wires Go Under Ground in Wenatchee Plan
WENATCHEE Sept 24 Telegraph and all other wires will be buried underground as conduits are being constructed in the city to improve safety and aesthetics.
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Wenatchee
State takes possession of site for reformatory
Monroe reports the state formally assumes ownership of the donated land for the new re formatory. Board of Control chairman Matt Plies accepted possession in the state's name.
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Monroe
Matt Plies
Board of Control
Pioneer John H. Foster Found Dead at 68
WALLA WALLA Sept 24 John H Foster a state pioneer was found dead in his home Apo plexy is listed as the cause of death He was 68 years old.
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Walla Walla
John H. Foster
Northwestern Mutual Fire Association aids manufacturers
The Northwestern Mutual Fire Association offers free expert guidance to manufacturers on building construction protection and plant layout. A department discusses construction merits, sprinkler cost figures, insurance savings, and protection against age inherent hazards with Pacific coast factory and lumber mutuals.
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Northwestern Mutual Fire Association
Northwestern
Northws
Pacific Coast
Lumber Mutuals
Ind
Columbia St
Boy Shoots Playmate In Vancouver
In Vancouver British Columbia 16 year old Willie Hoyd fired a shotgun at his young playmate Ethel Royker wounding her and risking the loss of sight in both eyes according to Rept 248.
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Vancouver
B. C
Ethel Royker
Willie Hoyd
Benefit for Telegraphers Supports Striking Workers
Aberdeen September 28 The Arcade theater management held a benefit for the striking telegraphers and raised a large sum for the boys.
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Aberdeen
Arcade Theater
University lecturer from Orient shares insights on conditions
Ida K. Greenlee, a state university faculty member, returned from an extended sojourn in the Orient and gave a lecture on Orient conditions yesterday afternoon under the Athena Debating Club.
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Ida K. Greenlee
The
State University
Athena
New Incorporations Listed in Olympia Reports
State records show several incorporation filings including Crown Cleaners of Seattle trademark, Northwest Motor Company increasing to 50 000 with Seattle links, Kent Independent Telephone and Telegraph Company raising to 20600, Mars Fisheries of Seattle at 50000, Katalia Anthracite Coalfields Railroad of Seattle seeking 10 million for transport from Controller bay Alaska to Carbon mountain and Bering sea coal areas, Van Horn Shingle Company of Van Horn Skagit county at 60000, Rochford Gold Dredging Company Beattie at 400000 with principal officers listed.
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Olympia
Rept
Corporation
Secretary of State
Crown Cleaners” of
Seattle
Northwest Motor Company
Kent Independent Telephone & Telegraph Company
Kent
A. T. Weet
J. Howard Shively
C. B. West
The
Mars Fisheries Company of
W. J. Hamlet
Mary B. Mateura
M. Uyeda
Katalia Anthracite Coalfields Railroad Company
O. R. Reyburn
C. V. Totten
F. T. Wheeler
Controller Bay
Alaska
Carbon Mountain
Bering Sea
van Horn Shingle Company
van Horn
Skagit County
Ralph S. Blair
C. 8. Gaines
C. B. Gaines
Jesse A. Frye
Rochford Gold Dredging Company
Beattie
Thomas P. Rochford
A. W. Rochford
James Casey
Alameda man takes option on factory site east of Ballard
G. H. Cunningham of Alameda California secured an option yesterday on three large lots in H. W. Treats addition east of Ballard ball park. The property is to be used as a factory site for the Geminold Manufacturing company whose plant was destroyed by the earthquake.
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G. H. Cunningham
Alameda
Cal
H. W. Treats Addition
Ballard Ball Park
Geminold Manufacturing Company
Nature Food Causes Divorce
Tacoma report states Mrs. L. C. Ferrant was granted a divorce after her husband demanded she eat only nuts fruit and raw foods, a dietary conflict cited as the cause. The article notes the separation was finalized on September 28.
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Tacoma
L. C. Ferrant
Suffragist Goes Insane Report From Washington
Vancouver Washington September 28 Mrs Carl Nelson of Brush Prairie a prominent woman suffragist has become insane and has been taken to an asylum for treatment declaring a mental breakdown in a prominent local activist story of political reform movement domestic health crisis and law enforcement context
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Vancouver
Wash
Carl Nelson
Brush Prairie
Mrs Lum Not Tweane Declared Sane by Jury
In Everett on September 28 a jury declared Mrs Elizabeth Lum, wife of a well known doctor, to be perfectly sane despite her husband’s attempts. In Hong Kong on September 28 Chinese objecting to a new tax burned hundreds of buildings at Wochow.
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Lum
Everett
Elizabeth Lum
Hong Kong
Wochow
Markets Report Mixed Prices Across Staples and Produce
The market notes eggs rose to 4 0 42 cents per dozen amid scarcity. California grapes eased slightly. cranberry supply steady with unchanged honey prices. Local fruit and produce show varied bids from apples to cantaloupes, while live stock and hay futures appear steady to mixed across regions.
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California
Public Market Prices Today
Heavy market crowd observed with 21 ranchers wagons before officers arrived. Live spring chickens brisk at 18 to 20 cents per pound and other items like tomatoes scarce and cucumbers around 30 cents per dozen. Prices for apples, beans, and cabbage listed with numerous per unit and per box figures across produce and dairy items.
Fruit and Produce Prices On Sale At Local Market
Bartlett pears 1.25 per box and cooking pears 1.00 per box. Siberian crabapples 7 cents per box. Pumpkins 2 and a half cents per pound. Bananas 5 to 12 cents per pound. Blackberries 1 cent per box. Quinces 1 cent per pound. Wenatchee grapes 1.15 per box.
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California
East Mt
Rocky Ford
Astern
Cranberrion
Wethers
Miner Peter Johnson Dies After Thursday Frenzy
Peter Johnson a northern miner slashed his throat with a knife during a period of frenzy on Thursday evening and died tonight at Providence hospital. The remains are at Honney-Watson's awaiting funeral arrangements.
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Peter Johnson
Providence Hospital
Honney-Watson's
Joseph Morrison Pioneer Resident of This City
Joseph Morrison, a well known resident and pioneer in this city, is remembered for his longtime community involvement and leadership. His contributions to local development and civic life are highlighted in tributes from neighbors and associates.
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Joseph Morrison
Pacific Coast figure dies at family residence
Obituary notes the death on Tuesday at the family home in First nv. W. The deceased served with Company A First California Volunteers during the Civil War.
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Pacific Coast
Nv. W
Co. A. First
Fornia Volunteers
Senator Sumner Favors McBride for Governor
In North Yakima Senator T. B. Sumner reports strong local support for Governor McBride, while noting Cosgrove also has many friends in the county.
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North Yakima
Sept
T. B. Sumner
I County
Ernor McBride
Cosgrove
New Rural Route Derec Established in Arlington
Rural route No 2 in Arlington Snohomish county has been derecognized effective December. The route formerly served about 400 people and families in the area.
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Washington, D. C
Arlington
Snohomish County
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