WAR OVER VAST DUNSMUIR ESTATE CONTINUES IN CANADA
In Victoria British Columbia a top will contest over the Dunsmuir estate valued between 15 and 20 million dollars heads to trial within weeks. Heirs of John Dunsmuir and James Dunsmuir the ex lieutenant governor dispute the control of Vancouver Island coal mines Esquimault and Nanaimo lands and ships. Previously Edna Wallace Hopper sought a share via a long legal fight ending with privy council dismissal. Western Canada watches the case as the fortune's fate hangs on court findings.
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Victoria
B. C
America
John Dunsmuir
James Dunsmuir
British Columbia
Joan Dunsmuir
Robert Dunsmuir
Nanaimo
Vancouver Island
Vancouver
San Francisco
United States
Japan
Alexander Dunsmuir
Dunsmuir
Esquimault
Edna Wallace Hopper
Stit
Miss Hopper
Justice Drake
Privy Council
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Western Canada
Glare in the Sun a Spokane novelty with papoose
Spokane on Riverside avenue witnessed a striking sight as Glare in-the-Sun, a Spokane tribe member, walked with a pa poose, accompanied by his squaw in bright dress. Randall H. Kemp, a veteran newspaper man and miner, notes it is the first such display seen in Spokane. Glare in-the-Sun is described as a wealthy landowner on the Columbia River.
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Spokane
Riverside Avenue
Randall H. Kemp
Pacific Northwest
Glare in-the-Sun
Columbia River
Birthday party planned at Jumel mansion for Mrs. Brownell
In Washington Heights the Jumel mansion hosts a birthday event for Mrs. Kady C. Brownell, sixty seven, custodian of the house and the only regularly enlisted woman soldier recognized by the United States. She joined the Rifle Guard of Providence in 1861 with Governor Sprague’s permission as her husband went to the front. They were under fire at Harper's Ferry and Bull Run, where she was seriously wounded.
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New York
Jumel
Washington Heights
Washington
Kady C. Brownell
R. I
Sprague
Harper’s Ferry
Bull Run
Forefathers Day Banquet Honors Governor Guild in Cincinnati
The New England Society of Cincinnati plans its annual Forefathers Day banquet at the Business Men's club in Cincinnati tonight Curtis Guild Jr governor of Massachusetts will be the guest of honor and principal speaker.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
New England Society of Cincinnati
Business Men's Club
Curtis Guild, Jr
Massachusetts
Famous Bill Gates Probes Peru Gold Field
Spokane miner Swiftwater Bill Gates travels to the Andes in Peru to examine a placer mine linked to Cortez. His partner P. A. Wilson reports Gates will take a half interest for 165000 dollars. The site lies 7000 feet high, 30 miles from the coast, with a 130 mile canal for washing gold.
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Spokane
Swiftwater
Gates
Pacific Northwest
Andes Mountains
Peru
Cortez
P. A. Wilson
Wilson
No Delay in Chesbrough Trial Prompts Attention
Trenton announces there will be no delay in the federal court trial of Mrs Fre mont B Chesbrough accused of smuggling. The indicted socialite arrived from Europe aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II with a trunk containing undervalued goods and a valued necklace later appraised at 23000 dollars. Her husband Fremont B Chesbrough heads a Boston coastwise line and has extensive interests in Detroit and Emerson Michigan. Berlin hosts American cyclists Clarke Walthour Folger Root and MacFarlan d arriving for the six day race facing top European rivals.
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Trenton
N. J
Fremont B. Chesbrough
Chesbrough
Boston
Detroit
Emerson
Mich
Berlin
The
Zoological Gardens
Clarke
New York
Walthour
Folger
Root
MacFarland
Germany
Italy
Belgium
Switzerland
France
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WOU
Ejtu
OUR Grocery
Barrington
Brazil
H. L. Wiester
ROYAL
Worcester
Wells Smorris Hardware &Impleme
Governor Guild
Bill Gates
Rubber Toys
Doll Houses
Cleeks
Rogers Teaspoons
Serry
Haviland
China
China Berry
Wenatchee
Mrs. Chesbrough
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