Strawberries Near End of Season in Wenatchee
The Wenatchee strawberry campaign winds down with crates at 2.00 and dwindling supply. Raspberries peak in the valley with prices slipping as shipments rise and acreage grows 50 percent. Cherries decline in supply but commands higher prices due to packing quality. Mr Foy urges grocers to improve packing to boost returns for growers.
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Mr Foy
Wenatchee
Spokane
Seattle
Foy
Lewiston
St. Faal
Alleged Improper Use of Relief Funds Sparks Court Action
Refugees in San Francisco sue to prevent the finance committee of the citizens relief committee from further handling relief funds. Proceedings in the superior court seek an injunction restraining alleged conspiratorial misuse.
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San Francisco
Finance Committee
Citizens’ Relief Committee
Superior Court
City relief fund trustees sought by homeless camp advocates
Alva Odell William Howard and C F Pearce sue to be appointed trustees of the relief funds for the 10000 homeless in city refugee camps. They claim to represent the camp population and seek control of the funds and foodstuffs to aid recipients.
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Alva Odell
William Howard
C. F. Pearce
Game warden nets a haul of suckers in Leavenworth
Leavenworth, June 21. A game warden exposes lax laws as he traps "suckers" who pose as anglers for trout. He disguises his role with a sinker and pole, then catches several offenders in a case highlighting weak statutes and enforcement.
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Leavenworth
Earthquakes Rattle Manila and Northern Luzon
A series of quakes struck Manila and northern Luzon with the strongest at 9 PM and aftershocks through the night. Shocks were felt in Babuyanes Batanes and Formosa with no damage reported. The Manila observatory notes greater intensity in Babuyanes and Formosa.
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Manila
Nothern Luzon
Babuyanes
Batanes Island
Formosa
Manila Observatory
Babuyanee Islands
Young Girl Held in Murder Case at Colville
Etta Burdick an 18 year old Arden resident is detained by the Stevens county sheriff as a witness in the Demuth murder case. Authorities believe her testimony may illuminate the mystery amid links to Demuth who is known to have associated with Miss Burdick.
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Colville
Wash
Etta Burdick
Arden
Stevens County
Demuth
Reiding
Miss Burdick
Nothing but isthmus in way of the canal
Summer Washington June 22. President Roosevelt plans to issue orders to Shonts and Stevens within 48 hours after Panama canal legislation to push a lock type canal. He cites Senate support as a vote of confidence and says work will begin quickly with many men employed to dig earth.
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Senate
Panama
Washington
Congress
Panama Canal
Roosevelt
Shonts
Stevens
Engineers’ Commission
White House
Murderer Ivens Denied Writ in Supreme Court
Springfield Ill June 21 The supreme court denied a writ of supersedeas for Richard Ivens who is to hang in Chicago next Friday for the murder of Mrs Franklin C Hollister. The court found no undue influence on his confessions and the evidence justified the jury verdict.
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Springfield
Ill
Supreme Court
Richard Ivens
Chicago
Franklin C Hollister
Ivens
Would Lynch Woman Charged With Murder
Mrs Emma Kauffman wife of a wealthy brewer faced a preliminary hearing in Sioux Falls on a manslaughter charge for the death of her servant Agnes Poirers. Crowds hissed and cried for lynching as she entered and left the court. She is held for trial in November on a murder charge. Poirers died January 1 and was buried at Parkston. exhumation revealed forty five wounds.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Emma Kauffman
Agnest Poirers
China Settles With France Over Nanchang Massacre
Paris reports a treaty settling France’s massacre claim against China for six Jesuit missionaries killed in Nanchang Kiangsi Province in February. China pays 200000 in demnity and 400000 to families, builds a memorial hospital, punishes rioters leaders, and grants posthumous honors to the magistrate. French gunboats near Nanchang will be withdrawn.
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Paris
Foreign Office
China
France
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Oklahoma Hosts Grand Territorial Celebration
Oklahoma City witnesses the largest public demonstration as excursion trains bring crowds from both territories. Governor Frantz and Kansas Governor Hood address attendees at the park, marking a high point in regional pride.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Twin Territories
Frank Frantz
Frank Hood
Kansas
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L. V. Wells
Philippines
Chisago
Chauncey J Blair
Field Columbian Museum
Naples
Amercia
Wenatchee Development Company
Arthur Gunn
Bousquet and Holm
H. L. Wiester Department Store
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