Washingtons First Inauguration In New York City
A historical account of George Washington entering public life in the early republic, detailing the 1789 inauguration procession from Federal Hall, the senate and house escort, the oath prepared by New York, and Washingtons departure to St. Pauls for a service, marking the era before the capital moved to Washington.
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Washington
New Yreek
Union
Senate
George Washfineton
Federal Hall
House of Representatives
New York
Old St. Paul's
Inde
Diamonds Herein From Electric Furnace Show promise
Paris reports a maker claims to have produced tiny stones that resemble real diamonds during electric furnace experiments. M. Maquenne and M. Lacroix verified the stones’ qualities, the secret reportedly sealed in a envelope with the Academy of Science, and financiers back further testing.
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Paris
M. Maquenne
Ecole Centrale
M. Lacroix
Academy of Science
Ift
M. Malquerie
M. Moisson
Seven Negroes Executed in Louisiana Race Murder Pleas
Associated Press report from Baton Rouge on March 5 states seven African Americans were executed after convictions for murder of six and criminal assault of a fellow Black person. The dispatch notes the sentences were carried out today in Louisiana.
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Baton Rouge, la
Louisiana
Petty revenge on Hay sparks legislative strains in Olympia
Olympia March 5 relations between Governor Hay and a faction of the legislature grow tense over a recent move by the senate rules committee. The panel, allied with saloon interests, ordered Ashlock the governor's private secretary to report for duty as a retaliatory gesture against Hay. Howard Cosgrove was named private secretary by his father but Hay preferred another aide.
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Senate Committee ON Rules
Senate
Olympia
Hay
Shhively and
Nichols
Laubie
J. H. Ashlock
Ashlock
Howard Cosgrove
Buy in Malaga Townsite as Growth Plans Emerge
Malaga residents push for town services including blacksmith shop drug store and doctor. A lumber yard is planned and a flouring mill may rise soon. Church and school removal to town discussed to centralize mail and attendance. Two more lots sold to Mrs Barnes for $60 each by Malaga Big Red Apple Real Estate.
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Malaga
Cashmere
I. M. Derifield
Barnes
Wenatchee
Malaga Big Red Apple Real Estate Company
George Brown a Father
Word came this morning that the stork visited the family of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Brown and left a nine pound boy. They are at Pacific Grove, California, where they have been for several months and expect to return home in a couple of weeks.
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George W. Brown
Mrs. Brown
Pacific Grove
California
Wenatchee Seen By East Through Tibbits Visit
Mr and Mrs M O Tibbits returned from a two months eastern trip visiting Washington DC Philadelphia Ontario and the Atlantic coast. He notes improving eastern business and investment interest while westward exploration increases Wenatchee publicity comes from apple displays and fruit yield stories in papers. Tibbits expects a prosperous season for the Wenatchee Fruit Growers association and valley.
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Mrs. M. O. Tibbits
East
Atlantic
Washington, D. C
Philadelphia
Ontario
Tibbits
Seattle
West
Wenatchee
Spokane
Mr. Tibbits
Five Acres Sold for Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
Mrs. E. B. Merriam of Spokane bought five acres of the E. F. Cadman tract south of the city for 7500 dollars. The property, set to peach and apple trees, is all in bearing. The sale was through Red Apple Real Estate.
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E. B. Merriam
Spokane
E. F. Cadman
Red Apple Real Estate Company
Burnett resolution on Asiatic exclusion referred to committee
In Sacramento on March 5 Senator Lester G. Burnett’s resolution to urge a congressional Asiatic exclusion law placing Japanese on the same footing as Chinese was referred to a select committee led by Speaker Stanton, who has opposed such measures. Assemblyman Nathan C. Coglan’s joint resolution to keep a large war fleet in Pacific waters was favorably reported by the senate committee on federal relations.
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Sacramento
Lester G. Burnett
Congress
Assembly
Stanton
Chapman Purchases Littooy Tract in East Wenatchee
C H Chapman and son G H Chapman bought ten acres of J F Littooy in East Wenatchee yesterday through Linville and Son. The transfer completes a local land purchase with both generations named as buyers and the selling party identified.
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C. H. Chapman
G. H. Chapman
Linville & Son
J. F. Littooy
East
Wenatchee
Beauty of California Homes Impress Fuller on Visit
Mr and Mrs O B Fuller returned from California where they spent months in and around Los Angeles. They praised Californias home beautification efforts noting orange growers invest in roads sidewalks and palm trees. He suggested a ten dollar yearly tax to beautify highways and improve the valley over time.
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Fuller
California
Los Angeles
President Taft at Work During March Day
President Taft met Secretary of State Knox for the first official conference and sent cabinet appointments to the Senate for confirmation. He named Loeb to be collector of the port in New York City. Republican Ways and Means members were briefed on a brief tariff message and a June 1 deadline for completing tariff revisions.
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Washington
Taft
Knox
Senate
Loeb
Roosevelt
New York City
White House
House Committee On Ways and Means
Congress
School Election March 6 At Salvation Army Hall
Citizens awaken to a school election tomorrow with polls from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Salvation Army hall. Two candidates, A Baptie and W H Dickson, are named as both men and women vote. A census of women voters will gauge support for female suffrage in the upcoming general election.
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Salvation Army Hall
A. Baptie
W. H. Dickson
Baptie
Mr. Dickson
Successful Rail Road Builder
Tacoma man David Matheson, despite losing both hands and feet, completed a grading contract for the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railway in the Cascade foothills. He supervised road cutting and camp setup for two and a half years, using artificial hands and custom feet to work over rough terrain. Matheson, a Canadian native from a railroad family, previously foreman on the Tacoma Seattle interurban line and survived frost injuries during the Klondike rush.
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Tacoma
David Matheson
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Cascade Mountains
Matheson
Canada
United States
Mississippi River
Klondike
Tacoma-Seattle
City School Board Signs 1680 Bonds for 80000
The city school board signed 1,680 bonds worth 80,000 dollars, with each director affixing his name and Mr. Dickson signing twice as director and clerk. Mr. Gellatly finished all signatures in two hours and eight minutes as the bonds head to the state, expected to bring 80,000 dollars here soon.
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Dickson
Gellatly
Three Inaugural Casualties Record
Washington reports three confirmed deaths and three probable fatally injured among inaugural ceremony casualties. Sam Yong of Washington was electrocuted by a live wire, Norman Astwill of Richmond Virginia died from epilepsy while viewing the parade, and Andrew Doran a Pullman conductor from Pittsburgh died of heart failure at Union Station last night.
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Washington
Sam Yong
Norman Astwill
Richmond
Andrew Doran
Pittsburg
Union Station
Schools in the Advertising Game Rally County Pupils
County schools join the A Y P exposition effort by guiding 750 pupils from 3rd grade through high school to write letters to 212 eastern cities about the Seattle fair. Letters accompany a Seattle booklet and the county superintendent mails notes to city newspapers. Responding inquiries are expected about Wenatchee Valley and the A Y P fair.
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Brown
Iowa
Massachusetts
Commercial Club
Seattle
Wenatchee
A.Y.P. Fair
Poet Edmund Vance Cooke Delights Large Theatre Crowd
Edmund Vance Cooke entertained a full house with two hours of bright humor and philosophical verse. The poet lecturer, known for Chronicles of the Little Tot and Impertinent Poems, delivered engaging readings that impressed the audience and set a promising tone for the high school lecture series. The event featured performances by the local high school quartet and orchestra.
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Edmund Vance Cooke
Cooke
Opie
Read
James Whitcomb Riley
F. Hopkinson Smith
Athletic Association
Fair Day Tomorrow Forecast Across Regions
Weather notes expect showers in the western portion while the eastern area stays fair tonight and Saturday. Southerly winds accompany the mild conditions.
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Washington
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TIMES
Associated Press
George Brown
M. O. Tibbits
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Littooy
Beauty OF California Homes
O. B. Fuller
ITY and
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P. Fair
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