London's Great Church Pageant Set for June
London reports plans for a monumental church pageant to be staged June 10 on Fulham Palace grounds. Organizer Frank Lascelles describes a cast of about 5000 amateur actors plus 12,000 participants including local committees and costume makers, with 15 group leaders directing bishops monks and fishermen. He outlines a five rehearsal plan and a grand finale with 5000 voices under 30 searchlights after dark.
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London
Fulham Palace
Frank Lascelles
Oxford
Quebec
Lascelles
Augustine
Britain
Tribute to Ballinger Elevates Pacific Coast Rivalries
Dr H Waldo Coe praises Richard A Ballinger as a wise interior secretary pick in Taft's cabinet noting his Pacific slope origins, broad view, and nonpolitical temperament. Portland and Seattle rivalry softened by Ballinger appointment, the West rewarded for loyalty. Mrs Potter quotes her doctor on coffee and Folger's Golden Gate grind at home.
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Portland
Seattle
H. Waldo Coe
Oregon
Pacific Coast
Richard A. Ballinger
Taft
Ballinger
Pacific Slope
Interior Department
Five years for stealing 70 cents in Tacoma
A string of brief items: John Carney received five years in the state pen for larceny from the person after stealing 70 cents from William Hayes and cutting his coat pocket January 29 in Tacoma. Other notes include Frank Harrigan awarded 5500 for interurban injury in Tacoma, and Olive Street regrade damages affirmed against Seattle.
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State
John Carney
Tacoma
William Hayes
Frank Harrigan
Supreme Court
City of
Seattle
Manhattan Building Company
Grant and Douglas Counties Plan Joint Teachers Institute
After a Waterville conference between Grant County Superintendent C E Smith and Douglas County Superintendent E F Eliot, Smith announces the late school year deadline leads to a united joint teachers institute for both counties.
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Waterville
C. E. Smith
E. F. Eliot
Grant
Douglas Counties
Deaths and sentences mark Washington news
James Graham, longtime chief engineer at Great Northern shops in Everett, was found dead in the North Bend mountains last week after epilepsy prompted him to leave home. Acting Governor Hay commuted F O Bridgham’s death sentence for wife murder to life imprisonment due to lack of premeditation. Mrs Mary B Pearce, 79, burned to death in Tacoma when a lamp toppled. husband John Pearce could not rescue her. John Tabor, jailed near Gilt Edge Montana, was sentenced to life in Lewiston for killing Daniel Rowan after a sheep herding quarrel. Two Palouse boys Calvin Cleary and Clarence Ditz, absent since Saturday, likely ran away possibly toward a navy recruiting station. Police at various stations continuing inquiries.
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James Graham
Great Northern
Everett
North Bend
Graham
F. O. Bridgham
Hay
Mary B. Pearce
Tacoma
John Tabor
Gilt Edge
Mont
Daniel Rowan
Lewiston
Calvin Cleary
Clarence Ditz
Palouse
Navy
Vari
Dunbars to Dazzle Wenatchee With Bells and Quartet
The Dunbars, a four man musical group, bring a mix of bell ringing and male quartet singing to the Wenatchee theatre tomorrow night. They perform fast paced bell work, cello and flute solos, and dramatic vocal blending noted for their high salaries and national tours. Their act includes Sousa’s Stars and Stripes Forever and is described as unforgettable.
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Dunbars
Wenatchee Theatre
Lyceum
Chautauqua
Sousa
Wenatchee
Embezzler's Death After Harrisburg Arrest Surfaces
An AP report from Elmira New York dated March 24 states Frederick H Richardson wanted for alleged $300000 theft on false pretenses in New York and Harrisburg committed suicide when apprehended in Harrisburg. The piece also recounts an anecdote about James Guthrie, secretary of the treasury and railroad president, who once faced a farmer using a scrap-paper pass that proved to be a wood receipt.
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Elmira
N. Y
Harrisburg
Frederick H. Richardson
New York
Chicago
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Jas. Guthrie
Guthrie
Treasury
James Buchanan
Louisville
Louisville Courier
Sunnyslope Land Deal Nets 6500 Acre Tract for Moburg
A. H. Moburg, arriving from Hamburg, Iowa, closed a 5000 dollar sale through Wenatchee Valley Land Co for the six and a half acre Sunnyslope tract once owned by Jacob Secrest. The land is tree covered and considered a good buy, with previous sale activity showing substantial gains for Secrest. Also noted are local visits and moves of residents to Sunnyslope. In Franks Fort penitentiary a warden claims prisoners stash as much as 2500 dollars, hidden in cells and shops, changing locations to avoid theft during searches.
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Wenatchee Ave
Postoffice
A. H. Moburg
Hamburg
Iowa
Wenatchee Valley Land Company
SuNnyslope
Jacob Secrest
Mr. Secrest
Col. E. Mudd
Frankfort Penitentiary
Giltman Returns From Ephrata Business Trip
S F Giltman came back this afternoon from a business trip to Ephrata.
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S. F. Giltman
Ephrata
Architectural League of the Pacific Coast Formed in Portland
The Architectural League of the Pacific Coast organized in Portland Oregon after a supper at the Portland hotel. Officers elected include Willis Polk as president E F Lawrence as vice president E J Meyers as secretary Myron Hunt as treasurer John K Dow of Spokane named to the executive council The Portland Architectural Club exhibition opened at the museum of art showing the largest Pacific coast collection to date.
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Architectural League of the
Pacific Coast
Portland
Ore
Willis Polk
San Francisco
E. F. Lawrence
E. J. Meyers
Seattle
Myron Hunt
Los Angeles
John K. Dow
Spokane
Portland Architectural Club
Museum of Art
Prison Clerk and Aged Suspect Confronted in Search
Report states a prison clerk supervised a Tuesday search in which an old man was forced to cough up 85 cents, found in pennies and nickels concealed in his mouth. This detail highlights coercive measures during inmate processing and raises questions about due process.
Observations On Heart Size In Hot And Cold Baths
Dr Beck and Dr Dohan report in Munchener Medinische Wochenschrift observations on fourteen subjects exposed to baths at 40 to 45 C and cold baths. Six of seven hearts decreased after hot baths, four of five hearts increased after cold baths, with three cases showing remarkable enlargement and body-temperature baths causing slight reduction.
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Beck
Dohan
Munchener Medinische Woerenschrift
Tribute From Mexican Night Owls Sets Local Tone
A fragment notes a humorous local custom in Mexico City where lodgings’ janitors or porteros collect small payments from tenants, reflecting urban life and informal practices in historic lodging culture.
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City of
Mexico
Ten O clock curfew talks in mining town
P H Dugan, a mining engineer, recalls porters posting signs translating into English a warning to guests. He describes young men ringing for entry in the late hours and fumbling for coins to persuade a domestic to admit them, likening their behavior to a ship lurching in a gallery.
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P. H. Dugan
Seattle Apple Prices in Four Tier Basis
Four tier price listing for Seattle area apples shows Spitzenburg and Winesap boxes at 2.50 to 3.00 and 2.25 to 3.00 dollars respectively. Baldwins range 1.50 to 1.75, Ben Davis 1.25 to 1.70, Yellow Newtowns 1.75 to 2.25, Black Twig 1.50 to 1.75, Hood River fancy 1.30 to 2.00, and small apples 1.25 to 1.50 per box.
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Seattle
Ben Davis
Hood River
First Class Sprayer For Sale In City Limits
Inquire by phone 671 for a first class sprayer. Spraying in city limits available by W. J. Crow. Call 1012 to arrange service or purchase details.
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W. J. Crow
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Alder Grove
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Bingen
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W. J. Killen
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Crist Place
Henry Hager
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Miles Johnson
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Betty
Walden Garton
Cascade Street
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