Woman Dies After Ingesting Carbolic Acid
Pauline Kunz a longtime city resident and house prostitute on Columbia Street drank carbolic acid with suicidal intent after an argument with Jessie Johnson. She died at 1 15 PM after eight hours of agony with Dr McCoy unable to save her. The 20 year old, known as Lillian Russel, had been fined the day before for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Her father is in Port Townsend and a married sister in Seattle. Remains are at C G Hall undertakers.
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Pauline Kunz
U Columbia Street
Jessie Johnson
Palmer
Columbia Street
Johnson
McCoy
Lillian Russel
Port Townsend
Seattle
Loadie
C. G. Hall
Japanese Famine Slightly Relieved by Aid and Winter End
In Tokio relief arrives from foreign aid and milder winter conditions. Authorities seek work for able bodied, but needs remain dire with thousands near starvation. Many children go to Ok ayama orphanage, faces show famine distress, food reliability still poor. American sympathy also contributing.
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Tokio
Okayama
Earthquake Sufferers in Formosa Receive Aid After Devastation
Relief efforts aid thousands homeless from the South Formosa quake. Local government distributes food and clothing while caring for the injured and removing hundreds of corpses buried under debris.
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Formosa
Debria
Janitor Transformed Coin Mystery Baffles Whitran School
Whitran school janitor Mr Stevens woke to a puzzling coin swap. He found a five dollar gold piece and a dime fused as a silver tone coin, with the gold piece retaining a bright silver tint after being separated. Holm admitted the prank by pinning him awake as a test.
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Stevens
Holm
Sam Hill
Mr. Stevens
Morphies
Immigrants Break Record in New York Harbor Arrival
Immigrants totaling 12 383 arrived in New York on March 29 marking the largest single port intake in U S history. Officials note the spring surge, with 1 027 third class passengers on one ship, over half Irish, and many young women seeking domestic work.
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New York
New York Harbor
Ellis Island
Europe
Coal miner wage talks end in deadlock across districts
Indianapolis March 80 The central and southwestern coal districts fail to agree on the wage scale set to take effect April 1. A 175 000 miners may halt work Sunday with 206 500 more affected and 159 000 in the anthracite region ordered to suspend Monday. A national conference will decide on the advance and possible arbitration.
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Indianapolis
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Central District
Commetitine
Tennessee
Alabama
Man confesses to stealing from wife in Yorkville court
Daniel J. Curley, 27, arraigned on his confession of taking 1350 from his wife two years ago and spending it. He explains amnesia and strange kinship links as he contemplates his relation to a nephew or grandson. The magistrate holds him for trial.
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New York
Daniel J. Curley
Yorkville
Ireland
Mrs. Curley
Maistrate
Insurance Bill Passes in Albany Postponing Directors Elections
Albany March 20 The assembly approved an insurance bill delaying until November 15 next the annual elections of directors for New York Life Mutual Life and Mental Reserve of New York and Security Mutual of Binghamton. It ends terms of all present directors and trustees and bars proxies made before September 15 at the elections. The Senate passed the bill yesterday and it goes to the governor.
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Albany
N. Y
Assembly
New York Life Mutual Life and Mental Reserve of
New York
The
Security Mutual of
Binghamton
Senate
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Fruit Farm
L. V. Wells
Janitor Stevens
Frank
Whittran School
R. F. Holm
Fleor
Arthur Gunn
Wenatchee
Bousquet and Holm
Batiste
H.l.wiester
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