Warn Students Against Tobacco At Inter-school Meeting
S G Cosgrove urges Washington students not to smoke or use tobacco or intoxicants while training. He highlights lifelong benefits, jokes about cigars, and praises state institutions. Seattle and Ellensburg leaders commend the gathering and Northwest educational growth.
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State College
Washington
Union
Wilson
Ellensburg Normal School
Northwest
Pacific Northwest
United States
William F. Geiger
Seattle
Tech State College
Major Edwards Resigns From Umatilla Reservation
Major O C Edwards resigns as superintendent of the Umatilla Indian reservation. The department will not disclose his successor but implies a new appointment. Edwards will be reassigned. His tenure sparked clashes over land leasing, angering reservation farmers and their traders who previously controlled dealings with the Indians.
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Washington
O. C. Edwards
Udmatilla Indian Reservation
Edwards
Umatila
Interior Department
Railroads Cut Jamestown Exposition Fare
Western railroads in Seattle announce reduced round trip rates to Jamestown Exposition. One first class ticket plus $10 applies, with further adjustments for Chicago and Missouri river connections. Through tickets to Atlantic seaboard limited to western terminals of eastern lines. Summer round trip to Chicago set at $71.50.
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Western Railroads
Seattle
Chicago
Missouri River
Atlantic Seaboard
Chicago I
Interstate Travel Rates and Return Surcharges
The notice lists round trip eastern rates to Omaha Kansas City and St Paul 60 dollars to St Louis 67.50 with a 13.50 return surcharge from California. Sale dates for low rates include May 20 21 June 6 7 8 July 3 4 5 August 8 19 10 September 11 12 13. Likely three additional days in June after school closure.
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Omaha
Kansas City
St. Paul
St. Louis
California
High School Poker Probe Highlights Gambling Claims
Tacoma reports on a school gambling controversy as students testified about poker games at the high school. Board president Drury says investigations found boys gambling and that the superintendent was told to remove any menace to morals. he cites parental blame and local bucket shops in the Equitable building, card parties by mothers, and wheat trading as contributing factors.
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Tacoma
Drury
Board of Education
Equitable
Chicago Leaders Rally Behind Taft in May 1912
Chicago leaders, united for Taft, say the west opposes Hughes and Roosevelt. They expect labor to resist at first but trust party loyalty will prevail, ensuring votes for the Ohio candidate.
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Chicago
West
Hughes
Roosevelt
Taft
Hughes Emerges as Presidential Candidate in New York
New York May 11 Hughes plans to seek the Republican nomination while facing possible Roosevelt opposition over Taft delegation tactics. A sensational Republican state committee meeting boosted Hughes as leader, despite a tabled resolution backing him for president.
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New York
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Roosevelt
Taft
Hughes
New York ‘Republican Organization
Republican State Committee
Benjamin B. O'Dell, Jr
Stoo
Hughes Sentiment in Missouri Favors Taft Over Roosevelt
St. Louis May 11 The Hughes sentiment in Missouri is described as minimal with no strong backing for Hughes. Taft is seen rising as Roosevelt remains the clear favorite son, shaping expectations in the state’s political landscape.
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Hughes
Missouri
ST. Louis
Ireland
Taft
Roosevelt
Last of the Buffaloes Count 1183 Pure Bloods in U S
A 1905 census compiled from bison owners records shows 1 183 pure blood bison remaining in the United States with scattered small herds and 26 hybrids named catola across California Minnesota Montana Oklahoma South Dakota Texas and Wyoming.
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United States
Outing Magazine
Frank Baker
National Zoological Park
Washington
Great Slave Lake
Yellowstone National Park
Flathead Indian Reservation
Mont
Michel Pablo
Austin Corbin Estate
Newport
N. H
Pierre
8. D
James Philip
Goodnight, Tex
Charles Goodnight
Kalispell
A. D. Conrad
Pawnee
Okla
G. W. Lillie
Wyo
Covceviey
Isis Casserene
Yellowstone National
Mia
New York Zoological Soci
Bronx
California
Molera
Minnesota
Montana
Pablo
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Texas
Goodnight
Wyoming
New York Lawyer Poses As Texas Terror In Madison Square
A man claiming to be Bad Bill from Beaumont roamed New York and flashed a twelve inch knife on a dark street near Madison Square Garden. He handed the weapon to a policeman and was taken to the station, later admitting he is a New York lawyer out for a joke rather than a Texan outlaw. A judge released him after he promised to refrain from Texanizing himself again.
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New York
East
Bimself
West
New
Cactus
Texas
Tie
Bad Bill
Beaumont
Diana
Madison Square Garden Tower
Bill
Polceman
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Wenatchee Bazaar
Murray & Company
Wenatchee Avenue
Walter M. Olive
Scott
East Wenatchee
Grant & Cox
O. J. Stewart
East Wenatchee Land Co
Daniel Gensinger
Little & Wetsel
Lilly’s Garden Seeds
Central Produce Co
Lillis
Wenatehes Drug Co
S. G. Cosgrove
Pullman
Samuel G. Cosgrove
Board of Regents
University of Washington
Major Edwards
Umatilla
Jamestown
White House
Last OF
THE
Buffaloes
Kansas Road
Arkansas City
Kaz ~Ty Journal
Kansas
Columbia Valley Bank
Wenatchee, Wash
Old Strong Bank
Great Northern Railroad
Wenatchee Valley
Irby Townsite and Land Co
Dr. Miles
Daily World
Wenatchee Military PT
Commrcial Club
Wenatchee
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