Notable Women and Education Moves Worldwide
Miss Emma Schofield resigns after forty years as a Philadelphia public school teacher. The widow of Justice Charlies R. Ingalls donates about a thousand law books to Rensselaer County Law Library. Mrs. Nelson W. Titus writes How the Women of Boston Finished Bunker Hill Monument. Mrs. Humphry Ward opposes women's suffrage and leads an anti-suffrage group. Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon moves from Utah to California to aid woman suffrage efforts. Hilda Anoon Tran, a Siamese student, arrives in America to study education in Hartford Connecticut and ses for future use in her country.
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Emma Schofield
Philadelphia
Charlies R. Ingalls
New York
Rensselaer County Law Library
Nelson W. Titus
Boston
Bunker Hill Monument
Humphry Ward
Martha Hughes Cannon
Utah
California
Hilda Anoon Tran
America
Hartford, Conn
Switzerland earns nine million by railway profits
Switzerland profited nearly 9 000 600 dollars by the excess of railway receipts over expenses in the last year. Spanish peasants believe water dipped with a wedding ring cures weak eyes. Alfred Soderman at Worcester Massachusetts grows potatoes and tomatoes on the same vine. A hospital patient in Cincinnati imagines he is a dog and moves a forefinger as if the tail. Rio de Janeiro has a nine story skyscraper and another large newspaper office building. John Guilaud a New York chauffeur arraigned for walking on Central Park grass. first such arrest in nearly ten years.
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Switzerland
Alfred Soderman
State Agricultural Experiment Station
Worcester
Mass
Cincinnati
Rio de Janeiro
John Guilaud
New York City
Central Park
Paris artists embrace new carficture sculpture style
Burr L. Miller from Herkimer N Y selected to cast life size bronze statue of Thomas B Reed for Portland Maine city park. Louis Honore Frechette, now deceased, was Canada’s unofficial poet laureate crowned by the French academy. Longfellow praised him as pathfinder of a new land of song. Frederick Moore, author, resides in London after marrying an Englishwoman. formerly lived in New Orleans.
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Paris
Burr L. Miller
Warner Miller
Herkimer
N. Y
Thomas B. Reed
Portland
Louis Honore Frechette
Canada
Longfellow
Frederick Moore
London
Candidacy announcements for Chelan Kittitas races
A series of notices show candidates in the September Republican primaries across Chelan and Kittitas counties. Walter M. Olive seeks state senate in the 13th district. C C Ward runs for county engineer. Joseph Darnell seeks county commissioner in district three. H W Otis seeks reelection in district two. F A Drebis runs for county commissioner in district two with a platform of good roads and county efficiency.
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Chelan
Kittitas
Walter M. Olive
Joseph Darnell
Lakeside
Wash
Candidate declares sheriff bid in Washington September primaries
Fred Kemp of Wenatchee announces his candidacy for county sheriff subject to the Republican primaries in September. J. W. Hutchinson of Sunnyslope is also noted in the identical notice.
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J. W. Hutchinson
Sunnyslope, Wash
The Royal Box And Airborne Royalty
The German empress loves needlework and carries it even while driving, creating exquisite embroideries she enjoys. Nicholas II, czar of all the Russias, is forty and was held captive at Tsarskoe-Selo on his birthday anniversary after Bloody Sunday. he has not spent a night in the Winter Palace since. Prince George of Bavaria recently ascended in the balloon Augusta II, flew fifteen hours, landed near Immenstadt sixty five miles from Augsburg, and is regarded as the first royal aeronaut to make such an ascent.
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Nicholas IL
Russias
Tsarskoe-Selo
Winter Palace
Prince George of
Bavaria
Augusta II
Immenstadt
Augsberg
Prince George
Candidate Announces Sheriff and School Superintendent Bid
KK C Bowersox declares intention to seek re election as county superintendent of schools in the Republican primary, following his candidacy for sheriff referendum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Superintendent of Schools
KK. C. Bowersox
Estes and Spencer Seek County Roles in Chelan Primary
A. F. Estes seeks the Republican nomination for Chelan County Commissioner District No 2 with pledges to promote good roads and county interests. Ernest G. Spencer announces as a candidate for county auditor on the Republican ticket in the September primary election.
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Chelan County
Washington
A. F. Estes
Ernest G. Spencer
Ellis Morrison
Spokane
Quotations From Various Papers on Current Events
A compilation of brief wit and commentary from Newburyport News Richmond Times Dispatch Buffalo Express Cleveland Leader and Chicago Post. Remarks touch on politics such as delaying action till September and prices influencing beef quality while noting worker longevity and large military spending.
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Newburyport News
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Buffalo Express
Cleveland
Chicago Post
Train and Track Developments Across Railways
The piece notes that stopping an express train needs about twice the power of starting it. It reports Italy adopting liquid fuel on mountain routes with long tunnels. Winnipeg will gain a new Union station for the Canadian Northern and Grand Trunk Pacific railways, a three year project. US rail lines total 26.78 miles per 10 000 people versus 62 miles.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Northern
Grand Trunk Pacific Railways
United States
George E. Dickson Seeks Senate Support in 1908 Campaign
George E. Dickson pledges to vote for the Republican party choice for United States senator in the September 8, 1908 primaries. He highlights service in the 8th 9th and 10th legislative sessions representing Kittitas County and promises impartial faithful representation for the Chelan district.
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Kittitas
Chelan
United States
Kittitas County
Chelan County
George E. Dicksun
Wenatchee City Officials and County Treasurer Candidate
City offices listed with mayor city clerk attorney treasurer engineer water chief of police fire health and council members. A biographical sketch of candidate Bousquet covers birthplace Springfield Ma career from Wenatchee 1900 to present including war service and business roles. Palace Barber Shop advertises services followed by Chas Fry Shoe Hospital shoe repairs for students before school opens.
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John A. Gellatly
Sam R. Sumner
J. E Throw
A. T. Kaupp
C. H. Wildberger
H. R. Parshall
A. A. Bousquet
L. H. Belser
F. D. Case
C. E. Buttles
M. G. Rossi
Daily World Building
Doctor Eva Ditman Opens Practice in Columbia Valley Bank Building
Dr Eva C Ditman announces a general practice focusing on diseases of women and children located in the Columbia Valley Bank Building with phone contact 1585. She presents as a general practitioner offering family health care in the local community.
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Eva C. Ditman
Columbia Valley Bank
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Wenatchee
ESTES
Will Rais
Cas
Cades
Cashmere
Paige
AF. Estes
C. C. Ward
H. W. Otis
F. A. Drebis
Leavenworth
Fred Kemp
Wenatchee, Wash
W. T. Simmons
Dan F. Shaser
the Royal Box
Repub- Tinan
J. E. Ferguson
Chelan Falls
A. G. Bowie
F. A. Warren
F. A. Reynolds
City Directory
Bousquet
Springfield
Washington Volunteers
Vancouver
Alaska
Wenatchee Valley
Palace
First National Bank
Chas. H. Fry
Guilford
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