Leprosy scare ends as man shown not leper in North Yakima
Joe Lang of Walla Walla, visiting North Yakima, was mistaken for a leper after his burned hands looked crippled. Dr. Terreau found no leprosy, confirming Lang as healthy and free to depart for Walla Walla. Community rumor, sparked by stigma against Chinese cripples, sparked wide alarm.
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Northern Pacific
Tetreau
Geroux
Yakima
Yakima Avenue
Chinaman
Dr. Tetreau
Miller Livery Barn
Terreau
Joe Lang
Walla Walla
Seattle
North Yakima
Garden City
California Votes on Suffrage and Reforms
California voters prepare to decide twenty three constitutional amendments tomorrow with suffrage leading the agenda alongside initiative referendum and recall. Governor Johnson has championed the recall measure as crowds surge in San Francisco Union Square with five outdoor meetings and Madame Nordica addressing the largest gathering.
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San Francisco
California
Johnson
Union Square
Lillian Nordica
Waite Leaves Yakima Fruit Association For Florida Link
Waite, popular sales manager of the Yakima Valley Fruit Growers association, resigns and goes to Chicago to join the Florida Citrus association. He will remain connected with Yakima in a Chicago field as interests allow. Directors have not yet filled the vacancy, and no rush exists due to a light midseason crop.
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Yakima Valley Fruit Growers’ Association
Chicago
Florida Citrus Association
Waite
Yakima
New York
Robbins
Association
High School Students Debate Athletic Association Election
In North Yakima students and suffragettes engage in a high school campaign for athletic association officers to be elected Wednesday. Four tickets Students Athletic Popular Independent compete with platforms from student control to class spirit, plus Martha Townsend running for president independent of party.
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North Yakima
Athletic Association
Martha Townsend
Militia Sent to Cummings as Train Carrying Strikebreakers Lingers
A telephone from McComb City reports four Illinois Central militia companies deployed toward Cummings in anticipation of an attack on the strikebreaker train scheduled to depart McComb. Strikers are said to be scattered along the line near McComb City.
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Nachez
Miss
McComb City
Illinois Central
Cummings
McComb
Greatest rooting on the Pacific coast in Vernon Portland games
Vernon and Portland closed a remarkable eight game series in Los Angeles. Experts call it the greatest rooting ever seen on the coast with an estimated 4000 noise devices used per game. Portland won five of the eight contests and leads the pennant race by eight points.
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Los Angeles
Vernon
Portland
Pacific Coast
Another Step Taken in W. O. Sluyter Case
W O Sluyter and B Forseth must stand trial in superior court on a charge of maintaining a public nuisance. Judge Preble overruled a demurrer arguing the offense should be prosecuted by city ordinance. Bond set at 1000 dollars for both defendants. they were released. The Union club on the west side allegedly sold intoxicants and has drawn heightened attention as the case progresses.
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W. O. Sluyter
B. Forseth
Judge Preble
Demurrer
William Thompson
Union Club
West Side
Government sleuths seize counterfeiter before he sails
Albert Leon the alleged head of a counterfeit gang was arrested in New York just before boarding a steamer to South America. Two alleged associates were arrested in Chicago. Leon is charged with counterfeiting by a secret photographic process producing bank notes for national banks in Pasadena San Francisco and Portland.
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Washington
South America
Albert Leon
New York
Leon
Chicago
Pasadena
San Francisco
Portland
Crocker National Bank of
Secret service hunts for Leon linked to fake bank notes
Portland investigators trace a Crocker National Bank forgeries ring to Leon after arrests of his Chicago associates. The gang produced notes that first circulated last September. A raid near Nootka Vancouver Island uncovered the plant and equipment, now under surveillance.
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Leon
Chicago
Nootka
Vancouver Island
Wholesalers Open Depots in Yakima Area
Louis Smith Co and Wiley City Meat Co plan new wholesale depots in North Yakima within the Yakima Grocery building on West Yakima Ave. Butter cheese and eggs will be stored by Louis Smith Co in a adjoining room. Wiley City Meat Co will keep its plant at Wiley City while expanding distribution to the city. The move signals growth in Ahtanum business and aims to capture local wholesale trade.
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Louis Smith Co
Ahtanum
North Yakima
Yakima Grocery Company
West Yakima Avenue
First Avenue
Northern Pacific
Wiley City Meat Company
Wiley City
Louis Smith Company
Salvation Army Sale Proves Big Success
The Salvation Army sale at the citadel on First Street near A drew strong crowds with the hall packed by early Monday evening. Gifts from North Yakima residents exceeded prior years, with fruit display drawing comparisons to a state fair horticultural section. George A. Hannold acted as auctioneer as P. Clarks band provided eight pieces of music and devotional exercises preceded a lively public auction.
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Salvation Army
Citadel
First Street
Horticultural Hall
North Yakima
P. Clark
George A. Hannold
McNamara Brothers Face Murder Trial In Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on October 9, the McNamara brothers begin murder trial proceedings tied to the Times disaster. Judge Bordwell reduces the initial juror pool from 125 to 45 as it prepares for Wednesday’s formal call. The defense contends the Times building was destroyed by gas and fire, not dynamite, and may present a scale model of the building in court.
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Los Angeles
McNamara Brothers
Bordwell
Fredericks
John J
James B. McNamara
Times
Adna Blacksmith Arrested Over Hotel Fire Murder Case
L. E. Young of Adna was arrested in Centralia after an investigation into the Plymouth hotel blaze at Adna. Authorities say the fire may have concealed a murder of Mrs. O. L. Santhuff, with evidence linking Young to the case through ongoing correspondence.
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Centralia
L. E. Young
Adna
O. L. Santhuff
Plymouth
Young
Moore Outpoints Fighting Dick in Ten Round Bout
Pat Moore defeated Fighting Dick Hyland by decision over ten rounds in New York. The bout produced clear superiority for Moore with judges tallying in his favor after the final bell.
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New York
Pat Moore
Dick” Hyland
Brown and Lewis Duel In Memphis Bout Ends In Draw
Knock-out Brown and Harry Lewis fought eight fast rounds in Memphis tonight, ending the bout in a draw with neither boxer able to claim the victory.
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Memphis
Brown
Harry Lewis
Police Interfere Stop Boxers Packy McFarland Grover Hayes
St. Louis police barred Packy McFarland and Grover Hayes from boxing tonight. Club officials said they will file an injunction tomorrow to prevent police interference.
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ST. Louis
Packy McFarland
Grover Hayes
Wreckage Reef Cleared After Austin Dam Flood
Austin Pa October 9 crowds of men work to clear wreckage from the broken dam flood while sightseers watch. A witness recalls Galveston hurricane scenes after observing a similar reef of wrecked houses in the storm’s wake.
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Austin
Galveston
Tex
Milwaukee Takes Land in Hanford Area for Big Irrigation Drive
News from Yakima and Spokane report the Milwaukee road has acquired the Hanford Irrigation and Power company holdings plus Wahluke lands, planning immediate canal and rail development. The High Line canal will add about 100000 acres to irrigated land as Milwaukee secures rights of way to Hanford, Kennewick, Richland, and routes toward Portland and San Francisco through Harriman lines.
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Hanford High Line
Yakima
Herald
Columbia River
Hanford
White Bluffs
LL. C. Pierce
Wahlake
Hanford Company
Pierce
Robert E. Strahorn
Land Department
Milwaukee Railroad
Spokesman Review of
Spokane
Priest Rapids
Kennewick
Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railroad
Hanford Irrigation and Power Company
Pacific Power and Light Company
Seattle
Columbia Valley
Milwaukee
Columbia River Orchards Company
Wahluke
Power Company
Columbia
Richland
Beverly
Portland
Walla Walla
Harriman
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Three Women Plaintiffs File Suit for $1294 65 and More
A flood of legal actions fills Yakima county offices with three divorce petitions filed in one day and three quiet title suits. Plaintiffs seek alimony custody and property division amid suits against banks and multiple heirs.
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County Auditor's Office
Auditor's
Joseph Feser
H. A. Ackerman
Sullivan Savings Bank
Claremont
New Hampshire
W. M. Andrew Johnson
James Ambrie
Yakima
James F. Rine
Paul Shulze
Capitol Addition
Kerr
North Yakima
Myrtle M. Shafer
Guy C. Shafer
Naches
HH. J. Snively
Gina Allen
Henry Allen
Minneapolis
Puyallup
David Rankin
Agnes Coleman
F. R. Colesman
Yakima Valley Bank
Granger
Coleman
F. KR. Coleman
Justice Court of Heman PD
Hunt
Pioneer Lumber Company
D. S. Spinkle
B. E. Lilly
Juse Tlee
The
J. G. Henke
Sunnyside
Uut
F. Walden Et al Yraine
John B. Uaelnica
Havng
Union Trust Company
Spokias
Garshee
Reorganization Efforts Underway at Western Steel
At a directors meeting in Seattle on October 9 the Western Steel Corporation plans a renewed push for reorganizing the firm. Financial backing from New York appears assured as the plan contemplates James A. Moore being removed from control.
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Seattle
Western Steel Corporation
New York
James A. Moore
Baldwin Defeats Frayne in Ten Round Bout
Matty Baldwin won on points over Johnny Frayne after ten rounds in Lake Oct 9. Baldwin controlled the action with scoring blows and defense to claim the decision in the SLT report from Baldwin Defeast.
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Lake
Matty Baldwin
Johnny Frayne
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Florida Citrus Union
Preble
MEA
M'Namara
Venice
L. KE
Lewis
S. F. Walden
J. B. Cancelmo
Western Steel
Financial Straits
Baldwin Defeast
Frayne
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