New Quarters for YWCA Women Move In With Style
The YWCA in the Smithers building opens its expanded second floor with a colonial bedroom gifted by George H Listmann. Miss May Ford and E M Smithers furnished two cozy rooms as well as a front reading room and rest area. Additional dining spaces, a gym, and a steam heating table enhance facilities while plans include classes in china painting sewing millinery and languages starting October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Women's Christian Association
Smithers
Colonial Chamber
George H. Listman
E. M. Smithers
Giboney- Clark Company
Yakima Valley Hardware Company
Frances Townsend
Keene Relapses. American Financier in Sanatorium
James R Keene, prominent American financier, is reported worse and has been moved to a sanitarium after a relapse. Physicians decline to issue a statement on his condition.
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Keene
London
James R Keene
For Sale F D No and as tt orse power Foos gas en rel
Sale notice lists a draft of a for sale item described as horse power and fuel related equipment. The fragment mentions a person named Robert and appears to be an auction or sale listing from a local notice.
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F.D- No
Orse Power
Robert
Weevil Destroyer 15 Discovered Near Waurika Oklahoma
Local farmer C. W. McDonald reports discovery of a black worm that attacks boll weevils, claiming the insect could be a weevil destroyer for cotton and alfalfa. He sought verification from state and federal agriculture boards, describing rapid clashes where the boll worm is defeated.
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Waurika
Okla
C. W. McDonald
Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
McDonald
American Gift to German Nation Unveiled at Potsdam
The United States donated a replica of General Baron Von Steuben’s Washington statue unveiled at Potsdam in the presence of the German imperial family and foreign diplomats. Congressman Richard Bartholdt and C. B. Wolffren presented the gift to Emperor William, marking German American ties amid Sedan celebrations and a farewell to Ambassador David Jayne Hill as he relinquished his post.
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Berlin
Washington
Baron von Steuben
Potsdam
Emperor William
Richard Bartholdt
Missouri
C. B. Wolffren
New York
Taft Bertholdt
Sedan
David Jayne Hill
William
Dilemma of a Chicago School Boy and Two Girls
A Chicago News poem depicts a student torn between repeating a grade to keep a seat beside a girl with yellow hair and advancing to sit near Sophonisba, a neighbor skilled at sports and lively play. The narrator debates whether staying back would have more fun or moving forward offers better chances at love and status.
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Sophonisba
Chicago News
Editor Seeks Paper Job Amid Odd Reading This Week
The excerpt reports a string of minor injuries and mishaps. Mrs Jones cuts herself in a pantry with a can opener. A lad throws a stone injuring Mr Pike in an alley. John Doe climbs a roof and falls onto a back porch. Harold Green is bitten by a dog while escorting Violet Wise home. Isaid Trimmer scratched by a cat on a veranda. Mr Long kicked while bronchoing just south of the corn crib.
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Jones
Cactus Creek
Harold Green
Violet Wise
Isaid Trimmer
Running Creek
Mr Long
Fourth of July Fireworks Deaths and Injuries Rise in Cities
The August Journal of the American Medical Association reports a drop in tetanus cases and deaths from fireworks in 1911 compared with previous years, but notes fatal accidents among young girls from small firecrackers and sparklers. It urges city prohibitory ordinances and stricter enforcement to curb harms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
The
American Medical Association
Milwaukee
Roseton
Newark
N. J
Journal
Baltimore
Washington
Cleveland
Trenton
New York
Boston
Chicago
Toledo
Visitors Gain Abbey Access Before Public Reopen
At Westminster Abbey in London many Americans have been allowed limited access this week before the official reopening on September six. Visitors show return rail and steamboat tickets and ask a quick glimpse from officers as crowds from the coronation era linger outside the hushed interior and exterior.
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London
Westminster Abbey
Campaign to Save 15 Year Old Earl Gilchrist from Hanging
The Juvenile Court of Los Angeles appeals for protest against the execution of Earl Gilchrist a colored boy sentenced to be hanged September 8 in Little Rock Arkansas for the June street fight death of Will Longley The case stirs calls for world wide publicity and urging Governor Donagly to intercede by telegraph or mail for clemency.
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Mrs. Kelley
Circuit Court
Little Rock
Ark
Juvenile Court of
Los Angeles
Cal
Earl Gilchrist
Will Longley
George W. Donagly
Arkansas
Markham Refuses Conference With Federation
Chicago September 2. Representatives of unions forming the federated shop employed group sent letters to President Markham of the Illinois Central seeking another conference. Railroad officials did not answer. The unions say they complied with the thirty day notice to cancel contracts but will not wait until the end of September if Markham ignores the request.
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Chicago
Federated
Markham
Illinois Central
Styles Change In Love Affairs In London Proposals
An actor cites shifting fashions in proposals from formal knee bends to casual menu card vows. Tracing 1850 to present, he notes 1880 chess table proposals and 1919 on knee reappearances, with today’s bite sized and matter of fact calls for romance.
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London
Beachey Wins Easy in Aviation Meet at Squantum
Lincoln Beachey piloting a bi plane won two events at Squantum Boston. He flew 15 miles to Blue Hill Observatory and back then completed a 33 mile course to the Boston light. The wind was strong, causing other contestants to stay in their hangars.
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Boston
Lincoln Beachey
Blue Hill Observatory
Squantum
Old Papers for Sale at Herald Office
Fragment of an advertisement notes old papers offered at the Herald office. It mentions bidding terms and a sale location, with no specific dates or names readable.
Wapato Seeks Help as Fisher Visit Plans Form
Wapato officials prepare to meet Secretary of the Interior Fisher upon his arrival, with the Wapato Commercial club naming committees to press for funds and development of the Yakima reservation. Appleton notes say arrival timing depends on Tuesday wireless reports, and Fisher will be briefed with data collected during his Alaska trip.
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Wapato
Yakima
Fisher
Wapato Commercial Club
Alaska
North
Suarez Nominated For Vice President In Mexico City
Jose Pino Suarez was nominated for vice president by the progressive party to run with F. I. Madero Jr. for president. The minority refused to back remaining candidates, and Madero was called to defend his ties with Gomez.
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Mexico City
Jose Pino Saarez
Progressive Party
Francisco Gomez
F. I. Madero, Jr
Saarez
Madero
Gomez
General Reyes
Second local horse paces in fast time
Vancouver racing notes show R M Sebastian with well conditioned horses Tom S and King Seal. King Seal placed third and fourth in two heats on a wet two lap track with times 2 20 2 19 and 2 19, while Tom S won the 2 35 pace and in the 2 85 pace finished second then won straight heats amid heavy track conditions. The overall meet suggests strong form and promising competition for Northwest tracks and the State fair mile races.
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Daily
Vancouver
B. C
R. M. Sebastian
Tom
Sherlock Holmes
Contempt warrant sought over Hubbard ditch pollution
An affidavit sworn by L. L. French president of the Natchez and Cowichee Ditch company charges Robert G. Burrill representing Burrill Orchard company with contempt of court for continuing to allow waste water into the Hubbard ditch despite a August 28 temporary injunction. The affidavit states the practice renders Hubbard ditch water unfit for domestic use.
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Hubbard Ditch
Superior Court
L. French
Natchez and Cowichee
Robert G. Burrill
Burrill Orchard Company
Fisher Favors The Pioneers
Skagway Alaska Sept 2 The revenue cutter Tahoma arrived with Secretary Fisher of the interior and party They took a special train to Whitehorse Yukon head of navigation They will steam to Lake Lebarge and return Sunday The secretary said he gained information at first hand and expressed sympathy for the real pioneers of Alaska while rejecting claims from pioneers who stay in hotels in cities away from the north.
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Skagway
Alaska
Tahoma
Fisher
Interior
Whitehorse
Yukon River
Lake Lebarge
White baptiste blouse trimmed with Canton blue accents
A white batiste blouse features scallops eyelets and Canton blue embroidery on the ground. It has a neat turnover stock collar and bow with a trim waist ideal for travel. Pair with a brown mohair suit for a modish ensemble. Old Papers for sale at Herald.
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Batiste
Erry Batiste
Herald
Man proves food value of unusual plants on Oklahoma farm
Samuel Johnson of Logan County demonstrated a day’s menu from broomcorn, kaffir corn, alfalfa, milomaize, cowpeas and other weeds. Breakfast featured alfalfa flapjacks. lunch included cowpeas and elderberry wine. dinner used alfalfa muffins with peanut butter. Johnson claims broomcorn and alfalfa offer viable food uses.
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Guthrie
Okla
Samuel Johnson
Logan County
Johnson
Joseph Thompson
Thompson
Oklahoma
National Association of Alfalfa Millers
Fred L. Wenner
Oklahoma Territorial
Onisha Adopts Commission Form of Government
Voters approved a commission form of government by 5341 to 2345 in a special election. The result shifts city governance to a panel with assigned executive duties, marking a major local political change.
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Omaha
Fatal Parachute Fall During Balloon Display
In Charlotte on September 2 a balloon ascension and fireworks event ended tragically when Ake Brown of Michigan fell from a parachute into a shallow lake and drowned.
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Charlotte
N. C
Ho Brown
Michigan
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George H. Listmann
Miss May Ford
OW. CA
Weevil
Sep
Florence Kelley
Woman's Journal
Pepers
Eale
Heraldefice
Secretary of Interior
Suarez
Mexico
King Seal
Sebastian
Onisha
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