Recommendations Outline of Report of Insurance Committee
The Times reports the insurance investigating committee will push policy holder participation, expanded supervision by the insurance department, and greater disclosure. It calls for audited accounts, standard policy forms, limits on deferred dividends, safeguards against forfeiture, fair profit allocation to policy holders, and curbs on subsidiary control and risky investments.
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New York
the Times
Times
Legislative Insurance Investigating Committee
Insurance Department
Atkinson Opinion on State Maximum Freight Rates
Olympia January 3 Attorney General John D Atkinson issues a detailed opinion on whether the 1897 maximum freight rate law was repealed by the 1893 and 1905 acts The opinion suggests the 1897 rate could stay in force until the railroad commission formally sets new rates and notes the ruling may guide upcoming commission action and procedures.
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Olympia
Jan
John D. Atkinson
State Railroad Commission
Railroad Commission
Wedding date named for Roosevelts’ daughter
President and Mrs. Roosevelt announce the wedding of Miss Alice Roosevelt to Representative Longworth of Ohio. The ceremony will be held Saturday February 17 at 12 noon in the East Room of the White House.
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Washington
Demand grows for state lands in Olympia
State lands show active demand despite higher prices. During the past year 587 applications to purchase school and granted lands were filed, 100 applications to buy second class tide and shore lands, and 4 for harbor areas, reflecting a robust market in Olympia.
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Olympia
Ore Wat
Portland and Seattle Railway seeks right of way through Horse Heaven
The Portland and Seattle Railway Company filed with the state land commissioner for a right of way across section 36 township 8 range 30 east in Benton county, northwest from Wallula. The route would pass through the Horse Heaven country.
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Olympia
Portland & Seattle Railway Company
State Land Commissionner
Benton County
Wallula
Horse Heaven Country
Open Door and Moroccan Conference Unclear on U S Role
American delegates White and Gummere enter the Moroccan conference uncommitted to French or German positions. Washington notes the U S claims historic rights and duties in Morocco and hints at no stance on policing the frontier between Germany and France.
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Washington
France
Berlin
Germany
United States
Messrs. White
Gummere
America
Morocco
Meditteranean
France’s military activity attributed to Etienne shift
Paris reports that a diplomat cites a change from Berteaux to Etienne as the main cause of renewed French military activity. Etienne’s vigorous policy seeks army efficiency not belligerence, with Morocco possibly influencing alertness.
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Paris
M. Berteaux
M. Etienne
Morocco
Germany buys 20000 freight cars amid French troop movements
Berlin Jan 4 The railway administration ordered 20000 freight cars at 50 million dollars from five countries with delivery by mid February and car works in Germany. Officials say the move is a precaution for March troop movements given French artillery shifts toward the German frontier, not a hostile act.
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Berlin
Germany
France
Dr James Watson Resigns as Vancouver School Superintendent
An Oregonian special from Vancouver reports Dr James Watson resigned after eighteen years as superintendent of the state school for defective youth at Vancouver. Gov Mead M F Kin caid on the state board of control appoints T P Clark to succeed Watson. Clark has three years experience with the Oregon state institution for deaf mutes at Salem.
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Portland
Oregonian
Vancouver
Wash
James Watson
Mead
M. FF
Kincaid
State Board of Control
T. P. Clark
Watson
Clark
Oregon State Institution For
Salem
Danny Deever Hangings Recalled in Kipling Ballad
Poem recounts Danny Deever’s hanging as bugle calls sound and soldiers march by his coffin. Files-on-Parade and the Color Sergeant discuss the grim event, with Nine Hundred of his county and the regiment's disgrace noted.
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Danny Deever
Danny
Rudyard Kipling
Specialist Calamity: London Doctor Protests Medical Specialism
Dr. G C Franklin argues that growing specialization in medicine risks narrowing practice and weakens generalist care. He cites eye ear spine skin and throat specialists and warns of a mushroom growth driven by chicanery while praising honest specialization and urging patients to avoid false specialists.
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G. C. Franklin
Franklin
The
London Mail
Fraudulent advertisers push cures without patients
The text condemns ista-enterprising advertisers who claim to cure diseases unseen by patients and who use daily press and religious magazines to push fraudulently impossible claims. It highlights the need for scrutiny of such schemes and warns readers against these deceptive practices.
Womanly manliness and modern girls in sport and study
A wide commentary on women adopting masculine airs and pursuing hockey, lectures, and serious study. The piece questions scaremongers while noting women’s athletic and intellectual activism, then shifts to lighter quips about cigars and social scenes. It closes with jokes from papers on everyday life.
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Canton
London Telegraph
Multiple Local Professionals Advertised in Aberdeen
Dr. Paul Smits at Aberdeen General Hospital lists 10 to 13 and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm hours with a Crowther Wooding block office on G and Heron streets. R Fox in Postoffice Block offers building plans and estimates with 30 years experience. Olympia land office advertises four years register and homestead defense in Room 8 Hayes and Hayes Bank Building.
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Crowther-Wooding Block
G and Heron Streets
Heron Street
Olympia Land Office
Hayes & Hayes Bank Building
Aberdeen
Wash
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Demend
Portland & Seattle Line
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London
L. Marston
Washington Post
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Watkins
Hayes & Hayes
M. Robb Stapp
Hayes & Hayes Bank
Ers
A. G. Kinnison
Market Street
Co. Cross
Attorney AT Law
Zelaska Block
R. # Fox
Rrowmert E. Taggart
Dabney Block
Ben Sheers
Mason
Jesse F. Murphy
Continental
O. C
G Street
Heron
Aberdeen, Wash
Humboldt Saloon
Fred Hewett
South F Street
Blum & Elene
Independent
Grays Harbor
San Francisco
Los Angeles
C. E. Burrows Co., Ag
Tacoma
Seattle
All Points East
Hoquiam
Ocosta
H. B. Elder
N. P. Ry
Charlton, A. G. P
N. P. Ry. Co
Oregon
W. Johnson Transfer Co
S. F Street
Roslyn Coal
Ce. J. Bradley
State Bank
N. E
H Streets
Hayes & Hayes Bankers (Incorporated
A. Ingebrightsen
Central Restaurant
M. Antich
Heron and
Wishkah
Boston
Toronto
Montreal
Atlantic Lines
Phil S. Locke
J. W. Draper
F. C
Fred Redinger
Pioneer Barber Shop
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