High prices blamed on manufacturer conspiracy and tariff
An Omaha World Herald summary reports wholesale grocers alleging a criminal price fixing scheme by manufacturers to raise staple costs. Contracts force wholesalers to sell at inflated prices, with penalties for undercutting. The piece critiques enforcement failures under the Sherman Act and cites the Specialty Manufacturers Association. An Elmo girls basketball game against Aberdeen was postponed due to illness.
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New York
United States
New York World
Boston
Specialty Manufacturers’ Association
Department of Commerce and Labor
Omaha World-Herald
Elmo
That City
Aberdeen
Commercial Job Printing at Herald Printery
Advertises mode rate printing services at Herald Printery located at 408 East Wishkah Street offering commercial job printing options at standard rates.
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Herald Printery
East
Wishkah Street
Brown Files Charges Against State Dental Board
Dr. Edwin J. Brown accuses the Washington state board of dental examiners of colluding with the Dental Society and others to favorlicensing outcomes and to persecute dissenters. He alleges improper fees, quiz classes, and lack of lawful examinations since 1902, asking for an inquiry and potential board removal.
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E. J. Brown
Seattle
Edwin J. Brown
State Board of Dental Examiners
P. L. Allen
Legislative Investigation Committee
H. O. Fishback
W. C C. McMaster
State Fair Association
North Yakima
Allen
Brown
State Board
State Dental Board
Dental Society
National Dental Society
Washington
Combine
Dental Board
Board of Dental Examiners
Legislative Committee
Dental Combine
Apex Coal buys Lewis County lands in Washington
Apex Coal company of Seattle has purchased eight hundred acres of coal lands in Lewis county from A. D. Devonshire of Montesano and W. B. Lowrie of Aberdeen. The sale was closed in Portland by Col. William H. Garland. The site lies near Chehalis and an engineering team will begin work, starting with a three mile spur to connect to the Northern Pacific main line. Continuous mine development will follow.
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Seattle
Lewis County
Apex Coal Company
A. D. Devonshire
Montesano
Northern Pacific
Northern Pacific pays Indians for right-of-way in Hoquiam
Officials of the Northern Pacific Railway visited the Quinsault Indian reservation and paid about $10,000 to tribe members for right-of-way through the reservation. The settlement was made at a pow-wow convened by Chief Mason, and the payment is seen as paving the way for the road’s extension from Moclips to the straits.
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Hoquiam
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Quinsault Indian Reservation
Mason
Moclips
Straits
Aberdeen Herald Grays Harbor chronicle notes twice weekly
The Aberdeen Herald provides a local chronicle of Grays Harbor happenings in a twice weekly edition priced at $1.50 per year in advance.
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Aberdeen Herald
Grays Harbor
Aberdeen manager defends baseball bid after league removal
In Portland C H Rowland and J K Bowes of Aberdeen defend their club amid Northwest League expulsion. Rowland claims motive was business and recounts failed stock plans in Tacoma and other cities while noting Aberdeen sent $1,500 for players. He vows Aberdeen will not step back from baseball.
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Portland Telegram
Aberdeen
Northwest League
C. H. Rowland
J. K. Bowes
Aberdeen Baseball Club
Portland
Rowland
Walter McCredie
Lucas
McCredies
Cooney
McCredie
Dugdale
Shroeder
Brown
Schreeder
Tacoma
Seattle
Dugdale, Cohn, Brown and Screeder
Warrants William Costello. Vancouver telegram seeks logger
Sheriff Payette received a tele gram from Vancouver on Wednesday asking for information on William Costello a logger whose father died by suicide here. The message asks to inquire in camps and be sent to Knott coroner. Sheriff seeks help locating the man.
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Ed Payette
Vancouver
William Costello
Knott
Washington targets beef trust over meat prices
The U S Department of Justice plans to prosecute the so called beef trusts led by Swift Morris and Armour with the National Packing company. Investigations by special agents span months and may start with a Chicago grand jury. Civil and criminal actions are possible against firms and individuals to dissolve the National Packing company under the Sherman act.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Department
Chicago
Swift & Co
Morris & Co
Armour & Co
National Packing Company
National Corporation
Meat Prices Fall Nationwide as Boycott Spreads
The meat boycott gains momentum across cities including Milwaukee and Cleveland. Porterhouse and sirloin quoted at 10 cents a pound in Milwaukee with wholesale beef down 15 cents per hundred pounds in Cleveland. Cleveland touts 30,000 signatures, Kansas City near 80,000. Packing house leaders decline comment.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Cleveland
Denver
Sam Dutton
Western Hotel Men’s Protective Association
St. Paul
Kansas City
Omaha
Memphis
Pittsburg
San Francisco
Grays Harbor Seeks Jetty Report For War Department
W J Patterson retirement as Chamber of Commerce head prompts a telegram from United States Senator Jones. He urges Grays Harbor groups to ask Matt Katz Seattle engineer to send his jetty estimates to the war department promptly. Trustees plan sale of the parsonage and build a new pastor home costing 4000 dollars at Second and I streets.
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W. J. Patterson
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Jones
Grays Harbor
Matt Katz
U. Engineer
Seattle
War Department
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Methodist Church
First
Second
Ward Boundaries Description for All City Wards
The text outlines current ward and precinct boundaries for six wards. It details the starting points, streets, river boundaries, and city limits for each ward including First through Sixth wards and their respective precincts, noting river meanders and street lines used to define the divisions.
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First Ward
Aberdeen
Miles Street
First Precinct
River
Second Ward
Wishkah
E Street
First Street
First
F Streets
I Street
H Street
EK Street
Wishkah River
Third Ward
Heron Street
Heron
Eighth
Broadway
City Limits
E Streets
EF Street
F Street
Eighth Street
Fourth Ward
Chehalis River
Division Street
L Street
Fifth Ward
Third
Division
Sumner
Heron Streets
Fifth Street
Sixth Ward
L Streets
West City Line
State Must Prove Freez'Em Is Harmful
William Evans among 27 meat dealers convicted under pure food laws won a favorable ruling in Judge Ronald's division that the state must prove the preservative damages meat. The jury was dismissed and the prosecutor will appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Seattle
William Evans
Justice Courts
J. T. Ronald
Superior Court
Supreme Court
Republicans force Ballinger-Pinchot probe lineup vote
In a 136 145 18 vote the House ousted Rainey from the Ballinger-Pinchot investigation committee and the caucus split between Republicans and insurgents. Democrats argued the minority should name its representatives, while Sen. Gore and others watched as Poindexter broke with the party to back Democratic nominees.
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Washington
House
Rainey
Ballinger-Pinchot
Clayton
Dem
Ala
Lloyd
Mann
McLachlan
Cal
Lundin
Young
N. Y
Cary
Wis
Cooper
Lindbergh
Minn
Poindexter
Wash
Madison
Kan
Nelson
James
Democratic Party
Taft
Ballinger
Clark
Interior Department
Mr. Clark
Se Nator Gore
Oklahoma
Austerlitz
Republican Party
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Seattle Company
Lewis County Coal Lands
Brown and Cohn
After Beef Trust
Chicago Grand Jury
Rexall
Eaton & Swaney
Pointdexter Firm
Pointedexter
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