Issaquah Mine Sold to Silver Lake Syndicate
The Silver Lake Syndicate of London has gained control of the Issaquah coal mine and plans a power plant at Issaquah to supply its proposed Renton Issaquah interurban line. The mine has been idle for nearly two years, and the project aims to run a 39 mile route from Renton to Snohomish County connecting with the Seattle Everett line.
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Seattle
Post-Intelligencer
Silver Lake Syndicate
London
Renton
Seattle-Everett
Issaquah
W. W. Sylvester
Bank of Issaquah
D. Calvert
Gill & Farley
Edwin S. Gill
Calvert
Sylvester
Silver Lake
New York
King County
May Creek
Tolt
Cherry Valley
Snohomish County
Gill
Church Conference Ended With Proposals For Uniform Divorce Laws
After a week of discussion the interchurch federation conference adjourned in New York. Delegates urged lawmakers to enact uniform divorce laws and to uphold high standards. They condemned forms of gambling and urged church warnings about lotteries and the appropriation of property in business. They also backed an impartial Congo River Basin inquiry and urged limits on liquor traffic. The debate over the term graft remained unresolved.
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New York
Interchurch Conference On Federation
Waldorf-Astoria
Congo River
Africa
United States
Jesus
Delegates Named To Alaska Representation Delegation
Seattle nov 22 after a lengthy bitter fight the Alaska representation at Washington was settled by electing one delegate from each judicial division the first division named ex gov a p swineford the second division chose r s ryan and the third division selected capt o j humphrey to complete the delegation
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Seattle
Washington
A. P. Swineford
R.S. Ryan
Carl M. Johanson
O. J. Humphrey
Shaw Will Remain In Treasury Post Through Next Session
Washington report says Secretary Shaw will stay as secretary of the treasury until the close of the coming congressional session and perhaps a bit longer. Roosevelt pressed him to remain. Moody and Hitchcock are also considering cabinet changes but will stay awhile longer.
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Washington
Shaw
Moody
Boston
Hitchcock
Interior Department
Roosevelt
Sultan Rejects All Proposals From Powers
Constantinople reports the sultan rejected all proposals from the powers. He told the Austrian ambassador that the two year limit on foreign agents in Macedonian reforms is not permanent. A blockade of Turkish ports is set to begin, with foreign warships assembled off Piraeus to seize Mitylene first and then Lemnos, followed by the Dardanelles blockade.
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Constantinople
Council of Ministers
Porte
Athens
Greece
Piraeus
Mitylene
Lemnos
Dardanelles
New Deal on Baggage
In St Paul Minnesota on November 23 the Western Passenger Association weighs a plan to charge baggage by the passenger stated value rather than by weight. Railroads oppose inflated valued baggage while the current tariff limits losses to 100 dollars per trunk, a contract some say is unenforceable.
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St. Paul
Minn
Western Passenger Association
Seattle Cashier Adams Charged With Embezzling Gold Dust
George K. Adams, longtime cashier at the United States assay office in Seattle, is jailed on charges of embezzling from the government. He admits taking gold dust from pokes for six months, claiming total thefts may reach 35,000 dollars, with 12,000 dollars in cash found on him.
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Seattle
George KE. Adams
United States Assay Office
Adams
Offer received for Lenora mines in Vancouver dispute
Vancouver reports an offer of 100000 for the Lenora mines, a longtime Vancouver Island property at the center of a ownership dispute now moving toward settlement. The Lenora is among the oldest mines on the island and well known to mining men.
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Vancouver
B. C
Lenora
Vancouver Island
Embargo Lifted for Americans Visiting Port Arthur
Tokyo announces that the embargo on Americans seeking to visit Port Arthur to inspect property abandoned in the war will be removed in a fortnight.
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Tokyo
Port Arthur
Ode to Beauty and Battle Echoes From Home
A compact note gathers lines from poetry and a civil war ballad. It juxtaposes Wordsworthian beauty with a soldier’s pledge to stay by the banner. The lament and resolve frame themes of beauty, duty, and sacrifice.
Domestic Servants Then and Now in New England Homes
The piece contrasts the old patriarchal system of household help with modern servants. It notes that former thrifty hired girls gave way to independent workers in shops and factories, while today many domestic workers are mature women with interrupted marriages. The narrator recalls a gaunt, decisive helper who combined practicality with restrained religiosity.
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Martha Baker Dunn
Atlantic Monthly
New England
Aunt Sophia Enlivens Daily Life with Strong Wit
The narrator recalls Aunt Sophia arriving to share life, bringing lively interests and piquant viewpoints. Her sharp sayings and varied household experiences flavor routine, contrasting with modern flippant dwellers. Sophia reads the Bible as eagerly as contemporary readers enjoy popular novels.
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Aunt Sophia
Sophia
Bertha M. Clay
Automated fishing bait mover wins invention
A New York inventor develops a cork bodied fishing float with a tiny motor and gear stop mechanism. The device uses adjustable cork balls to raise arms, disengaging a pin to start the motor and drive a rear propeller enabling controlled motion of the bait in water.
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New York
Barrie’s Kirriemuir and the town’s warm regard
A nostalgic sketch praises Kirriemuir as the birthplace and summer home of Sir James Barrie. The piece notes Barrie’s deep hold on locals and the town’s intimate size about 125 miles north of Glasgow with roughly 5,000 residents.
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Karriemuir
Barrietown
Barrie
Scotland
Kirriemuir
Glasgow
Dundee
Aberdeen
Mr. Barrie
Thoroughgoing road horse draws Ruralist buyer and critique
Hans the ruralist seeks a horse. Bill Lennox offers a five year old road horse at 175 cash, claiming he can go ten miles without stopping. Hans rejects the offer and explains his country distance would force a long walk back. The exchange ends with a note on privacy and public scrutiny.
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Hans
Bill Lennox
Trans
Humorous Jokes Slide Through Cartoons and Quips
A collage of vintage jokes and quips from various papers features exchanges on sleep talking marriage and dating with lines about doctors busi nessmen and a wife in black. anecdotes include a barber shop misread and a cab fare dispute. The tone is light and period newspaper style.
Lost-Twenty-Four Hours in a Philadelphia Print Tale
An old book shop exchange frames a concise moment between a shopper and a new clerk. The clerk explains the store has just opened for the day, while the elderly patron questions availability and familiarity with the title in a city newspaper voice.
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Philadelphia Press
Local Medical and Legal Offices and Hours Listed
Dr Smits Aberdeen General Hospital offers morning and afternoon slots with Crowther Wooding block address and Heron streets. Dr Robb Stapp operates over Hayes and Hayes Bank with broad hours. DF M Robb Stapp and U Kinnison offer dental and legal services with state court practice. Fox attorney at Zelaska Block and Ben Sheers lawyer in Dabney Block listed with contact rooms.
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Crowther-Wooding Block
G and Heron Streets
DF. M. Robb Stapp
Hayes & Hayes Bank
W Mason Contractor and Builder Promotes Plans and Estimates
W Mason, contractor and builder, advertises thirty years of practical experience in preparing plans specifications and estimates for all building work. Office at 94 Heron Street with telephone 626 and guaranteed satisfaction.
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Heron Street
Land Office Defender Promotes Homesteader Aid
Four years register Olympia land office advocates for homesteaders against land jumpers. Understands the law and defends all homesteaders. CONSULT HIM. Room 8 Hayes and Hayes Bank Building Aberdeen Washington.
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Olympia Land Office
Hayes & Hayes Bank Building
Aberdeen
Wash
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Clara
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Bocker
Puck
Tommy
Willie Buskirk
Chicago Record-Herald
Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Cleveland Leader
Cleveland
Johnny
Ben
Tommy Smart
Muggles
Backmedders
Hiram
Chicago Daily News
Mike
Pete
Great Magazine
Life
Indianapolis Star
Paul Smits, M. D
DR. Watkins
Everett E. Lane
D. S
Hayes & Hayes
U. & Kinnison
Market Street
C. Cross
Attorney AT Law
Zelaska Block
Street
Fox
Rrobert E. Taggart
Dabney Block
Ben Sheers
W. Mason
Jesse F. Murphy
Continental
O. C
G Street
Heron
Aberdeen, Wash
Humboldt Saloon
Fred Hewett
South F Street
Hayes & Hayes Bankers
Independent
Grays Harbor, San Francisco
Los Angeles
Grays Harbor
San Francisco
C. E. Burrows Co., Ag
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