Tacoma Tide Lands Sold Near Milwaukee Rail Link Rumor
A deed records 68 acres of tide lands sold near the Puyallup waterway for 3600 dollars an acre, totaling over 250000. Buyers, a Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad faction, also purchased adjacent land as Tacoma Eastern Power grows. Rumors of Milwaukee Line reach Tacoma as tide flats advance in price amid ongoing sales and right of way activity.
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Tacoma
Puyallup Waterway
Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Puyallup
J.T. Woodward
Hanover National Bank of New York
Milwaukee Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Tidewater
Cascade Foothills
Cowlitz Pass
North Yakima
Tacoma Eastern
Painted Rocks
Milwaukee System
Yakima
Norway rejects referendum on Karlstad dissolution pact
In Christiania the storthing voted 109 to 8 against submitting the Karlstad agreement to a referendum and 101 to 16 to accept it. Premier Michelsen argued the throne offer to a Bernadotte member was goodwill but lated framed as outside politics.
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Christiania
Storthing
Karlstad
Norway
Sweden
Micheleon
House of Bernadotte
Osocar
Michelsen
Bernadotte
Washington Timber Wins Broad Medal Harvest at Fair
Washington leads visiting states in the forestry exhibit at the fair with forty awards. Gold medals were earned in nearly every entry and almost everything entered received recognition.
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Portland
Washington
McKenzie praises Puget Sound visit and Lake Washington canal
Gen. McKenzie chief of engineers reports on his Seattle trip and interest in the Lake Washington canal site. He notes Puget Sound fortifications are solid with plans for further improvements and emphasizes guarding approaches to the navy yard as vital to the Northwest.
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McKenzie
Puget Sound
Washington
Alexander McKenzie
United States Army
Pacific Coast
Fortification Board
Seattle
Lake Washington Canal
Navy Yard
McCurdy Family Ties Surface in Insurance Probe
A legislative inquiry into insurance firms gaps recalls large commissions paid by Mutual Life to relatives of president Richard A. McCurdy. Robert H. McCurdy earned over 1.7 million in foreign and domestic commissions, Louis A. Theband totalled about 920 thousand, with expected 110 thousand income for Robert this year.
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New York
Mutual Life
McCurdy
Hughes
Mutual Life Company
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Richard A. McCurdy
Jerome
Robert H. McCurdy
Louis A. Theband
Ramsey Ousted as Wabash President in Board Vote
Joseph Ramsey Jr. is removed from the presidency of the Wabash railroad at a special board meeting in New York. F A Delano is elected successor amid Ramsey’s claim the meeting was illegally called and notes only one day notice was given. Delano assumes office immediately.
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New York
Joseph Ramsey, Jr
Wabash Railroad
F. A. Delano
Rameey
Gould
Delano
Taft seeks delay of coastwise law in Philippines
Secretary Taft plans to urge congress to postpone the Philippines coastwise provision from July 1, 1906, to 1909 due to insufficient American ships. He anticipates strong opposition, notably from Pacific coast interests, as he argues for gradual implementation.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
United States
Philippines
Japanese Navy Squadron to Visit Europe and Americas
A London dispatch reports Admiral Togo will lead Japan’s fleet abroad next year. The Japanese government believes the powerful ships and crews, noted for their wartime record, will reinforce Japan’s standing among nations when they appear in European and American waters.
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New York
Journal
London
Togo
Tokyo
Resting as a Fine Art for Women in Daily Life
The article urges women to relax properly by using elevated supports for feet and supporting the body with chairs, not lying flat. It argues that true rest requires mental and physical relaxation, proper posture, breathing, and a cheerful mindset to transform daily chores into joy, noting nerves suffer when sleep is insufficient for brain repair.
Trimming and Correct Fall of Skirts and Female Role
A moral essay attributed to Elizabeth Bisland argues against rewarding childish demands, urges proper upbringing, and extols motherhood as noble work. It emphasizes female virtue, the sanctity of the body, and the responsibilities of women to sustain race and generation through wise mate choice and noble married love.
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Elizabeth Bisland
Rose Pink Sicilienne Traveling Gown With Velvet Accents
A travel gown features a rose pink Sicilienne shade with an open front coat bodice and a removable low-cut pique waistcoat. A cape collar sits over the shoulders, elbow length lace sleeves, and a deep rose red velvet ribbon adds color. The skirt remains plain with a velvet vent and shirrings for fit.
How to Manage Children
A column argues parents are mainly to blame for unruly behavior and offers guidance on proper management. It stresses calm firmness with delicate children, balanced needs, and avoiding overindulgence. It highlights hunger thirst and sleep as key factors shaping conduct.
A Snow Luncheon Menu Appears In Ice Chilled Desserts
A Snow Luncheon features iced sliced peaches as a first course, snowball cakes rolled in coconut, and white ice cream snowballs. Potatoes accompany chops with melted butter and parsley. The caterer provides decorative ice blocks with frozen flowers and finger bowls formed from water-filled hollows for finger moistening.
Royal era glimpses and courtly anecdotes from remembered days
A collection of brief notes on royal figures and society aunts including Princess Augusta born 1822 as the elder sister of the late Duke of Cambridge. Mme Georgette Leblanc Maeterlinck and the London smart set are noted for fashionable entertainments. The Empress of Russia enjoys perfumes daily. Donations by Mrs. Frederick Ferris Thompson support New York Teachers College and Vassar and Williams College. Lady Dufferin in India is once addressed as your enormity. An Abyssinian missive to Queen Victoria is quoted with quirky nickname rumors of Queen Victoree by Highland tenants.
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Augusta
Grand Duchess of
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Duke of Cambridge
Mme
Georgette Leblanc Maeterlinck
London
Russia
Frederick Ferris Thompson
New York
Teachers’ College
Vassar
Williams College
Dufferin
India
Queen Victoria
Maude Lawrence Appointed Chief Woman Inspector
The Marquis of Londonderry, president of the Board of Education, has appointed the Hon. Maude Lawrence to a new post as chief woman inspector under the board of education. Lawrence, long a London school board figure, will lead a staff of women inspectors across elementary schools, training colleges, and health matters for girls and young women. Miss N Adler elected to London County Council education committee vacancy.
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Marquis of Londonderry
Board of Education
Maude Lawrence
Lord Lawrence
India
First School Board of London
Board of Lucation
Miss Lawrence
London School Board
London County Council
N. Adler
Wittsburg Dispatch
Perfect Health Sleep Schedule and Midnight Habits
The piece emphasizes regular sleep and nightly rhythms as key to health. It cites the proverb about midnight sleep value, notes the 11 pm to midnight period as strongest, and urges two hours around 8 am for recovery. It also mentions nurses initiating midnight stimulation during acute illness to sustain energy.
Mother's Scrapbook on women's roles and lifelong work
The excerpt argues that mothers shape a child's sense of life and duty beyond schooling. It urges allowing women to pursue talents such as running, painting, writing, teaching, and speaking, while treating traditional work as pastimes rather than life’s central task. It emphasizes sacred meaning in early female education.
Pale blue peau de cygne dress description with lace
A pale blue peau de cygne gown features a skirt with three wide tucks above the hem and a full hip-fitting shape. The bodice has a rounded neckline with a lace guimpe and high stock inset, while sleeves include a large elbow puff and lace ruffles.
Professional Cards Listing Local Dentists and Attorneys
A compact page shows professional cards for Dr Paul Smits at Aberdeen General Hospital with fixed office hours and phones, Dr Flverett E Lane at Hayes & Hayes Building, Dr D M Robb Stapp at Hayes & Hayes Bank, U G Kinnison with Market Street address and hours, and attorneys Cross Fox Taggart Sheers with Dabney and Zelaska blocks.
Contractor and Builder Plans and Estimates Offered
Contractor and builder with thirty years practical experience prepares plans specifications and estimates for all building and construction work. Satisfaction guaranteed. Office at 94 Heron Street phone 626.
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Heron Street
Jesse F Murphy Local Land Office Defender
Jesse F Murphy four years register at the Olympia land Office. He understands the law and defends all homesteaders against the jumpers. Consult him in Room 3 Hayes and Hayes Bank Building Aberdeen Washington.
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Olympia Land Office
Hayes & Hayes Bank Building
Aberdeen
Wash
Choicest Wines Liquors and Cigars Always On Hand
Local tobacconist advertises a broad selection of wines liquors and cigars for immediate purchase and enjoyment. Reliable stock and ready service highlighted in a compact shop note.
Hayes and Hayes Banker Firm Advertises Services
Aberdeen Washington bank advertises general banking business foreign and domestic exchanges tax payments for non residents and discounting mill paper. Office hours include 9 to 3 weekdays 9 to 2 Saturday and 7 to 8 in the evening.
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Aberdeen
Wash
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Milwaukee Rail
Washington Timber
Canal and
McCurdys
Ramsey
Wabash
Paul Smits, M. D
DR. Watkins
Crowther-Wooding Block
G and Heron Streets
Flverett
E. Lane, D. D. S
Hayes & Hayes
D. M. Robb Stapp
Hayes & Hayes Bank
U. G. Kinnison
Market Street
Co. Cross
Attorney AT Law
Zelaska Block
G Street
E. H. Fox
Robert E. Taggart
Dabney Block
Ben Sheers
W. Mason
Jesse F. Murphy
Continental
O. C
Heron
Aberdeen, Wash
Humboldt Saloon
Fred Hewett
South F Street
Hayes & Hayes Banker
Independent
Grays Harbor
San Francisco
Los Angeles
C. E. Burrows Co., Ag’ta Aberdeen
WAS
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