Pine Creek Line Construction Contracts Soon Let
Spokane July 7 contracts for the Pine Creek Branch railway in the Coeur d Alenes to be let by Washington Railroad and Navigation follow conferences with the government and mining interests. The line about 14 miles will cost around 300 thousand dollars and four months are needed for construction. The project promises job creation and boosted ore shipments, with antimony and zinc prospects and new mills expanding output along Lookout Mountain and Nabob areas.
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Spokane
Pine Creek
Coeur d Alenes
Washington Railroad
Washington
Kellogg
Coeur d’Alenes
Nabob
Highland Surprise Constitution
Douglas
Lookout Mountain
Northern Light
Denver
San Francisco
Bonder
Constitution
Highland Surprise
Nabob Consolidated
Lookout Moun Perty
Lowser
Stat
Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene Antimony Company
Sub Chaser at Juneau Alaska Summer Patrol
A submarine chaser has been stationed at Gastineau Channel to protect cannery and transportation interests from potential pro German or I W W activity. Seasonal cannery fires in Southeast Alaska last summer prompted this United States patrol presence. The chaser arrived with the Explorer, which will proceed to Prince William Sound for summer patrol duty.
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Juneau
Alaska
Gastineau Channel
Explorer
Prince ‘William Sound
Packers Profiteering Charge Draws FTC Report Debate
Morris & Company Swift & Company Wilson & Company defend meat packers against Federal Trade Commission profits claims. They argue the three-year profit of 140 million dollars on over four and a half billion in sales is a fair wartime return, not monopoly exploitation, and that profits are reinvested to finance stock, expansion, and wartime demand.
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Federal Trade Commission
Try
and Navy
First Aid Training Begins Tonight for Miners in Butte
At 7 o'clock in Judge Lamb's courtroom miners will start first aid training led by the United States Bureau of Mines in preparation for the big field day on July at Columbia Gardens. Lectures involve officials from A C M company and local mines with Earl Sparks guiding a program. Butte aims to outdraw Burke Idaho for attendance, with arrangements to accommodate all attendees at the courthouse.
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Judge Lamb
Hutte
Columbia Gardens
United States Bureau of Mines
John L. Boardman
A.C. ME
Angus Meteo
Butte
Davis
Daly
Earl T. Sparks
Bureau of Mines
Bureau of Mines Rescue Car
Burke
Idaho
Coeur d'Alene
Alaska Gold Found Long Ago by Telegraph Crew
Anchorage reports that gold was first found in Alaska in 1866 by a Western Union telegraph party testing a land line between Europe and the United States across Alaska and Siberia. The find occurred on Arctic shores, foreshadowing later Klondike and Nome rushes.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Mall
Western Union ‘Telegraph Company
Europe
United States
Siberia
B. B. Libby
Arctic Tay
Klondike
Nome
Russia
Western Union
Non poisonous drink 15 used to kill the fly
Health department warns against a hazardous practice described as the non poisonous drink 15 used to kill a fly. Campaigners note dangers from improper handling and potential poisoning of children in households. The notice outlines risks and urges disposal and safety precautions.
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Bontiltattn
Campaigners of
Bute Ieee Daslns
Aris
Pacaiy
Rita
Grinantes
Health Department
Washington casualty list reports key war losses and wounded
The army casualty list shows 25 killed in action 17 died of wounds and several wounded including Privates Cronin Gladue Gray Sullivan Wenatchee and Mudd with patients from Washington Oregon and Montana. The marine corps list records 3 killed in action 13 died of wounds and 38 wounded severely.
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Washington
E Predierick Gust Shelleppin
N. D
Burg
Toppen
Severly
Daniel Cronin
Hyatteville
Wyo
Mike Gladue
Walter Gray
Loma
Merrick
TF. Sullivan
West Street
Butte
Montsoner
William C. Wenatchee
Wash
Ben Mudd
North
Seattle
Frank M Hensley
Marine Corps
City Plague Fear Prompts Urgent Action
Citizens urged to act swiftly to curb a looming health threat as preventative measures are emphasized to stop the spread and protect vulnerable groups. Officials warn delay could worsen illness and birth outcomes.
Gumshoe Overtures Not To Be Tolerated
Swiss press report central powers agents seeking talks with Allied representatives in Switzerland. The efforts are rebuffed as open negotiations only, with no underhand methods allowed. Reports from Prague indicate bread ration mutiny among troops, cheese in the supply lines, and a spreading mutinous mood tied to shortages.
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New York
London
Switzerland
Tageblatt
Prague
Italy
Railways paid large compensation for thefts in 1917
Prussian railways disbursed about 15 million dollars in 1917 for stolen goods compared with 1.08 million dollars in 1914. The article notes possible future employment of women as railway postal clerks.
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Pine Creek Line
O.W. R. & N. Company
Poly
Dustries. F
Federal Trade Commi
Sinopoly
Morris & Company
Swift & Company
Wilson & Company
Piane
Iccident. Sempatead
N.Y
Sen Giafelico Gino
Rallying Corps
Gino
Antonio Silvio Tesnatt
Mineola Tast
Tate
Elizabeth
James I
Charles II
Rome
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