Will Lease or Rent River Tract with Farm Features
Hover Investment Company seeks lease or rental of a riverfront tract with fruit and strawberries in good condition. Will sell to a suitable buyer on reasonable terms or cash. Also notices Finnley farm position: reliable steady man wanted with $35 monthly wage plus board. references required by Capt. S. A. Hoyt.
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Fifth and
Yakima Streets
Hover Investment Co
Hover Investment Company
Finley
S. A. Hoyt
Coats and Marks Basket Factory Seeks More Operators
We have increased our piecework rate to 12c per hundred instead of the 10c rate which we have been paying. We need several more operators at once. See L. H. Marks, Mgr., this week. Coats and Marks Basket Factory.
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L. H. Marks
Mgr
Coats and Marks Basket Factory
Adv
Left Hand Value and Greenwich Lace Measure
A discussion on left hand utility notes most people use the right hand more, with left hands often underused yet capable of strength. A traveler recalls Greenwich Observatory where his wife uses lace as a simple measure beside the clock, highlighting ordinary objects as standards of time.
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New York Sun
Greenwich Observatory
Greenwich
Observatory
New York Times
Outguessing In Baseball And The Chilling Reply
A discussion on baseball strategy shows how batters may be outguessed by pitchers who throw strikes on balls or wait for timing to deceive. The piece contrasts misdirected eye and mind tricks with how pitches curve or jump to prevent contact. It then shifts to a legal quip about a counsel’s snow metaphor in a damages suit, noting the reply that the snow has covered all the ground quickly.
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O. H. Claudy
St. Nicholas
Washington
Nelson Love Letter from English Harbor an Antigua affair
In West Indian tales Nelson on the Leeward Islands station recounts his engagement to Miss Frances Nisbet and marriage in Nevis. A love letter to his dear Fanny describes resisting sea‑passion lore with salt water jokes and growing longing as absence worsens.
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Nelson
Algernon E. Aspinall
English Harbor
Antigua
Leeward Islands
Frances Nisbet
Nevis
Fanny
Overhead Picture Gallery in Kuwaiti Sheikdom
Description of an Arab border town Kuwait at the head of the Persian Gulf with mud walls and one-story houses. the sheik’s palace features a striking room with a Persian rug and a ceiling adorned with gilt frames of queens and actresses from Bombay bazaars. noted as an odd Arab touch.
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Kuweit
Persian Gulf
Bombay
Christian Herald
King George of Greece On Royal Boredom and Baldness
The Liverpool Post recalls King George of Greece noting royal boredom from public watching. He quips his hair vanished from fatigue of standing to please others’ consciences, portraying a humorous view of monarchy and self image.
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George
Greece
Liverpool Post
First National Indian Congress at Spokane Interstate Fair
The Spokane fairgrounds host the First National Indian Congress during the week of September 15 with tribes from the Northwest and beyond. Delegations include the Nez Perces Yakimas Blackfeet Flatheads Kalispells Crees Colvilles Snakes Sioux and Crows. Indians camp on site and perform tribal sports dances and a night show reenacting General Custer's last fight.
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Northwest
National Indian Congress
Spokane Interstate Fair
Spokane
Nez Perces
Yakimas
Blackfeet
Flatheads
Kalispells
Colvilles
Snakes
Crows
Inland
General Custer
Fair Grounds
First National Indian Congress
United States Department of Indian Affairs
Indian Affairs Committees
United States House and Senate
National Society of American Indians
Fair Association
Local residents report travel and medical updates
G A Stewart returns from Republic Washington business trip. Mrs M W Mattecheck comes back from a month near Portland Oregon. Mrs D E Stull and Virginia return from a Coast visit. Dr Crosby seen on crutches after a fall injuring his leg. J B Hayden leaves warm weather duties after reading his wife letters. Mrs E E Siler and children Elizabeth and John return from six months east tour. Mr Siler back to work with Fruit and Produce Co.
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G. A. Stewart
Republic
Wash
M. W. Mattecheck
Portland
Oregon
D. E. Stull
Virginia
Dr. Crosby
J. B. Hayden
E. E. Siler
Elizabeth
John
East
Siler
The
Fruit & Produce Co
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Jersey
W. R. Crawford
Bay Team
Kennewick Drag Line
Kennewick
John Eichner
Kennewick Hardware
Kennewick Harness Co
Hotel
Canaries
M. B. Sterling
Pasco
F. W. LeMasurier
Eagles Ranch
Hoard
A. H. Poston & Sons
Carley
Seattle
Omar W. Rich
Pioneer
Clark
J. Sercombe
Munn S Co
Scientific American
New York
Washington, D.C
Schillings
Stull
Willa
Hamilton
Stanton’s Insurance Office
Strel
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co
General Electric
Asule
Pacific Power & Light Ca
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