Education Visualized in The Motion Picture
The motion picture industry grows as a power medium of instruction offering color images of Macbeth and daily life. Elbert Hubbard notes color films can educate and entertain, citing Browning’s Pippa Passes and scenes from David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, Vanity Fair, and Daniel Deronda. Prominent writers like Long, Ade, Wiggin transition to film, drawn by opportunity and pay. Color reels reduce flicker, improving viewing.
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Hoboken
New Jersey Flats
Elbert Hubin
Browning
Pippa
Detroit
France
Bernhardt
Southern
Marlow
Marshall P. Wilder
David Copperfield
Oliver Twist
Vanity Fair
Daniel Deronda
John Luther Long
George Ade
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Unique sixty day egg laying contest at Washington State Fair
At North Yakima the state fair hosts a thirty three pen egg laying contest with seven birds per pen. Twenty four breeds compete for cash prizes and honors as weekly bulletins track each pen’s progress. The final scores on Sept. 26 reveal the best layers among the listed owners and breeds.
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Washington
North Yakima
Washington State Fair
Buff Plymouth Rocks
Ella Plank
Woodburn
Ore
American Dominiques
Alta Plank
C. White
J. R. Schwartze
James A. Parkinson
W. B. Williams
Minorcas
G. C. Lincoln
Prosser
Wash
C. L. Miller
T. Dwight Whitman
Tacoma
H. W Sprague
W. F. Black Spanish
Emskamp & Company
Spokane
John Dollenbacher
Selah
Wyandottes
O. F. J. Deysenroth
Colfax
R. T. Stone
Keystone
H. W. Sprague
Plymouth Rocks
J. K. Reed
J W. Bingham
Golden Rule Poultry Farm
Cheney
Rhode Island Reds
H A. Durr
Fred A. Johnson
Black Orpingtons
Frank P. Whetzel
Winona
Anconas
Mounsey Bros
Kennewick
Black Leghorns
J. A. Parkinson
White Wyandottes
A F. Linse
Auburn Poultry Farm
Auburn
White Leghorns
Spectacular Cortes Pageant to Open Spokane Fair Week
Spokane Interstate Fair showcases a nightly spectacle recreating Cortes conquest of Mexico with 400 performers, Aztec and Spanish costuming, staged with historical detail. The climax features burning of the city and fireworks worth 1500 dollars nightly, plus band concerts, vaudeville, log chopping, firemen tournament, and miners drill contests. Night admission is 25 cents. grandstand same price.
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Cortes
Mexico
Prescott
Montezuma
Tenochtitlan
Iztaccihuatl
Mexitli
Huitzilapochtl
Spokane
Palouse
Proposed Washington recall amendment to constitution article one
State publication explains a 1912 ballot measure to add new sections 33 and 34 authorizing voter recall of elected officers. It details recall petition requirements, required voter percentages, legislative duties, and ballot wording for and against the proposal.
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State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of
Washington
Olympia
Northern Pacific seeks land in Washington under 1898 Act
United States Land Office note records Northern Pacific Railway Company proposing to select Northeast quarter and Southeast quarter of section six, township six north range twenty eight east, W M in Walla Walla. protest affidavits due by September 30, 1912. lands not coal land. official stamps show dates Sept 6 to Oct 11.
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United States Land Office
Walla Walla
Washington
Northern Pacific Railway Company
St. Paul
Minnesota
Ney
W. M
Connely vs Connely Quiet Title Suit In Kennewick
In Benton County Washington George W Connely sues Viola Connely to quiet title on real estate at the southwest corner of Tract Cc N P Irrigation Co Amended Plat Kennewick. The suit seeks official court action with a 60 day response window starting September 6 1912. L Holcoms attorney listed with Kennewick address.
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State of Washington
Benton County
George W. Connely
Viola Connely
Attorne
N. P. Irrigation Company
Kennewick
L. Holcoms
P. O
Wash
Notice of Original Assessment for Kennewick districts
Public notice lists Local Improvement Districts in Kennewick for sidewalk and curb works. It details Blocks 4-5, First Addition, various additions, tracts, and rights of way, with payment options by bonds or installments, and specifies a 30 day window from first publication for full payment. Signed by City Treasurer J. L. Johnson.
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Kennewick
Amon
J. L. Johnson
Beach
Menhinick
Morain
Weisel
Northern Pacific Irrigation Company
Awashbaston Street
Onds
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Walla Walla County Fair
Tigano
W. A. Ritz, Sec
Miss
Yakima
Parker
Children's Industrial Department
Northwest
H. B. Averill, Secreta
Jr North
Spokane Interstate Fair
Legal Publications
I. M. Howett
John H. McDonald
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