Fights in the Air by Daring Aviator William Thaw
New York reports William Thaw the American air fighter who flew for France and earned the Legion of Honor recalls Verdun and Alsace battles. He describes being wounded at 800 yards behind enemy lines, the death of Norman Prince, and the death of German ace Boelke in a collision with a British plane.
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New York
William Thaw
Verdun
No Man's Land
France
Alveri
Alsate
Somme
Paris
Legion of Honor
Norman Prince
Thaw
Prince
Boelke
Severe Winter Forecast From Local Trappers
Trappers in Winona and Mina warn of a severe winter based on muskrat activity. They say muskrats dig homes deeper, signaling thicker walls and harder weather to come. A separate item from La Grange notes a worn 1837 New York Speller found during house repairs.
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Winona
Mina
la Grange
Nat H. Sledge
New York
Open Shop Victory In San Francisco Puts Picketing Ban In Charter
San Francisco voters amended the city charter to prohibit union picketing during labor disputes, a move celebrated as a warning to unions by showing strong support for the open shop. The piece notes workers’ right to choose non union membership and to work where conditions suit them, while discussing the evolving balance between strikes, lockouts, and employer actions.
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San Francisco
Insurance Bureau Warns Against Christmas Tree Fires
The Washington Surveying and Rating Bureau urges using incandescent electric lights rather than candles on trees. It advises placing trees away from drafts, placing gifts beneath rather than on the branches, keeping children away, avoiding celluloid ornaments, and having water buckets or extinguishers ready for emergencies.
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Insurance Rating Bureau
Washington Surveying and Rating Bureau
Bureau
Cattle and Sheep Coexist on Oregon Washington Ranges
District Forester George H. Cecil of Portland says many cattle permittees using National Forest ranges in Oregon and Washington now graze small flocks of 20 to 400 sheep on their ranches. The shift signals a more diversified stock ranch management to sustain sheep supplies reduced by home steading.
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George H. Cecil
Portland
Oregon
National Forest
Washington
Cecil
Federation of Labor Pushes Higher Government Salaries
Washington reports show Federation of Labor agents pressing for nationwide pay raises for all government employees from the president to the last clerk. The demand would add roughly a half billion dollars annually to government costs and comes as Congress considers Alaska railroad continuances.
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Federation of Labor
Washington
Northwest tourism boosts and war post plans loom
The Interstate Commerce Commission ends a long dispute over a 17.50 tourist fare difference by northern routes to the Pacific Coast. Tacoma Pierce county plans a 2 million bond to fund a 25 000 soldier post near American Lake with future maneuvers for national guard. A Pacific Northwest Tourist Association in Seattle advances a two year promotion with Oregon Washington and British Columbia support. Washington Oregon and British Columbia legislatures expected to back funding in 1917 1918.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Pacific Coast
Northwest
Washington
Oregon
Chas. A. Reynolds
State Public Service Commission
Federal Commission
Lister
Mr. Reynolds
Reynolds
American Lake
Pierce County
Secretary of War
Tacoma
War Department
National Guard of States
North Dakota
Spokane
Seattle
Portland
Ore
Victoria
Vancouver
B. C
Pacific Northwest Tourist Association
British Columbia
Pacific Northwest
Europe
East
Pacific North
Tacoma to Build Shipyards and Steel Plant Projects
The announcement details a shipyard construction plan costing about 1.5 million dollars and a steel plant project by an eight million dollar company, outlining major industrial expansion in Tacoma.
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Tacoma
Leavenworth Residents Try Adler-ika Remedy
Many Leavenworth people report quick relief from constipation sour stomach and gas after using Adler-ika a simple buckthorn bark glycerin mix. A few doses allegedly relieve appendicitis and chronic stomach troubles with an instant easy action touting Wheeler's Drug Store advertisement.
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Leavenworth
Adler-ika
Wheeler’s Drug Store
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