Law Making at the State Capital in Washington
Washington state lawmakers report a busy session with 18 bills passed in six weeks and more measures advancing. Key actions include abolition of the tax commission, reorganizing land and equalization boards, and bills repealing liquor prohibition via a proposed referendum in 1916. The constitutional convention plan is dropped for now, and a direct initiative abolition bill is introduced in the House.
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Senate
Olympia
Cheney Normal School
National Guard
Pierce County
State Tax Commission
State Land Board
Board of Equalization
House
Washington
Tax Commission
Washington State Tax Commission
Senate Rules Committee
Savidge
Republica
Howell
Public Service Commission
Lister
Metcalf
Pierce
Whitney
State Republican Committee
Nichols
King
Land Board
Secretary of State
Equalization Board
Office of Excise Commissioner
Conner
King County
Senate Constitutional Revision Committee
Industrial Insurance Commission
Commissioner of Labor
Hull
Alcor and Mizur Form Bright Double Star Pair
The two stars Mizur and Alcor form a naked eye double star system. Alcor is now known to be a double star itself and to vary in brightness with a feeble amplitude. The variation is attributed to eclipsing elliptic companion stars and a near alignment of their orbit.
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Harlow Shapley
Witch
Cleveland Lain
Sugar in diet linked to taller young women says London doctor
A London physician argues that rising heights in English and American girls and teens stem from increased sugar intake. He notes Britain and the United States have quadrupled saccharine consumption in 20 years and cites statistics of greater height and weight as evidence, predicting this explanation will stand until a better one appears.
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London
Great Britain
America
Words of Curse Among the Yezidees Described
The London Spectator notes the Yezidee sect shuns specific words and letters deeming them cursed. They consider uttering terms like devil or Satan a mortal offense and forbid many words sharing sounds such as shun. They replace forbidden terms with alternative phrases and even ban the word wallet to avoid divine retribution.
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Hell
London Spectator
Profit in Golden Seal for Woodland Growers
A Green's Fruit Grower writer recommends planting golden seal in unused woodland for easy profit. Roots now fetch 5.50 per pound with leaves and stems at 0.25 per pound. mature roots in three years allow ongoing harvests. Demand from druggists and doctors ensures a ready market.
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Green
Showdown at Westminister Club Over Charles I Critique
Dramatic critic J Comyns Carr angered manager Mr Bateman by a sharp notice of the play Charles I. Bateman hosted a supper at the Westminister club, then banged the table and proclaimed he does not stage plays to please Carr. A silence followed until a witty quip eased tension.
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J. Comyns Carr
Bateman
Westmaster Club
Lyceum Theater
Comyns Carr
Fires and coal laws and a Tudor will in London
The excerpt discusses a luxury fire scene in England and a will of Richard Burchett granting Nell his chamber and fyer rights while she is widowed. It notes coal imports to London, 1306 coal burning laws, Tower records of trials, and the similarity of chemical composition between the human body and food with water making up about sixty percent.
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England
Richard Burchett
London
Tower
London Graphic
Whistler and His Grocer Tale of a Large Bill
Whistler once ran up a £600 tab with a Chelsea greengrocer who pressed for payment. He dismissed the dispute as publicity and proposed a weekly future account. The grocer left unpaid, receiving two nocturnes in payment two nocturnes, one the blue upright Valparaiso.
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Whistler
Pennells
Chelsea
Valparaiso
Codex Sinaiticus Published for Russia after Crimean War
The Codex Sinaiticus, the earliest New Testament manuscript, was published at Russia’s expense after the Crimean War. It covers much of the Vladang New Testaments and was found at the Convent of St Catherine on Mount Sinai by Imschbendorf, dated to the fourth century.
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Alexander II
Russia
Calamity of a Twin Mystery Told by Mother
A tale recounted by a mother about her twin daughters Della and Stella. At birth nurses swapped their ribbons and neither mother nor nurse could identify which girl was which. When the sisters were seven, one died and the surviving parent never learned which twin perished. A child named Tot cries that it was her mother who died at seven. The account is drawn from Youth's Companion.
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Tot
Della
Stella
Mother
Was Probably Serious in Sailors’ Quip on Sea Horses
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch fragment recalls a witty exchange aboard a boat where the bosun questions if a young woman asked the captain about sea horses and being bitten, prompting curiosity from the mate. The odd humor hints at maritime life and gossip aboard.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Rhineland Legend Of Three Robbers Ends In Death
A Rhineland tale tells of three German robbers who seize loot and plan to retire. One is sent away to buy provisions for a last revel, while the other two plot to murder him for sole possession. They kill him, but the victim had poisoned part of the provisions to claim all the spoil. The trio are found dead together.
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Lister
Senator Wray
Wray
Senate
House
Rhineland
Sloan's Liniment for Neuralgia Relief
Sufferers of neuralgia are advised to apply Sloan's Liniment over the painful area without rubbing. It penetrates quickly to soothe irritated nerves and offers rapid relief with a 25 cent bottle from any druggist, backed by money back satisfaction. Congress allocates 10,000 dollars for Ellensburg post office and a new Baker River bridge at Concrete is planned.
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Sloan
Congress
Ellensburg
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ALCOR
Baker River
Leavenworth
Charles Eckhart
Harrington
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
Lamb
Davis Lumber Co
Peshastin
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