Olympia Industry News Highlights Major Building Plans
Olympia Hotel Co. solicits bids for a 100000 dollar seven story steel framed hotel. Winlock Odd Fellows to erect two story brick building. Puyallup Steve Gray plans two story brick apartments. Davenport bids 45000 dollar road contract to Reardon due March 2. Seattle Woodmen of World to build a 105000 dollar apartment. Congress allocates 51000 for Okanogan and 1250009 for Yakima projects. Legislature debates workers right to work.
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Puyallup
Steve Gray
City Council Acts On Appointments Leases And Bids
The mayor confirmed O B Hayes as police judge. Council authorized a lease for the parking strip with the railroad. A $750 city attorney bond was approved. An ordinance on a water and street commissioner was read first time. Bids for city printing were to be solicited. The health officer duties may include city physician. Halfe mining of the city hall caused dispute over painters. compromise allowed start and finish. No new resolutions.
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O. B. Hayes
Woldenburg
Wenatchee visitors and local callers noted
E A LaBare made a business trip to Wenatchee on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs H A Anderson visited at the Martin Christenson home Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Marshall called at the J H Sharpe home Saturday evening. The LaBare and Anderson families shared Sunday dinner at the E A LaBare home. Miss Jones Sterling Brubaker walked from Leavenworth to the P W Van DeGrift place nine miles and stayed with Miss Ethel Scott teaching the Omar Uveratee school. They then rode to Wenatchee and back, visiting relatives and friends.
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H. A. Anderson
Martin Christenson Home
Mrs. Marshall
J. H. Sharpe
C. LaBare
E. A. LaBare
Miss Jones
Miss Sterling
Miss Brubaker
Wenatchee
Leavenworth
P. W. van DeGrift Place
Ethel Scott
Omar Uveratee
Miss Scott
First Aid Bill Backed by Washington Senate Committee
The industrial insurance committee of the Washington state senate signals a favorable report on the first aid bill. It mirrors employers recommendations and includes equal employer and employee contributions of one cent daily, entrusted to the employer, with contract doctors and hospitals, a ten day waiting period, up to 180 days of medical attendance, and reduced compensation for alien workers.
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Industrial Insurance Committee
Washington State Senate
Organized Labor
Special Commission
Magnificence of Antioch in Paul’s Time
In Antioch the Greek rulers left a grand cityscape with marble double colonnades spanning five miles. Promenade trees flowers and fountains lined the routes under cover in wet weather. The era boasted Apollo statue a Nymph theater and baths added by Roman conquerors, all witnessed by Paul per Christian Herald.
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Antioch
Paul
Apollo
Christian Herald
Prices for farm products lowest in five years
The February crop report shows apples and other farm commodities at five year lows for producer prices. Northwestern growers receive 15 to 35 cents more per bushel for apples, while wheat and beef cattle remain high exceptions. The report also lists U S price averages over the past five years.
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United States
Northwest
State capital bills mix politics and irrigation reform
The legislature debates a wide range of measures including a city power to regulate nonrail freight, a governor appointed Supreme Court for 18 years with a 60 retirement age, shifting grain inspection to agriculture, and reducing petition signatures for initiatives. Bills compare last session totals, while irrigation reform seeks a good faith certificate from the public service commission to aid legitimate irrigation firms.
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Wells
Supreme Court
Senator Brown
British Columbia
Washington
Public Service Commission
Orange Growers In Bad Plight Amid Market Strains
The New York Produce News reports Florida and California citrus groups suffer weak markets with large buyers controlling output. Growers regret not taking 60 cents a box, while a Florida seller, Daniel Dusenberry of Lake Como, shows gross loss on 206 boxes after costs around 150 dollars, net only 15.50.
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California
Florida
New York Produce News
Daniel Dusenberry
Lake Como
Spokane Chamber Plans Inland Empire Immigration Drive
The Spokane Chamber of Commerce approved a plan at its February 12 conference to boost the Inland Empire through a testimonial booklet by farmers. The first issue will print 10 000 copies with letters and illustrations from Inland Empire communities, plus local folders 1000 to 2000 words.
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Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Inland Empire
M. E. Hay
Spokane
Old English Army Orders and Siamese Child Rites Feature Vintage Notes
A quirky 1748 English army order forbids white feathers and mocks enlistment quirks while Siamese birth rites describe Dang the red name and guardian spirits. The column also quotes hare hunting’s antique prestige and a Poe aside on melancholy reading habits.
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Siam
A Light Bearer in the Daily Grind
A clerk with modest pay assists others by locating hinges and arranging needs. He smiles not from habit but to show understanding and readiness to help, guiding people through their requests with a practical, calm efficiency.
Psychological Moment Quote From Birmingham Journal
A fragment from the Birmingham Age Herald quotes a speaker noting a “psychological moment” when a son promises to tell his mother he will not be home, tied to a check given to the speaker’s mother. The odd transcription hints at a broader discussion of family dynamics and timing in personal finance.
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Birmingham Age- Herald
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Davenport
Reardon
Seattle
Woodmen of World
Congress
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Yakima Project
Adams County
Hooper—McGregor Land & Live Stock Co
Okanogan Trading Co
Colfax
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Niagara Falls
Hoquiam
Montesano—Surf Packing Co
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Bremerton Navy Yard
Lynden
Sea Beach Packing Co
Aberdeen
Oregon Chair Co
Portland
White River
Enumclaw
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Army and Navy Journal
Eagle Creek
I. M. Howell
State of Washington
Harry F. Giles
State Bureau of Statistics and Immigration
New York
Virginia
Michigan
State Capital News
Winston
Grain Inspection Department
State Agricultural Department
Rome
Wheeler’s City Drug Store
ALD Rexall Agency
D. S
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War Office
London
Milwaukee Journal
Xenophon
Greece
Britain
Nicholas Cox
London Saturday Review
Poe
Mark Fapley
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