Ex Peddler Rich Shares Profits With Firm Helpers
Bernhard Blitzer, New York gas and electric fixture pioneer, arrived from Austria with 19 cents and grew a Bowery business started in 1903. He distributed over 15000 among 27 department heads and sales staff, announcing future profit sharing for those who contribute to the company’s growth.
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New York
Bernhard Blitzer
Austria
Bowery
Blitzer
Hotel Belleclaire
Gas Company of
Charles A. Gottesman
Girl Kills 7200 Flies in Joliet Ten-Year-Old Champion
Joliet Illinois residents celebrate a flyless city as 3 000 school children tally nearly a million killed in three weeks. Elizabeth Louch age ten tops with 7 200 flies in two days and 5 500 in six hours. Each 100 killed earned a movie ticket. Dr E J Higgins, health commissioner, says the early year total may prevent 200 million later deaths.
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Joliet
Ill
Two Wrongs Made a Right in Back-to-Back Falls
In New Martinsville West Virginia Mrs Ever Ett Shepherd on Clinton Street fell and dislocated her knee. Her husband assisted her to her feet and fell on the porch. The second fall popped the knee back into place. In Stevens Point Wisconsin R L Pope finds a robin family occupying a manure spreader wheel, leaving it idle.
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New Martinsville
W. Va
Everett Shepherd
Clinton Street
Stevens Point
Wis
R. L. Pope
Waupaca
Republican primaries loom large in Washington politics
Seattle's political notes show Republicans dominate filings with the Secretary of State since July 14 while Democrats eye raid strategy to influence primaries. King County frets over new voting machines lacking second choice capability and Dr. William E. Cass files for Democratic Governor nomination opposing Governor Lister citing his prior actions and recent public exchanges.
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Olympia
East
Bob Hodge
King County
William E. Cass
Vancouver
Wash
Lister
Cass
Judge Black
U. S. Army
Sedro Woolley
Board of Control
Canning Without Sugar Practical at Home
The State Experiment Station at Pullman will issue a bulletin on Canning Without Sugar. It explains that most fruits can be canned without sugar, preserving natural flavor and digestibility. It covers Cold Pack and Open Kettle methods, tin canning, sugar options, and tips to save labor and preserve fruit, with the bulletin obtainable from the Agricultural College in Pullman, Washington.
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State Experiment Station
Pullman
J. S. Caldwell
Bulletin
Experiment Station
Agricultural College
Wash
Safeguard Your Child From Worms With Kickapoo
Public health warning urges care for pale dull or irritable children possibly suffering from worms. Kickapoo Worm Killer lozenges recommended as a pleasant quick remedy. Available at druggists for 25 cents.
Idaho's Famous Garden Rich Farm Valley Auction Feb 25
The Boise river valley in Idaho hosts the great Boise irrigation project with 243000 acres of fertile land and a $15000000 Reclamation Service system. The State Land Commission plans a public sale of nearly 500 farms on February 25 with forty year payment terms at 6 percent interest.
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Idaho
Boise River
Great
Boise
Reclamation Service
Arrowrock
State of
State Land Commission
Seattle Shipyard to Begin Construction This Summer
The Elliott Bay Ship and Engine Co plans a 250000 dollar shipbuilding yard start before mid August. plus notes: Tonasket organizes Farmers Mutual Creamery Association. Anacortes opens a 500 pound daily cheese factory. cannery activity rises with big salmon run. Puyallup forms a soft drink company. Chewelah mine adds night shift doubling output. Pullman plans a kitchen knives manufacturer. stuffing mattresses declared dangerous work under Workmen’s Commission. North Yakima fruit shipments likely to beat last year. by Oct 1 1915 358 miles permanent highway funded. Seattle steamers start Philadelphia service Nov 15. Lone Pine Sunrise Pearl mines sold to Day Bros Idaho. Walla Walla onion shipments reach 300k. Monte Cristo to Silverton coal vein found. Underwood flat voters edge irrigation project. Hoquiam mills running. Southern Pacific raises wages for 3000 workers. The Echo offers printing services and figures.
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North Yakima
Seattle
Philadelphia
Washington home impressions book on approval offer
Reader notice offers a handsome volume about Mount Vernon with colonial blue binding and gold leaf title. The volume features illustrations by the paper's artists and is praised as capturing the real spirit of Washington's home, offered at 75 cents on approval with a 7 day return option.
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Mount Vernon
Washington
U.S. Press Association
Bond Building
Washington, D. C
Memorial to Irish Poets in New York for Dublin Martyrs
In Central Park a memorial scene honored three Dublin revolutionaries Patrick Pearse Thomas Mac Donough and Joseph Plunkett. Edwin Markham presided while readings by Joyce Kilmer E O Sheel and others conveyed sympathy and respect for the poets who died for Ireland.
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New York
Central Park
Patrick H. Pearse
Thomas MacDonough
Joseph Plunkett
Dublin
Edwin Markham
Wilton Lackaye
Pearse
Eleanor Rogers Cox
Ireland
William Dean Howells
Joyce Kilmer
William Hamilton Hayne
Eadwin Markham
Margaret Widener
Harold Johnson
Theresa Brayton
Daniel Burnett
George Sterling
Seamus O’sheel
Anna Hempstead
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson
Peter Golden
Voter Registration Rules for City and Outlying Areas
The notice explains registration requirements for the upcoming primary election. City voters register at city hall with City Clerk Brown as registrar. Residents outside city limits must register at Tumwater Light and Water office with L. H. Hart as registrar.
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Brown
Tumwater Light & Water Office
L. H. Hart
Dr King's New Discovery Cough Syrup Advertisement
Advertisement urges regular use of Dr Kings New Discovery to ease coughs and throat irritation. It highlights Pine Tar antiseptic oils and balsams with slight laxative effect and claims relief of cold symptoms in a short time. Endorsed as a standard family cough syrup over 40 years and sold at druggists.
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Dr. King
Railroads Face Wage Strike Question in National Debate
The 1915 payrolls show Western train crews earning varied wages and the push for a 100 million dollar wage rise. Railroads argue a public burden unless a public tribunal mandates the change, offering arbitration or ICC reference, while workers threaten action.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Rich
New Yorker
Girl
Hll
Seattle News Letter
State Industrial News
Elliott Bay Ship& Engine Co
Farmers Mutual Creamery Association
Tonasket
Puyallup
United Copper Company
Chewelah
State Workmen’s Compensation Commission
Republic
Lone Pine-Sunrise- Pearl Group of Mines
Day Bros
Walla Walla
Monte Cristo
Silverton
Underwood Flat
Hoquiam
The
Southern Pacific
the Echo
J. E. Jones
Echo Office
a/ Western
National Conference Committee of the Railways
Elisha Lee
P. R. Albright
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
L. W. Baldwin
Central of Georgia Railway
L. Bardo
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
H. Coapman
Southern Railway
E. Cotter
Wabash Railway
E. Crowley
New York Central Railroad
G. H. Emerson
Great Northern Railway
C. H. Ewing
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Grice
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
A. 8. Greic
St. Louis
San Francisco
W. Kouns
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
W. McMaster
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
N .D. Maher
Norfolk and Western Railway
James Russell
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
A. M. Schoyer
Pennsylvania Lines West
L. Seddon
Seaboard Air Line Railway
A. J. Stone
Erie Railroad
Waid
Lancet Central Limes
G. W. Hoxley
DR. J. Stillson Judah
Leavenworth Hospital
Attorneys AT Law
FF. Whitney
Wenatchee
C. B. Hughes
J. A. Adams
Hughes& Adams Attorneys At Law
Columbia Valley Bank Bldg
Fred Kemp
Wenatchee, Wash
E. L, Baker
Ira Thomas
G. H. Hannan
Thomas & Hannan Lawyers
Wenatche
Crollard & Crollard Lawyers
B. J. Williams
A N.corbin
Williams
Corbin
Lewis J. Nelson
Elliott Block
Leavenworth, Wash
E. MW. Fox
Perotnias Weeler
Leavenworth, Washington
John E. Porter
Notary Public
Columbia Valley Bank
Wenatchee Wash
Knights of
Pythias
Harry Warner
D.C
A. R. Brown
Zarthan Lodge No
Masonic Temple
E Mohler
W.M
A. G. McKeown
Echo
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