Seattle Moves Toward Commission Form of City Government
Northwest notes report Seattle is quietly building toward adopting a commission form to replace the present nine-member at large council. The shift from wards and the growing reform sentiment are seen as nearing a decisive change in city governance. Washington State College plans west side farm lectures, and Washington stone is confirmed for the Washington Monument. Norway reports 2,000,000 Pacific coast settlers will arrive with the Panama Canal opening, many German farmers seeking land. Governor Lister states he will not seek the U.S. Senate seat and will consider future runs only later.
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Seattle
Washington State College
Pullman
West Side
Washington
King County
Washington Monument Society
Lister
Washington Monument
Washington, D. C
War Department
Norway
Pacific Coast
Berlin
Germany
United States
W. L. Jones
Washington Exposition Site Rejected as Too Small
The Washington State Panama-Pacific Commission rejects the Hay site for being too small for the needed Washington building. No replacement site has been offered yet. Architect A F Heide of Seattle will visit San Francisco to seek a new location agreement.
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Washington State Commission
M. E. Hay
A. F. Heide
Seattle
San Francisco
Frank Losekamp Returns After Brother's Funeral in Great Falls
Frank Losekamp arrived this week after attending the funeral of his brother, a longtime prominent citizen of Great Falls Montana. Conductor Weaver and his wife visit the Spokane fair this week. Their baby exhibited, coming within three percent of a perfect score.
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Frank Losekamp
Great Falls
Montana
Weaver
Spokane
Railrad Ramblings Highlights Northern Division Activity
Hugo Kringle resumed duties as clerk while E T Steffens takes a 10 day vacation to Deer Park Washington. Yollie Franklin acts as station agent in F M Lees absence duck hunting near Moses Lake. A B Garretson testified before the arbitration commission that a railroad employer is killed in the US every hour and seven minutes and a man injured every nine minutes. Windy Point tunnel progress beats expectations with 1200 feet already pierced and October service target. New snow sheds on the high line above Scenic near completion and will be finished before winter. George H Emerson and R Budd spent days near Tye as 12000 feet of snow sheds are built boosting Cascade protection. Gold Bar record notes William Kelly and Frank Parker visiting, urging at least two more large mountain engines for the division between here and Leavenworth due to freight growth.
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A. B. Garretson
Order of
Arbitration Commission
United States
Windy Point
Great Northern Railroad
Everett
Scenic
George H. Emerson
R. Budd
Great Northern
St. Paul
Tye
Cascades
Gold Bar
Wash
William Kelly
Frank Parker
Cascade Division
Here
Leavenworth
Man Killed By Train At Dryden Yesterday
An unknown man was killed when struck by a freight train near Dryden seven miles below the city. The body was scattered along the track and could not be identified. Coroner May identified tattoo marks on the victim before interment at Cashmere cemetery by Undertaker Kuelles.
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Dryden
May
Kuelles
Cashmere
Hub Clothing Store Expands Frontage and Space
The Hub Clothing Store takes over the Burgess barber shop room and will nearly double its frontage. Carpenters have removed partitions and are completing interior changes to almost double floor space for an attractive showroom. John Johnson and John Heavner, longtime Blewett miners, visited Leavenworth amid new property investments suggesting mining success.
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Hub Clothing
Burgess
John Johnson
John Heavner
Blewett
Leavenworth
How to Make a Will According to Custom and Law
Walter K. Towers explains a traditional method for executing a will with all parties in one room watching the maker sign while witnesses sign in turn. The will is usually dated but need not be registered. Copies aid proving contents if the original is lost. Changes can be made by new will or revocation, or by tearing or burning the old will in the presence of witnesses. After death, executors or administrators handle probate under court oversight.
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Iowa
Walter K. Towers
Prison Superintendent Outwits Convict With Pardon Twist
In a private room the superintendent of a large prison confronts a violent inmate who demands escape. The official reveals a pardon issued that day for the convict’s good conduct and calmly offers him access to the papers before drawing a revolver.
First Sunday School Founder Questioned
A historical note credits Ludwig Hoecker with establishing the first Sunday school in 1740 at Ephrata Pennsylvania, decades before Robert Raikes in Gloucester. Hoecker taught Bible verses on memory cards, later printed, and died in 1792 after a long career.
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Robert Raikes
Gloucester
England
Ludwig Hoecker
Ephrata
Lancaster County
Raikes
Hoecker
Christian Herald
Floods In London Challenge Thames Legend
A London Chronicle anecdote recalls a 1524 forecast of Thames overflow causing a mass exodus from London. Forewarned residents moved goods to the countryside for weeks while Father Thames allegedly failed to rise to the occasion, deflating the prophecy.
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Thames
London
Father Thames
London Chronicle
Cook quits to marry in Mrs. Owns House story
A maid named Eliza tells her mistress she will give a week's notice to leave. The mistress asks if she is bettering herself and Eliza replies she is leaving to get married. From the Philadelphia Ledger.
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Eliza
Philadelphia Ledger
Wenatchee Refrigerating and Packing Company Incorporation
Articles filed in Chelan County for Wenatchee Refrigerating and Packing Company capitalized at 50000. Nonn-residents M Morgan C W Stelzfied and H I Know active as incorporators. Two story building planned on Henry Spruck place North Wenatchee Avenue ready for business next season. A court foreclosure seeks delinquent taxes from 1900 to 1912 on about 150 parcels including mining claims and lots in additions.
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Chelan County
Wenatchee
Superior Court
Death of Mrs Etta Hart Hutchinson in local city
Mrs Etta Hart Hutchinson daughter of Mr and Mrs Hart died suddenly Wednesday from dropsy after months of illness. Survived by husband two brothers Lin Hart and S J Hart two sisters Mrs Clinton Tubbs and Mrs Byers. Funeral at the Methodist church with Rev Snowden, burial in local cemetery. R J Markes and son left for Perth Ontario for two months.
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Etta Hart Hutchinson
Hart
Clinton Tubbs
Vancouver
B. C
Byers
Everett
Snowden
Suppressed Almanach de Gotha 1808 Portraits and Napoleonic Edition
The 1808 Almanach de Gotha exists in two editions with the first suppressed by Napoleon for including deposed German princes. From 1808 to 1814 proofs required French approval. The revised edition features portraits of Napoleon on the frontispiece and of Murat Nelson and Pitt, with a note that time has extinguished past enmities toward Nelson and Pitt.
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Almanach de Gotha
Napoleon
Murat
Nelson
Pitt
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Railrad
Hugo Kringle
E. T. Steffens
Deer Park
Yollie Franklin
F. M. Lee
Moses Lake
E. T. Hutchinson
R. J. Markes
Perth
Ontario
the Almanach de Gotha
Manifold Typewriter
Echo
Nerk’s O
Soeanaediaree
Fnci Dentals
Hesperides
Washington Exposition
Oroville
Great Northern Ry
Hes
Lamb
Davis Lumber Co
Victrola
Frank E. Carlquist
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