Bush Prairie Wheat Leads Centennial Exposition Prize
W. O. Bush, son of pioneer George Bush, won the gold premium for wheat at the 1876 Philadelphia World's Centennial Exposition. The prize wheat was grown on Bush Prairie near Olympia. George Bush, the first colored settler in the region, helped found Tumwater and later settled on a 640 acre donation claim where the prize wheat was raised.
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Thurston County
Pioneer Colored Man
Washington
Philadelphia
W. O. Bush
George Bush
Puget Sound
Bush Prairie
Olympia
Smithsonian Institute
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Bush
Dalles
Washougal
Cowlitz
Budds Inlet
DesChutes
New Market
Tumwater
Missouri
Walla Walla Hears Yakima Mayor Elect In Handball Challenge
Yakima Mayor elect Rovig leads Yakima businessmen visiting Walla Walla for a handball match with local officials. Rovig challenges Mayor elect Ben F Hill of Walla Walla to the game, and Hill accepts.
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Walla Walla
Yakima
Rovig
Ben F. Hill
Commercial Club
Treasury certificates subscriptions surge past $700 million
Secretary Houston disclosed over-subscription for two Treasury certificate issues last week totaling more than 700 million dollars against an offering of about 500 million. In Chicago, Oak Park considers airplane patrols after prohibition officers emerge to curb Joy flyers blamed for noise and tossing bottles from low-flying planes.
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Washington
Houston
Treasury
Chicago
Oak Park
Joy
League disarmament plan seeks immediate halt to arms growth
In Geneva the disarmament committee presents a plan to end armament growth and asks the League council to act on the accord. In San Diego formal notice outlines a flight by 14 seaplanes and 12 coastal aircraft from San Diego to Balboa with an 8 a m start on December 28 and return by February 26.
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Geneva
League of Nations
San Diego
Cal
Balboa
Canal Zone
Goat Breeding Prompts New Industry Boom In Boston
Boston University nursing a goat breeding push as 26 of 600 secretarial science students vow to give up candy heels and dances for chevrons on gym suits. Independent steel firms ponder wage readjustments to compete with U S Steel. Fort Worth ships first U S cattle hogs and sheep to Mexico. Berlin discussions seek revise Versailles debt payment. Union Pacific cuts Idaho alfalfa meal and hay rates east to Missouri River to $10 a ton. Los Angeles sees a historic aviation ascent from a downtown office. San Francisco marks Christmas at sea with a 15 foot Sierra tree for 900 troops aboard Madawaska. Milk goats in Seattle show odorless barns and growing dairy trade led by M P Eggers of Maltby.
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Boston
Boston University College of Secretarial Science
Omaha
Neb
The
Union Pacific
Idaho
Missouri River
Christmas trade steadies as prices settle across markets
Trade centers report steady Christmas shopping with buyers delaying purchases to wait for price clarity. Wages adjust nationwide to match lower prices while workers accept cuts to sustain production. Iron and steel slide with the composite price at 53.57, and lumber production on the West Coast remains below normal.
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Iron and Steel
Steel Corporation
Novel Goat Pen Design Sways Cleaning Duty
A box shaped pen on a hinged stand keeps the goat off the floor by about a foot and is attached to the floor with a neck yoke. Mr. Eggers maintains it, and the stand can be raised when the area is washed.
No Fare Boost In Utah And Illinois
Interstate carriers told the Interstate Commerce Commission that Utah railroads lost 2 million dollars and Illinois railroads 4 million dollars due to state commissions failing to raise passenger and freight rates to the level recently allowed for interstate commerce.
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Utah
Illinois
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
President Buys Home in Washington City
President Wilson buys the former home of Henry P. Fairbanks announced by R W Bolling. The residence will be the president's permanent home after he retires March 4.
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Washington
Wilson
Henry P. Fairbanks
R. W. Bolling
Bank clearings in principal cities week ending Dec 17 1919
Bradstreet's reports the weekly bank clearings for major US and Canadian cities for the week ending today compared with the same week in 1919. Percent changes are shown for each city, reflecting overall financial activity. The data covers major metropolitan areas and indicates overall market trends.
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New York
United States
Canada
Bradstreet's
Pet. Pet. Inc
Common Sense Gaps Among Great Men Note
A compact reflection notes that common sense is nearly universal except among celebrated leaders. It hints at a paradox where wisdom coexists with rare misjudgments, urging humility in high offices and broader public discernment.
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Tacoma
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Cle Elum
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I'red G. Anderson
Victoria
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Blyn
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Bert Burg
Sequim
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Mexico City
Berlin
Germany
Los Angeles
America
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Francisco
High Seas
Madawaska
Sierra Nevadas
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American Red Cross
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Maltby
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Scandinavian American Securities Corporation
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Third Avenue
Seattle, Wash
Fashions
First Ave
Wash
Seattle P.I
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Chauncey Wright Restaurant CO
Hazen J. Titus
L. C. Smith
Piatt Wonder
Christ Olson
First Ave. So
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2Nd Ave
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University ST
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