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Fires, crimes and civic notes fill Washington page
A sweep of brief items from Washington state reports includes a Camas fire destroying four homes with about 5000 dollars loss, a 1916 Centralia summer normal enrollment of 91, and Tacoma hosting a Homeopathic Society convention. Also noted are a Ritzville chautauqua set for June 27, a Tekoa bank president’s death, a Sultan bank cashier robbed of 3000 dollars, and multiple weathered incidents across cities.
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Centralia Summer Normal School
Washington State Homeopathic Medical Society
Tacoma
Ritzville
D. W. Truax
Tekoa State Bank
Tekoa
Blewett Pass
Kenneth Startup
Citizen Bank of
Sultan
Millroy-Alloy Company of
Omak
Blanche R. Coleman
Christie
Seattle
Endicott
Northwest
Stratford Irrigation Company
Adrian
Whitman Seminary
Whitman College
State College of Washington
Pullman
George Kotsopoulos
Lincoln Creek
Chehalis
Centralia
Pacific Coast Advertising Men's Association
Spokane
W. W. Cribbins
Oakland
J. T. Boland
Chelan
Greaves
Coastwise
Alaska
A. A. Paysse
Spokane County
State Bureau of Inspection
Denny Field
University of Washington
J. Arthur Younger
Washington Associated Student