Padlock Pearson Builds Fortune in Klondike Trade
In the 1898 Klondike rush, padlock trader Pearson leverages a single lock to bankroll a growing business. He buys a box of seven locks for 1.50 each, negotiates with river gamblers, and sets up a toll network by the Dawson eddy. Returning to Puget Sound, he sells claims in London and surveys a lucrative Washington foothold.
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Pearson
Klondike
Klondike Creek
Puget Sound
Skagway
Dyce
Dawson
Eddy
London
Sugar prices fall as freight rates boost coast trade
Prices across commodities drift lower with sugar at 8 to 11 cents in New York and Tacoma to Seattle shipments. Western rains hurt potato and hay crops while a new 12,000 ton Holland America fridge line ships apples to Europe. Lumber orders drop across the West Coast as mills report a sharp fall in new business and rail trade stockpiles rise.
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Europe
New York
Tacoma
Seattle
Washington
White
Snohomish
Skagit
Holland-American Line
Eemdijk
London
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Kinderdijk
Montana
Anaconda
Panama Canal
Idaho
Robert G. Kay
Philadelphia
Late Blight of Potatoes Warns and Prevents Spread
A Western Washington guide explains how late blight attacks potato tops and tubers, the conditions that foster it, and the rapid spread via moisture. It urges using clean seed and discarding diseased tubers to prevent losses and storage decay.
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Washington
Population gains show U S growth with four states falling
The census bureau reports the U S population at 105,683,108 with four states Wisconsin Mississippi Nevada and Vermont shrinking over the decade while Iowa gains nearly 200,000. Washington adds 214,326 or about eighteen percent and farm totals reach 6,459,998 nationwide with Washington leading at 66,288 farms.
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Wisconsin
Mississippi
Nevada
Vermont
United States
Census Bureau
Iowa
Washington
Tennessee
Virginia
Oklahoma
Louisiana
South Carolina
West Virginia
Maryland
Connecticut
Nebraska
Florida
Colorado
Oregon
Maineween
North Dakota
South Dakota
Rhode Island
Montana
Utah
New Hampshire
Dist. of
Arizona
Delaware
Wyoming
Driver crushed to death by runaway car in San Francisco
Daniel H. McMillen, 20, was fatally struck when his auto, which he had just started, jumped forward. He fled downhill and sought safety on a sidewalk but the vehicle veered back and pinned him against a telephone pole.
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San Francisco
Daniel H. McMillen
McMillen
Seattle Fur Services Ad Highlights Hemstitching and Pleating
Seattle buyers guide lists Shamek's at 417 Union St offering hemstitching accordion box side pleating and cloth covered buttons with prompt mail orders. San Francisco Fur Co at 324 Pine St Seattle features remodeled and repaired fur services.
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Shamek’s
Union St
Seattle
San Francisco Fur Co
Pine St
Co. J. Bauer & CO
4Th Ave
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Seattle Buyers Guide
Miss Oliver's Baby Shop
Wash
Adams’ Band and Orchestral School
Yale
3Rd Ave
St. Paul Stove Repair Co
Pike St
Onion Transfer, Moving & Storage Co
Pike Street
Main
KODAK
Hopkins Co
Union 81
H. P. Hughes
Real Estate
H. B. Adams Co
8Rd Ave
Lewis County
Main Line
David FP. Eastman
Seattle Rad
Ligonier Electric Coffee Mills
Duwamish Valley Sanitarium
Lucile
Sidney
Enterprise Specialty Co
Comstock
Carleton Ave
Bailey St
Phone Ltd
Mason, Fenwick & Lawrence
Washington, D. C
Burke Bldg
Blake Furniture Co
Pike St. Main
Morris
Bk. Bldg
Reynolds
Hoffmans
Westlake & 4Th
Hawaii
Orient World Tours
Joe H. Goodeer
Seattle, Wash
Ford
Chevrolet
Central Brake Service, Inc
10Th Ave
Standard
A. W. Sandstrom
1St Ave
the Diller
Queen City Dye Works
Ist and
Pike
J. Dunningan
Mgr
Pirst Ave
University St. Seattle
Kelly
First Ave
New ST. James Hotel
Lee W. Smith
Moler Barber College
Occidental Ave
Pacific Ave
Wesley Butt, Inc. International Distributors
Smith Bldg
Pines
Pickard
Cy Ney
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