Atmospheric coil promises free power for lights and motors
Seattle youth Alfred M. Hubbard demonstrates an atmospheric power generator coil that supposedly draws energy from the air to run lights and small motors. He claims no perpetual motion, yet astonishes engineers by powering a boat motor and an automobile, sparking questions about future widespread use and energy independence.
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Alfred M. Hubbard
Seattle
Hubbard
Washington
D. C
Everett
Jersey cow Jean Marigold tops official test in Oregon
A new Jersey cow named Jean Marigold of St Mawes on Robert L Nurkhart’s Albany Oregon farm posted 666.25 pounds of fat and more than 12 000 pounds of milk after an official test marking her as a world champion.
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Salem
Oregon
Jean Marigold
St. Mawes
Robert L. Nurkhart
Albany
Ore
PIONEER FIRST ON PUGET SOUND AND Fairs Calendar Picks
Northwest fairs lined up this fall from Sept 6 to Oct 15 across Washington and Oregon with events in Spokane Yakima Walla Walla and Salem. A Tumwater Puget Sound pioneer story recounts Michael Simmons founding New Market and building mills and cedar shingles trade shaping early state progress.
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Victoria
B. C
New Westminster
B C
Yakima
Spokane
Walla Walla
Goldendale
Eugene
Ore
Whatcom County
Lynden
William T. Simmons
Washington
Old Mill
Puget Sound
Tumwater Falls
Michael Troutman Simmons
Sound
Simmons
Great Northwest
Kentucky
West
Indiana
Elizabeth Kindred
Plains
Washougal
Hudson Bay
Fort Vancouver
Columbia
Northwest
Nisqually
Hawaiian Islands
Edmund Sylvester
The
Olympia
San Francisco
Vancouver County
Yakima Valley
Daniel D. Kinsey
Ruth Brock
Lower Sound
Upper Sound
Whidby Island
Simmons’ Territory
Tumwater
George W
David K
F. N
McDonald
Christopher C
Benjamin F
Charlotte E
Douglas W
Mary Allan
Catherine T
Charles M
Michael Troutman, Jr
University Limits Fall Enrollments to Match Equipment Shortage
University of Washington officials announce enrollment controls for the fall quarter beginning September 24 to balance crowded facilities and limited budgeted equipment. Four year high school graduates will be admitted as freshmen in their chosen college until budgets run out, with deficiences to be addressed in four quarters. Special and war students will be accommodated per prior policy, including veterans and nurses whose training was interrupted by the war.
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University of Washington
Hach
Ter
United States
Congress
Water Falls Found Near Portland Hidden in Bull Run Reserve
A discovery near Portland Oregon reveals three cataracts along Bull Run within 40 miles of the city. The falls in the Bull Run forest reserve total about 175 feet for the lower pair and 100 feet for the upper, tucked in a deep box canyon. Their location inside the protected watershed helped prevent earlier detection by the public.
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Multnomah Falls
Portland
Oregon
Bull Run River
Bull Run
Geological Survey
Spokane Dairymen canvassed for cooperative marketing plan
Co operative Dairying teams under Spokane County Farm Bureau dairy committee canvass all dairymen to recruit 300 signers for a five year membership in a Spokane organized dairy cooperative. Aaron Sapiro, expert from San Francisco, directs the effort to form a co operative to market all dairy products for higher producer returns and lower consumer costs.
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Spokane County Farm Bureau
Spokane County
Spokane
Aaron Sapiro
San Francisco
Irrigation Meet Aims to Form Northwest League
Washington Oregon Idaho Montana and Wyoming plan a two day irrigation congress at Meany Hall Seattle on September 16 to form a permanent Northwest irrigation league. Speakers include Adison Smith, J Stanley Webster, Arthur Davis and Frank R. Jeffrey with rail interests and American Legion support.
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Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Seattle
Meany Hall
University of Washington
Smith-Fletcher
Addison T. Smith
J. Stanley Webster
Columbia River Basin
Arthur P. Davis
United States Reclamation Service
Frank R. Jeffrey
American Legion
Frand d’Olier
Legion
Northwest
Reclamation
Tacoma
Point Defiance Park
Camp Lewis
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Mysterious Coil
Everett Streets
Seattle Lake
Northwest News
Wenatchee
Sumner
Port Angeles
Ediz Hook
Here
Tatoosh Island
East Clalla
Smith Island
Cattle Point
Chamber of Commerce
State Public Service Commission
Puget Sound International Railway & Power Company
Puyallup
Brew Manufacturing Company
Pioneer
Colville
Sept
Multnomah County
Gresham
Linn County
Sherman County
Moro
John McLoughlin
Great Britain
Willamette Valley
Ft. Nisqually
Praries
Cowlitz River
Hudson Bay Company
Bush and
Chambers Prairies
Des Chutes
Snoqualmie Pass
Pioneer Cupid
Frisco
Sunset Music Company
Mutual Life
Beattle, Wash
C. C. Berg, Inc
Beckman Bros., Mgrs. Furrier and Taxidermist
First Avenue
Co-operative Dairying
Queen City Dye Works
1St and
Pike
Seattle, Wash
Northwest States
Colorado
Columbia River Project
Ideal Repair Co
Pike St
Wash
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