Beattle Club questions delays in securing Seattle steel plant
The Beattle Commercial club and Chamber of Commerce accuse former Governor John H M McGraw of dilatory action in forming plans to attract the Northwestern Iron and Steel Co plant to Seattle. Mr C Harper said the steel committee is dead and Gov McGraw has not convened meetings or submitted plans for engineer verification.
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John HM. McGraw
Beattle Commerceial Club
Mr. McGraw
Beattle Commercial Club
Chamber of Commerce
Seattle
Northwestern Iron and Steel Company
Yr. C Harper
Commercial Club
Harper
Marke
Steel Company
Gov. McGraw
The Pink Geranium Mystery at Jesimine Cottage
Sarah Wigley guards a rare pink geranium cherished at Jesimine Cottage. A visitor steals it, triggering jealousy and doubt among neighbors before Sarah, humbled and prayerful, is rewarded by finding the plant restored in her neighbor Mia Hubbard’s tale of loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wigley
Jesimine
Mia
Mitea Hubbard
Jasimine Cottage
Ellen Hubbard
Borah Wigley
Sarah Wigley
Werman
Etinat
Barak
Wilza
Sarah
Ellen
Alan
Selina Pringle
Hubbard
Harah Wigley
Eiza Hubbard
Barah Wigley Sone
Mrs. Hubbard
Filea Mubbard
Barah
City presses for public auto ownership list after two crashes
The Star denounces reckless drivers in Seattle and George Town as speed fools after two crashes injure a milkman and a boy. It urges access to all automobile owner records in King and Pierce counties to identify scorcher drivers and push for stricter punishment while warning of a busy, unsafe auto season ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Seattle
Im the Star
Olympia
Star
King
Pierce Counties
Agricultural department predicts soil victory for farmers
This piece mocks Secretary Wilson’s claim that the agricultural department will double crops in ten years. It notes praise for multiple factors boosting farming while doubting the department’s sole role and jokes about grasshoppers thriving and unchecked winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chief Moore
Weather Bureau
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Mayor backs Thomson as city engineer for rail line
The new mayor announces City Engineer Thomson is the right man for the job and should oversee the municipal street railway if voters approve. He claims no better engineer exists and criticizes grafters who opposed Thomson, urging honest citizens to join the majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Bathtub Social Upheaval Shakes Center Nebraska
In Center Nebraska a new bath at the Saunders Annex barber shop sparks a social uproar as women vie for access on ladies day. Rivalries flare between bank and blacksmith wives and the barber shop confrontation exposes class tensions and fears of monopoly.
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Center
Neb
Saunders Hotel
Bath
Bradstreet
Met
Saunders Annex
Mia
Center Society
Bank
Expert to Work Under Thompson in Seattle Plan
Councilman Crichton proposes bringing in a municipal ownership expert to advise city council on a plan to be voted by the people. The expert would be an assistant to City Engineer Thompson. Local advocates oppose importing an outsider and favor George P. Cotterill as assistant city engineer for the task.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Thompson
Crichton
George PF. Cotterill
Weathered pages hint at local notes and notices
A jumble of short items includes a shooting report and witness confusion near Kentucky line. poems, humor, and society notices. church and library mentions. travel notes on May and June events. a Protestant marriage-seeking ad. dance plans of rural carriers. and the American Press Association Philadelphia meeting with Keene Fairbanks speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Presse Astociation
Philadelphia
Washington
Pennsylvania Road
Always Something New Take the Road of a Thousand Wonders
The Southern Pacific Co. promotes its Coast Line and Shasta Route through a land of constant novelty. Tickets, reservations and descriptive literature are available at Union Ticket Office, 608 First Avenue. EB BE ELAAS, General Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Southern Pacific Co
Coast Line
Shasta
Union Ticket Office
Flrst Avenue
BE. Elaas
Neighbor Delivers Geraniums Amid Shame and Prayer
A woman, her face flushed with shame, prays and plans to visit Sarah now. She intends to take a white geranium to Sarah and place a pink one between the pair, hoping it will look unusually pretty.
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Sarah
Bread Choice Sparks Training Table Debate at College
College and club athletic trainers show strict bread standards but favor ButterNut Bread for its nourishment and sanitary production. The discussion highlights how nutrition and hygiene influence food decisions for athletes.
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Ite
Beatile
Geranium
Betina Pringle
Sereh Wigley
Sarah Wigtey
Josh Wise
Yarmitor
Wiroth
Eaet
Caos
Bertram
Minn
Kentucky
Ohio
Fine System
Advertisement H Buptington
New York
Ota
Maud
Maud Muller
New Haven
Gorsip
Anid Maud
Joe Cannon
Queeglope
Baue School OF Quality
First Avenue
Dane
Quaker Price
Quaker Cut Price Co
Krown
Swift
Pinaud
Soewuwunf
Reece
Dr. Burnett
The
Quaker Drug CO
Redelsheimer
FIRST
Columbia
J. Redelsheimer & Co
Col
Columbia Street
What the
National Biscuit Company
A. B. Chase
Planca
Sherman, Cay
Second Ave
Pacite Ave
Tacoma
Jerh
Kohier & Chase
Arcade
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