Why City Cannot Bid on Seattle Renton and Southern Line
Court order blocks city bidding on the Seattle Renton and Southern line at the sale. Purchaser must assume a 10 year contract to buy electric jet from Puget Sound Traction company, protecting the electric utility and outweighing other creditors. City would face an outrageous result if allowed to bid for its own railway.
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Seattle, Renue & Southern
Puget Sound Traction Pany
Seattle, Ion & Southern
Te Electric Company
Washington Debates Army Bill Amendment Battle
Washington politics shows steady progress toward stronger national defense amid partisan votes. A recent skirmish centered on a Cham army bill amendment to fund a government nitrate plant with 15 million dollars, second in importance to armor plate works, passing 43 to 22 with notable figures Jones and Exter among the supporters.
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Washington
Chamarmy
Wesley Lorimer Jones
Poinexter
Navy posters spark debate on recruitment and reform
The piece argues Secretary Daniels should reform Navy recruiting by ending indecent posters and offering real education and vocational training. It condemns flashy ads showing tropical scenes and half-naked women, stressing sailors deserve purpose beyond a three year joyride and an attempt to prevent roisterers after enlistment.
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Daniels
Navy
Tropics
Life In the Navy
United States Navy
Sam
Railroad Brotherhoods poised for pay raise and possible strike
A San Francisco report says the engineers firemen trainmen and conductors will demand about 300 dollars more per man per year and, if refused, will refuse arbitration and strike. A west wide stoppage would halt all rail traffic and harm the nation.
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San Francisco
Roosevelt Declines Primary Ballot Nomination by Bosses
Vents say Col. Roosevelt will stand firm and refuse his name on the primary ballot. If Chicago bosses deem victory impossible without him they must accept him as is. Should they nominate another and lose, they will be blamed for wrecking the GOF.
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Col. Roosevelt
Chicago
GOF
Miss Weir
Granville Park
Bush
Hazel
Mies Weir
Nelly Morrison
Mr. Bush
Yeu
Mits Weir Rone
Mr. Andrew Bush
Granville
Bethlehem Steel posts over thousand-dollar profit per worker
Bethlehem Steel reports 1915 net earnings of 23,672,000 on 22,064 employes, a profit of 1,077 per man, a figure rising over five years. The firm has unfilled orders promising this rate for at least two more years, with 112.5 percent income applicable to common stock dividends.
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Bethlehem Steel Company
Bethlehem
Ccenece
Cacbatece
ISIS
Camece
Unclear excerpt on fashion items and a manageress note
The fragment describes an umbrella to stay dry and a remark about a big chin obscuring a necklace. It mentions a manageress aged 45 who runs a business, plus a brief stray line about women's employment.
A Novel a Week Returns in Daily Paper Cycle
The newspaper announces a daily serial feature titled A Novel a Week, promising consistent installments this week. The note emphasizes steady delivery and invites readers to follow the ongoing tale each day.
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Derlee
Hazel Weir and the Boss Who Left Money
Hazel Weir, a Granville stenographer, joins Harrington and Bush then faces unwanted advances. After resisting, her job shifts to a new firm. Rumors swirl about a will bequeathing Hazel five thousand dollars and an explanation she must confront with fiancé Jack Barrow.
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Mies Wolf
Granvilla
Jack Barrow
Jack
Granville Park
Ontario
Hazel
Barrow
Fiddlesticke
Harrington & Bush
Mr. Bush
Hasel
Granville
Hazel Weir
Andrew Bush
Gazette
Johnonie
the Gazette
Look at Childs Tongue for Illness Calms Fussing
Old advertisement urges mothers to check a sick child by tongue coating and claims California Syrup of Figs cleanses the stomach liver and bowels. It promises relief from feverish fussiness poor sleep and poor appetite in hours and warns about counterfeits.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Public light plant debate and Seattle efficiency tale
Edwin J Brown argues that Seattle’s municipal light and power plant saves citizens money, promotes public ownership, and reduces costs as industrial kinds of profit are kept in check. He contrasts public ownership with private exploitation and previews a forthcoming letter to the Civil Service Commission.
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Chicagwo
Ita
Seattie
Alon O
Mother Earth
Seattle
Azone
Gill
Seattl
Donnelly
Trenton
Seattle Times
Gil
City Water and Light Plant
Civil Service Commission
City Employment Office
Edwin J, Brown
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Seattle, Renton & Southern
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Rockefellers Family
Villa
Panama Canal
EV True
Chariie Beckam
Lebone
Ohio
Tri
University ST
Wraser
E. A. Peters
Sing Sing
Modest G. Oscar
Chief Buck Ingham
Smith Building
G. Oscar Dix
G. OD
Terre Haute
Ind
Spectator
Poindexter
Uncle Zeph
Harold Preston
Diana
Hartington & Dbuab
Misa Hazel Weir
Mr. Mush
Jack Marrow
Everett True
Bertrand W. Sinclair
Little, Brown & Co
Right Drug CO
First Ave
Spring
Seneca
Washington St
Second Ave
Firet
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