Gas Franchise Fight Tests City Council Duty
The corporations committee faces a pivotal decision on the American Improvement company's $1 gas franchise. Framing changes favoring consumers, the panel weighs proposals, bonds, and penalties tied to operation by 1996. Constituents pressure for fair rates amid alleged trust manipulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Improvement Company
Anchise
Bocagas Trust
Maines
Gas Trust
Trust
Royal Baking Powder Trust
Lincoln Legion Revival Echoes Lincoln Spirit of Temperance
A Seattle theater recounts Abraham Lincoln as a temperance exemplar and abstainer. The article lauds his water-only Springfield nomination scene and cites his 1842 Sangamon Weekly speech favoring persuasion over legal force. It notes a revived Lincoln Legion promoting Love Sacrifice and Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watterson
Araham Linein
Seattle
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Sangamon Weekly Journal
Itecis
Lincoln Legion
Uch
Old Guard
Francis Murphy
John B. Goughs
Father Matthews
Washingtonians
Henson
Random Fragments From A Busy Exposition Page
A collage of quirky lines and notes from a St Louis Exposition era page. Observations range from judge Parker and publishers to soldiers, crowds, and travelers. Amid casual humor and stray dialects, readers glimpse a bustling scene with local chatter and brief notices.
Echoes From Batty Land and Murky Mail
A garbled, humorous miscellany includes odd verse lines and a humorous letter. It features fragmented poems about nightly melodies, distant light, and a wharfside mood. A quirky communication from ANEW SPRATTLEITE ends the fragment with an amphibious note.
Spinning venture planned at Beeend avenue site
Ambiguous note describes a spinning related activity at room 201 1414 Beeend avenue with a call for participation or contact. The readable text lists indies and spare time work but lacks clear details about organizer date or outcome.
Albuater Florence Kearney and the New Orleans encounter
In New Orleans six months before seeking Mexican opportunity, Florence Kearney plans travel toward Ayahuac and Tenochtitlan after studying Cortex’s conquest. A street encounter with a six-foot booted stranger named Cris Rock reveals tensions and hints at a larger backstory.
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Florence Kearney
Albuater
Liverpool
New Orleans
Ayahuac
Tenochtitlan
Tampico
Vera Crus
Schoeners
Volunteer posters spark Texas revolt in New Orleans tale
In New Orleans a young man delays joining his lover Florence Kearney as he learns of a volunteer rally for Texas. Don Ignacio Valverde teaches him Spanish. a meeting is planned at Poy Jamess to arm patriots against Santa Anna, with Cris Rock guiding the way and an Irish stranger eager to serve.
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New Orleanea
Mexico
New Orleanne
Aoon
Don Ignacio Valverde
Santa Anna
Atraitened
Pire
Don Ignacio
Ives
Florence Kearney
Don Ienacio
Don Tenacio
Texas
Alamo
Poy
Hieself
Orleans
Trishman
Neo-Orleans
Kearney
Florence
Ireland
Bern
Kate Kearney
Mr. Rock
Killarney
Green Island
States
Cris Rock
Rownd
Texan offers Florence Kearney captaincy aid in New Orleans plot
A Texan mentor hails Florence Kearney as a potential captain in a volatile New Orleans political scene. He advises speech preparation and canvassing among wary Creole factions while noting a $10 bribe for rally support. The dialogue centers on identity, loyalty, and maneuvering for office.
An Affair of the Heart in Chapter II
Kearney contemplates fighting for a country he has no stake in while secretly torn by love for Luisa Valverde and scorn for Carlos Santander. He muses on duty, temptation, and a possible Texas assignment as a way to escape a painful attraction. To be continued. Best dinner in Seattle advertised with Burgundy at Maison Barberis. Dancing School at Ranke Hall on Pike and Firth.
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Tadem
Main
the Star
Hartford Building
Chicago
New York
W. HM. Porterfield
Forel Adversalng
Sear Agency
Sai Ralf Etinset
Beattle
Washington
Kearney
Luisa Valverde
Carlos Santander
Texas
Seattle
Maison Barberis
James
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Seattle Star
HY Star Publishing CO
Seventh Avenue
Corporations Committee
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Judge Parker
W. J
Trance Witten
St. Louis Exposition
Josh
Tate O
Shelia
Vevay
Mt Sterling
Indian Creek Bridge
Bennington
Ind
Reveille
Howe
Vieker
Port Arthur
Vietter
Zook
Tytina
Mointy
Thom
Neo One
McCinty
Krazy Krank
Myer
Selar-Plexua
Joeh
Balaam
Ety Call
W. Denny
Mutual Bavings and Credit
Siot
Santa and I
Mayne R Reid
Tras
Fanning
Enid
Goodby
Rock
Atlantic
Wal
Kentucky
Dan Boone
Albert Hansen
EYP
Haller Block
Corer Se
Columbia Street
Beattie
Northwent
Puget
Ihigior
Halley's Samaritan
Merlin
Ee We Rapid
Vygeta Maroon Rapid Winatlom
Adh
Qumert
Qootrich
Bubpensorier
Red Cross
Charles
Ns Fouakur
Armie
Horlick’s
Bae
Belladonna
Stearn
Lydia Pinkham
Palmer
Cook
Brown
Hot Springs
Ark
Bettie
Hoff
Green Lake
Baltard
First Ave
Globe
Prof. Willson
Ranke Hall
Pike Street
Firth Avenue
Boston Painless Dentists
Second Avenue
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