West Seattle Tries For Municipal Streetcar Line
West Seattle faces a legal clash as Beattie Electric fights annexation to thwart a municipal streetcar extension. Judge Yakey delays ruling while West Seattle council pursues a $10,000 property plan and possible water system, backed by local residents and Beattie opponents.
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R. Nicoll
West Seat
Gly
DeWolfe
West Seattle
West Seattie
Seattle Electric
Seattle Council
Han
Eauy
Gove
Aff
Augustacions
Lang Drug Co Promotes Bargain Personal Care Items
The Lang Drug Co advertises low prices on tartar cream cold cream and hair products including Herpicide and Sealpeacide with noted sizes and discounts. Also lists skin soap alcohol and Pindadora soap deals as a push to shop Lang's for affordably priced toiletries.
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Murray
Spinning Specials at Lang Drug Co Colman Building
Whit Ave near Columbia and Marion features spinning bicycle gear and fishing supplies. The display highlights a cash-for-coaster brake bicycle and assorted flies, tackle, and tools with low prices advertised for Saturday and Monday.
Net Delivery Notice Messy Historic Time Stamp
A fragmented notice indicates a delivery window for the Net copy with a vague time stamp in a historic clock format. It mentions a special messenger and a late date reference, but exact timing remains unclear.
Voters Rally Around Star's World’s Fair Contest
Heavy voting marks the Star contest with 12 152 ballots cast for six leaders as of Monday night and audiences mounting daily. The tally highlights shifting standings among favorites including Lillian Metcalf, Frances Nichols, Pearl Bacon, Mabel Nettleton, and Metta Armour, as school children chase votes for a Lewis and Clark exposition prize.
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Star
Star Office
Bechool
Lillian Metcalf
Cascade Mise
Dunlap Mises
Lou Chase
Walla Walla Mise
Pearl Bacon
Beacon Hi Migs Young
Cccsaceseces Minor
Mien Wiley
Sseseses
Mallard Mies Grace Heli
Canvade Mies Metta Armour
Columbia Mise de
Neighborhood confronts barn odor dispute near Second Avenue
Residents along Second Avenue West and Blaine Street protest open-air manure burning at a barn corner, claiming sickness and unbearable stench. Board of Health inquiry yields no expected redress, as inspector will be asked to investigate despite a member’s claim of sanitation.
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Second Avenue West
Blaine Street
Board of Health
Janson
Edward McKay
McKay
Four Killed in Hempstead After Local Option Debate
A mass meeting in Hempstead ended in gunfire after a heated debate over enforcing the local option law. Congressman John P. Pinckney and several others were killed or wounded, with about a dozen injured as about 100 shots were fired. The governor ordered officers to the city to enforce the law.
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Captain Brown
Col onel May’s Steam Shovel Clears Central Market Site
After four weeks of intensive work on Colonel D. D. May’s steam shovel, more than a quarter of the excavation and rearacting for the Central Market site is finished. The hill is rapidly diminishing and the mountain is to be reduced to molehills within four months. Begin building by September.
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D. D. May
Central Market
Colonel May
Easter services draw large crowd at St Stephen’s Ballard
A large Easter Sunday attendance filled St Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Ballard. A special musical program conducted by Professor Ellenberger preceded Rev. H. Barrett’s resurrection sermon. Bishop Keator gave the benediction at the vesper. An altar crowning gift from Mrs. M. M. McLachlan and family honored Pansy Louise, who died August 2.
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St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Ballard
Ellenberger
Barrett
Keator
M. M. McLachlan
University Station A U W Officers Election Nears
The A U W officers for next year will be chosen at the state university tomorrow at noon. The campaign centers on Charles Hall and Arthur A. Hoover both juniors. Hall is a Theta Pi member who has served on an intercollegiate debating team for two seasons while Hoover is a popular student not in a fraternity.
Woman in Black Follows Revivalists Across Cities
The unknown woman in black identified as Mrs. Lucille Lovejoy of Denver followed Dr. Chapman's revival band from Denver to Los Angeles Portland and Seattle. She attended first three front rows never sang or prayed and told an usher she seeks revival brought by the evangelists. Mrs. Lovejoy will travel east.
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Dr. Chapman
Denver
Los Angeles
Portland
Seattle
Mia
Lucile Lovejoy
Peared
Chapmanites
Grand Operat House
University Events Highlight May Programs And Track Talks
The Girls Glee club prepares a fourth annual concert in Denny hall with gypsy camp scenes and a mock rehearsal under Prof. J M Daggy. May 13 is set for a track meet at Eugene with Oregon, Washington, and several Oregon institutions in dispute over dates and payments.
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Glee Club
Univerwitty
Denny Hall
J. M. Daggy
Beenes
Hunchback
University of Oregon
University of Washington
Eugene
Ore
Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis
Pacific University
Washington
Oregon
California
Evans
Drunken Japanese Youth Testifies in Shooting Case
The 23 year old Matsui, highly frightened, told through an interpreter that he drank heavily the night of the shooting. Detective testimony suggested provocation and unawareness of pulling the gun. Bennet Hughes, age 17, was the victim.
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Matsui
Bennet Hughes
Buried Alive: Italian Laborer Joseph Tata Dies at Latona
Joseph Tata a 45 year old Italian laborer of Day Street was buried beneath 16 feet of sand mud and gravel when a wall of a 30 foot manhole gave way during sewer work on Fifth Avenue northeast Latona. A crew searches the site and expects to recover the body by Wednesday afternoon. He leaves a wife and several children.
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Joseph Tata
Day Street
Twenty-fourth
Tata
Timothy Ryan
Fifth Avenue
Latona
Matsui on Trial in Assault with Intent to Murder
Charles Matsui stands trial in Judge Griffin's court on an assault with intent to commit murder charge after a Chinatown incident. Witnesses say Matsui, drinking, was bumped by youths, sparked a fight, and fired after being struck, wounding Bennet Hughes in the left arm. Hughes testified in court showing two bullet scars as Matsui’s demeanor remained calm.
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Charles Matsui
Griffin's
Matsui
Chinatown
Bennet Hughes
Hughes
Young Hughes
Governor Mead Pardons Local Attorney R E Ferre
Advice reached the city Tuesday afternoon that Governor Mead signed a pardon for R E Ferre the local attorney found guilty of forging a mortgage.
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Mead
R. E. Ferre
Pollards to stage A Gal ty Girl at Seattle theater
The Pollards present A Gal ty Girl Tuesday night and Wednesday matinee plus The Geisha on Wednesday and Thursday nights. Seattle theater ends stock season this week and Ferris company farewell. A sou venir matinee is set for Wednesday. A Girl from Albany delights Third Avenue patrons. Vaudeville at Star theater opens with Lola Cotton superb in mind reading act. rest of bill strong.
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Pollards
Howe
Seattle
Ferris Company
Albany
Third Avenue Theater
Star Theater
Lola Cotton
Columbian treatment cures longtime catarrh claim
Mr G. HU of Orillia Wash says persistent head and throat catarrh due to nasal obstruction was cured by the Columbian treatment two years ago. He reports weight gain and improved health since, with office details for Wm McHarrie M D and G A Tadhope Ph GMer.
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G. HU
Orillia
Wash
Wm. McHarrie
G. A. Tadhope
Ph. G. Mer
Storm relief nears as track repairs continue near Blue Water
Improved prospects for lifting the Santa Fe blockade as crews repair washouts at Blue Water and Crookton. Eastbound trains resume arrival in Gallup while westbound service remains stalled at Albuquerque due to the Blue Water washout.
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Gallup
N. M
Santa Fe
Blue Water
Crookton
Albuquerque
Morrin and Rowe License Authorized for City Show
The license and revenue committee set new terms for Morrin and Rowe dog and pony show at 75 dollars per day. Last year Deputy Comptroller Melse issued a license for 10 dollars per day, a mistake the council failed to correct. The Barnum Bailey circus faces a 500 dollar daily charge.
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Morrin & Rowe
Melse
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Markets Slow After Busy Monday on Western Avenue
Western avenue opened Tuesday with subdued activity after a busy Monday. Little steamer goods remain and no inbound cargoes are seen. Cherries fetch 1.25 per unit in good condition. two carloads of Globe onions arrive, selling at five cents. Veal and chickens arrive in greater quantities with many birds sold on arrival.
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Western Avenue
Market Price List of Produce and Staples
A dense listing of produce and goods with unit prices and varied descriptions. Items include beans, Lima beans, wax beans, beets, cabbage, cauliflower, garlic, onions, spinach, lettuce, carrots, Yakima and Greely potatoes, apples, avocados, celery, rhubarb, cucumbers, asparagus, box produce, and many regional variants, with prices given per unit, sack, crate, or dozen. Several entries show cross-region names like California, Yakima, and Walla Walla.
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California
Walla Walla
Symptoms of Catarrh and Chronic Cough Described
The passage details a long illness starting with a head cold that blocked the nose and led to repeated colds. It describes chest irritation, wheezing, and a chronic cough, especially at night, with phlegm and fatigue. The patient reports loss of appetite, weakness, headaches, and ineffective use of cures.
Prices for Fruits Meats and Groceries in Local Market
A long list of produce and meat prices appears, including bananas at 2.50 to 3.50, figs 1.76 and 1.26, grapefruits 2.50 to 3.00 per box, lemons 2.00, navel oranges 2.00, and many other fruits. Dairy and eggs show Washington cheese at 6c and butter around 22c, with varied egg and meat pricing for cows, beef, pork, lamb, dressed veal, poultry, and seafood. Further items cover nuts, flour, meal, cereals, and animal feeds with extensive per unit and per ton rates.
Chicago Markets and New York Stocks Report
Market notes from Chicago Brokers Downing Hopkins dated April 25 show wheat corn and oats quotes with May July and Sept contracts plus park prices. New York Stocks list numerous issues with bid and asked figures and totals of shares traded at noon 569700.
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Chicago
Downing, Hopkins & Co
Alaska
Seattle
Liverpool
Northwest
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