Algerian Earthquake Devastates Towns Leaving Hundreds Dead
United Press reports a massive earthquake in Algeria on August 5. An estimated 800 to 1,000 residents perished as coastal towns Guelma Philippeville Bona and Ain Smara suffered severe damage. Bandit activity and French troops escalated violence while rescue efforts faced interruptions. Two hundred thousand natives displaced and fears of famine grow as water springs run dry.
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Iy United Press
Quintantine
Algeria
Guelma
Phillipeville
Bona
Aln Smara
Build Now and Save Money in Seattle Housing Standoff
An article from the Chamber of Commerce explains that current conditions allow a poor man to build a home for 10 to 25 percent less now and perhaps 10 percent less next year. It frames unimproved property ownership as a timely chance, not a tax cut. It emphasizes affordable material and labor, urging those with idle funds to leverage a favorable market.
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Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Direction of Commerce
Seat- Wa
Seattle
Attention to Children's Eyes Promoted at Clinic
Public notice urges parents to bring children with eye troubles to Scheinechard Clinic for examination and treatment as part of a health outreach effort. Local health officials emphasize early screening and corrective care.
Plot to Defeat the Pure Food Laws
Prof. E. E. B. Ladd, president of the State and National Food and Dairy association, charged before the association that Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson and the referee board are involved in a plot to defeat U S pure food legislation. He argued that Roosevelt’s and Dr Whey’s early efforts have been nullified.
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United Press
Macikinac Islands
Mich
National Food and Dairy Association
E. E B. Ladd
Secretary of Agriculture
James Wilson
Referee Board
United States
Ladd
Roosevelt
W. H. Whey
Bureau of Chenslatry
Miss Chase Cancels Friday Lecture
Miss Mary Wood Chase of Chicago canceled her Friday afternoon lecture to mothers on the value of musical training for children after receiving a telegram from her sister this morning. The message necessitates her departure for Chicago this evening.
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Mary Wood Chase
Chicago
Bisbee Cloud Burst Damages Town Major Loss
A late yesterday cloud burst in Bisbee Arizona caused about 100000 dollars in damage. In under 19 minutes Main Street and the post office area were hit by a wall of rock water and mud cascading from the mountainside wrecking 200 yards of shops saloons and businesses.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Main
Seattle Condemnation Proceeding For Fifth Avenue Regrade
Papers filed in Seattle city petition to condemn and appropriate private property to change and establish grades on Fifth avenue from Madison to Jackson streets. The action seeks approval of the regrade project and related damages.
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Seattle
Madison
Jackson Sts
The Thief at Moore and vaudeville acts at Pantages
Amusements note several acts in Seattle and surrounding venues. The Thief dominates the Moore program this week with manliness devotion jealousy and strong character portrayal. Planquette songs The Letter Song and These Little Heads appear in Rip Van Winkle at the Grand.
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Moore
Planquette
the Grand
Variety Show Schedule at White City Colosseum and Star
The Four Comrades continue to draw crowds at White City and the Arthur Dexter Indian show starts Saturday afternoon. Sullivan Conasidine’s nine act vaudeville tour led by James and Elsie Finhey comes to the Coliseum for a week with a matinee Monday. A Bit of Blarney at the Star theatre pleases audiences, La Auto Girl and five acts round out the program. Seats on sale for As You Like It at the Coluseum Friday night with an all professional cast under Percy Hunting and Father O’Brien management.
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White City
Arthur Dexter
Edwin Keough
Unclear figures amid scattered financial values
A string of monetary figures appears without context or labels including 1 238 999 86, 147 499 20, 733 552, 36.552, 90, 930 263 00 and 142 078 00 suggesting an unstructured financial snippet with no identifiable entities or dates.
Four States File Charges Against Freight Rates
The interstate commerce commission received the first complaint challenging a proposed general freight rate increase. The Southeastern Freight association is charged, with plaintiffs representing firms in South Carolina Florida Alabama and Tennessee.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southeastern Freight Association
South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Tennessee
Indiana may swing to Democrats as Fairbanks loses support
Indianapolis reports claim Indiana politics are shifting toward Bryan as Chas Warren Fairbanks loses favor. The Indianapolis News lineage and Fairbanks allies press for cabinet or ambassador roles to avert a Republican collapse. Observers note Gov. Hanly’s prohibition stance could boost disaffected GOP voters.
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Fairbanks
Bryan
Taft
Indiana
Indianapolis
J. F. Hanly
Prison bars fail to crush man's spirit in Whatcom county
Thos H Roberts, released from Walla Walla after six years for a Doe Bay shooting, proclaims he'll become one of the county's richest men. He recalls a fatal confrontation, an old Indian chief Kitsap revealing a placer claim near Bellingham, and notes his long-held dream of leading a party to stake gold once free. Robertson, sentenced to 15 years, earned a governor’s pardon for good conduct.
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United Press
Bellingham
Whatcom County
State Penitentiary
Walla Walla
Thos. H. Roberts
John Hand
Doe Bay
Kitsap
Obertson
Joiner
Skagit County
Robertson
Seaman Drowns After Love Letter Drives Melancholy
Albert B Helse, an ordinary seaman aboard the battleship Wisconsin, leaped from the quarterdeck into the ocean during an Atlantic voyage. He had received a letter from his sweetheart in the States and became morose, locking away his sorrow. His letter and hidden love secret doomed him as the fleet sails 1,000 miles from Auckland with no other incident.
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H. Lee Clotworthy
United Press
Sava
Vancouver
U. S
Agia
Albert B Helse
Wisconsin
Heiser
Honolulu
States
Hawaiian
Auckland
Boy 11 shoots man to death over dog dispute
An 11 year old Jackson Reid shot and killed George Demars on Guild's Island near the old exposition grounds after an altercation over a dog. Reid was jailed and claims self defense.
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Ited Press
rPorm At . Ang
Jackson Reid
George Demars
Guild's Island
Exposition Grounds
Young Reid
Farmer Breaks Shoulder After Wagon Accident
Andrew Oresler, a German farmer near Ballard, fell under a wagon this morning and broke his shoulder. He was taken to Providence hospital in serious but not critical condition. The freighter Seward with 20 railroad cars and 1500 feet of lumber departed for Cordova in the evening.
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Andrew Oresler
Ballard
Providence Hospital
Seward
Cordova
Portland in drydock then heading to Seattle after bunkering
The Portland is in drydock at Quartermaster Harbor this morning with a new wheel fitted. She will bunker at Tacoma and proceed to Seattle tomorrow. The Buckman arrived after a 54 hour layover on the Frisco round trip due to a strike, with 1 450 tons for Seattle and 460 for Tacoma. Steamer M S Dollar finished flour cargo and headed to the Columbia River to complete lumber for north China.
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Portland
Quartermaster Harbor
Tacoma
Seattle
Frisco
M. 8. Dollar
Columbia River
North China
Brown Candidate Declares for Republican Governor Nomination
Robert FB. Brown of Seattle filed a declaration for the Republican nomination for governor. Brown, living at 700 23rd Ave, is described as the senior member of the law firm Brown & Murphy. Politicians and attorneys interviewed say they never heard of Brown and a downtown search found no trace of Brown & Murphy.
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Olympia
Robert FB. Brown
Seattle
Robert B. Brown
23Rd Av
Brown & Murphy
The
Star
Mr. Brown
Brown
Imposed Fines on Shameless Men in Police Court
Police court fines totaling 175 were levied on seven well-dressed men found loitering in a restricted district suspected of living off fallen women earnings. C Vicet and John Dable fined 50 each, A Baranger 75, V Bodneys, William Vinck, Paul Janin guilty with suspended sentences, Julius Reinold discharged.
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Poolman
McGrath
Jennings
C. Vicet
John Dable
A. Baranger
V. Boneyds
William Vinck
Paul Janin
Julius Reinold
Bam Wheeler and family Robbed Near Reno by Bandits
Bam Wheeler, a wealthy man, and his family traveling in an auto near Reno were held up this forenoon by three bandits. After securing valuables the robbers fled in a buggy.
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Reno
Bam Wheeler
Wheat May Soar to 1 Dollar As Market Hits Hysteria
Chicago reports a likely repeat of the 1904 bull surge as wheat prices surge toward $1.00 amid growing crop damage in Canada and the Northwest. Weather, rust, blight, drought and other factors intensify the potential shortage. September wheat opens 94 1/2 cents, highs 96 3/4, closes 90 cents. corn and oats show similar gains with steady daily advances.
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United Press
Chicago
Wallat
Canada
Northwest
Murder Victims Buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Mrs Valura Fifer and her daughter Hazel were murdered by Jesse Fifer last Thursday and buried in Mount Pleasant cemetery this morning. Funeral services were held at Butterworth's chapel at 10 o'clock with Rev. W H H Rees officiating. Attending were Mrs Lyman Yolton of St Joseph Missouri slater of Mrs Fifer and her brother Noel Jackson. When they
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Valura Fifer
Hazel
Jesse Fifer
Mount Pleasant
Butterworth'’s
W. H. H. Rees
First Methodist Church
Lyman Yolton
St. Joseph, Mo
Slater
Fifer
Noel Jackson
Fourth victim of Fifer shows constant improvement at hospital
Ethel Warren, the fourth victim of Fifer's attack, shows steady improvement at the Pacific hospital as medical staff report ongoing recovery and hopeful outlook.
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Missouri
Ernest
Elzy Piter
Ethel Warren
Fifer
Pacific Hospital
Salvation Army Opens Free Medical Dispensary
A Salvation Army initiative opens a free medical dispensary for poor persons in need of medical attention.
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The
Salvation Army
Alveolar Method Promises Perfect Teeth In Ohio
An Ohio dental ad extols the Alveolar Method as a revolution in dentistry. It claims ugly teeth ruin appearance and that the method can restore missing teeth from two or more in a jaw, offering painless work and natural results. The piece invites exams and notes the office employs licensed graduate dentists.
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Ohio
New skin remedy possum claims rapid cures for eczema
The article touts possum as a revolutionary skin treatment discovered a year ago. It claims it quickly eradicates eczema and facial disfigurements, with overnight results for minor conditions. Availability is through Quaker Drug Co in Seattle and other drug stores, with 50 cent, 60 cent, and $2 options and free samples by writing to Emergency Laboratories in New York City.
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Seattle
Quaker Drug Co
Emergency Laboratories
West Twenty-fifth Street
New York City
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Miss Chase
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Fivatles Sons
Stevens
Sherman, Clay &Co
Second Ave
Rip van Winkle
Mises
Emma Bunting
Burgeon Bunting Company
Honest Hearts
Madame Sans Gene
Bottomley
Polk
Margaret Illington
Frohman
the Thief
the Moore
Friends
Sherman
Py United Press
Chas
Warren Fairbanka
Charley
Chas. Warren
Indianapolis News
Marine
Secret
A. L. Hall
Sporting Goods
T. P. Fay Co., Inc
Mehihorn Bidg
Erma
Cline
Moore Theatre
Second Avenue
Farmer
R. Campbell
Columbia St
Everett and Edmonds
Rovne Ps
Bachem
Ni Hume
Vulcan
Tron Works
Monticello
U. & Navy Yard
Flyer
Madison Street
Seattle- Tacoma
U. Seeley, Jr
Tasoma
DE Luxe
F. Gaasch
Prop
the Great
Costello & Grant Cor
Costello & Grant
St. Av. and
Pike St
Dentists
Goodenef
Syre
Pike Street
DR. & & Hall CO
Wash
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