There is a subway to calm Seattle’s critics
Mrs Hill quips that Seattle needs a subway as she tours Pacific Northwest cities. She jokes that if unsure of location she would swear they are in New York, praising metropolitan vibes and noting Seattle only needs a subway. The remark follows a fancy dinner hosted for city officials and guests.
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Seattle
Victoria
Rathekeller
Carl Schmitz
Delmonico
Steinway
Emerson, Starr
Thayer
Richmond
A. B. Chase
ESTEY
Heller
Woodbury
Gramer
Big sale on pianos and organs from D Johnston Co
Big surplus sale offers pianos at 198 dollars and organs at 240 to 290 with substantial savings versus regular retail. Down payments start at 5 to 50 dollars and monthly plans from 2.50 to 20 dollars. Instruments guaranteed to be as represented.
Dare to Swim Ends With Sudden Lake Jump
Albert Hall, a leading man of the Taylor company, and two women plus another man stood at Lake Washington’s Lesehi Park when a dare prompted Hall to remove his hat and necktie and dive into the water. He refused dares before this, then plunged in after a girl’s challenge.
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Albert Hall
Taylor Company
Hall
Lake Washington
Lesehi Park
Grandfather’s Kidnapping Case Dismissed as Justified
Complainants in the case against G. H. Brown, charged with kidnapping his granddaughter, dismiss their charges on prosecuting attorney advice. Brown acted with justification. His son has secured a divorce from the child’s mother, who remains in his custody.
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G. H. Brown
Brown
Second Avenue Franchise Clash Over Common Use Clause
Seattle investors clash with Jacob Furth over a Second Avenue car line franchise. Mullen and Bowen press for a common use clause. Crichton and Zhinden oppose. Citizens fear the octopus monopoly while Bowen signals compromise. the meeting postpones a decision for one week.
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Second Avenue Car Line
Mullen
Bowen
Corporations Committee
Jacob Furth
Seattle Electric Company
Second Avenue
Zhinden
Rude
Benjamin
West Lake
Furth
Ita
Moore and Gilman
Octopus
Pioneer
Custody Awarded for Remains in Willed Body Case
In Hamilton Ohio Mrs Ernest Herford received custody of her husband’s body after a court ruled a living man cannot bequeath a dead body. The decision followed a fierce legal contest over the will which had bequeathed the remains to his father.
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Hamilton
Ohio
Ernest Herford
Des Moines Woman Seeks Divorce Over Repeated Kisses
A Des Moines woman sues for divorce alleging her husband Sam Sherman, editor of the Pella Chronicle, persistently kissed her day and night. She accuses cruelty and notes she is a young wife of about 15, while Sherman is described as large and around forty.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Sam Sherman
Pella Chronicle
Sherman
Octopus of Kent Threatens Woman's Farm
Mrs. Mattie Petchell, owner of a small farm, sues in superior court alleging a stream near her property has been polluted for months by refuse from the octopus of Kent. She claims dairy cattle sickened and milk production ruined. seeks $500 damages and an injunction to stop further pollution.
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Mra
Mattie Petchell
Octopus
Kent
Mra. Petchell
Superior Court
Centennial Mill Buys Tacoma Grain With 60 Percent Stake
The Centennial Mill company of Seattle purchases a three-fifths interest in the Tacoma Grain company. The sale involves stock owned by Jank Cardin and John T. Bibb for about $300,000. Bibb stays on as Tacoma manager while Cardin retires. Tacoma Grain runs 40 elevators along the Northern Pacific line and remains independent, operating on friendly terms.
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Seattle
Tacoma Grain Company
Centennial Company
Jank Cardin
John T. Bibb
Bibb
Tacoma
Cardin
Washington
Northern Pacific Railway
North West
Deserter Wilder Found Guilty Of Petty Larceny
Carlos Wilder, a deserter from the Marbiehead, was convicted of petty larceny and the costs of prosecution before Police Judge Gordon after a swift arrest at 5 07. He remains jailed for inability to pay the fine. In six hours the case moved from arrest to trial to sentencing.
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Carlos Wilder
Marbiehead
Gordon
George Williams
Williams
Wilder
Star
Adama
Mackintosh
Wildes
Willamen
Rough House in Restaurant Leads to Arrest
James Nealen a laborer invited three friends to breakfast at the Depot restaurant 80 Weet Yesler. He dined but refused to pay. A chase ensued ending with Nealen subdued and jailed for drunk and disorderly conduct awaiting Police Judge Gordon.
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Depot
Weet Yesler
Nealen
Olmstead
Kasson
Neaton
Gordon
Servia's Prince George Too Swift for Tutor
Belgrade reports Crown Prince George of Servia, a lively 18 year old, trained by Major Levasseur who quits after a wild chase injuring the tutor. A French military school graduate and skilled swordsman, the prince plans an independent household at 18 with a racing stable and a fast motor car.
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Belgrade
Servia
Alfonso
George
Peter
Major Levasseur
Prince George
St. Cyr
St. Petersburg
Levasseur
Mapor
Boston Arrives Bremerton For Repairs Before Panama Trip
The cruiser Boston arrived this afternoon from Port Angeles under Captain K Miles and will depart Bremerton September 1 for Panama. The revenue cutter Grant visited Bremerton Monday afternoon for a social call on Admiral Barclay.
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Bremerton
Boston
Port Angeles
K. Miles
Panama
Revenue
Grant
Admiral Barclay
Woman Leaps From Window to Escape Cincinnati Fire
Mrs. Anna Tessing, 70, leaped six feet from a rear window to an adjoining roof to flee a kitchen blaze in a tenement at Barr and UBaymilier streets. She was uninjured. dense smoke filled the building as police aided occupants. Cause of the fire remains unknown.
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Cincinnati
Anna Tessing
Barr and
Ubaymilier Streets
Optimistic mood in peace talks reported in Petersburg
Government officials in St Petersburg express optimism about peace negotiations as reports say M Witte has telegraphed progress toward a settlement. The report notes improved prospects for agreement, signaling a hopeful turn in the negotiations.
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M. Witte
Czar Reports Japanese Terms Acceptable with Amendments
The czar and czarina visited Tzarskoe selo at 6 30 am waking alarms and troops. A Radom dispatch reports 40 masked men attacked a post office, killed three officials, and seized 16000 dollars.
Miner dies in joke accident at Centerville
In Centerville Louisiana on August 10 Dave Evans a miner killed himself with a gun as a joke after his sister Mrs Owen Thomas asked him to unload the weapon He shot a hole through his hat and then loaded the gun again saying he would do it for a joke before the fatal blast.
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Centerville
Dave Evans
Miner
Owen Thomas
Tragic double act ends in self-inflicted death at Lockford
At Lockford, California, on the morning of August 9, William Willis, a ranch hand, shot his wife causing mortal wounds and, after finding escape barred, turned the weapon on himself and blew out his brains. The tragedy followed Mrs. Willis' refusal to return to her husband. the couple had separated several months earlier.
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Lockford
William Willis
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Forestville Ave
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