Greatest Poultry Colony In the World
A Puget Mill Company initiative promotes ALDERWOOD MANOR as a grand poultry colony combining cooperative farming with individual effort. It touts a five thousand hen model, filbert nut orchards, and free expert instruction in poultry, horticulture, and gardening, inviting visitors to inspect and learn from the Shoup plan in Western Washington.
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Puget Mill Company
Alderwood Manor
University of
Washington
German Sword Swallower Claimed Insane to Avoid War
Word from German press reports a man known for sword swallowing used his prison experience to feign insanity to avoid conscription. He confessed to improvising tools in his cell and undergoing surgery to pull items from his stomach. He preferred asylum to fighting in the war. Frauen title debated for fiancées of soldiers.
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Fleriin Vorwaerts
Maximilian Hein
Hein
Pays to Free Land campaign aims at land reform
The article outlines a movement advocating readjustment of the nation's land holding system. It discusses goals, supporters, and potential impact on farmers and ownership patterns.
Aviator Describes Muddy Battle View Over Flanders
An American aviator reports a bird eye view of the Flanders battle during the great Allied offensive. He recalls 200 feet up, Titanic explosions, cratered fields, water filled pits, and wounded men in the mud as tanks slog through the swamp. French and British infantry labor to dig in ahead of their objectives.
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Reer Reese
Paris
Hell
Flanders
Desperate Yser Front Amid Unending Artillery Fury
Eyewitness describes trench chaos along the Yser canal where German troops retreat through shell holes while Allied artillery and mules push forward. Amid endless rain and thunderous explosions, combat intensifies as troops advance under a dark, rain-filled sky.
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Yser
Public Denied Peek at Society Magazine
The Chronicle, a New York magazine marketed as of by and for society, reportedly rejects applicants whose family histories fail to pass social scrutiny, prompting public interest in its exclusivity and methods.
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Society
United Press
New York
Chronicle
Police Fail to Aid Search for Man They Held
The Star reports that Hamilton J. Carr, Seattle pioneer, was found in King County Hospital after his sons conducted a lengthy search. Police initially denied knowledge of the case. later records showed he had been admitted July 13 for alleged intoxication, though he never drank. Carr’s mind was blank from a stroke and a head bump suggested violence. his sons accuse officials of failing to notify them or search properly. He is now recovering at home with family.
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the Star
Hamilton J. Carr
Seattle
King County Hospital
California
Amee
Alaska
Earl
City Hospital
Carr
Postmaster Job Exam Planned for Brinnon Washington
Uncle Sam seeks a Brinnon postmaster. Civil service tests will be at the post office on August 25. Open to women 18 or older and men at least 21 years of age.
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Sam
Brinnon
Wash
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Shoup
Everett
Fifth and Pine
Puget Sound
Puget Mill CO. Alker Building
Second and University
Land Department
Elliott
Germany
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Kreuzzeitung
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
MosJosePn Fels
Beattie
Richard A. Thompson
Walter LeRoy Hrobeck
William G. Hachav
Miankenship
Charles Keyne
Lewie
Fyan, Jr
Robert M. Benton
George W Davie
Virgil Raymond
Densmore
Archie Pawver
William HH. Gerrard
Morriel L. Gilmore
Marry Alfred Anderson
Harry Melagh
Pverett Washington Nelson
Tom James Kavin
Robert Alonzo Foster
Watson A Fmuth
William Kattenho Bede
Peter Orance
Louie Dowensing McVicar
Renard Merbert Hoffmeister
Howard MH Bayer
Ernest Georges Inrell
John Henn Patterson
Henry Abraham Meyers
Charlie Edward Wicks
James Ernest Colline
Lowell M Hureett
Berle Arthur Melden
George Hermanne Glover
Carter Marton Pasnett
Albert Thomas Hobinson
Earie Deugiae Iipin
George Hoble
Marry Molting
Albion Casselman Wiewell
John Gillbert Brace
Lawrence Bouchet
Oliver Hogna
Wilther
Lenemere
Fred Wintfield Porton
Chapin Denemere
Thomas PF. Murray
Joseph Anthony Beachelat
Perry Harrie
Wilbur Vincent Warner
John Mas Rhosenkrang
George Michael Lanterre
James Ernest Warren
Certla
Willard Thing
Will Vanaycle Parka
Georges J. Mears
Harry John Weoelber
Henry Willard Wingulst
Elmer W. Moore
Chester W. King
Freyd Masxwell
Herbert William Woodford
Charlies Curtin Delph
Car Paw! Weasel
Paul Mell
Frank Farnese Pearce
Virden Marke Welde
Edward Allen Bilte
Harry M. Ingersoll
Rece
Wesley Hubley
Harry Benjamin Denton
Sidney Carlton Robtinson
Leon Hilte Darrow
Edmond Claveen
John Edwin Larson
OG Poet
Farm Platine
Cheeter Steward Warner
Roy Phillipa
William W. Buchanan
Nearry * Eider
Michael FE. Alfonso
Kather ' m Schroeder
Jamee Daniel Tuttle
Preok Lee Walker
Julian BE. G. Cleveland
Abel Eklund
Joseph Anderson
Marry Penny Longfellow
Allen Chester Hawtey
Williarm
David Mystrorm
Grover Gorman Cathcart
Nathan Mary
Dr. Coct
Lindy Kirkpatrick
Georges Edward Murdock
Medrick Garfield Tanner
Elmer Martee McAroy
Roderick George Morrison
Murray Alba Austin
George Bradly Mellly
James Hertert Barrie
Clarence Larson
45Th
Howard Albert Smith
Theodore W Patterson
Edward la Mrange
William James Dovweett
Edgar Johnston Marmitton
Amoe Sovereign Grenland
Frank Ermene
Rey Stanley Jensen
Fred Knight Williamson
Claude F. Clark
Faward Benjamin Sutton
Orle A. Nortum
Carl Leonard Nordin
Clarence Noel
Lloyd Daniel Thoman
Emil Elisen
Herman C. Erlandson
Raymond L. Wood
Roy Hintaetman
George August Hipkos
Walter Charles Dergren
Jeexe Benjamin William
Warry
Mortimer McDonald
Rollin Fugene Oliver
Leetle Ernest Reeve
David Merbert Lallnquist
Gunard Mamue
Albert Alexander Carson
Leane de Camp Carson
Milo Mason Pissey
John Mussel Morrin
Kenneth Kdward Gov
Victor Pyron Larson
Fred Jared Watson
Benjamin Iner Jule
Christen Witte
John Tollofson
Arza G. Colby
Charles F. Johnston
Arthur John Everdam
Henry Webb Edwardes
MeDougall
Oathwick
Second Avenue and
Pike Street
MacDougall -Senathwick Men's Shop
MacDougall - Southwick
MacDougall
Southwick
MacDougall-Southwick
Fleer
Trentino
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