City faces deficit as 3 percent tax on gas and electric plants
Portland officials seek funds to cover saloon shutdown costs as Oregon Supreme Court Judge Burnett rules the gas and electricity firms must pay a 3 percent tax on income. The decision, endorsed by the mayor, could raise thousands annually and even fund a new city hall. Two Harmones children leave Washington Children's Home and travel to Colville, Washington.
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Girls on the Movie Bills Across Seattle Venues
Seattle theatergoers will see a busy week with Pauline Frederick in Sold at the Liberty and Hazel Dawn in Niobe at the Melbourne. The Colonial boasts seven famous films in a rotating lineup led by A Fool There Was and The Clemenceau Case featuring Theda Bara and Betty Nansen.
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Drowning toll rises as two youths drown at Silverlake
Aug 14 report from Bellingham Washington notes August Jacobson aged 21 and Mins Lela Breckenbridge aged 19 from Lynden drowned at Silverlake in Whatcom County. Neither could swim. The piece also mentions European opera in trenches and a visiting baritone Sebastian Burnett commenting on grand opera.
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Health officers to meet next week at Frye hotel
The state country and city health officers will hold their annual convention at the Frye hotel on Tuesday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. They will discuss public health and welfare matters and invite physicians and the general public to attend.
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Emperor Francis Joseph’s 85th Birthday Observed
The Associated Austro-Hungarian societies of Seattle celebrate the emperor's 85th birthday with a solemn high mass and Te Deum at St. James cathedral at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
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