Manitoba Council Delivers Averted Strikes And Debate
Winnipeg report praises the five member industrial council for averting ten potential strikes since May, noting no strikes in the province. It details the council’s composition led by Rev. Ralph Connor, powers of a king's bench court, and delays in initiating investigations into rent profiteering and living costs.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Joint Council of Industry
W. B. Simpson
Ernest Robinson
Labor
H. B. Lyall
John Brovel
Rev
C. W. Gordon
Ralph Connor
Capt
J. W. Wilton
Court of King's Bench
Women’s Auxiliary
Great ‘War Veterans’ Association
Downtown Assessments Cut Slightly by Board of Equalization
The final session of the board of equalization reduced downtown property values slightly to balance district assessments without changing total taxes. On First Street from Madison to Marion the cut was 2 percent, while First Second and Fourth Avenues from Marion to Yesterday saw a five percent reduction. Third Avenue from Yesterday to Madison was reduced by 2 percent as taxpayers had petitioned for a 35 percent general cut.
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Board of Equalization
Madison
Marion St
Third Ave
Yesterway
Madison St
Two Bank Charter Changes Reported in State Advices
The First National Bank of Lynden obtains a state charter and becomes Lynden State Bank. The Army Bank of Greene Park is chartered as the Army National Bank of Camp Lewis. Nearby, the Kinghals snake, a South African native, can spray poison up to fifteen feet.
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First National Bank of
South Africa
Ship News Tides in Seattle
Seattle tidal notes show a first low tide at 26 feet and a first high tide at 109 percent, followed by a second low tide at 7 43 pm measuring 16 feet and a second high tide at 9 48 pm reaching 108 feet. The report records times and heights for the day with references to morning and evening tides.
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Turaday Ava
Teiot A Om
U.S. Ships Over German Routes
A 20 year co operative agreement between the American Ship and Commerce corporation and the Hamburg American line of Germany will operate American ships over former German trade routes. The arrangement backed by the Shipping Board pools pier facilities ports and offices and the two firms will act as agents in each country. Passenger service between the United States and Germany is to resume within a year.
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Washington
American Ship & Commerce Corporation
Hamburg American Line
Germany
Shipping Board
Benson
United States
Tetuon
Japs Talk Retaliation Against U S Port Policy
Tokyo reports that Japanese ship owners propose a retaliatory law to bar American vessels from Japanese ports in response to the U S merchant marine policy. A Kobe based union plans a memorial to the Japanese government, with Nippon Yusen Kaisha Osaka Shosen Kaisha and Toyo Kisen Kaisha backing the move to defend treaty rights.
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Japan Ship Owners’ Union
America
Tokyo
Japan
Kobe
United States
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Osaka Shosen Kaisha
Toyo Kisen Kaisha
35 Vessels Added to Ship Board List
The Shipping Board reported that in July 15 vessels totaling 272 150 deadweight tons were delivered to the board. In the first two weeks of August 11 vessels totaling 60 775 deadweight tons were completed and delivered.
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Ship Board List
Washington
The
Shipping Board
Uncle Sam Seeks Trades at Puget Sound Navy Yard
Uncle Sam needs five mechanics and eight sheet metal workers at the Puget Sound Navy Yard. Applications are taken at the Bremerton labor board office or by mail from room 303 post office building. Workers receive a yearly bonus and 30 days of paid leave.
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Uncle Sam
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Labor Board
Bremerton
Navy Yard
Weather report from Tatoosh Island Aug 17
Weather Bureau notes wire down and no report received. August 16 noon cloudy with west wind 10 mph. Afternoon clear with west wind 15 mph. Observer Str Everett noted at 4 p.m.
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Weather Bureau
Tatoosh Island
Everett
Maritime Ship Movements and Arrivals Across Pacific Ports
A fragment listing vessels sailing and arriving August 15 to 17 across Nome Victoria Beattie San Diego San Francisco Vancouver Tacoma Seattle and Port Townsend. Ships include Admiral Dewey Fulton Schley Tyndareus Saginaw Morning Star and others with routes via Honolulu Vancouver Tacoma and Beattie detailing sailings and port calls.
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Ftrivte
Victoria
Nome
Admiral Schley
San Diego
San Francisco
Apokane
Alaska
Fulton
Vancouver
B. C
Saginaw
Tacoma
A. T Burnside
Cardiff
Str
Bermuda
Puget Sound
Hongkong
Sir Wert Ivis
Beattie
Honolulu
A. & &. Vicksburg
Admiral Warragut
Seattle
San Fran
Cisco
Sir Lyman Stewart
Porta
Argyll
Heattle
S Tr President
B.C
Puget Sound Porta
Sehr Pacific
Puget Bound
Rosalie Mahoney
R. C
Acir Coolcha
Tyndareus
Port Townsend
Morning Star
Maritime Movements and Vessels in Seattle Port
The report lists ship movements on August 16 including Jefferson off Milly heading north at noon, Apex near Millbank Sound at 8 am, Elihu Thomeen towing Fresno, Cordova toward Tacong 70 miles north of Cape Spencer, and several others sailing from San Francisco to Tacoma, Beattie, Seattle and Beattie noted. Vessels in Smith Cove terminal include Horaisan Maru and Endicott at Great Northern terminal Tajima.
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Jefferson
Milly
Sehr
Millbank Sound
U. & Naval Communications
Elihu Thomeen
Tre Fresno
Cordova
Nest
Cape Spencer
Everett
San Francisco
Tacoma
Race Rocks
Admiral Dewey
Beattie
Beattie At & P. m
Fred Baxter
Seattia
Seattle
Teonium
Bhanghial
Smith Cove
Gtr Cross Keya
Atr
Horaisan Maru
Atr Endicott
Great Northern Terminal
Str
Tajima
Irregular Trading at the New York Stock Exchange
The market opened irregular with broad professional trading and early losses. United States Steel rose modestly while Mexican Petroleum and Pan American fell. overall the session ended lower as bears dominated and call money rose amid limited offerings.
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New York
United States Steel
Reading
General Motora
Republic Steel
Hi Crucible Steel
Mexican Petroleum
Baldwin
United States Rubber
Pan-American
Bethlehem “Rh
New York Central
Nethiochem
Southern Pacific
Heavy buying drives sharp gains in grain futures
Chicago market ends with strong closes as buying rush lifts December wheat to 2.284 up from 2.36? and March wheat to 2.40. September corn posts a 0.15 rise, December corn to 1.25, oats settle at 0.69, while cash wheat quotes rise across grades with No 1 red at 2.57 and others near 2.55.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Market Status Report From Frisco August 1 1900
Frisco market notes butter cheese and dairy prices with scattered items. Butter prices range from two dollars per pound for standard grade to higher, with variations in pallet availability and understate pallets. Cheese price quotes include California fat and fancy grades per pound, with first quality listings.
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Francisco
California
New York Coffee and Sugar Prices Report
New York August 11 report notes Coffee No. Rie at 40 to 40 1e per lb, No. Santos at 15 to 16 1/2 cents per lb. Sugar Raw quoted 11 to 10 1/2 cents per lb, Granulated around 17.1 to 22.6 cents per lb.
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N. Y
New York
Santos
Foreign exchange quotations ease at opening in New York
The market opened with easy demand and quotes in New York. Sterling opened around 62.62 percent, with francs at 1.590 and lire near 4.930, while marks and Canadian dollars showed fractional adjustments.
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New York
Poretan Exchange
Portland Market Report to August 17
Market report from Portland notes prices for butter at 8e per pound on wholesale items and eggs at 47 per dozen. Beet and beet items show minor shifts while hene and brooders move within small ranges. Local buyers seek fresh produce as market activity remains steady.
Japan Wages Narcotic War
Professor A. W. Linton of the University of Washington told the Washington Pharmaceutical Association convention in Tacoma that Japan imports large quantities of narcotics from the U S and elsewhere to help maintain control over parts of China. He urged a resolution calling for federal legislation to curb drug exports and warned of expanding narcotics use.
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Tacoma
Japan
United States
China
A. W. Linton
University of Washington
Washington Pharmaceutical Association
Suit Worn 60 Years to Church Ceremony
In Harrisburg Kentucky Uncle Frank Grow of Wilmore attended services in a black broadcloth suit bought for 23 dollars when he married six decades ago. The aging garment remains in fine condition and he plans to be buried in it. Federal Judge Jeremiah Neterer leaves for a brief Alaska cruise, slated to return for September court sessions.
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Harrisburg
Frank” Grow
Wilmore
Pike Place Market Shopping List Items Aisle By Aisle
A dense catalog of grocery goods and prices from Pike Place stalls including fresh milk sardines canned fish butter cheese coffee and baking goods. Items span Kellogg’s corn flakes Orion olive oil cider vinegar ground chocolate honey and various produce with numerous price points noted alongside brand names and stall cues.
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B.C
Kellogg's
Napoleon
Life
Beckers
Reliance
Crisco
Ihe
Twins Born at Multiple Hospitals Across State
A scrambled notice lists several names and locations including Swedish hospital, Providence hospital, Sound View hospital, and multiple addresses. It notes births of a boy and a girl and mentions persons such as Emi P Wange, Reimer, Wolfe, Vance, and McHugh among others, with various street addresses. The fragmentary OCR implies a vital statistics notice detailing twin birth and associated individuals.
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Stoshate
Emi P Wange
Uno
Swedish Hospital
Reimer
Menry
Rayne
Wash
Per
Wolfe
Vance
Girt Vernon
Milton
Flom
Kennydale
Ash Hupbard
Frank Robert
MekrAie
A. R
Providence Hospital
Carleon
C. A
A OF Aneeeen
Jyprie L
Marriage licenses listed for Seattle area residents
A fragmented roster shows numerous individuals from Seattle Tacoma Portland and nearby areas obtaining marriage licenses. Names include Myrtle Lee Clark Dwight L Maxwell Mather Hord Alfred Lee Sabin Pearl Oleva and others with ages and residences. The document lists multiple couples and single entries with cities such as Seattle and Portland.
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Legal Burna
Myrtle Lee
Seattle
Legal Clark
Dwight L
Legal Maxwell
Na G
Legal Barnes
Thomas H
Hord
Mather
Sabin
Alfred Lee
Trudell
Joseph Gilbert
Auburn
Annameter
van Francis
Chi- Sheligren
Ernest F
Legal Cox
Pearl Oleva
Razier
Haskins Sands
Searle
Marian
Tacoma
Syeepees
Lester Edward
Port- Bong
Cas Dearscvrisioes
Warmker
Carl
Taylor
Amy
Olda
Elsie F
Ee Bellows
Olonzo C
Lakeside
Eleanor V
Egal
Ee Boesesereesssrrorss
Thomas
Legal Russell
Vera
Legal Guorts
de Betas
Deey Fisher
Mimer H
St.Paul
Wilkening
Louise
St. Paul
Sloan
Emeline Calestine
Deeberes Legal
Prices on Row Remain Steady in Local Market Report
Comparative quiet prevailed along commission row after Monday’s rush. Prices for fruits and vegetables were steady with good demand for celery onions tomatoes and grapes among others. Wholesale figures list various crops with per unit prices at local and Yakima markets.
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Hutter
Keane
Tocal
Yakima
Khabarh
Reindeer May Cut High Cost of Living
Dr. Edward K. Nelson of the Biological Survey heads to Alaska to study reindeer meat as a potential beef substitute. Alaskan reindeer herds rise from 143 in 1892 to 150,000 in 1920, and the flesh is a delicacy among northern tribes.
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Edward K. Nelson
Biological Survey
Department of Agriculture
Alaska
Court Fight Over Pacific Co operative Stores Receiver
Hearing on permanent receiver for the Pacific Co operative League Inc was under way in Judge Clay Allens court. Attorneys for the league financed by labor interests argued the stores at Mineral Kelna Anacortes and Okanogan were not insolvent as a unit of the national chain. The Warmers Warehouse association seeks a receiver ship to recover an alleged debt of 2661 dollars.
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Pacific Co-operative League, Inc
Clay Allen
Mineral
Kelna
Anacortes
Okanogan
Warmers’ Warehouse Association
Council Talks Market Plans for Pike Place
The harbors and grounds committee heard proposals to enlarge Pike Place market to house farmers displaced by roadway clearance. A plan by Public Market and Department Store Co and Fairley Investment Co envisions a Western Avenue addition linked by a bridge to the existing market. By a year old ordinance the roadway must be cleared by September 20, forcing farmers to relocate.
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Pike Place
Council Harbors and Grounds Committee
Public Market and Department Store Company
Fairley Investment Company
Western Ave
Federal Jurors to Convene September 1
The names of 42 persons to serve on the federal grand jury that will convene September 1 were drawn under Federal Judge Jeremiah Neterer in the United States district court Monday. The majority of cases they will consider are for alleged violations of the prohibition and narcotic law.
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Jeremiah Neterer
Spokane
United States District Court
Ween
Patriarche Railway Man Dies in Detroit
Arthur Patriarche former vice president of the Pere Marquette railroad died in Detroit on Monday. He began railway work as a telegrapher and served with the Pere Marquette for 48 years.
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Patriarche
Detroit
Mich
Arthur Patriarche
Pere Marquette Railroad
Pere Marquette
Interstate freight up in Wisconsin amid rate dispute
Wisconsin regulators authorized a 35 percent rise in intrastate freight rates while rejecting an increase in passenger fares. The decision affects shippers and local transit users statewide, signaling a shift in how freight costs are passed to customers.
Miner Wins Record 132 a Week in Pennsylvania Mine
Patrick Flynn, a coal miner at Highland Coal in Somerset, Pa, earned 264 for two weeks of labor, averaging nine hours daily. The payoff is described as a record for the area, highlighting unusually high weekly wages in the pit.
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Somerset
Patrick Flynn
Highland Coal Company
Flynn
Textile Mill to Close Three Weeks in Lawrence
The Pacific mills in Lawrence Massachusetts will shut down for three weeks starting next Saturday extending the usual 10 day vacation period. The plant employs nearly 12 000 workers and its closure affects a large portion of the textile district.
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Lawrence
Mass
Pacific Mills
Douglas Resigns Honorary Posts
Major Malcolm Douglas, a Republican prosecuting attorney candidate, resigns from the Elmer J. Noble post board of trustees and from vice president role in the Municipal league. He also steps down as secretary of the Constitutional Government league, citing ongoing partisan politics.
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Malcolm Douglas
Elmer J. Noble Post
Douglas
Legion
Douging
Municipal League
Constitutional Government League
Remarkable African Antelopes Arrive at Smithsonian
Washington August 17 An antelope group from Africa now at the Smithsonian includes a tiny beauty no larger than a toy. It has brown eyes legs as thin as a pencil and an inch long but sharp as a tack with hoofs the size of a thumbnail. A second African addition a pig my squirrel resembles a mouse with needle like teeth.
Doctor Questions Husband During Semi-Conscious State
A doctor asks a wife if her husband has regained consciousness. She confirms a brief lucid moment. The doctor notes the husband refused the medicine and described her as an answer.
Butter Law Enforced as Officials Warn Retailers
Deputy collector William T. Beeks declared strict enforcement of the federal butter water content rule at a meeting of retailers and creameries. He noted butter over 16 percent water is adulterated and that penalties apply to manufacturers wholesale dealers and sellers. Dealers pledged cooperation with agents to bar butter from violators until properly labeled and taxed.
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William T. Beeks
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Law
Beeks
Seattle
Permit loan for soy oil purchase granted by federal judge
Authority to borrow $50,000 to buy soya bean oil to satisfy outstanding contracts was granted to Co. B Wills as receiver for Rogers Brown & Co by Judge Net erer on Saturday. Permission to sell Third Liberty Loan bonds valued at $29,000 at par was also granted.
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Co. B Wills
Rogers Brown & Co
Neterer
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U.S
Hamburg-American Line
U. S
Wireless
N.Y
New York Evening Sun Financial Review
Bears
Altho
Coicago
St Seers
Portland
Ib. Brotlers
Maro
Weat Center
Ketchikan
Grand Trunk Dock
Pacific Coast Coal Bunkere
Umatilla
Eastern Leader
Eastern Temple
Pacific Coast Engineering Works
Eastern
Boldier
Spokane St
Duthie Yarde
West
Joraup
East Waterway
Sehr William Howden
Weat Jena
Todd Drydocks
Togua
Weat Noro
Patterson
Ames Yarde
Roosevelt
Lake Union
Hulls
Broxton
Leota
Endy U Mion
Fort Jackson
Addison
Sroughton
Bowesmont
Hourneville
Allenhuret
Abilla
Adria
Capraria
Miestra
Derwin
Abydos
Arcademia
Academia
Pesuta
Black Wolf
Bickland
Haastine
Blanford
Agro
Anthon
Fort Harrison
Fort Stanwix
Imufka
Kiton
Looti
Dione
Cagnacan
Cozian
Citteyras
Cardia
Klinea
Westlake
Lipton
Olaham
John
Seis 47Th
Serviai
Alfred
Lake Washington Emai
Sheff
Mamie
Ninth Ave
Cal Pryor
Mucherrice B.C
Camtaloepen
Cal
Otendarde Arm
Gelden West
Welmute Manchortem
Virginia Keystone
Batterlocal Creamery
Wieck
éCebaues
Rene
Colman Dock
Bonne
Council
Interstate
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Pacific
Victoria & VaNcouver
Princess” Steamships
Canadian Pacific Dock
Yester Way
Direct
Vancouver Island
Middle West
Canada
GOR
Second Ave
F. L. Sturdeer
San Juan Islands
Sivuse
Colmannock
San Juan Sar
Bellingham
Richardson
West Bend
Orcas
East Sound
Olga
Puget
Shatile
Africa
Smithsonian Institution
Aue
Ohio
Liberty and Victory
Tha
Oea
Lee
Morris Brothers, Inc
Central Building
Elliott
Main
Alberta
Alberta-American Land Company
Pinney & Noble
Third Avenue
Columbia Street
Seattle, Wash
Washington Country
ESI Main
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