Secret committee moves to grant exclusive franchises
A covert panel drafted terms to grant exclusive Seattle Electric Company franchises on Second Avenue and Westlake in Seattle. The plan faces council vote next Wednesday with talk of blocking by Moore and opposition from Ballinger allies, risking a decade of limited streetcar service to Ballard Green Lake and Queen Anne Hill.
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Wade
Seattle
Purth
City Hall
Ita
Moore-Gilman
Ballinger
Sec. D
Westlake
Mayor Ballinger
J. A. Moore
Moore
Second Avenue
Washington Hotel
Seattle Electric Company
Queen Annehill
Ballard
Premont
Green Lake
Weetlake
Monarch Shirt Sale Packs Styles for $1 at BK
Local shop advertises Monarch Shirt styles at one dollar each at a Brooklyn address. The short sale highlights affordable pricing and quick availability, inviting customers to visit the store on 121 ta Avenue for purchases.
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Monarch
BK. N. Brooks
Ta Ave
Eee
Skillful Physician Demands Equal Skillful Pharmacist
A concise note asserts that a skilled physician requires a capable pharmacist and that the patient benefits when both roles meet high standards. It emphasizes collaboration and mutual competence in medical care.
Reliability and Promptness Guiding Pharmacy Service
A short note emphasizes reliability in drug purity and promptness in filling prescriptions. It stresses absolutely no adulteration, meticulous precautions in every fill, and zero delays.
Carnival of Valleys and Cash Deals at Lang Drug
A fragmented ad page lists Lang Drug at First Avenue Colman Building between Columbia and Marion offering a carnival of values. It promotes cash sales on items like nickel plated hardware, leather soles, clamps, floor hitches, soldering outfits, and reels from Spinning's Cash Store on 1310 Second Avenue with prices around $2 to $86.
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First Avenue
Colman
Columbia and
Marion
Valles
Bonney
What a Savings Account Will Do for You
The State Bank of Seattle promotes savings as a guard against extravagance and a cushion during unemployment or illness. It offers four percent on savings and time certificates and accepts mail deposits with one dollar opening. Officers listed include EB Grondahl president John Erikson vice president and A H Soelbers vice president and cashier. The bank is open tonight from 6 to 9.
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State Bank of Seattle
First Ave
Dealer Way
Seattle
Wash
State Bank of
EB. L. Grondahl
John Erikson
A. H. Soelbers
Saw Mill at Kirkland Faces Injunction Fight
Judge Gillam weighs Churchill v Kirkland Lumber over a smoke nuisance from a Kirkland mill. Neighbors allege eyes sting smut and showers of cinders ruin meals and soiled linen. Company contends a closed burner costs 400 dollars, petition seeks prohibition while trial proceeds Saturday afternoon.
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Kirkland
Kirkland Lumber Company
Judge Gillam
A. T. Churchill
Kirkland Octopus
Churchill
Perry Returns From Long Aleutian Cruise
The United States torpedo boat destroyer Perry has just returned from a long cruise to the Aleutian islands near Alaska. Reports describe stories from officers about Attu and a lone white trader on the far western isle. The steamship Victoria carried 188 passengers and gold dust worth about $150,000 along with ivory and whalebone from the Arctic coast. Captain Weaver notes stormy July delays and the Bear's recent Nome visit for Arctic possessions. Steamer Prelades sits in port at Tacoma loading cargo for the Orient.
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Perry
Bam
Aleutian
Alarka
Attu Island
Dutch Harbor
United States
Indiana
Victoria
Northwestern Steamship Company
Nome
Michaela
The
Iberian
Alaskan
Weaver
Bear
Uncle Bam
Alaska
Keefe divorce granted after short marriage in Sausalito
Mary Maud Keefe testified that John H. Keefe deserted her after ten days of marriage and never supported her. She described him as a drunkard who squandered his money in dissipation, and the court granted her a divorce.
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Love
Mary Maud Keefe
John H. Keefe
Sausalito
Cal
Hoeck Divorce Ends as Wife Seeks Freedom
Mrs. Anna Hoeck testified Saturday in divorce court that Nicholas Hoeck took more of her money than he provided in support and deserted her after she refused to enable his idleness. She said she suspects he went to Germany and expressed indifference to his whereabouts. The court granted her request and freed her from him.
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Nicholas Hoeck
Anna Hoeck
Mrs. Hoeck
Germany
San Francisco Lawyer Loses First Round in Perjury Case
Victoria J C Aug 19 California scores first round as Judge Lampman holds a true bill against Collings the San Francisco attorney. He is ordered jailed pending surrender on perjury charges after ruling his marriage affidavit to Charlotta Newman is valid and the marriage certificate matches. Colling has 15 days to seek habeas corpus and plans appeals up to Canada’s highest courts.
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State of California
Garnet Collina
San Francisco
Lampman
Collings
Charlotta Newman
California
Canada
Colling
Charlotta
Collinge
Supreme Court of
British Columbia
Full Court
Supreme Court of Canada
Privy Council
Collinghaa
Woman Seeks Divorce After Husband Left Family Home
Mrs. May Weed testified on Saturday that David F. Weed furnished a home and money but abandoned her and her son. She said he never supported her or the household, while her masseuse income barely kept them afloat. Jesse Moliter, her stepson, added that the husband deserted them two winters ago. Judge Gilliam granted the divorce.
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May Weed
David F. Weed
Father Learns of Erring Son Detention in Ellensburg
In a downtown cafe J R Sovereign head of the Knights of Labor reads a paper and discovers his 15 year old son is jailed in Ellensburg for attempted train wrecking with Len Holt. Sovereign plans to await word from his son before acting and says the boy must face the disgrace he caused his family.
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J. R. Sovereign
Knights of Labor
Bis
Missoula
Mont
Ellensburg
Len Holt
Sovereign Anys Holt
Destines
Sovereign
Bey
Dishe
Gambling at Canfield's Crowds Roulet Wheels In Saratoga
Report on Saratoga gambling dens led by Canfield's and Joe Ullman’s with rooms at the fashionable resort. Hundreds crowd the tables, $1000 chips, millions wagered daily, officials allegedly inactive, with a "Monte Carlo" atmosphere and women active in betting rooms.
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Canfield’s
Saratoga
N. Y
Monte Carlo
Canfield
Rowlet
Joe” Ullman
GEM
Sweeney's
Roulet
Klondike
Canfield's Gambling Haven Draws Saratoga's Elite
At Canfield's in Saratoga, wealth and power mingle as 200 to 300 socialites and Wall Street figures pack the gambling rooms. A night opened at 9 30 with $1 000 chips and $10 000 bets, while Canfield oversaw a selective, dressy scene and kept out professional gamblers. The venue boasts $86 000 in statuary and art, a grand dining room, and checks rather than currency for losses, with a nightly loss around $29 000 and profits rumored to near $100 000 weekly.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Canfield's
Canfield’s
Canfield
Delmonico’s
Sherry's
New York
Ips
Richard Canfield
Walla
Canfiel
Great Green
Faro
Final day program of Trans-Mississippi congress outlined
Portland Aug 19 The final day agenda was set by John Henry Smith Utah as speakers included T H Tomlinson Denver J W Nebel J Loula Henry T Clark Omaha James Whitcomb Oregon and Frank W Hilbe Beattie The group will elect officers including President David R Prancia St Louis and choose Denver as next meeting site.
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Portland
John Henry Smith
Utah
T. H. Tomlinson
Denver
Miselesippi
John W. Neble
J. Loula
Department of Commerce and Labor
Henry T. Clark
Omaha
River Improvementa
L. James Whitcomb
Oregon
Frank W. Hilbbe
Beattie
Congress
David R. Prancia
St. Louis
H. D. Loveland
San Praticiaco
L. Bradford Prince
Santa Fe
N. J. Larimore
Larimore
N. D
A. Fellowa
Topeka
Arthur B. Francis
Cripple Creek
H. B. Topping
Katheng City
Patrolman to escort James Wendt over holdup claim
Wendt says he was robbed by two colored men and attempted murder charge against him is filed for assaulting Charles Key who is hospitalized. Police favor Grey’s account over Wendt’s, with Grey identified as one of the attackers.
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Anderson
James Wendt
Wendt
Charles Key
Grey
Power company franchise assessment increases in Seattle
The board of equalization raised the Seattle Tacoma Power company's franchise assessment by $20,000, with the personal property assessment now at $176,000. The move was larger in proportion to plant value than the Seattle Electric Company's raise, and was deemed justifiable. Began & Erickson offered photography services at the Eitel Building, Second and Pike.
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Board of Equalization
Seattle-Tacoma Power Company
Seattle Electric Company
Seattle Tacoma Power Company
Bartender shoots wife over suspected infidelity in Milwaukee
James B. Daley, a Milwaukee bartender, says he shot his wife because she was rubb ing about with other men. The woman, holding their 18 month old baby, was wounded and he is under arrest.
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Brute
Milwaukee
James BE. Daley
Grand Aerie balloting resumes after last night's election
In Denver on August 19 the Grand Aerie of Fagler resumes balloting following a vote that named Hyman Davis of Cleveland as president and Joseph T. Pinkle of Oregon as chaplain. The next meeting place is slated to be Ban Franeteco.
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Denver
Grand Aerie
Fagler
Hyman Davis
Cleveland
Joseph T. Pinkle
Oregon
Ban Franeteco
Catarrh Cure Ad Claims Disease Cure and $100 Reward
An old advertisement touts Hall Brothers Catarrh Cure as a universal cure for catarrh with internal use to reach the disease through the bloodstream. Testimony asks readers to send for a testimonial list while offering a $100 reward if the cure fails to work, and lists F. J. Cheyney & Co. Toledo as sellers in addition to other local photos services.
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Hall
Ulres
F. J. Cheyney & CO
Toledo
Druggiata
The
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J. C
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