Holt & Jeffery Earn Big With Westlake Dirt Deal
The article claims Holt & Jeffery will net 112804.12 beyond their contract for the Westlake improvement and hill regrade. It compares bids from Olson Mellen Co and Jewis & Wiley, suggests a contractor cartel with city officials, and questions profit via dirt handling at 48 cents a yard for 500000 yards, ending with THE END.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westlake
Messrs. Holt and
Jeffery
Olson, Mellen & Co
Dexter
Queen Anne Hill
Holt & Jeffery
Jackson St
Regrade Jewis & Wiley
Holt
Beattie
Denny
Combine
of & Contractors
Emily the waitress blindsided by abuse and neglect
A former waitress recounts brutal working conditions in a restaurant. Emily collapses from weakness as kitchen staff ignore her distress, while she endures unsafe, unsanitary areas, harassment from a patron, and delayed wages. The account highlights perilous labor conditions and economic vulnerability.
Prince George Sails For Premier's Party
The Prince George of the Grand Trunk Pacific sails for Victoria and Prince Rupert with Sir Wilfrid Laurier and about 60 officials on board. The ship will be held two days at Prince Rupert for terminal inspections before resuming its schedule to Seattle. Prince Rupert will host Charles M. Hays and guests on a separate leg of the coast visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Rupert
Wilfrid Laurier
Canada
Prince George
Grand Trunk Pacific
Madison St
Victoria
Sclons
Dominion
Seattle
Charles M. Hays
Grand Trunk Pacific System
Hays
Pres Hays
Port Stewart
Vera Prosser Recalls Libby Prison Stay And Escape
The interview with Vera Prosser reflects her imprisonment at Libby and release anxiety. She discusses freedom, public scrutiny, financial losses, and plans for a future free from sensationalized attention. Prosser notes she cannot perform publicly yet fears being labeled Vera Prosser.
Hold Two Men For Old Murder in Phoenix Hotel
Paul Henset aged 27 and John Costa 42 were arrested by Patrolman Montgomery on suspicion of involvement in the murder of Nikefor Federoff at the Phoenix hotel on February 21. The men confessed to deserting at Charleston from an English coal tramp two weeks earlier, and Kitcap county authorities were notified pending further investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Henset
John Costa
Montgomery
Nikefor Federoff
Phoenix Hotel
Charleston
Kitcap County
Crippen and Leneve Back to Face Trial in England
The Hoer Megantic carried Dr H H Crippen and Miss Ethel Leneve with Inspector Dew of Scotland Yard as they sail from Montreal to England to stand trial for the death of Crippen’s wife. Leneve bound for Holloway jail. relatives may visit briefly. She wears a new wig to alter her look.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crippen
Leneve Girl
Cutted Pree
Quebec
Hoer Megantic
H. H. Crippen
Mise Ethel Leneve
Inspector Dew
Scotland Yard
England
London
Kelle Elmore Crippen
Parliament House
Sillery
Megantic
Ner
Montreal
Mias Leneve
Holloway
Miss Leneve
Green River Hot Springs Hotel Destroyed by Fire
Fire set by unknown arsonists levels the Green River Hot Springs hotel and sanitarium, leaving no injuries. The resort had just planned repairs after a August 16 sale to a new stock company formed by E. W. Dooley W. H. Patterson O Talbert C B Hunt and W A Lemke for 140000 with $15000 slated for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cottea Press
Green River Hot Springs
Lews
Pacific National Bank and
F. 8. Harmon
Tacoma
E. W. Dooley
W. H. Patterson
O. Talbert
C. B. Hunt
North Yakima
W. A. Lemke
Bremerton
Spokane Area Telephony Links Coast to Rockies
Traffic agreements give Home Telephone and Interstate Consolidated a direct line from the Coast through Idaho to Montana. Portland Seattle teams join, with Butte Missoula to Minneapolis St Paul and onward to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Home Telephone Company
Coast
Rocky Mountains
Home Telephone
Portland
Seattle
Idaho
Montana
Butte
Missoula
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Chicago
Fatal Accident in Brighton Beach Car Race
At Brighton Beach motordrome during the 24 hour race, the Marion car crashed on the home stretch burying driver Wally Owens and mechanician Thomas Williams. Owens survived likely to recover while Williams was fatally injured. The Stearns led the field two miles ahead of the 1909 distance record with the race half complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Brighton Beach
N. Y
Marion
Wally Owens
Thomas Williams
Coney Island
Owens
Williams
Stearns
Odds and Ends From Everywhere
A collage of brief items from across the nation and beyond. Includes Crecy battle notes, a cougar sighting, a Spokane birth, a fatal shooting near a farm, air travel delays, a divorce filing in Seattle, Taft era yacht gathering, and multiple local incidents from Bremerton to Spokane.
Smuggling Plot Exposed in Boston Port
Joe Kee, an English speaking Chinese man, was arrested by a night watchman at the Boston wharves. He confessed that eight other Chinese men were smuggled into the city from the Cunard ship Saxonia at Liverpool, hidden in the hold, fed by two ship officers, and brought ashore through a rope ladder system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mars
Joe Kee
Kee
Cunard
Liverpool
Lee
Detective Craft and Shadowing in Seattles Police Scene
The article quotes Tom Foster on detective work and the talents needed to shadow a target. It highlights natural gifts for recognizing originals, stationary patience, and the impracticality of disguises. It notes Seattle’s exceptional shadow, a face like a wooden Indian, and observes women as less effective in man cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Seattle
Ike
Diplomas Awarded to 134 Acme Students at College Exercises
The Acme Business College marked its eighteenth anniversary with commencement at the Moore Theatre attended by Rep. Miles Poindexter and Councilman Thomas P. Revelle. Poindexter spoke on the young man and the new order as graduates were urged to help others. Medals recognized Miss Sarah Ness for typing 140 words a minute, William Fogelsteadt for penman work, and John Frear for rapid calculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acme Business College
Moore Theatre
Miles Poindexter
Thomas P. Revelle
Poindexter
New Order
W. A. Major
Marie Henriette Bahra
Fidadie
A. L. Desai
John Milligan
Sarah Elizabeth Ness
William A. Fogelsteadt
John W. Frear
Forest fires raged in Crater region blamed on homesteader
Medford reports fire set by a disgruntled homesteader to retaliate against rangers who reported on his claim last fall. Foresters note three secret service men seek the culprit as flames spread across 30 square miles, threatening Medford’s water system. 75 more men join from Mount McLaughlin slope. Portland officials request 500 more troops as 100 million feet of timber may be lost. Wind impedes control and communications between Ashland and Medford is cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medford
Ore
Crater National Forest
Secret Service
United Press
Butte Falla
Butte Falls
Erickson
Mount McLaughlin
Portland
Crater National Park
Cecil
Maus
American Lake
Ashland
White Slaver Arrested in Tacoma Scene
George Buchan, dressed in fashionable clothes, is arrested in Tacoma by Immigration Inspector Tom Fisher on a charge of living off the earnings of a white slave. A French woman with only four dollars is found with him, alleged to have labored for two years and sent thousands to him while receiving no food or proper clothing. A second note advertises visiting the navy yards with a round trip fare of 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamonds
George Buchan
Tacoma
Tom Fisher
Seattle
Buchan
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Emily
Shelly
Jade
Sir William Laurier
Vera Prosser
Libby
Ethel Leneve
Green River
My United Press
Consolidated Telephone Company
Thaddeus 8. Lane
The
Edward I
Edward
Prines
Crecy
France
Crocy
Sis
Bead Montille Pte
Spurgirte
Cora Mae- Lain
Clearwater
Engel
John Molsaant
Hoe
Orne
Rovert Mase
President Taft
Hen
Charles
Robert Taft
Marblehead
Gen
Leonard Wood
Merrill
Bob Patten
Quelchens
Shapphona
Princeton
Central America
Vicksburg
Chattanooga
Evanaville
Jack Castle
Loulaville
Mount Vernon
Ind
Galt Lake
San Francisco
Western Pacific Railroad
Hot Springs
Ark
Oscar Chitwood
Sheriff Houpt
Dayton
Washington
Henry Watrous Ranch
Carmen, Okla
M. Powter
Hie Eon Harry
Idaho Springs
Colo
Arthur Chappell
WL Opell
Fred Thomas
Stland Tunnel
Vancouver
B. C
A. L. Page
Ketchikan
Redding Conn—A Daughier
Mre
Ossip Gabrilowitcch
Bromfield
Mark Twain
Gabrilew Hach
Twain
Samvel Nelson
Daniel
Tom Foster
le Foster
Merlin
Spalding
Bend
A-G.spalding & Bros
Walter Camp
Acme
Valiedress
New Y York
Sheepehead Bay Racetrack
Navy Yards
Colman
Fortuna
Alaska
Second
Yesler
Calhoun, Denny & Ewing
Alaska Bldg
Everett
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co
Bell Telephone
STAR
Seventh Ave
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