Fare dispute over Seattle Tacoma ticket fare with Interurban
Charles Freeman challenged Puget Sound Traction Co claiming entitlement to through transportation from Seattle to Tacoma and back for a nickel, after refusing to accept the return portion of his Seattle Tacoma ticket. The commission found no rule mandating through transport but would discuss with the company. Judge Shackleford replied the road would not change its rules, saying We need every cent we can get. Freeman had not replied to the commission’s closing inquiry.
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Charles Freeman
East 69Th St
Tacoma
Seattle
Freeman
Hle
State Public Services Comminaton
Free Man
Puget Sound Hirectiie Co
John A. Shackleford
Wan B
Shackleford
Spinning
Plan Railroad to Diggings to Shushanna Mines
J Close of Close brothers, backers of the White Pass & Yukon Route, left by train August 15 for White Horse then Coffee Creek by steamer. From there he used pack horses to reach Shushanna country to study extending the railroad from White Horse to the mines, a projected 270 mile line tapping a rich tributary region.
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J. Close
Close Brothers
White Pass
Yukon
White Horse
Coffee Creek
Shushanna Country
Three Thousand Nine Hundred Dollar Windfall Recovered in Seattle
Mr and Mrs W H Ward of the Bostonian apartments lost 3900 in a roll of bills between their home and Lincoln playfield Thursday. George B Riley a Seattle real estate man found the bundle on Pine between 12th and 13th avenues and returned it refusing a $250 reward. Ward later donated the reward to Riley's relative and moved his address from San Diego to Seattle declaring the city his permanent home.
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Diogenes
Seattle
W. H. Ward
Bostonian Apartments
Lincoln Playfield
George B. Riley
Colman
Ava
Riley
Ward
San Diego
Girl Binds and Gags Self After Months of Peril
Martha Walters, 20, recounts a three month series of injuries and abductions including assaults in a cemetery and being bound and gagged in her home. Police faced a puzzling case as doctors deemed injuries not clearly self inflicted. She is now at a sanitarium under care of friends.
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Los Angeles
Martha Walters
Council Position Up in Air As Votes Stuck
Rumors say President Hesketh and Councilmen Marble Goddard and Peirce may back a bloc, but none has five votes. Hesketh supports municipal ownership and may align with Erickson, though one more vote is needed. Erickson Griffiths Haas or Wardall are doubtful.
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Hesketh
Marble
Goddard
Peirce
Erickson
Griffiths, Haas
Wardall
Sailor from San Francisco Sentenced to Six Years in Germany
Frederick Ankener, a 60 plus sailor from San Francisco, began a six year term for desertion from the German cruiser Hansa in 1879. He deserted at Valparaiso, sailed to San Francisco, and only recently returned to Kiel after believing amnesty would cover him. He was arrested and court martialed despite his homeward hopes.
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Berlin
Frederick Ankener
San Francisco
Ankener
Valparaiso
Hansa
Kiel
Long auto trip to move Moran body to New York
Aug 22 report from Los Angeles says a San Francisco carman plans a cross country road trip to transport the body of Michael Moran to its final resting place in New York fulfilling the man’s dying wish. The plan centers on a long automobile journey with Moran’s casket, involving multiple states and a public display of the family’s request.
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Los Angeles
Michael Moran
San Francisco
New York
W. A. Peck
Moran
Peck
Odd World Mystery and Dramatic Claims
Ornithological note contends Secretary Bryan’s dove of peace emblem depicts a war eagle. A Poughkeepsie woman who pulled her tooth with a cord bleeds to death. Dr Harvey W Wiley proclaims in a suffrage debate that woman shares the same monstrous bio plasm as man.
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Bryan
Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Harvey W. Wiley
Unfortunate soul hints at William’s disappearance
A fragmented report notes William’s alleged disappearance with a bank withdrawal of 165 dollars on the day he vanished. The speaker claims William will be found later “with his new clothes and his 165 dollars,” calling him an unfortunite soul.
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Wilyem
Johny
Children's Wash Dresses at $1.35
Fine grade ginghams galateas and percal es in stripe and check patterns and plain colors. Dresses trimmed with contrast color embroidery and buttons. Sizes 6 to 14 years. Just the dresses needed for school wear with attractive value at $1.35. Basement Balesroom.
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Seattle
Cardinal
Oxford
Germantown
Maroon
Bon Marche
Hon Marche
IRLS
Muslin Gowns Offered At 58c And 75c Prices
Attractive kimono style gown in soft muslin features a round yoke machine embroidered with floral design and Bar men lace inset. Neck and sleeves finished with Bar men edge priced at 75c. Another muslin gown trimmed with Barmen lace, ribbon beading and matching edge priced at 58c. Pasement Salearoom.
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Coats
Astrakhan
Chinchilla
Melton
Pacca
Derby and
Velour
Piver’s
L. T. Piver
Floramye
Esperin Hind
le Kroaseles
Pinaud
Colgate
Kirk
Washington
Ceylon
Proctor and Gamble
Kenton
Soneetenne
Union Street
Second Avenue
Fon Marche
Beat
S. E. CO
AIR
Cupid
Bvanaton, IL
Henan
N. Y
Sattery
Badger
Brooklyn Bridge
Sumbaddy
Brodie
Willem
Frederick & Nelson
Sam
Pasement Salearoom
Pamelia
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