Puget Sound Navy Yard to be equipped for battleships now
A summarized editorial lauds rapid equipment of Puget Sound Navy Yard for battleships and predicts government built ships and a rising merchant marine. It credits President Woodrow Wilson, Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, and congressional allies for securing the appropriation. The piece forecasts 3,500 workers for a new dreadnought and a broader goal of 20,000 jobs in a stronger naval-merchant program at Bremerton.
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Puget Sound Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Mississippi River
Wm. BE
Humphrey
Miles Poindex
Woodrow Wilson
Josephus Daniela
Navy
Congress
Bremerton
Why Seattleites Answer In Verse To This Kissing Question
A Seattle newspaper item shows readers replying in verse and prose to why a girl closes her eyes when kissed. Letters reference love, age groups, and personal experiences, with anecdotes and reflections on kissing as a shared, timeless theme. The section also includes dental ad copy interwoven with readers’ submissions.
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Love
Mies Grey
Dear Miss Grey A girl quiets lips when a man kisses her
A terse note quotes a city official remark about a girl closing her eyes during a kiss, conveying social attitudes of propriety and modesty in a municipal context.
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Tom
Harry
Aries
Marion
City
Annulling Pact Shifts Chinese Entry to Seattle or San Francisco
Immigration Commissioner White says cancelling the agreement between the U S Immigration Bureau and Canadian Pacific will force Chinese seeking entry to the United States to apply at Seattle or San Francisco and add up to 1 million dollars to annual coast transportation receipts. Previously Chinese entered via Vancouver B C through the Canadian Pacific. The United States moved to cancel the agreement to allow entry through Canada.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
United States
Seattle
San Francisco
White
Canadian Pacific
Vancouver
B.C
Canada
Port Commission Sets Special Meeting on Ferry Revenue
The port commission will hold a special meeting Monday to consider Commissioner Remburg's proposal that the Ferry Line Auto Bus Co be given three-fifths of the revenue from passengers using the West Seattle ferry. Previously the company received three-fifths of the fares from ferries and buses.
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Remaburg
Ferry Line Auto Bus Co
West Seattle
School tax levy rises with one mill increase
Preliminary expense estimates shown to the school board indicate a one mill rise in the 1917 school tax levy. The current levy stands at 6 mills with the increase proposed under advisement Thursday.
Regal Dental Offices Manager Dr Clark Location
Regal Dental Offices operated by Dr. L KH Clark lists address at 1405 Third Ave North West Corner of Third and Union.
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Regal Dental Offices
Dr. L. KH. Clark
Third Ave
N. W. Cor
Third and Union
Ex con admits double murder near Clathe farm
Roy Dudley, an ex convict arrested on a wheat theft charge, confessed to killing Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mueller at their farmside home. He claimed self defense after a quarrel over mule team, firing with a shotgun, then shot Mrs Mueller when she intervened. He tied the bodies and hid them in an abandoned cellar.
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Henry Mueller
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Carroll
Stilwell
Boy Slayers Play in Jail in Twin Falls
Harold and Lynn Lovelace aged 12 and 11 face murder charges after confessing to killing F. T. Hamill. They are in the county jail juvenile ward, playing with improvised games while authorities decide if they will be prosecuted for murder. Lynn is alleged to have fired the fatal shot during a burglary at Hamill's house.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Harold and
Lynn Lovelace
F. T. Hamill
Lovelace
Lynn
Hamill
Wife Sues Man Over Spiritualism Led to Prison Cell
Mrs. Speckert files for divorce alleging lack of support since June 14 and failure to provide home necessities. Aloysius J. Speckert, former attorney now paroled from Walla Walla prison after a embezzlement sentence, once attributed his crimes to Spiritualism and later joined a Yoga cult. He maintains offices at 322 Northern Hank building.
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Walla Walla Prison
Ralph M. de Bit
Dorothy A. Gerber
San Francisco
California
Speckert
Walla Walla
German liner Wille aids Bremen voyage near Boston
Aug 24 reports say the Wille sailed from East Boston aiming for New London to meet Bremen the second German giant submarine. Bremen near America arrival expected within days per Ocean Company director Aasmann.
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Wille
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Ocean Company
Ocean Co
Laborers Arrested After Accusation of Robbery
H Sullivan and N E Droddy were arrested early Thursday on open charges after Thomas Kelly claimed they robbed him of $5. Kelly shouted for help as the men fled, but they ran into an officer who heard the commotion and heard them deny the charge.
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N. E. Droddy
Thomas Kelly
Kelly
Bank Closed in Pittsburg Under Loan Strain
The Central Trust Company, a state institution, was closed today due to bad loans and overdrafts. The bank, patronized largely by commission merchants, held deposits of about 600000.
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Pittsburg
Central Trust Company
Glycerine and Bark Claim to Prevent Appendicitis
An old advert promises Adler-i-ka as a cure for constipation gas and sour stomach claiming it acts on both bowel portions. It asserts a spoonful relieves most cases and can prevent appendicitis with quick action and a short treatment for chronic stomach trouble. Sold by Swift's Pharmacies with addresses in Becondave and Pikest.
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Swift
N. Broadway
Coast Artillery Reserves Practice At Fort Worden
Nine companies of Coast artillery reserves at Fort Worden fired at a moving target eight miles per hour as preliminary gunnery drills. The next stage will involve 1,000 pound projectiles at 5,000 yards. Seattle reserves have shown superiority in gunnery so far.
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Port Townsend
Coast Artillery
Fort Worden
Seattle
Sailors From New Orleans Cruser On Shore Leave In San Diego
In San Diego Aug 24 citizen sailors from Washington Oregon and Montana aboard the cruiser New Orleans enjoy shore leave. Two regular crew members who quarreled on deck are set to settle their differences with a finish fight today in the suburbs near the city.
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Washington
Oregon
Montana
New Orleans
Magdalena Bay
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