Voting for Directors of City Schools
The election of three board of education members is today with voting on a $500,000 bond issue and a lot exchange for a Adama school site. Ballots list three-year, two-year and one-year terms, with specified candidates and ward polling locations across Seattle districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Park Board
Adama
Reuben W. Jones
Frank M. Guion
Peter Bettinger
Everett Smith
J. C. McFadden
Edmund Bowren
D. J. Sten
William Pigott
F. X. Christmann
Main St
South Seattle
Rainier
Pacific
School Board of Seventh Ay
Marion St
Rival Steamship Firms Battle For Poulabo Route
Kitsap County Navigation Co fails to meet Seattle Poulabo Route Co in war over the Poulabo run. The older firm loses offices on Colman dock to Barnard Eliot of the new company. All Kitsap boats depart from Galbraith-Bacon dock as the feud grows with freight shifting to the newer line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitsap County Navigation Co
Seattle-Poulabo Route Co
Poulabo Run
Ita
Colman Dock
Barnard Eliot
Kitsap
Galbraith-Bacon
Man Dies at 100th Birthday Celebration in Greens Fork
In Greens Fork Indiana John Fletcher Medaris aged 100 died at a town celebration marking his birth centennial. Medaris had lived in Wayne County for eight years after moving from a North Carolina lineage and farming life.
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Richmond
Ind
John Fletcher Medaris
Greens Fork
Medaris
Wayne County
North Carolina
Indiana
Diamond rings and real estate ads target Seattle area
An undated classified page fragment lists diamond rings from 15 dollars at 704 First Ave between Everett Interurban and the Sound, plus a five acre farm with a four room cottage, barn, orchards and water with price 2 160 cash. Also ads for cash registers and Raven Drug Co present in Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Interuanan
The
Sound
Zecme
Gladstone to Rule All South Africa
Herbert Gladstone will be the first governor general of United South Africa, covering the Transvaal and adjacent British territory in southern Africa. He is secretary of state for home affairs and a key ally to the Liberal government in revenue legislation. Mrs Gladstone, daughter of Sir Richard Paget, is noted for charm and hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Gladstone
England
United South Africa
Transvaal
Africa
Home Affairs
Gladstone
Richard Paget
Lincoln Wins High School Talkfest in Debate Duel
Lincoln students Frank Har greaves Marsh Corbett and Frank Baisden beat Broadway team Raymond Parnell Alma Howard and Howard Payne 2 to 1 on a Northwest city commission government question. Queen Anne trio Victor Pelts John Bovingdon Arthur Cohen defeated Kent high school squad Chester Body Stewart Simpson Albert Medowcraft on the same issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Frank Hargreaves
Marsh Corbett
Frank Baisden
Lincoln
Raymond Parnell
Alma Howard
Howard Payne
Northwest
Des Moines
Queen Anne High
Victor Pelts
John Bovingdon
Arthur Cohen
Kent High School
Chester Body
Stewart Simpson
Albert Medowcraft
Bake Oven Cure Promises Permanent Relief for Rheumatism
W M Bliss, a Seattle railroad man living at 2032 14th Ave W, was cured after a Bake Oven treatment by Loughney & Loughney. The relief began after the first session, and the cure is described as permanent with Bliss returning to work pain free. The firm advertises numerous testimonials and lists offices in the People's Savings Bank Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loughney & Loughney
Seattle
W. M. Bliss
14Th
Av. W
Mr. Bliss
Loughney Oughney
Loughney & Ghney
Prices rise hit common folks as eggs and meats soar
The piece notes eggs at 70 to 75 cents and butter wholesale 40 cents, retail 60 cents, with meat prices climbing. A wholesale meat man warns shortages if rail workers strike, while warehouses may empty soon as supply rushes out against high prices. The article questions how supply and demand explain prices amid ample supply and little demand.
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James Henry
Child's Marriage Annulled by Court in Algona Case
The marriage of Hazel Rice, 16, and Charles Warren Rice, 21, a rancher from Algona, was annulled yesterday by Judge Mitchell Gilliam in superior court. A mysterious Mrs Metjee faces perjury charges if located, for allegedly falsely claiming the bride was 18 when the license was issued in Spokane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Rice
Charles Warren Rice
Algona
Mitchell Gilliam
Mra
Metjee
Spokane
United States urged restraint in Nicaragua crisis
Adjutant General Lauck of California Defense urges calm and war restraint. He says the U S would be first to suffer if conflict with Nicaragua escalates and suggests limited naval action and a blockade to teach Central American states a lesson while avoiding full war.
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Sacramento
United States of America
Lauck
National Guard of
California
Cannon
Grace
Zelaya
Nicaragua
United States
Dance Tonight at Dreamland
Dance AY Dreamland offers a free admission event tonight with no charge for entry. Performers or schedule details are not specified in the readable text.
Man seeks job as premier's double in Swiss impostor tale
A British press dispatch recounts a bizarre fraud case in which a man jailed for fraud offered services as a double for a prime minister. The note, written by a Swiss national, claimed likeness to Mariand the premier and appeared among papers of a shady business figure.
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PARIB
Mariand
Offer of Substitute Service to Public Official
A man offered to serve as a double for a public figure at meetings banquets and other occasions for a small annual salary. The proposal promised politeness devotion and absolute discretion. The offer was not accepted and is noted as one of the strangest ever made to a public man.
Hunger as a catalyst for industry and progress
A historical reflection argues that hunger drives effort and invention, framing scarcity as a spur to work, resourcefulness, and economic progress. It discusses how deprivation historically motivated workers, reforms, and innovation in response to famine and scarcity.
Buttermilk Saves Patch Grove From Fire
A. H. Habberman Creamery plant burned last night in Patch Grove. About 600 residents saved Wesley Garlach's home by pouring 600 buckets of buttermilk from the local creamery onto the blaze, preventing wider destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fennimore
Win
Dee
Hite
Patch Grove
A. H Habberman Creamery Company
Wesley Garlach
Pape's Diuretic Promises Quick Kidney Relief
Backache and kidney misery end with several doses of Pape's Diuretic claims to relieve back pain bladder trouble and nervous symptoms. The advertisement urges immediate use when kidney or urinary issues appear and touts universal availability and rapid curative results.
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Pape
Banklev
Thompson & Pape
Noimatics
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Alaska Building
Sandwall CO
James St
Woah
Raven
Raven Drug CO
Secona Av
Waldorf
Pike St
Ourg
J. W. Bullock
South Africa
Galbraith & Bacon
Samuel
United Press
Atial
Flrat Avenue
Fprderal Pt, & Wall Paper Co
Wivet Ave
Stecks
Beth
Alaske
Stevens
Kele
Seren & Baldridge Tailors and Men's Furnishers
Pike Street
Boren and
Miner
Lady Wellington
Latimer-Wallace Co
Sunset Mein Generals Office
Hinckley Bik
Smhs, Cate
Tamate Grotto and Factory
J H. L. Klein
Tames Street
Poulsbo
Colmance
Irondale
Lian
KODAK
Beneca
Star
Indey
Arcade Albert Hansen
Cherry
Soaplake Mechanics
Meta Bromentat
Everett ND Mh. Monds Noute
Baten
Chicago
Fourth Avenue
Pike
Union
Marion Street
Newport Cafe & Grill
Madison
Fourth and Pike
Boulevard
Allen Dale
Third Avenue
James Street
Post
Anti-Tuberculosis League OF
King County
Central Coal Co
Ujrand Ridge
Main
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