Port Orchard Newlywed Upsets Postmaster Policy
Port Orchard tale shows Ethel Joslin named Hanks, then married to Henry Hawke, stirring a rule that postmistresses lose jobs on marriage. A Washington party dispute, backed by local officials and voters, led to pressure on the Post Office to keep Mrs. Hanks in Port Orchard, with a possible new appointment or name change.
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Port Orchard
Cupid
Burleson
Kid Cupid
Ethel Joslin
Ethel Jonlin
Hanks
W. E. Pitcher
Port Orchard Bank
Hubby
Ethel
Central
Washington
Pitcher
Senate
Department
Sleep preaching Negro age seventy four shocks science
In Wilmington North Carolina a 74 year old enslaved man, Major Perry, who cannot read or write, sinks into a nightly hypnotic state. He sings a hymn verbatim and preaches a sermon with text, book, chapter and verse, then prayer. Awakening does not recover the memory.
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Wilmington
N. C
Perry
South Carolina
Major Perry
Lincoln high schools to debate Queen Anne and West Seattle
City notes include Lincoln high school debates against Queen Anne and West Seattle, W C Edwards elected commander of Carl M Thysgesen Camp No 11, United Spanish War Veterans, and a boyinjury at B F Day school.
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Lincoln High School
Queen Anne
Hill School
West Seattle
Lincoln Auditorium
W. C. Edwards
Carl M. Thysgesen
United Spanish War Veterans
Fiddles with toe join aid violinist’s return to play
In Paris on December 6 a French violinist, operated on by Professor Gobel, has a new toe joint transplanted to replace a damaged left hand finger joint. The complex surgery enabled him to resume playing as before. The Bible counts 3,568,480 letters and 66 books.
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Paris
Gobel
Kile
Tough Luck Girls Refuse Aged Grooms in Portland
Hulda Kraner age 26 and Cecile Diethelm age 24 refused to marry two Swiss suitors Herman Young and Kasper Wirz both above 50 after discovering the proposed brides had received portraits long ago. The women say the grooms’ photographs were sent years earlier and misrepresented their ages.
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Portland
Orc
Hulda Kraner
Cecile Diethelm
Switzerland
Herman Young
Kasper Wirz
Jane Addams Actress and Capt Scott Cited in School Q&A
In Oshkosh Wisconsin Jane Addams described as a great actress and Capt Scott noted for digging the Panama Canal were cited as answers to questions asked of students entering the local normal school.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Jane Addams
Capt
Scott
Panama Canal
Don't Nurse a Cold Kill It Dont Nurse a Cold
An advertisement touts a pine oil cold cure by Leach Chemical Co. of Cincinnati. It promises rapid relief with a sugar-based drop product, claims money-back if ineffective, urges customers to mail 60 cents for direct delivery if local druggists do not stock it.
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Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
Telegraph at a cent a word could come with public system
Washington reports that a publicly owned telegraph could offer telegrams at one cent per word or less. A private Chicago to St Louis firm, Telepost, already charges 25 cents for 25 words, while old U S lines ask 35 cents for ten words. The piece argues government adoption of modern tech would slash costs.
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Washington
Chicago
St. Louis
Europe
The
Telegraph Trust
Odd Items and an Expensive Wedding in New York
A New York item recounts Christine Grauer eloping with Edward Ziebrock while her mother lay dying, resulting in disinheritance from a $3,000,000 estate. Other notes describe Besse Ryzmaruk facing deportation after a suicide attempt, gum in traffic causing a delay, and a court discussion over a spanking after a wife fed her husband soap.
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New York
Christine Grauer
Edward Ziebrock
Bess
Besse Ryzmaruk
William Mueller
William
Hesitation Dance Causes Flat Feet Claims
In St Louis on November 28 Dr. Alexander FE Block warned that the new hesitation waltz is making society girls flat footed. He said in the past week a dozen patients reported pain in the large toe and ball of the foot attributed to the dance.
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Louis
Alexander FE. Block
Automobiles Cost More Than Furniture and Teachers
The piece notes that vehicles impose higher annual expenses than household furniture and that people pay garage mechanics and chauffeurs more than school teachers, highlighting shifting cost burdens and wage comparisons.
Post Office approves vegetable parcel post shipment
Washington reports the post office department has approved shipping vegetables by parcel post. In reply to G. L. Nies of Nebraska proposing to grow and mail produce directly to consumers, the department sees no reason the venture cannot succeed.
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Washington, D. C
Post Office Department
G. L. Nies
Mayor to Attend Women’s Commercial Club Banquet
The mayor will be among the honored guests at the annual banquet hosted by the Women’s Commercial Club at the Arctic Club next Tuesday night.
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Keyport
Manette
Lenni
Madison St
Odd Yellows’ Hall
Women's Commercial Club
Arctic Club
Pape's Diapepsin claims quick stomach relief
Ad copy touts Pape's Diapepsin as a rapid fix for indigestion sour stomach and gas It promises relief in five minutes and urges readers to keep a fifty cent case at home The text stresses safety and mass sales and appeals to regular meal comfort and general wellbeing.
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Pape
Pare
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Sone
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Coir
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Society For Universal Religion
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Third Av. and University
Hiltete
Frye & Co
Olympic
Pike
Seattle
Occidental
Yesler Way
Westlake
Pine
American Meat CO
Third and Jefferson
Western Meat CO
Western Avenue
Spring
Eerann Meat CO
Ballard Avenue
U. S
Tailored Ready CO
Clothing Department
Uncle Sam
Ethel Hawke
City News
Paul Ecker
Seattle Retail Cigar Dealers’ Association
M. W. McManus
C. B E. Smith
Joe Dizard
H. J. Leindecker
M. E. Nelson
Cyprus
Col. D. C. Jackling
San Francisco
Cal
Jackling
Franco
Hawaiiian Islands
Seattle Woman's Club
Red Cross Seals
First Christian Church
Atill
Municipal Civil Service League
Mra
Annie O. Meara
W. A. Mears
Chamber of Commerce
Perry Hotel
Mra Meara
Go Star Want
Denny Bidg
Times Bidg
Pike St
Bon Marche
eAce
Pike Place
Jack
Ichigar
Hood
the Hood’s Candy Kitchen
New Zealand
Sigsworth Stall
Vernon Jersey
Mt. Vernon
Cohr
Herb
Pete
Hammond
Hest
Reliance
TOKIO
E. C. Roloff
Florida
Saterday
Jilg
Costa
Wise Meat Products
Corner Public Market
Cone’s Grocery Stalls
Hama
Swift's Pride
SUN Grocery
Taft
Sam
Gilson Gardner
Poys
Broadway
14Th Et
Seattle Lighting CO
Henry Bldg
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