City council amends charter dispute and street projects
Proposals ask voters in March to end free city water and light subsidies, allow emergency measures over the mayor's veto, and review Pike Place assessment rolls. The council approved paving East Pike Street, River Park sanitary fill costs, and East First grading, with a hearing set for Auburn Place. Leary Avenue now open to traffic.
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Corporation Counsel
Pike Place
East Pike St
River Park
East First
Auburn Place
Leary Ave
Fremont
Ballard
Sereno Payne Dies Sudden in Washington
Rep Sereno F Payne of Auburn New York dies suddenly in Washington at 71. After a brief chat in the Portland hotel lobby he retired to his room where he summoned help and died seated. A heart disease is suspected with funeral arrangements set for Auburn. Speaker Clark names a committee to escort the body. Vice President Marshall to attend the funeral.
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Washington
Rep
Sereno EF. Payne
Auburn
N. Y
Payne
Congress
Portland
Clark
Marshall
Senate
Engineers Meet on Public Responsibility Address
The Seattle section of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers will hold its monthly meeting Tuesday at 8 p m in the Chamber of Commerce building. Chairman Reynolds of the state public service commission will speak on The Responsibility of Engineers to the Public. George R Howe of Norway Maine plans a fireproof stone glass house with solid glass floors and stairs on a hill in that town.
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Seattle
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Reynolds
State Public Service Commission
Assembly Room
Chamber of Commerce
Central Building
George R. Howe
Norway
Flesh and Weight Gain Through Sargol Tablets Advice
A physician praises Sargol tablets as a fat building aid for thin people. He claims the tablets improve digestion and red blood cell production, enabling a three to five pound weekly weight increase when taken with each meal. Sold by Bartell Drug Co Swift's Pharmacy and others with a money back guarantee.
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Bartell Drug Co
Swift's Pharmacy
Market Today Complete Report Note
Market overview appears garbled with many unreadable fragments. Readable items mention a Washington creamery and a brick address, with scattered numbers and terms that cannot confirm a coherent event. The piece resembles a mis OCR of a market page with uncertain details.
Miracle saves farmer from deadly 126 foot fall at Dead Man's Bluff
Pink Collins, a Ark. farmer, slipped from a cliff and plunged 126 feet to a haystack below. He survived with only a shaken effect, as the bluff known as Dead Man's Bluff has claimed a victim before Hood Frazier in 1911. The report adds a note on British lighthouse coverage around the coast, stating visibility of lights would be limited on only six routes if circling the islands by night.
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Ark
Pink Collins
Collins
Hood Frazier
England
Scotland
Ireland
Kellogg’s Banitone Wafers Claim Revitalizing Power
Advert reads Kellogg's Banitone Wafers as nerve vitalizers to refresh nervous, run down people. It promises renewed vitality for men and women and urges trying a free trial box by sending name, address, and six cents for postage. The ad notes a Seattle sale by Owl Drug Co and lists Battle Creek address for orders.
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Kellogg
Druge
Iata
Kellogg's
F. J. Kellowge Co
Hartmaster
England's queens move toward cordial relations
Queen Alexandra's health leaves her in a low feverish mood while the king visits daily. Princess Mary shows devotion and an entente cordiale forms between England's queens. The queen mother faces deafness and widowhood, risking retirement at Marlborough House as tension grows between Buckingham Palace and Sandringham.
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London
Alexandra
England
Marlborough House
Buckingham Palace
Sandringham House
Nurse Sues Doctor Over Promised Marriage in Los Angeles
Miss Nellie May, a trained nurse, sues Dr. J. H. Johnson in superior court for ten thousand dollars in damages claiming he promised to marry her but did not. The second item notes Wisconsin Socialists declining to seek state legislature seats over low pay.
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Los Angeles
J. H. Johnson
Nellie May
Wisconsin
Hold Up Beats Aged Man in Robbery Attempt
Martin Johnson, 68, city street department employee, was beaten by two men after refusing to surrender his money near People’s Market on Phinney Ave near Kilbourne. A crushed skull from the assault may cause his death. he is at Noble Hospital.
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Martin Johnson
Johnson
People’s Market
Phinney Ave
Kilbourne
Noble Hospital
Port Commission Sets Wharfage Charge Rise for Salmon
The port commission decided Thursday to levy 20 cents per ton for wharfage and handling of salmon, up from 15 cents under the previous schedule.
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Port Commission
Boy Named Edward Elliott Wounded In Barbed Wire Fight
Middleton New York December 11 Edward Elliott years old lies in bed with wounds from a barbed wire fence fight. He slept through the incident and woke after the fight ended. A near jugular vein wound and torn face were reported and a plan to turn the bedroom key from the outside was adopted to prevent future warnings.
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Middleton
N. Y
Edward Elliott
Elliott
McCormack Bros Department Store Dressed in Holiday Attire
Interior view shows McCormack Bros stockrooms at Second and James decorated for Christmas. Manager Robert McCormack says the Tacoma and Seattle stores bought early, securing staple goods nine months or more ago, foreseeing strong holiday trade despite weather.
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McCormack Bros. Department Store
McCormack Bros
Second and James
Robert McCormack
Tacoma
Seattle
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Principles of Accounting
University of Washington
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