Fox farming profits lure investors to distant fur trade
A Seattle cargo recounts Be Whepeley’s fox farming venture from trapping to shipment. Fox pelts fetch high prices from $180 to $200, with silver tip reaching $2000, enabling a costly gamble on breeding. Finished furs move to London for sale and Leipsig for manufacture, ending up with European royalty markets.
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Seattle
Yukon
New Haunawick
Whepely
Peley
Ppeley
Express
Whepeley
Palra
London
Leipsig
Russia
Austria
Judge Carkeek and the four foot judge in King County court
Vivian Carkeek stood in department No. 6 of King County Superior Court acting as a makeshift judge in Judge Mackintosh's absence. The scene included a teenager court attendant and a humorous note about attire as the incident played out in the local courthouse. In Vancouver a separate report states Charles Wong and his fiancée Mary Watson were jailed after an altercation in Portland.
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Vivian Carkeek
Perior
King County
Bfe
U. A Deen
Mackintosh
California
Couver
Wash
Portland
Charles Wong
Mary Watson
Public Market Prices And Goods Listing
A crowded public market page lists varied items with price hints including mixed nuts at $1, potatoes and flour products, tea at 65 cents, butter by the pound, canned corn, lamb and mutton by weight, pickles, sausages and imported goods priced per pound or per item. The listing reflects a broad array of groceries and household staples with approximate unit prices.
Diamond Merchant Found Slain In Chicago Office
J. P. Logue a Chicago diamond dealer was found dead today in his Mc Vickers theatre building office in the loop. His head was crushed hands tied and a gag in his mouth. A boy found the body beside an empty cartridge while Logue's locked safe remained in the room. Autopsy will determine time of death and cause. Police will assess if anything was stolen once the safe is opened.
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United Press
Chicago
J. P. Logue
Mc Vickers Theatre
Loop
Logue
Son of Russian Czar Victim of White Plague
Berlin reports the czarevitch’s illness is tuberculosis. Medical circles cite a claim that Prof. Israel removed a tubercular kidney from the czar’s bearer in St Petersburg. Allegedly the czar paid $25,000 and lifted restrictions on Jewish settlement in Kiev and Odessa.
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Berlin
Israel
St. Petersburg
Kieff
Odessa
Premier Asquith Predicts Balkan Peace
London reports Premier Asquith at a Lord Mayors luncheon expressed optimism that the conferences now in session will agree on terms to settle the Balkan war. He stated I am an optimist and believed negotiations between the Balkan combatants would be successful.
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United. Presse
London
Asquith
Lord Mayors
George
Miner killed as blast backfires at Iron Mountain mine
At Redding California Geo A Hall 50 and partner set off a blast that backfired, killing Hall instantly. Ed Range 29 a teamster for McKinley Hill Dairy was struck by a switch engine while crossing tracks at Seattle boulevard and Lyon street. Range survived with bruises to head and chest. The wagon was demolished. A municipal railway equipment bid decision was postponed to next Friday by a committee of city officials. Postmaster Russell again hands out Santa gifts to Seattle children.
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Cal
Geo. A. Hall
Iron Mountain Mine
Here
Ed Range
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N. P
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Lyon St
Range
Seattle General Hospital
Dimmock
Ross
Valentine
Board of Public Works
Cours
van Mast
Madison
Yesterda
Thirtieth Avenue
Madison Meyeot
Berg
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the National Way
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FF. M. Rd
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Kiine
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Johnson
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Pine St
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Pike
Furn
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