City Improvement Clubs urged to back proposed laboratory bill
The Chamber of Commerce laboratory committee seeks cooperation from 17 city improvement clubs to draft and finance a city laboratory ordinance. Secretary Congdon asks clubs to discuss the plan at next meetings and relay suggestions before the bill is drafted and submitted to the city council.
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Chamber OF Commerce
Chamber
Clube
Congdon
United States
Board of Health
George
Laboratory Committee
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Mayor of Columbia Defends Water Main Plan in Lakewood
Columbia mayor Van B. Pierson defends extending Cedar river water lines to Lakewood amid disputes with residents led by T. Mall. He cites city finance limits and a new reimbursement method for property owners, while noting only one typhoid case in two years and urging formal contract filings for any extension.
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T. Mall
Columbia
Moore
Lakewood Addition
Colaumbda
Charlee McCann
Pack
Ralph D. Nichols
Young Men's Republican Chuir
Lite
Ann
Eix Veten
McCann
Epite
van BR. Pierson
Rogers
State Capitol Building Commission
Lakewood
M Street
Bryant Street
Seattle
Cedar River
Items Listed For Purchase Include Teas and Spices
A catalog line lists 50 cents for Teas Coffees Spices Adams Baking Powder Self Raising Buckwheat Flour. The short item reflects a household goods sale or grocery listing from an earlier era.
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Adams
Unsanitary Water Report Prompts Well Filling Plan
A local resident states they will report the suspected unsanitary water condition for analysis. If tests confirm contamination, the plan is to fill the well to prevent further use.
Downey Retains New Lawyer After Plea Withdrawal
Dr. W B John Downey withdraws not guilty plea to criminal abortion charges in superior court. Trial set for January 1 was continued indefinitely as Downey hires Walter Fulton to replace Br Gay to file a demurrer to the Information.
Taft Agrees to Philippine Lands Sale to America
President approves Taft's tentative sale of Philippine lands to the United States for 7,239,000 dollars. A White House conference with Roosevelt and Secretaries Shaw and Houghton set terms for loan payments and liberal long-term options for natives holding the lands as tenants. Bonds will be issued in the name of the Philippine government with per cent interest.
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Washington, D. C
Dee
Taft
America
White House
Hoosevelt
Shaw
Hoeot
Philippine Commission
Waters Named Salaries and Allowances Superintendent
Postmaster General Payne appoints M. Waters of New York to oversee salaries and allowances. Waters has led the Colorado division and has ten years of service. The position pays 4000 dollars annually.
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Washington
Payne
M. Waters
New York
Geo. W. Beavers
Waters
Colorado
Suspect Book Agent In Green Lake Home Burglary
Mrs. V A Morgan reports a burglary at 775 Burmmerside avenue Green Lake while she visited a neighbor. A book agent was seen entering the house and a pocketbook containing $6 in cash and a pension check for 8% was stolen. Police investigate the possible suspect.
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V. A. Morgan
Burmmerside Avenue
Green Lake
A& Pension
Morgan Saya
A Word From Santa Claus at The Leader department
Santa announces in a message from his Iceberg Home in The Leader’s Big Toy Department that he will travel the world at midnight to fill stockings with nick-nacks and fune. He urges children to be good and to bring acceptable stockings to The Leader for filling and invites shoppers to visit tonight and tomorrow for holiday displays and bargains.
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Leader
Phe
Theresall
Santa Claus
Fairhaven Takes The Big Plums
In the first city election for the consolidated Whatcom and Fairhaven, Alfred L. Hirack of Fairhaven defeated J. B. Bennett for mayor. H. M. White of Whatcom won city attorney, O. K. Garland of Fairhaven street commissioner, and H. H. Beach of Fairhaven police judge. Total votes 2680 with Hirack 1048 and Bennett 1207. Fairhaven secured seven of twelve council seats. Whatcom gained five. The race was the season’s sharpest local contest with the Fairhaven side dominating appointive offices.
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Whatcom
Bellingham
Fairhaven
Alfred L. Hlack
Pairhaven
J. B. Bennett
H. M. White
O. K. Garland
HH. M. Beach
Hirack
Bennett
Crackermen Fail in Christmas Safe Theft at Jones Jones & Co
Two young men attempted to blow open the safe at the Jones Jones & Co general merchandise store in Black Diamond early this morning but fled empty handed after finding no money. Deputy Hodge reports rough handling of the explosion damaged little and provided a description to Sheriff Cudabee.
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Jones, Jones & CO
Black Diamond
Hodge
Jones
Cudihee
Burglars Loot Cloth ing Store But Leave Cash Intact
At 5 16 this morning Patrolman Ribbach found a large hole broken in a front window of a clothing store at 519 First Avenue South. proprietors reported theft of several pairs of trousers valued at 1n and a suit valued at 25 seized from stock while the cash drawer containing about 16 remained untouched.
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Ribbach
First Avenue South
Green Lake Methodist Church Plans Sunday Service Shifts
Services of the Green Lake Methodist Protestant church led by Rev. Rial Benjamin will be held in Good Template hall, Green Lake, next Sunday. They will continue there until the new church at Firat avenue northeast and Sixty-fifth street is finished after the old edifice was torn down.
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Green Lake
Rial Benjamin
Firat Avenue
Sixty-fifth Street
Children’s Overcoats and Goods Featured in Sale
Auction notice lists children’s coats priced at six dollars and other items from Denny Coryell Co and Eleonoid Goods, with Bridge & Co. at 1416-1617 Second Avenue indicating available stock and pricing.
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A. Bridge & Co
Eleonoid Goods—Denny-Coryell Co
Burglary Case Focus Shifts to Bleek Ixamond Solo
Hodge will handle the case alone at Bleek Ixamond, with the sheriff promising surveillance for the criminal. The city remains alert as investigators pursue leads.
Robbery at Adama Clothing Store on Second Avenue
Entry shows a break in at F. F. Adama’s store at 719 Second Avenue. A glass showcase was broken and emptied of $20 worth of goods. The incident follows a similar theft from the same showcase a few days earlier.
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F. F. Adama
Second Avenue
Breacher passengers panic as ship crews in danger
In New York on December 21 officers aboard the rearmehip Breacher report a panic among several hundred steerage passengers, believed to be Jewish immigrants from Kielce. Fearing a sinking after a storm, they rushed toward the lifeboats. Officers with drawn revolvers forced them back to steerage and battened all hatches.
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New York
Atlantic
Fraud order against Ohio publisher over fake election prizes
A fraud order was issued against Golden Thoughts Publishing Company of Mansfield Ohio forbidding mail use. The firm promised $40 000 in prizes for winners of the Ohio state election, but the list was fictitious. The company admitted lacking funds to pay and relied on increased subscriptions to cover prizes.
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Washington, D. C
Pestal Department Today
Golden Thoughts Publishing Company
Mansfield
Ohio
Jiminez Routed by Morales Near Monte Christo
News reports a battle near Monte Christo last Monday where General Morales defeated former President Jiminez forces. The clash marks Morales as the victor in the engagement.
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Cape Haytien
Jimines
Morales
Monte Christo
Jiminez
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