Yakima Section Faces Drought Challenge in Reclamation Area
Dee ti Con creseman Bummers of Washington notes Yakima reclamation district struggles as 60 per acre repaid land costs carry back payments. With water cut off for spring plowing, Summers seeks relief from Congress to aid farmers facing low prices and stalled government-backed profits on railways.
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Washington, Dee Ti
Concreseman Bummers
Washington
Yakima
Sam
Summers
Notes and Comment on the Old Home Town
Rosedale boasts the peninsula’s largest Boys and Girls club with membership more than tripled in the last year. George Haven begins a 39 day jail term for moonshine after a Pasco arrest. J B McManamen of Othello is reappointed postmaster as a Democratic choice. Herbert C. Liewer heads the Prunartane. Christmas collections at Olympia church aid war orphans. A cart of Kentucky whisky passed through Wenatchee en route to British Columbia. Joseph Whee of Vancouver will join the UW orchestra in Vancouver. Landra the French Bluebeard is mocked by the Walla Walla Union.
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Rosedale
Peninsula
George Haven
Pasco
Jall
Juderict Haven
Kentucky
Wenatchee
British Columbia
Kohinoor
Trade With Europe Falls Off Heavily
The Commerce Department reports U S trade with Europe down about 60 percent in value for the first 11 months of this year versus the same period last year.
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Europe
Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
Danderine Ad Promises Hair Growth and Dandruff Cure
An old advertisement claims Danderine costs 35 cents a bottle and will end dandruff, stop itching and hair loss, and grow new hair. It describes hair becoming soft, lustrous, and easy to style with continued use yielding fine, downy, then thicker growth across the scalp.
Pierce County Must Run Own Ferry
Tacoma December 27. Merce county commissioners may not lease the county ferries to private operators and must operate them themselves though the ferries need a $2,200 subsidy which is unattainable. Deputy prosecuting attorney Frank P. D. Nash opined after being asked by the county commissioners. No competition will be allowed with the ferry connecting Tacoma and Gig Harbor.
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Tacoma
Merce County
Altho
Frank PD. Nash
Gig Harbor
Hawaiian Convention Week Set for Washington Journalists
The 19th Annual State-wide Journalism Institute of Washington will be held January 23 28 on the University of Washington campus with 500 delegates expected. Honolulu Chamber of Commerce hosts a Hawaiian banquet and gifts while editors from British Columbia Idaho and Oregon receive invitations. Leaders include J W Brown Fred W Kennedy Erie W Allen Harry Crary and Mathew Lyle Spencer. Campus housing includes sorority and fraternity rooms with a Seattle Chamber luncheon a smoker and a Theta Sigma Phi tea for visiting women journalists.
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Washington
Journalism Institute of Washington
Honolulu Chamber of Commerce
Washington State Press Association
Chamber of Commerce of
Honolulu
University of Washington
All Washington
J. W. Brown
Exister
Fred W. Kennedy
Erie W. Allen
University of Oregon
Harry Crary
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Mathew Lyle Spencer
School of Journalism
School of jJournatiem
British Columbia
Idaho
Oregon
Theta Sigma Phi
Honorary Journalism Fraternity
Car plunges off dock into Puget Sound
Two men narrowly escaped death when their automobile plunged off a Steilacoom dock into icy Puget Sound. Joe Dollar and Henry Smith freed themselves from the car and climbed onto the wharf to safety.
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Tacoma
Puget Sound
Steilacoom
Joe Dollar
Henry Smith
Ancient Egyptian vanity finds in London drugstore display
London watchers report a cache of Egyptian beauty wares recovered from a tomb has arrived in the city. The collection features glass cosmetic pots with iridescence from acids and a still containing henna traces used by ancient women to color eyelids eyebrows and nails.
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London
Egypt
Ingersoll Watch Firm Is Bankrupt
An involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed against Robert Ingersoll & Brother in federal district court New York. Banks and firms claim from $50,000 to $200,000 each, while the company reports $5,000,000 in liabilities and $2,000,000 in assets. Judge Hand appointed Edward H. M. Childs with a $25,000 bond.
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New York
Robert Ingersoll & Brother
Fim
Dollar Watch
Federal District Court
Nationality Bank
Chase National Bank
Smith, Hathaway, Folds & Co
Ingersoll Company
A. H. Hand
Edward HM. Childs
Charleston Civic Club Seeks Exchange With Other Chapters
Charleston civic group, in just under four months since forming, celebrates success in community projects and offers to exchange views with similar organizations across the state. The club is funded and active in local initiatives.
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Charleston
Seeley Truss Expert Demonstrates Spermatic Shield in Seattle
Chicago and Philadelphia truss expert W Seeley is at the Washington hotel Seattle conducting demonstrations Wednesday through Saturday December 28 29 30 31. He claims the Spermatic Shield both preserves rupture cases and closes openings in about ten days with instant effects and no surgery. Seeley notes government documents for inspection and offers free demonstrations. Federal and State Courts have verified his statements.
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W. Seeley
Chicago
Philadelphia
Washington Hotel
Seattle
England
Spain
F. H Seeley
Houe
North Dearborn St
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