Our World Tourists at Mt Sinai Thunder in Thunder Tones
A travel piece describes Mount Sinai at the northern Red Sea coast, contrasting the bare granite peak with biblical thunder and the voice of God in ancient times. It likens Sinai today to a bleak Arizona-like hill with a sparse landscape and hermits living in caves.
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Mt. Sinai
Mount Sinail
Red
Mount Sinai
Jehovah
Monses
Moses
Sinai
Butte
American Desert
Arizona
Egypt
Abraham
Red Sea
Moore Theatre Hosts The Spot and Liberty of The Hour Reviews
The article notes The Spot at Theatres At the Moore with two striking performers enhancing the show while praising the supporting cast, especially the women, and criticizing some songs as frilly though stylishly mounted. It also covers The Man of the Hour at the Grand and Brown’s in Town at the Seattle, highlighting strong character work by John Moore and Henry Thompson, with Emma Bunting returning to Alhambra in Pretty Miss Nobody and a rousing Baker stock company sendoff.
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Jefferson Dean
Moore
de Koven
Mr. de Angelis
John Moore
Richard Corrigan
Henry Thompson
Franklin George
John Morris
James Phelan
Eleanor Haber
Virginia Irwin
Florence Mack
Miss Haber
Seattle
Brown
Baker Stock Company
Emma Bunting
Alhambra
Miss Nobody
Minnie Maddern Fiske
Miss Bunting
Guaste Stokes
Mr Whittaker
California
Disorderly House Near Gill's Home
For seven months a disorderly house stood within five blocks of Mayor Gill's home despite police reports. A Friday night inspection followed a speech by George W. Dilling at Green Lake. Police found activity and furniture hauled away. by Sunday morning Chief Wappenstein said the place was about to open and had been cleared as the women left the city.
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Wappenstein
Gill
George W. Dilling
Green Lake
Whole Town Swept Away at Fishing Village
Helsingfors Finland Feb 6 report 2523 men built a fishing village on the ice outside Ekorko sound were swept to sea by a gale last Friday night rescue boats have not returned.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Ekorko Sound
Tacoma Timber Baron R L McCormick Dies in California
R L McCormick of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co and a prominent Tacoma banker and businessman died yesterday in Sacramento after a two day illness from Bright's disease. He had worked in the bar business 42 years and earlier with Laird Norton Lumber in Winona Minnesota. He was a senatorial candidate last summer but withdrew before the primary.
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Tacoma
R. L. McCormick
Weyerhaeuser Timber Company
Sacramento
Cal
Bright
McCormick
Laird- Norton Lumber Company
Winona
Minn
No Insurance on Smallpox House
In Olympia on February 6, the death of H. EB. Dean from smallpox led to a fire at his Green River Hot Springs home during fumigation. The King County Superior Court ruled the insurer not liable, a decision the Supreme Court has affirmed.
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Olympia
H. EB. Dean
Green River Hot Springs
Superior Court of
King County
Supreme Court
Optometrists Meet in Joint King County WW Association Luncheon
Charles Holcomb, vice president of the Western Washington Association of Optometrists, presided at the joint meeting and luncheon of King County and Western Washington associations held at the New Washington hotel yesterday.
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Charles Holcomb
Western Washington Association of Optometrists
King County
Western Washington Associations
Aew New Washington Hotel
Yester
Vigil at polls guards hired by Gill and Diking groups
The Gill gang will not steal tomorrow's election. The Diking campaign committee assigns trusted challengers in every precinct to monitor from opening to closing of polls. Rosters are complete in all wards except First, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth.
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Gill Gang
Diking
J P Morgan Plans Newspaper Trust in New Publishing Move
United Press reports J P Morgan aims to form a publishing trust to boost profits and control editorial policy. The plan is said to involve many leading weekly and monthly publications joining the combine.
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New York
J. P. Morgan
Bankers to Feed at Hotel Washington Banquet
Two hundred fifty local bankers and financiers are expected to banquet at the Hotel Washington February 15 under the Seattle chapter of the American Institution of Banking. J. W. Spangler, president of the Seattle Credit Men's Association, will be toastmaster.
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Hotel
Washington
Seattle
American Institution of Banking
J. W. Spangler
Seattle Credit Men's Association
Beaten by Thugs in San Francisco Robbery Injury
G W D Grant a Juneau Alaska businessman and life member of the Elke lodge is in St Marys hospital after a severe beating by thugs and a robbery in San Francisco Feb. G W D Grant is hospitalized and awaiting further word on his condition.
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San Francisco
W. D. Grant
Elke Lodge
Juneau
Alaska
St. Mary’s Hospital
Pioneer of Puget Found Dies at 67 in Winslow
George A. Slater died yesterday at Providence hospital at age 67. A longtime figure after retirement he had lived in Winslow.
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George A. Slater
Puget Found
Providence Hospital
Winslow
Census figures show Seattle ward populations in 14 districts
Census Bureau reports Seattle ward populations with ward by ward counts led by Ward Seven at 34,051 residents and other wards ranging from 10,358 to 34,051. The data lists each ward number and its population totals for the city.
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Washington, D. C
Census Bureau Today
Seattle
Money Wagon Guarded Fort on Wheels Shuttles Cash
A steel armored money wagon carries seven million dollars daily from the Bureau of Engraving to the U S Treasury. Accompanied by seven armed guards and former soldiers, the fortified vehicle moves along the avenue to deliver stamps and notes, a new security feature in Washington.
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Washington, D. C
Guarda
United States Treasury
Bureau of Engraving
Washington
Uncle Sam
Bureau
Treasury
Seagaves in Seattle and Hicktown News Snippet
Tempkine leaves her room delaying a chamber of commerce event while Melodeen hosts Spanteho next Wednesday night. Watertower plans growth are discussed and a Methodist church meeting is cancelled. A tramp near Hicktown is reported.
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Tompkine
Hae
Ivy Lee
Seagaves
Seattle
Chamber of Commerce
Spanteho
Melodeen
Mr. Cara
Tauler
Jacoby Chosen As U S Marshal For Western Washington
President Taft nominated J. R. H. Jacoby of Seattle as United States marshal for the district of Western Washington to succeed Marshal Hopkins. Jacoby, commander-in-chief of the United Spanish War Veterans, is expected to be confirmed by the Senate.
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Taft
J. R. H. Jacoby
Seattle
Washington
Marshal Hopkins
Senate
Jacoby
United Spanish War Veterans
Hat Pin Blamed for New Orleans House Fire
In New Orleans on De Soto street investigators tied a blaze to a girl in the house who stuck a hot hat pin into her millinery and, turning to mirror, toppled a lamp. The resulting explosion added to her existing police record of murder mayhem and assault.
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New Orleans
de Soto
Ruef Seeks New Trial. Taft Names San Francisco Customs Surveyor
In San Francisco on February 6 the state supreme court denial of Abe Ruef’s new trial was not rescinded as Attorney General A B Webb's motion for immediate review was postponed for two weeks. In Washington on the same date President Taft appointed Representative McKinlay of California as surveyor of customs for the Port of San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Webb
State Supreme Court
Abe Ruef
Washington
Taft
Representative McKinlay
California
Pottery Exhibition Opens in Seattle
Beginning tomorrow morning the Seattle Fine Arte association will hold the first pottery exhibition in this city at 1920 Secondav.
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Seattle Fine Arte Association
Missing Ghip Safe and Court Action Highlighted
Eighteen days before Grays Harbor, the schooner George W. Watson was towed into San Francisco with four feet of water in her hold. Rev EB Sutton, charged with neglect of duty as registration officer, was arraigned in superior court Saturday and pleaded not guilty.
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Grays Harbor
George W. Watson
San Francisco
EB. B. Sutton
Hillman Jurors Taken to Church
The Hillman jury was escorted to church yesterday by deputy marshals. Today the jury will begin action in the government case accusing Hillman of using the mails to commit fraud.
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Hillman
Church
Socialists Await Reply to Resolution on Mexican Revolution
Socialists in Los Angeles gathered about 2,000 members to adopt a resolution of sympathy for Mexican revolutionaries and await Governor Johnson's reply to the measure.
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Los Angeles
Socialista
Johnson
Fires from overheated stoves cause two roof blazes
Two fires started by overheated stoves were not discovered until the roofs were ablaze. Each fire caused about 350 dollars in loss. Insurance covered the damage. Victims were W. W. McKay of 1119 Madison Street and James Dyke of 940 26th Avenue.
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W. W. McKay
Madison St
James Dyke
Storm Hits the West Delays Rail Traffic Nationwide
A severe winter storm sweeps from the Rockies to Buffalo causing heavy snow and sleet. Rail traffic is blocked across the North and Middle West and communications deteriorate as telegraph and telephone lines fail.
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Chicago
Rockies
Buffalo
Middle West
Detroit churches unite in prayer over Seattle recall election
In Detroit practically all churches joined in prayer for the Seattle recall outcome. Mrs. M. B. Kennedy of 1710 24th Ave received a telegram from Detroit reporting the event and noting that the city’s decent elements await tomorrow’sconte.
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Detroit
Mich
Seattle
M. B. Kennedy
Retail Prices at Public Markets Document
A sale list of grocery prices includes Washington creamery butter at 4 cents per pound, Danish method butter 36 cents, imported cheese 10 cents per pound, veal cut prices, T-bone stakes at 1 dollar 14 cents per pound, and various produce such as celery stalks, bananas, Yakima potatoes, and herring. The notice cites local vendors and markets with per pound or per unit costs.
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Ashington Wutter
Pees
Oregon
Wosstuaren
Cate
Ren
Len Astern Waahinbyn
Owen Neeeune
Wenatchee Appice
Washington
BCEL
Laneous
Sabant
Williams CO
Walker
T. Main
Beattie
Wes
Charles
Tracig
Classified notices and services tug at Seattle readers
A collage of 1920s classified items offers funeral directors, romance bureaus, medical ads, remodeling and massage services, job ads, barbers, lodging rooms, and rental listings. Entries name firms like Beattie and Watts, street addresses, and prices, with emphasis on personal ads and domestic services.
JACKSON REALTY OFFERS 16 ACRES OF FARM LAND
Real estate ad touts 16 acres of fine rich level cultivated land one mile from town with water well and daily trains nearby. Property features include electric car line potential, proximity to factories and growing town status, with tracts priced from 56 to 2300 per acre and flexible terms. Also lists several other parcels and mixed notices for poultry fruit ranches and rental housing opportunities in Rochester area.
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Sf Pkesenger
Milwaukee
Rochester
Qwellings
Business Hewces
Jack
Havenschroeder
Arcade
N & Nelson
Sullivan
Lilv
Meerscheidt & Moira RR
Central J
Seattle
Herbert
Leary
Baker & Co
Real estate and lodging offerings in Seattle area
Advertisements describe reduced rate furnished rooms and apartments in Seattle near Westlake and Phinney avenues, with steam heating and hot water. Also listed are several half acre to 40 acre tracts for sale near the Everett interurban line, and multiple homes and lots with financing terms and low down payments. Includes real estate agents and offices in the city.
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Virginia
Phinney Av
Everett Interurban
Optical business listings and notices appear in fragment
A fragmented text shows optical shops and addresses including The Albert Hansen Optical De riment and SCHUC HARD OF OPTICAL CO. with several street corners and building references, plus mentions of graduate optician, Leary Building, and Main 9626. Additional lines reference Adams & Brooks patent and trademark attorneys and contact details.
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Albert Hansen
Chery ST
Corner
SCHUC
Hard OF
Optical CO
Hamunds
Oph
Opteian
Leary
Ind
Cusaing
Optician
Adams & Brooks
Mark Egee
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Grand Opera House
J. Pierp
Newspaper Trust
United Press
G. A. Slater
Bank ON Wheels
THE
Hicktown
Ruef
McKinlay
Sutton
Socialists Act
Cer United Presse
Westlake Ab
Seattle Star
Tcomni
Owe Futtraworth & N
Profesemonai Reetore
Balmers
Moore Theatre
Henney Watson Co
tAtrday and
University
Ewe Wee
Dept. TL
Seattiee
U. A
Harvard
New and Old Garmente
Arcade Merveille Herry
Mra von Hicker
Rickard
Sit Pacific
International Claim Agency
Pittsburg
Paeieierenaseeans
Lillian Gray
Victoria
Firetav
Abbot Hotel
Pike
Marion Wik
Hygea
Star
Burke “Hotel
Tsae Piret
Andra St. Claire
Mansage
West- Jake Av
Miss Holman
Troom
Otel Burke
Firat
Jowell
Valdemar
Sra
Endes
Kiliett
Jackson
Eid Ber
Weet Waaer
National Barber College
Aske
Oriental Pool
Bovaht
Seid
Ewing
Crawford
Mtevens
Amrane
Htar
Uirl
Budhbeth Maynor
Lakeview
Mount Pleas
Gut
Myer
Terry
Rome
Hingis
Cukes
Gane
Bath
Cor
Merton
Pioneer Rent & Collection Company
American Bank
Ghee W. Republican At
Neuen Lakeview al
Pioneer Company
American Hank
J. Bell & CO
Ind. L
Bonaway and Pike
Freunde Tor
Jackson Realty & Loan
Cary Herne
John H. White
Devel
U. PV
Haven- Schroeder
Varguin
Vancouver
Menart
Goddard Metate
Mape
Drawnine
Liberty Ride
Kirkland
Fedoria
Mercer Vashon
Mary Yard
J. W. Wh
Grant
Mt. Baker
JuGkine Et “Teor Neues
Rhene Béecon
Hest
Hii
Wari Ai
Tith NM
Dinek
Madison
Reese
Patan
Horse Heaven
Prosser
William Pickard
Prop
City Real Estate
Illinois Hotel
Westlake Av
Olympic
Western Ay
Niral
Ninth
Westlake
Laibourne
Grand View
Kartlake
Belvidere
Valley
Bell St
Forrest Land CO
Parkins Land Company
Seattle-Tacoma
West & Wheeler
Colman
Alta Vista
Hainsworth
West Beattie
L. N. Rosenbaum
Haight
Pine
J. BELL &@ CO
Globe
C. W. Brainard & CO
Main
Big Bain
Alance
Globe Bik
Eastern Washion
Bunset Ballard
Fine View
West Seattle
Samuel Goliver
Jeary
North End
O' Relly Home Building Co
J.B. Kiefer
Downs
Thuet & Safer Postt Co
Rat Ay End
Columbia
Colman Muilding
Stuttevant & Co
Berton
Warrington
Jomson & Co
Hern Mack
Roach
Newery
Nide
Eee
En Feature Fuel Co
Millwood M
Wainwright & Melhed
Great Western Fuel Co
Millwood
University Ict
Holcomb CO
DALE
Rusre
Western
Aise
Watson Mroe
Thee Ides
Aurore
Chicago Ate and
Office Puroiture Co
Grend Kapras Auction & Siersge
Au Booth - Whittlesey - Hanford Abstract Co
Haller Dieck
Voorhees
Canadian Bank OF Commerce
Toronto
Canada
Seattle Ranch
G. V. Holt
Maar
Second Ave
Bulb Printing
Seattie Bive Pret Co
Hincksey
Etehth
Luddy Elective Agency
Bid Seattien
Phal Starr
Koga
Marion
A. Jd
Speckert
Stevens Dancing Academy
Pineste
Miss Grant
Teo Elliott
First and
Holt, Osteopath and Optican
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