Postoffice reform debated by Penrose Carter Wanamaker
A historic Senate debate on post office modernization is summarized with remarks by Senator Boies Penrose Senator Thomas Carter and John Wanamaker. The piece notes their push for restructuring the postal system to improve efficiency and cut costs while warning of magazine postage increases and urging public protest.
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John Wanamaker
Boies Penrose
United States
Thos. H. Carter
Montana
Senate Postoffice Committee
Penrose
Carter
Senate
Postoffice
House
Meyer
Hitchcock
Committee On
Post Offices
Lumber Trust Report Warns of Rising Monopoly
Commissioner of Corporations Herbert Knox Smith reports to Congress on Feb 14 that a lumber trust is forming to set prices, claiming the scheme creates an enormous timber monopoly and a sinister land combine as timber is cut and land remains.
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Washington
Herbert Knox Smith
Congress
Bakersfield Tron Works workers strike for eight-hour day
Two hundred moulders blacksmiths and machinists at the Bakersfield Tron Works halted work today in a strike demanding an eight hour day. The action involves workers from multiple trades and concentrates on reduced hours. Affected production could disrupt local industry.
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Bakersfield
Cal
Farms And Acreage Listings Offer Cheap Rentals And Land
The notice advertises apartments and rooms in Weetiahe area with rates from $2.56 to 4 per week, plus 10 acres of rich cultivated land for $60 per acre. It notes electric streetcar service will boost tract values to $180 per acre, near a two-train corridor and a first-grade school, with nearby markets for berries and vegetables in season.
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Beattie
Help Wanted and Real Estate Offers Flood Downtown
Classified notices show free barber trade school ads, pool room positions, apartment listings, and an array of property and land sale offers. Prominent deals include Rochester and American Home Investment Company promotions with land parcels near Auburn and Kirkland, plus numerous rental cottages and five to ten acre tracts in Washington state.
You Can Buy A Chicken Ranch Near Lake Washington
Buy a small ranch at $460 with $20 down and $5 per month. Features room for a couple thousand chickens and eggs, steady year round production. Main county road access and good transportation connect to Burke & Farrar Inc, owners, 408 409 New York Block.
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Lake Washington
Burke & Farrar, Inc
New York
Bargain Non-residence Lots and Cottage For Sale
Non residence sacrifice 60x100 large lot to alley in Sound View cleared and level near Green 42 North 16 easy terms. Lot 50x80 near 24th and East Valley overlooks Washington Park with improvements paid. price 81,200 with 100 cash and easy terms. Hodgson Nelson Main Sullivan bids. Great Phinney Ave bargain new five room cottage with hot and cold water bath gas electricity improvements paid in fall only 50 cash balance 10 a month. Bell Co Globe Block Main 8482.
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Oregon
Liberty
Aelte Westoffice
Auburn
Hione & Webster
OLE Hanpon & CO
New York
Seattle
Everett
Granite Faire
Bay
Kiteap County
Lake Askingtom
OLE Hanron & CO
Bremerton
Clifford & van Arsdale, Inc
Kirkland
Factoria
Ercer Island
Vashon
Nave Yard
J. W.rown
Alaska
Washington
Tacoma
Beattie
OLE Hanson & CO
Puget Sound
Puyallup
Tacoma St
Lemsee
The
Star
Rilverdale
Central Ride
Herbert _J. Upper
Leary
Baker & Co
Arcade
mcNORWELL_ & MORFORD
Colman Bidwin
eManes
Call
Hanson & York
Saabewig
Sound View
West Podland Park
L. Beevett & CO
Phinney
Green
24Th
East Valley
Washington Park
Hodgson & Nelson
Sullivan
Great Phinney AV
Bell & CO
Globe
C.J. Pel & CO
Globe Block
Ind. L
Meridian Car Line
W. Barrett
Samuel Collyer
Weary Building
Nim
Land of
Sunshine
Brown & Gregg
Marion Ridg
Marion
Ontario
Bargain for a Few Days in Phinney Car Lot Sale
Owner compelled to sell for 74 dollars per hundred with improvements in, one block from Phinney car hear park. Offered for only 475 dollars. See L. BE, EBvett & Co at 66th and Phinney. Phones North 16 Green 842.
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Tech
BN. PF
Milwaukee
Gepot
Mochester
Oes
Ecole v Uy Mow
JACKSON REALTY &@ LOAN Co
Lot Son
L. Ebevett & 46Th
Phinney van
Phinney
L. BE
Ebvett & Co
66Th
North 16
Green
Society and antiques sale notices and classifieds
A collage of classified ads and society notices including furniture for sale and rental items from Trick & Murray, piano and music rolls, restaurant outfit parts, a variety of household goods, coins and antiques services, auction promotions, architecture plans, banking and real estate references, and miscellaneous items across Seattle listings.
Forbidden to Wed Girl Kills Self in Kansas
Katherine Haines aged 18 killed herself on a ranch near Udall Kansas after learning she would lose her share of her father’s $50,000 estate if she married before turning 25. The suicide was linked to a clause in the will guiding marital status.
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Udall
Kan
Katherine Haines
Barnard Founder Says Women Not Fit to Vote
Mrs. Anna Nathan Meyer founder of Barnard college argues women are not fit to vote. She is also writing a play that she says mocks women.
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New York
Anna Nathan Meyer
Barnard College
Retail Prices at Public Markets
Prices listed from Pike Place Market span produce to dairy and meats. Bananas run 16 to 18 cents a bunch, oranges 18 to 89 cents, lemons 10 cents, cabbage 3 cents per pound, apples about $1 per bushel, prime rib roast 12 ½ cents per pound, and butter from 11 to 34 cents per pound. Various seafood, cheeses, and sausages show broad center-market pricing reflecting era commerce.
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Pike Place Market
Norway
Wedleh
Wisconsin
New York
Minnesota
Markets and produce prices in Oregon and Washington
A market list shows prices for butter oats corn and livestock feeds from Oregon and Washington markets. It lists produce such as potatoes carrots beets lettuce cabbage cucumbers cauliflower celery pumpkins squash and fruit like Wenatchee apples and native apples with varying local and Yakima sources. The Star urges timely delivery and provides contact numbers for circulation issues.
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Beas
Oregon
Yakima
Wenatchee
Crown Specialists Offer Reduced Gold or Porcelain Crown
If a tooth is too decayed, Crown Specialists crown it with a regular eight dollar crown for four dollars. Ohio Dentists advertises ten dollar sets for five, and sixteen dollar sets for eight. A twelve year guaranty backs the high quality and workmanship.
For Sale Helper Listings and Furnishings
Classified ad montage offering heavy draft horses at Holcomb Co stables, various cows and calves for dairy use, and a wide range of used furniture and kitchen ranges. Advertises delivery, credit terms, and multiple local dealers in Seattle area, with prices and contact points listed.
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Holcomb CO
Aurora
Io Hire
Aleo
Wateon Broa
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Curtis Publishing Co
the Saturday Evening Post
Ladies’ Home Journal
Philadelphia, Pa
My Calted Press
Veacon
York
Luheiman
Triers
Ina
ruTtenwomnrn
Embalmere
Moore Theatre
Ronney Wateon
Thirday
University
Aabling
Aabling Bred CO
W. Pike
Chad
Mervard
Shafer
Indoung
Piri
Merveliie
West & Wheeler
Colman Miock
Walarch
Maohomish County
OLE Hanhon & Co
Seattle Heights
Woothouse & Pratt Furniture Co
Ballard
Ind
Tielan
Valley
Jake Ay
Rick
Pacific
Sbie
Seman
art‘Maitimonial
Abbott Hotel
Allyn— Vibey
Marion Wik
Posne
Wurke Motel
Sulin
Dvesemaking
Waderate
Nike Volman
Iite
Valdemar
Senorita Meaden
Britott
Kenyon
Marton
Federal Building
Awetin
Odeon Theatre
Tind St
Green Lake Church
Tayner
North
Din Drug Co
South Beattie
P Kidney
Terry
Jane
Bae
Dietitian PO Phene L. Bait
William Pickard
Illinoin Hotel Ry
City Reaw Eetate
Weetiahe Oy
TiPaacakses
Lanedale
Jon
Minor
Jackson Realty & Loan CO
National Barber College
Oriental Pool Rooms
Pike
Union
Hasement Oriental Pool Room
Union St
Main
Pacific Blowpipe Co
Taeor Mae
Firetrav
Crawford
Gore
Stevens
San Joss
Marley
Trent
Queen Anne
Kenton
W. EK
Rochester
Gerden
Aserican Tome Investment Company
Mehrhorn
Lakeview
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Pioneer Rent & Collection Company
American Bank Puilding
4Th Ave
Pacom
N.ays
Republican
Jenny Way
Imont
American Hank Building
Woodland Park
Kinnear Parkling
C. J. Bell & CO
Globe Bik
Spa
Rainier Beach
Mt. Baker
Judking St
Nar
Madison
Forrand
Hefkins Land Company
American Home Investment Company
Rich Recond
Mehihorn Bldg
Madison Car
Madison Park
Duwamish River
Oxbow
Duwamish Valley
Pioneer Square
John H. White CO
Oriental Block
Btone & Webster
OLE HANSON _& CO
New York Brook
Joan H. White
Murr
Bartington Heights
Renton
Oscar B. Jensen & Co., Inc
Northern Bank
Wille Roach
Room iii
Society Stationery
Trick & Murray
Seettie
Portland
Ore
Archibald Hot Hotel
Fxilé Kodak
Fremont
Call Ballard
Mever
Vaides
Ina Ad
Wim
Booth- Whittlesey - Hanford Abstract Co
Haller Block
Fhon
Etc, Inc
V. W. Voorhees
Pitel
Canadian Bank OF Commerce
Toronto
Canada
G. Vv. Holt. Maar
Second Ave
Koga
Axe
Arcade Levy
Agar Bing
Nin A. o_Cody
Sunt
Cavanaugh
Losper
Old Waysite Hospital
Kodaks de Kodak
Marion Bt
Great Northern Railway
Weston & Navigable
Snoqualmie River
Orecon & Washington Development Company
Henry
Beattle
Hewitt Avy
the Star
Ohio
Bree
Dentists
Firetav
Columba
Colman Siding
Provident Pledge Society
DAL Ldl
Lids II
DA Beattie Fuel Co
Wainwright & Mcleod
Great Western
Bee
Grantbeam
Cace
Credit Department
Buck Miter
Jewel Gas
Dhouse & Platt Farm Company
Ma Oun
R. Buellenbere
St. Beattie
Chicago
Office Furniture Co
Mibcewlaneaneous
Williams CO
Firet Av
Walker St
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