Promises and Delays on Madison Street Car Service
A Madison Park Improvement Club delegation pressed Seattle city officials and Seattle Electric about starting a reliable car service on the Madison line. Despite technical talks and hoped orders from Stone & Webster, nonresident stockholders, and delayed machinery, no firm action was taken. The piece critiques municipal patience and asks when the company will deliver real progress for workers, shoppers, and business people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle Electric Company
Madison St
Madison Park
Stone & Webster
Boston
Roosevelt
Madison
Seattle Electric
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Keeps World Moving Rapidly
The Philadelphia Rapid Transit company continues to operate, maintaining swift routes and ongoing service amid ongoing efforts to enhance urban mobility and connect key districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Indictment of New Jersey Beef Trust Barons Draws Sarcasm
From New Jersey comes a fresh indictment of beef industry barons seen by observers as timely sarcasm amid a wave of antitrust scrutiny. Corporate figures are accused in a case touching meat prices, supply chains, and market practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Beef Trust Barons
GoosVale Cia Granny KRyebia Attends Friendly Visit
Goosvale Cia Granny KRyebia fell ill last Tuesday and recovered enough by Wednesday to greet visiting friends. A banquet with fish in ramekins was planned for Thursday at the hostelry, while Sunday school at Woodlot church closed last Friday with a student treat. VERITAS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granny Kryebia
Woodlot Church
Veritas
Mixed Fragments and Observations From a Late Talky Column
A jumble of anecdotes and remarks spans topics from a minister at a cottage window to car maintenance talk. It mentions Twistern buying a new farm, a Nation al Association of Automobile Manufacturers speaker in Racine, and a quip about women voting and hats.
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Lin. Mitchell Lewis
National Association of Automobile
Manu
Racine
Mr. Lewis
Cara Innarda
Man of Many Limbs in War Stories and a Centipede Question
An elderly veteran recalls Civil War scenes at Chickamauga Gettysburg and Seven Pines, describing losing a leg and a topography of battles. A curious child asks if he was a centipede in those days, eliciting a humorous moment from the Chicago News excerpt.
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Chickamauga
Chicago News
Public eye on Spalding founder and San Diego pitch
In a profile of Albert G. Spalding head of A G Spalding & Bros the public learns he helped found organized baseball in 1871 and built a sporting goods empire. He resides at a Point Loma home in San Diego and recently pitched an old underhand ball to start a game.
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A. G. Spalding
Albert G. Spalding
A. G. Spalding & Bros
Spalding
Point Loma
San Diego
Cal
Smash es at Satan From Billy Sunday Bat
Billy Sunday calls mothers to raise children with sexual hygiene taught in schools and urges avoid social clubs. He criticizes women for arranging marriages for money and condemns society as the devil while urging parents to guide boys and girls away from temptation.
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Billy Bunday
Fragmentary OCR Phrase Reflects Family Dialogue
The readable text shows a clipped exchange about a person named Witte and a mother, with references to going to the grocery and a request to reply before sending for someone. The incomplete dialogue hints at domestic conversation preserved in OCR errors.
Dynasty Talk Triggers A Riff On Kings And Revolutions
Fragmentary dialogue hints at a debate on monarchy and dynasties. Characters named Adolf and Osgar discuss whether a king must personally descend to rule, while a line questions if a dynasty functions like a dynamo and if Bame ding sparks a revolution.
Watt and Knott telephone mix up leads to knotted order
Four customers call in for mail orders while Watt frantically clarifies names. A mishearing triggers a humorous exchange ending with the caller identified as Knott and the order promised for noon express. The scene is framed with later huomor about crime and French sporting quips.
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Watt
Knott
Hetailer
Aire
Charles Watt
Charlies Watt
Sebott
Meen
John Schott
Will Knott
William Knott
Knoxville
Francisco
Shoes and favors fuel Big Tim Sullivan in Bowery
In New York, Big Tim Sullivan continues his annual distribution of shoes and other goods at 207 Bowery, keeping favor with the poor. Second hand stores overflow with donated footwear resold for whisky money, while Mayor Gaynor’s administration tightens city services and new fire commissioner Rhinelander Waldo promotes fair promotions despite past orderings. Brown, a Cedar Street broker clerk, finally hears rare praise after months of steady work.
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New York
Big Tim” Sullivan
Bowery
Thin
Big Tim
Sullivan
Gaynotto
Rhinelander Waldo
Tammany
Brown
Cedar Street
Jones
Backache and Kidney Relief With Pape's Diuretic
Sufferers from backache bladder trouble or kidney issues find relief after several doses of Pape's Diuretic. The ad claims rapid cure of nocturnal urination, pain and nervous symptoms it promises a thorough, prompt remedy for kidney and bladder derangements with a fifty cent treatment from any drug store.
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Humphreys’ Homeo
Medicine Ca
Con
William and Ann Stroeta
Newark
Evined
Pape
Lomna
Pape, Thompson & Pape
Cincinnati
the Wo
For Sale or Exchange in Seattle Architect's 12 room Home
For Sale or Exchange a modern 12 room dwelling with granite basement and verandas by John Sanwick at corner W 77th St and 12th Ave N W. Size 42 by 42 feet on an 84198 square foot lot with panoramic city Sound and mountain views. Priced at 6590 with 6 percent interest terms. Will consider smaller house or vacant lot as part payment or exchange. Call or address F R Johnson 8059 with Av N W.
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John Sanwick
W. 77Th St
12Th Av. N. W
Greater
Seattle
F. R. Johnson
Av. N. W
Talks on Teeth by The Regal Dentists We Never Hurt a Bit
The Regal Dentists promote a painless plan for extracting filling and crowning teeth using the We Never Hurt a Bit slogan. They report nervous and frightened patients now seek their care and share the message of painless dentistry.
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Grand Jury
Gormley
Cotterill
Goosevale
CIA
Zed Hornawoggle
Josh Wiseays
Kansas City Journal
Man of
Billy Sunday
Ann
Methuselah
Witte
Jack
Pete
Adolf
Rosten Giche
Plautus
Charles M. Schwab
Aport
Saportamen
le Sport
Monte Carlo
St. Honore
Paria
Benide
Splendide
Humphreys
Little Old New York
Norman
THE
Regal Dentists
Regal Dental Offices
N. W. Cor, Third Ave
Union St
P. U
Hill. Klein the Shoemaker
James Street
United States
DAR
M. F. Backus
R. R. Spencer
Ralph &. Stacy
C. A. Spencer
Olmstead
Eastern Outfitting Co., Inc
Second Avenue House
Reliable Credit House
Pacific Coast
Sherman, Clay & Company
Second Ave
James D. Hoga
N. B. Solner
Ferdinand Schmits
J. D. Lowee
Cherry Street
Ballard, Georgetown
Renton
Seattle Lighting Company
Fourth Ave
Henry Bldg
Soaplake
Star
Hakins Moving & B
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