University of Washington Women Seek Adequate Housing
The UW has 900 women students facing inadequate facilities including no study hall or lunch room and a shack housing the home economics department. An appropriation of 100000 dollars is urged to build a proper women's building, aligning with other state universities.
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University of Washington
Senate
University Y. Cc. A
Nesota
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Dakotas
Washington
Shipping trust lobbyists wield power over sea law
A 1912- era argument asserts that shipowners and lobbyists block protections after the Titanic disaster. It notes the sea bill seeking trained seamen, eight hour shifts for firemen, and 24 hour limit work rules, facing opposition from New York steamship syndicates and the Atlantic Steamship Association. The piece warns that failure to pass safeguards could invite another maritime disaster.
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Atlantic Ocean
Congress
Shipping Trust
Congressional Committee
House of Representatives
Committee On Commerce
Donard
House
Great Lakes
American Steamship Syndicate of New York
Atlantic Steamship Association
General Shipping Interests
Senate
United States
Odds and Ends From a Rumor Mill of Public Life
A collage of 1900s scandal and gossip covers cotton fortunes fines, academic life, Reno divorces, a dance craze, Chicago church romance, ice rescue in Connecticut, a Chicago divorce suit over a boss sign, a Dewey anecdote with a tiger, and a Lowell descendant’s troubled marriage report.
Laugh and Grow Fat and Other Odds and Ends
A collage of gossip and light anecdotes from newspapers and letters. Includes quips about fashion, bankers, college pranks, and social headlines, with brief notes from regional correspondents and a line on a new theatre cast.
Medical Queries and Public Notices in a Brooklyn Publication
A reader requests guidance on nervous and eye specialists while a Harvard trained MD notes he replies but cannot guarantee mail responses. The piece includes assorted jibes about logging camps, stock exchange rules, debts due by February 20, and humorous quips on farming, salaries, and Edison’s staged persona.
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Buobomish
Seattle
Butler
Doled Eve and Vignettes of Social Satire
A column mixture of quips on taxes and divorce trends, spoof fashion notes, and political caricatures. It mocks modern morality while lampooning New York social scenes and cultural fads with puns about money, fashion, and law.
Best Short Stories of the Day
A collage of anecdotes including a Bostonian woman in an aviation outfit at a country house tea terrace, a Minneapolis writer Louisa Brownlow who jokes about his 11 o clock headache, and a Methodist pastor tale about the presiding elder. Also an amusing European travel moment with a London trip and a Swiss curling praise fragment.
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Eleanore Sears
Mins Sears
Minneapolis Journal
Louisa Brownlow
Lovie
Washington
Brownlow
Subways Market Idea Praised By Local Farmer Editor
A farmer from Auburn endorses a central city subway market built below street level to keep produce cleaner and cooler in summer while protecting sellers in winter. The plan would reduce dust and sun exposure and even deter pests, reflecting editorial support for improved public market facilities.
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the Star
Businews
Co. L. Campbell
Auburn
Wash
Candidate Promises Sought For City Council Platform
The Star calls for a standard platform from each candidate listing concrete promises on vital issues. Voters should see clear views on city closure, municipal ownership, streamlined administration, and reducing gimmicks. The paper seeks specific aims to make Seattle more attractive and practical for residents and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Star
Seattle
Single Tax Proposal and Its Effect on Land and Buildings
The Star outlines the single tax idea urging taxation on land values to fund government, arguing that community-created value belongs to the public while individual-created value belongs to the owner. It questions taxing tenants more through building taxes and warns of slowed construction if building taxes rise.
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the Star
Alaska
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Jim Patten
Uncle Sam
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Reno
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Danielson
Conn
Elia F. Zeno
William H
Admiral Dewey
Bronx
Dewey
Lois Burnett Rantoul
James Russell Lowell
Boston
Edward Rantoul
May
Harvard
Drs. Price
Helen
Margaret
Florida
Lil Russell
Lil
University of Pennsylvania
Simeon Short
Archbold Advocate
Hoytville Cor
Deshler Piag
Josh Wise
Hanna
Heydier
Johnston
Marcosson
Rychilk
Cleveland
Laura
Equel
Trienne
Laura Nelson Hall
Kane
M.D
Hermon F. Titus, M. D
Killett
New York Stock Exchange
Newton Falla, O
Tri-County News
Emperor William
Vincent Aston
Baltimore
Edison
B. F. Keith
New York
Eyres Transfer Co
Jackson St
England
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Nevada
New York City
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Podurk
Gladwin
Mich
Podunk
Dreamland
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Cheasty
Haberdashery
Second Ave
Spring St
Lev
Saz
Tors Iy
Columbus
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Durham
London
Tilbite
Lord Samtella
Fry's
Zerland
Dee
James L. Hannel
Pliny Allen
Orting Home
Port Orchard
Benator Allen
Elim Hill
Wnt
Creontle
Hana
Rainier
Seattle Paint CO
Third Ave. S. and
Jackson S
May Manton
Ite
Second Avenue
Spring
Seneca
Vici
Morocco
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