The Great Wall Seen From Mars In World Tour Comment
In a speculative travel note from Bring dated January 5, Prof Lowell is cited claiming Mars could glimpse the Great Wall. The piece praises the wall as a monumental contrast to celestial wonders and traces its history from 214 to 204 BCE, noting it as a measurable human achievement visible from another world. It then shifts to a voyage toward Hongkong and Manila in a fanciful “world tour.”
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Celestial Empire
Summer Palace
Peking
Imperial Tomba
United
Chi
Lowell
Mars
Earth
Miners Seek Better Mail Service for Alaska Districts
The Arctic club of Seattle appeals to miners and business men of the Iditarod and Kuskokwim districts in Alaska to aid efforts for improved mail. Currently only one mail per month is allowed.
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Arctic Club
Seattle
Iditarod
Kuskokwim
Alaska
Churches to Serve as Polling Places Cited by Official
Superintendent Francie W. Grant urges churches to offer polling places due to expected high female voter turnout. Comptroller must announce locations 20 days before the election. Over 400 names joined a petition in Washington to abolish capital punishment, led by Mrs Catherine Stirton and others circulating the pages.
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Francie W. Grant
Comptroller
Washington
Catherine Stirton
Mayflower to Headline 1915 Exposition Plans
Seattle New England club aims to display a Mayflower similar to the A Y P fair exhibit. Captain James W Nolan who led the 1909 Mayflower will command again. Leonard F Dearborn was elected to succeed John F Murphy as president.
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New England Club
Seattle
James W. Nolan
Leonard F. Dearborn
John F. Murphy
Treaty revision seeks end to immigration restraint
The Japanese government plans to seek revision of the United States treaty next summer to drop the last clause restricting Japanese immigration. Night school sessions resume this week at Broadway Queen Anne and Lincoln high schools.
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Victoria
B. C
Empress of
Japan
United States
Broadway
Queen Anne
Lincoln
Market Prices for Eastern Washington and Puget Sound Produce
Fruit and produce prices listed for Eastern Washington and Puget Sound regions. Entries include lettuce cabbage cucumber cauliflower celery and root crops with per crate and per ton rates. Also shows oats barley and corn prices, along with potatoes Yakima and Purbe apples and pears pricing data.
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Washington
Abe
Nksbee
Washington - Ouny
Puget Sound
Capevovses
Washinton
Ncscsene
Yakima
Interap
Seeee
Moore and Lois Lewis Lead Local Vaudeville Mix
Moore presents Chocolate Soldier with Grand Grace Cameron in Nancy while Seattie stages A Temperance Town. Lois Lewis and Lake Company perform Running for Office. Alhambra showcases Fimma Bunting in Lynnwood with Vaudeville features at Orpheum Majestic Pantages Star venues featuring Hurlesque acts.
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Seattie
Lois—Lewis & Lake Company
Alhambra
Fimma Bunting
Lynnwood
Fire Chief Thomas Heney to retire with Seattle contractor's fortune
Thomas E. B. Heney assistant chief of the Green Bay Wisconsin fire department will retire to enjoy a fortune left by Michael J. Heney a Seattle railroad contractor who died in California. He receives a cash legacy of 20000 dollars and a further 200 dollars a month.
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Thomas EB. Heney
Green Bay
Wis
Michael J. Heney
Seattle
California
Thomas Heney
War Over Coronation Leads to Court of Claims
In London on January 6 a string of disputes among nobles over roles in King George's June coronation sparked bitterness across England Scotland and Ireland. A Commission titled the court of claims will begin work soon to arrange the ceremony.
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London
George
England
Scotland
Ireland
Court of Claims
Country Wide Crusade Against the Festering Slums
An analysis by Lawrence Vellier in Survey relief literature notes a national awakening to housing reform. Cities from New Haven to Baltimore and Los Angeles report anti slum drives, with efforts to replace squalor with better homes and civic responsibility. The article cites New York leading reform as conditions improve.
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Outleck
Lawrence Vellier
National Housing Associate
Iter
America
Slama
New England
New Haven
Baltimore
Ewa
Ontaklita
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Ohio
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Columbus
Buffalo
Detroit
St. Louis
Washington
New York
Directors declare 4 percent dividend at Citizen's National Bank
The Citizen's National Bank directors announced a 4 percent dividend yesterday. The bank was organized eleven months ago.
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Citizen's National Bank
White Sale Promises Savings on Lingerie Essentials
Seattle shoppers flock to Mac Dougall and Southwick for the White Sale with steep markdowns on drawers, petticoats, chemises, slips, nightgowns, corset covers, combinations, and related garments. Prices drop from 29 cents to about 6.99 for various items, with numerous items listed at substantial discounts.
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Hongkong
Manila
Philippine Islands
China
Nankow Pass
Mail Cry
United Press
Orpheum
Vaudeville
Majestic
Pantages Vaudeville
Lawrence Veiller
D. 8. Johnston Co
Eilers
Krell
Clarance Price Price
Steinway
Kimball
Emerson
Decker Brose
Vogge & Son
Kingsbury
Decker
Hobart M. Cable
Johnston
Schilling
H. P. Nelson
Smith & Barnes
STORY
4& Clark
Loty Bampio
Jar Lester
Clarendon
Aschenbach
Hallet & Davis
Lester
Behning
Ox Haddorff
Chickering
Whitney
Weber
Stuyvesant
Oort Bow
Wheelock
Mahokady
STECK
Aeolian
Wees Nees
CRBC
Wiscevee
Sesees
Melville Clark
Apollo
Cecilian
Angelus
Aeolian Grand
Clough & Warren
Eilers Music Building
MacDougall & Southwick
Princess
Tie McDougall & Routs Ick Co
Star “Want
First Ave
Bradbury
Bradbury System
Eastern Outfitting Co., Inc
Second Ave
Union St
Reliable Credit House
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