F A Key F urth s Column on Stone and Webster Power Grip
The column accuses Stone and Webster of monopoly control over public utilities in Seattle and beyond. It likens them to barons of big business, alleging stock manipulation, overcapitalization, and coercive political influence to extract profits while delivering poor service. It contrasts them with builders and real risk takers, alleging a sustained pattern of profit extraction from Western cities.
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Stone & Webster
Ih West
Fprenztec
Big Bual
Webster
Guggenheim
Armour
Beef Trust
McCormick
Dog climbs ladder to save three firemen
A heroic dog ascended a ladder to rescue three firefighters. Nortom, a seven year veteran of the fire service, carried the dog down to safety as colleagues aided others, and the dog’s abilities were noted as remarkable.
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Nortom
Francisco saloon keeper incident report from today
A brief archival note describes a Francisco as a saloon keeper this afternoon who stated he was Jalian and made his position clear. The fragment emphasizes a personal assertion rather than an outcome or event.
McNamara fights extradition and seeks case continuance
McNamara vowed to resist extradition to Canada and asked for a continuance at arraignment today. He was granted a delay until next Thursday. Unable to post a $15,000 bond, he remained in custody. Detectives’ efforts to obtain a confession regarding the robbery charge have failed.
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Canada
McNamara
Tomba
Missing gold from theatre patron linked to Pa Steamship Co.
A man at a theatre Sunday night reportedly carried $140 in gold in his hip pocket. His wife observed a suspicious man near the box office and gave a police description. The gold remains missing and Mrs. Cook urges active police investigation.
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Pa Steamship Co
Bank Regulations Tighten After Forgery Scandals
New York reports that banks adopt stringent rules after a 1911 forgery swindle of 15 million dollars. Handwriting expert Albert S. Osborne cites the loss and says forgers target oil firms. Banks now require personal knowledge or depositor references to open accounts.
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New York
United States
Albert 8
Osborne
Leap Year Double Wedding In Philadelphia
In Philadelphia two sisters, Rose Miller and Mary Harria, obtained licenses to marry brothers Joseph and Harry Jung of Haddon Heights New Jersey. The clerk noted leap year as the reason the brides chose two grooms, and the double wedding is expected to occur tomorrow.
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Philadelphia
Dan Cupid
Rose Miller
Mary Harria
Joseph
Harry Jung
Haddon Heights
N. J
The Average Man is a myth says a playful verse
The speaker critiques the idea of an average man as a myth. The poem contrasts blame for misfortune with praise of taste, notes the crowd’s myths about “the Average Man,” and suggests no such universal figure exists. It humorously denies common identity among people.
Star Sprung a Leak and Other Quirky Tales From The Past
A compilation of humorous tales including Marse Henry Watterson and Col. Fellows at a Washington poker game where big stakes led to a breakfast bargain, a Sunday school mishap turning Star into Rata, and a navy crew joking that a comet was a star sprung a leak as told to Captain H J.
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Marse Henry Watterson
Col
John R. Fellows
Washington
Marse Henry
Colonel
Marie Henry
John
Henry
Fellows
Saturday Evening Post
Rata
Star
H. J
Navy
Tarifa
Mediterranean
Buffalo Commercial
Beattie Newsboy Ralph Bridges Aims Easy Street
Ralph Bridges ages 14 earns 1.50 daily selling papers from 3 to 7 pm on Second Ave and James St. He has saved 220 dollars in banks while giving his sister five dollars weekly. Orphaned father and mother, he stays with family, defying rivals from the Rain or Shine Brigade.
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Ralph Bridges
Beattie
Ralph
Second Av
James
Easy Street
Hi Slater
Rain Or Shine Brigade
Jupiter Plavins
A Bad Husband
A man complains that his wife disappeared after he gave her all his property to hide it from creditors. He claims she beat him to leave and allege swindling creditors caused the rift.
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Brannigan
Willikin
Whitman College Loses Tax Exemption Ruling
The United States Supreme Court decided against Whitman College of Walla Walla Washington in a case against the state seeking exemption from taxation. The college urged tax exemption under its charter terms.
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Whitman College
Washington, Jan. C
United States Supreme Court
Whitman College of
Robber Waves Gun at Bixby Bank and Flees on Horse
A man with a gun robs the Bank of Bixby, taking $100 then mounting a horse. The Texas broncho bucked, a crowd pulled the rider, identified as O. C. Brock a local restaurant dishwasher. He is held in Tulsa jail.
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Bixby
Okla
Lipscondy
O. C. Brock
Tulsa
Public Markets Pier Place Market Prices
Market prices listed include maple syrup at 26 cents per quart and sausage at 15 cents per pound. Other items show smoked salmon, creamed products, and various seafood with cents per pound or per box pricing. The garbled text suggests a wide range of groceries and market goods with cents or small dollar amounts.
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Rene
Grocery Advert Themed List With Prices
A fragmented retail listing shows items and prices like oranges at 16 cents per dozen, grapefruits, canned goods, and butter priced per pound. Mentions include Norway make eral and pickled onions at a pint, with local deals and lamb pricing.
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Oran
Doxen
Owen
Norway
Local Market Prices for Groceries and Meats
A scanned price list lists gram and rust items at 6 cents each and up to 20 cents a dozen. It shows onions, figs, cranberries, bananas by the dozen or pound, and baking powder priced at 45 cents. Meat items include pickled pork, corn hog, lamb shoulder, neck bones with various pounds and prices.
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Mons
Woodhouse & Platt Furniture Co., Inc
Victor Acorn
Laurel Steel
Sal Jewel
Jeath
Cais Peice
Garland Steel
St. Louis
Royal Steel
Buck Steel
Oxford Steel
King Steel Andford - Babebnas
Pike St
Bet
Chicago Store & Office Furn. Co
Funeral Directors in Seattle and public notices mix
A historical Seattle fragment lists funeral directors Rosenburg Undertaking and others at Ninth Street locations. It also includes a jumble of classified items such as help wanted male and female, immigration inspector ads, furniture and housing notices, and small business exchanges, all dense with street and phone references amid scattered notices.
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Riiculara
Natio Arber College of
Wes Ai
MPN
Carin
Alantha Hide
Ain Saale
Roattie Apinesring
Haar
Rpenter
France
Iain
Ed Paine
Acreage and real estate bargains in Seattle area
Numerous half acre to ten acre tracts with low cash balances and small monthly payments. Listings include ranch and farm land near Medina and Madison, Kirkland and Green Lake districts with improvements, fences, barns, homes, and access to roads and ferries. Also offers city lots near Bluff area, Phinney area homes, early 1900s style cottages, and Lake Burien property with new commuter lines. Many ads emphasize immediate possession, low down payments, and easy terms through various agents and firms.
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Nice
West Coast Land CO
American Bank
Madiian
OLE Hanson & CC
New York
Gap Valley
Ana
P. Oo
Olalla
Oye
Cash Hall & Price
Westlake Boulevard
Kear
Kirkland
Collins & Son
Washington
Jandin
Madiiki
See & Farrar
Cherry St
Woodland Park
Phinney
France
65Th Street
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Seattle
Says McNamara
Simmie
Uy Ie SY Denton Sra
You Or
Muate
Or I
Smith
Teo Tweeling
Come
J. C. Farrell
Maplewood
Ind
Pier Place Market
Seattle Star
Savanet
Lowing Arag
Mulles
Dallard Av
Seusra Aes Pike
Airoce
Firet
NEW Today
Mike Cohn
Pike Gt
Ind. L
Boston Sample Shoe Shop Co., Inc
Pike
University Dalry
R_ Seward
North
the &T. Benedict's Church
Lth
Ashworth
At & Am
Bieitsaye Goasery
Hataeeek
Caljee
Tago Ritiey
Ravelle
John F. Miller
Bonney-Watson
G. A. Ied
Rosenburg Undertaking
Fremont O Gic Rilz
Orth
Green
Rwonths
Embalmore
Flonney- Watson Funeral Directors
University
1818S
Cowboy and Indian Pictures
Dream
Harvard
Pikest Ladies
Gia
Jacobson
First
Tewart Phon
Mainarth
Gillette
Shary Ned
Putnam
Miller
Northern Bank
T. Oring
el Lonst
Yakime At
Grace M
Kinglien Gon
North End
Mrs. Morrison
Queen Anne Hii Express
Daigle
Longmore
Columbia
Bestile
76Th St
Main
Ld Place
Yeelertation
Lagremarat
Ner
Brooklyn
Mortiagee
Eran
Beaty Boston
Broadway
Bath
Hone Yates
Pinerd
Larne
Reut
Ballard
Tana
Ity
Hackworth
Peatons
Utfman- Ke
Pollo
Grant County
National Cash Register
Pine St
George Beebe
Haumelaw
Youaryt
Sandwall
Madison
Tenseine House
Moyer-Toneer
Alainwright
Mi McLeod
Medina
Yesler
Henry Broderick, Inc
Hoge Building
City Real Estate
Ola Bluff
Grand Bouleva
Twentieth Av. W
Seatine
West & Wheeler
Colman
American Building Co
Thand State
L. Colman
Leary
Samuel Collyer
Bear
Seattle Real Estate
Lexy
Kodak
Jacobs’ Pirate Te Shop
West
Lake Burien
New Lake Burien Carine
Wylde Bes
von Block En Rock
Gale—Poultry
Iit
Horton
Mutual Life
Getehing
Pigeden
Pike Place
Plymouth Roeks
York City Gardens
Hite Aia
Henry Broderick, Inc, Math Get
Boston
Columb
Angreves
Sion
Columbia St
Central Beattle Trust
Company
Fons Catriet
Valdez Finn. Co
Ommerce
Torn Canada
Mengs
G. W. Holt
Lehelman
Vana Ay
Pinestae
Jose Allen
Beedie
J.P Ball
Seal Estate
CA. Townsend
Arcade
Rooma
NO MC Gook
Arcade Annee
Mollionis
Liberty
Post
Globe
Sun
Wm. T. Lovering
Lumber Exchange
Dr. Dalton
Torney
U. S
Barnes & Co
Hoge
Adams & Brooks
Iia
Virginia
Paco Coast
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