Mason Seeks Alderman Post Amid Street Campaign
In a ward where Mason, a hardware-store owner, enjoys broad support, his wife sees a needed salary for their children and hints at political favors. Mason worries about the price of backing from a reform boss, as a serenade and street crowd rally around his candidacy.
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Jon
Mason
Joe Mason
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Credit
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Renaon
Hariware Man
Neal Amile
Maggie
Eb Howe
Machine
Baxter
O'Hara
Abe
Dot
Hiurrah
Bob Howe
Howe i
Poindexter Seeks Congress Seat From Spokane District
Judge Miles Poindexter of the Spokane Superior Court announces his candidacy for Congress from the Third district. He asserts loyalty to Taft and Roosevelt policies of equal opportunities and avoidance of special favoritism.
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United Press
Spokane
Congress
Miles Poindexter
Board to decide on new schoolhouses building plan
The board of education will determine at a meeting tomorrow night the extent to which new schoolhouses will be erected in the city during the present year.
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Board of Education
Real Estate Association Elects Seattle Officers
George W. Dilling was elected president of the Seattle Real Estate association with R. W. H. Turner and H. S. Turner named as vice presidents. R. W. Erskine was reelected secretary.
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George W. Dilling
Seattle Real Estate Association
R. W. H. and
H. S. Turner
R. W. Erskine
Trimble Club Aims to Halt Ballot Box Frauds
The Trimble club mobilizes citizens to prevent ballot box frauds in the upcoming primary. It plans to send circulars inviting voter cooperation and offer lists of registered neighbors to detect fraudulent registrations. It seeks reputable election judges and condemns attempts by the King County Republican club to place machine loyalists on boards.
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Bstepa
Trimble Club
King County Republican Club
Gill
Rotary
Elty
Trimble’ Club
Rent Strike Rocks East Side as Fifty Thousand Families Unite
New York January reports a massive rent strike on the East Side drawing 66 000 to 80 000 tenants into protests against landlords. The movement, led by Socialist Helman, targets doubled rents and evictions amid harsh winter, with tenants resisting lease schemes that funnel profits to owners.
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Seattle Star
New York
East Side
Jacob Rite
East
Helman
Tenants Resist Evictions in Chicago Slum Struggle
The Cherry et al section reports a protest by tenants marching from a machine shop to oppose dispossession. Leaders exhort families not to starve as landlords demand payment. Lawyers prepare to fight evictions while a “defense league” backs landlords. A widow with three children relies on a daughter earning $26 monthly. rent for two rooms is $13 and another item costs $1, leaving $6 for essentials.
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Sampa
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Union Street
Poindexter
Sarah Hellman
Koov
Arnona
Seattle
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Tacoma
Union Savings & Trust Co
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Kohler & Chase
B J. Brown
Ryon
EB J. Brown
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