Earnings Soar for City Street Car Lines in 1206
The Seat We Electric company reports gross earnings of $1,874,795.14 for 1206 from street car lines with $1,508,004.90 from blanket franchise lines. Other lines include Madison street, Yealerway, Jackson, Grant, Woodland Park, Port Lawton. Ticket sales totaled $987,448.91 and freight receipts were $56,112.94.
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Seat‘We Electric Company
Thas
Mney
Yealerway
Jackson St
Grant Et
Woodland Park
Port Lawton
Madison St
Yesler
Green Lake
Coon Named Acting Washington Governor for Week
Lieutenant Governor Charles F. Coon will govern Washington for about a week in January while Governor Mead attends the Salt Lake conference on January 24 to persuade eastern visitors to tour the Northwest. Formal notice will announce Coon’s temporary authority during Mead’s absence.
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Olympia
Wash
Charles F. Coon
Washington
Mead
Salt Lake
Northwest
Europe
Maritime Record Minnesota Sails February First With Cargoes
Minnesota booked to leave February 1 carrying flour, raw cotton, and lumber. Weather at Cape Plattery at 5 a.m. is cloudy with a west wind. Steamers bound for San Francisco and Southern California list sailing dates from February 7 to 8, for Monterey and Texas ports.
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Minnesota
Cape Plattery
San Francisco
Umatitla
Southern California
ta_ Barbara
Steamer Excelsior Cleared for Seward with 40 Passengers
The Excelsior under Captain Harriman sailed from an Alaska port yesterday bound for Seward and Walden with 40 passengers and a full cargo of general freight. Other steamers listed with arrivals and routes include ships from San Francisco Queen Southern California Rainier and via Pyiste Navadan Skagway Cottage City Hertha and Valdea with unclear dates.
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Trpan
China
Skagway
Jeffe
Valdes
Oregon
San Francisco
Queen
Southern
California
Rainier Bith
Cottage City
Itka
Piet Valdea
Hertha
Excelsior
Harriman
Seward and
Walden
Fire safety chairs to be anchored in public hall
The city order requiring chairs in the public hall to be fastened to the floor faces opposition but will be enforced, per Prof. Christenson, manager of the arcade hall at Madison and Broadway. The marshal argues general protective authority justifies the rule. Separately, George Morgan was declared insane by Judge Rice and ordered to Tellacoom asylum.
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Christenson
Madison and
Boardway
George Morgan
Tellacoom Asylum
Harmony Restored in Soldier Appointment Controversy
Governor Mead and a G A R delegation held a conference over appointing old soldiers to state positions. The dispute centered on the governor’s brother in law as adjutant of the soldier at home. The governor said the post was temporary and promised to reduce expenses while honoring veterans when possible.
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Mead
Committee of Soldiers
Big Sums Awarded in Damages and Desertion Arrest
In Ballard on January 17 Henry Coffey, a former sailor who deserted a U S battleship at Bremerton last July, was arrested. Police report Coffey is in custody and awaiting orders for potential transfer to Fort Lawton authorities, with a total damages award listed as 140 188.
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Ballard
Henry Coffey
Neemerton
Polles
Jard
Hremerton
Fort Lawton
Small personal savings banks offered by H. O. Shuey and Co
H. O. Shuey and Co in the Arcade building test tiny savings banks about the size of a watch box. These banks hold nickels to five dollar gold pieces up to $100 and open only by Shuey and Co. They have distributed about 300 to business men and plan wider distribution to small depositors to foster savings and earn 4 percent on deposits.
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H. O. Shuey & Co
Bhuey & Co
H. C. Shuey & Co
He Performs Miracles at 103 Second Ave South
Prof De Forest offers psychic readings and palmistry to finance and love inquiries. Prominent businesspeople consult him daily in an office near Guy's Drug Store, with unfailing accuracy claimed and hours from 9 am to 9 pm. Readings are $1 and on Sundays.
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Prof. de Forest
Guy's Drug Store
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Seattle
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Statuis Agency For the
Round Oak Ceater
Svenua
Sa Lion
Sienary
Brown's Dental Parlors
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RAMAK
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Nature
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Pano
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Krell
Lakeside
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Johnston CO
Second Avenue
Burke Building
First Avenue
G. Beninghausen
Ohio Dentists
Ohio
Pike St
Third Av
the Rubber Store
Firet Ave
Lloyd Transfer CO. (Inc
Western Ave
Chase Bros
Hackley and Carlisle Pianos
Tower's Piano House
Union St. Seattle
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