Bouillon Urges Efficient City Government at Brooklyn Meeting
A.V. Bouillon addressed about 200 residents at the Methodist church urging businesslike city administration. He criticized wasteful assessments and ward politics, advocating nine at large council members and urging public signers to sign petitions personally at city hall. Council candidates Gay Huntosh Metcalf and Reynolds endorsed Bouillon’s principles.
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A.V. Bouillon
Methodist Church
Brooklyn Ay
Bouillon
Boutlion
Gay
Huntosh
Metcalf
Reynolds
Tenth Ward
Boullion
Lynden Rolls Out Holy Roller Family After Death
In Lynden Washington the Paschtot family, Holy Roller followers, die to exposure of their 11 month old Marta as police arrest the parents and their children. The town fears further arrests and civil unrest as officers move the family to Bellingham.
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Bellingham
Lynden
George Paschtot
Holy Roller
Wash
Marta
Seatle
Paschtor
Belingham
Police Chief Allows Patrolman To Stay On Beat
Chief Ward will allow Patrolman Thomas Welsh to continue his regular patrol on Firetav to Battery street despite a $1,600 bond. He is due before Justice Fred C. Brown on January 25 at 1 36 p m to answer manslaughter charges. Welsh reports for duty at noon and works until night.
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Ward
Thomas Welsh
Justice of the Peace
Fred C. Brown
Walsh
Virginia
Battery St
Delock
Man Named John Denning On Trial For Brutal Assault
The 13 year old Alice Turcoth alleges Denning assaulted her, with a mob scouring the woods near the Turcoth residence. Denning faces trial in Judge Ronald’s court as alibi claims and police persecution are urged by defense. The girl was hospitalized for weeks and is expected to testify.
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Alice
John Turcoth
Madison
John Denning
Ronald
Weh
Superior Court
Denning
Turcoth
Vast Snow Slide Halts Western Montana Rail Traffic
BULLETINS reports a five mile wide snow slide blocks the Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound line in western Montana. Other items note political and local incidents across the country including Rhodes scholarship award, antitrust briefs, and a railroad extension plan.
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Buttemont
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway
Montana
Windows Rattle Prompting Call to Police
A frightened man, Alderman of 1912 B 40th, reports suspected imminent burglary as windows rattle at night. He warns police at 7 o clock, prompting Officer Jacoby to deploy plainclothes units, though the officer questions whether wind may be the cause.
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Alderman
Jacoby
Jacobs
Democratic candidate Oliver Erickson to speak tonight
Oliver T. Erickson democratic candidate for inmyor will discuss campaign issues at two events. He opens with a non campaign style talk at Green Lake Improvement Club, Green Lake Schoolhouse, then talks at the Swedish club on political issues. Tomorrow he will speak at Benecon Hill fire station as part of an active campaign push led by P. Leonard.
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Oliver T. Erickson
Inmyor
Green Lake
Green Lake School House
Erickson
Benecon Hil
P. ©. Leonard
Jrickwon
Ericks« Aon
Gau Faces Bitter Fight as Tenth Ward Voters Consider Gau
George W. Gau runs in the Tenth ward amid a fierce clash with the Gill machine and brewery interests. Voters are urged to back a campaign seen as clean and independent, promising only necessary public improvements chosen by property owners. Gau has paid taxes in the ward for 18 years and aims to keep council work free of private financial influence.
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George W. Gau
Gill Machine
Gan
Gau
Comnetl
Regal Dental Offices
N. W. Corner
Third Av
Union St
Petition Filed For Special Election On Duwamish Dredging Plan
A petition calling for a special election on dredging and straightening the Duwamish river was filed with the county commissioners by officers and members of the Duwamish River Improvement Club. The hearing is set for February 10 at 10 am to consider election date and signatures. The project costs up to 1.5 million dollars and would add about 24 miles of waterfront, including a navigable channel from the river mouth to four miles south near McKinleyville.
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Duwamish River
Board of County Commissioners
McKinley Bill
Railroad Chiefs Back Taft Plan Despite Opposition
The piece outlines alleged railroad support for Taft's proposed reform including ICC rate powers and suspensions, plus tweaks to Sherman law, while railroads oppose parts of the plan. It notes a harsh view of corporate plans in Wall Street and New York, and reports a streetcar accident injuring Charles Clapp at First Avenue and Mercer Street, with hospital care.
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Wall St
Financial
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Joint Traffic Association
Interstate Commerce Court
Taft
New York
Federal
Ferden Institute Fake Healer Warns Reporter of Fatal Poisoning
An imitate healer at the Ferden Institute diagnoses a reporter in dire terms. He checks the pulse and stethoscope reveal supposed heart damage and high uric acid, predicting swelling joints and imminent death if treatment fails. The exchange centers on a bogus medical demonstration.
Vicious medical swindle exposed in Seattle report
A reporter investigated two purported doctors in Seattle offering a cure for $100 with a dubious microscope test. They claimed a month to cure and demanded immediate cash deposits, but the writer balked and sought a reputable physician. The doctor concluded the subject was healthy and warned of deceit.
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FerDon
Seattle
American Excess of Good Living and Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets
An advertisement extols the dangers of overindulgent diet across climates and promotes Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets as a universal digestive remedy. It claims tablets digest food, replace deficient gastric juices, and cure indigestion with rapid, pleasant relief. Free samples offered from F A Stuart Co., Marshall, Michigan.
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America
Italy
Spain
Egypt
Stuart
Walsh Nears Gates of the Penitentiary
Convicted banker John K Walsh arrives in Kansas City from Chicago en route to Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary. He asks if they missed the Missouri Pacific as Marshal Hoy details the trolley route. Walsh shows a rare flare of anger during the escort.
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United Press
Kansar
Gity
John Kd. Walsh
Chicago
Leavenworth
Kan
Walsh
Missouri Pacific
Kansan
Marshal Hoy
Wale
Walah
Pnewspaper
Walsh Attacks Photographer Steals Alarmed Interference
Walsh rushed from the train and struck the camera of a photographer before Hoy could intervene. The sudden outburst stunned Hoy and the photographer, while the banker calmly resumed his position beside his aide.
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Walsh
Hoy
Vaccinated Boy Dies Suit Filed Against City Health Board
Anna Inerman sues San Francisco health authorities and H K Mulford Co alleging her son Harvey died from tainted vaccine used in July 1909. She seeks 25000 dollars in damages claiming tetanus serum and blood poisoning within the virus caused the death.
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United Press
Francisco
Harvey
Anna Inerman
Board of Health
H. K. Mulford Company
Pennsylvania
J. F. Watking
Celty
One Cent Banquet Planned by Pittsburgh Strike
Pittsb urg January 19. Striking United Plate workers plan a one cent banquet at Bridgeport on Saturday night as a parody of a Carnegie officials banquet in Pittsburgh that cost $100 a plate. All strikers with carfare and one cent invited. the cent will not be used.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie
Bridgeport
Pape’s Dipepsin Promises Quick Digestion Help
A vintage advertisement urges readers to keep Diapepwin in the home for indigestion and stomach misery. It claims the remedy digests food in five minutes, relieves sour stomach heartburn belching and gas, and eliminates stomach discomfort by aiding digestion without affecting breath or causing other disorders.
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Pape
Menu for Workmen After July Fire
The menu for the hiking workers includes watercress crackers peanuts smoking tobacco cob pipes and river water. They will also be offered oil to keep torches burning while they eat. The note mentions the workers have been on a hike since the July fire.
Ramone Fat Building Formula Promises Gains
Physicians and chemists say a new prescription taken with meals stimulates flesh formation. The Quaker Drug Co. offers Ramone with a money back guarantee if weight does not increase. Seattle agency arranged postal sale of the product with refunds for unsatisfied customers.
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Ramone
Tts
Quaker Drug Co. Han
Seattle
Ramese
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