Humes Reports Weekly King County Road Bulletin
County Engineer Sam Humes issues a weekly bulletin for Seattle motorists detailing road conditions across King County. Highlights include loosened frost boul ders on Sunset highway and rocky sections on Issaquah Fall City and Issaquah Newcastle routes, with the Lee hill bridge near Kent limited to light travel and one ton load.
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Sam Humes
King County
Sunset Highway
Toke Creek
Falls
Issaquah-Fall City
Preston
Issaquah-Newcastle
Lee Hill Bridge
Kent
Ambaum
Youngstown-Lake Burien
Seattle
Des Moines
South Park
14Th Ave
City to propose Swan Lake condemnation for reservoir plan
A condemnation ordinance will be proposed to acquire 2000 acres around Swan Lake for a new city reservoir and two pipelines. The plan aims to secure rights of way for two additional reservoirs in West Seattle.
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Swan Lake
Seattle
Dooley Twins Cause Mixups in St Louis Society
Miss Cornelia Howe wed one Dooley twin and Miss Edmee Anheuser plans to marry the other, as the Dooley brothers fooled followers by swapping identities. The twins look and act alike causing jokes and mistaken engagements in a crowded St Louis social scene.
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Edmee Anheuser
Dooley Twins
Joe and
Will
Will Dooley
Cornelia Howe
ST. Louis
Dooley
Joe
Ties Howe
Miss Anheuser
Miss Howe
Willn
Foreign coal coming to U S from Canada strikes San Francisco
A Canadian firm, Canadian Collieries Limited, bought three steamers to ship coal from the Dunsmuir mines to San Francisco and secured an option on bunker sites in China basin. Local rivals Rolph Navigation and Coal Co. and Western Fuel Co. responded by arranging Japan coal deliveries to compete with the new Canadian supply.
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San Francisco
Canadian Collieries, Limited
Dunsmuir
China Basin
Rolph Navigation and Coal Co
Western Fuel Co
Japan
Cupid Finds Ally in Chicago Social Club Leader
In Chicago on January 19 Elizabeth Guion Dormer, secretary of the Chicago Social club, works to pair singles for marriage. The group aims to bridge costly clubs and cheap cabarets, with its first meeting drawing about 100 doctors, lawyers, dentists, students, clerks, and stenographers.
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Chicago
Cupid
Elizabeth Guion Dormer
Palace Theatre Offers Varied Vaudeville and Screen Feature
The Palace presents Hip to People and Greenwald's Sextette de Luxe a six woman singing and dancing troupe. One handed piano by Carman and Printup draws curiosity. Judson Cole performs magic while The Reckless Trio and The Turners provide acrobatics and skating. The Shielding Shadow nears climax as the feature photoplay.
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Palace
Greenwald
Japanese Envoy Uchida Named To Russia Post After Russo-Japanese Pact
Viscount Yasuya Uchida, former ambassador to the United States, is appointed Japan's envoy to Russia. He succeeds Viscount Motono, now foreign minister in Terauchi's cabinet, and will push postwar alignment with Russia for Far East interests.
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Torio
Japan
Russia
Viscount Yasuya Uchida
United States
Viscount Uchida
Viscount Motono
Terauchi
Washington
Viscount Morono
Petrograd
Far East
German Signs Bother Tommies At London Station
German signs printed in German and hung at Charing Cross station were removed by the railroad. The signs warned German travelers to beware of pickpockets but wounded British Tommies arriving by hospital trains said they grated on their nerves.
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London
Charing Cross Station
Johnson Resignation Prompts Stephens to Succeed Governor
Sacramento dispatch reports Governor Hiram W. Johnson will resign in February and Lieutenant Governor W. D. Stephens will assume the executive chair. Stephens, 58, was Johnson's appointee after the death of John Eshleman and previously served as a congressman. He endorses Johnson policies and vows to uphold them.
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Sacramento
Cal
Hiram W. Johnson
W. D. Stephens
California
Johnson
Stephens
John Eshleman
Dandruff remedy claims with liquid argon solution
An advertisement promotes four ounces of liquid argon as the cure for dandruff claiming it dissolves and destroys all flakes by applying at night. The copy asserts itching stops and hair improves, and notes the product is inexpensive and available at drug stores.
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