Seattle Street Car Extensions Seen Needed for Public Ownership
The city debates extending Puget Sound Traction lines as population grows. Private ownership fails to meet public need with poor service. Seattle supports public ownership to fund extensions and improve transportation across districts, contrasting Tacoma Spokane Centralia Vancouver fares and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puget Sound Traction Company
Seattle
Mncil
Street Railway Department
Puget Sound
Tacoma
Spokane
Centralia
Vancouver
Washington
North Coast Power Co
North Coast Power Company
We’ll Say So Glimpse of a Dazed Era and News Bits
A collage of quotes and snippets from a Paris dispatch and American papers notes brief cultural riffs, prices in cinemas, idle ships on Lake Union, and public figures like Roger Babson and Henry. It mentions mass humor, a Chicago chorus choice, and Rockefeller’s tax note amid varied quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Lake Union
Roaches spread disease and how to exterminate
Roaches are linked to spreading diseases such as tuberculosis diphtheria typhoid fever and tonsillitis by carrying organisms on their feet and in their waste. They invade kitchens at night and contaminate food surfaces. Extermination methods include spreading sodium fluorid with a rubber blower near walls and shelves, though care is needed as it can harm humans in large doses.
A Nation of Friends by Dr. Prank Crane
An essay arguing democracy grows through friendship across classes and nations. It claims real change comes from cooperative employer and employee, trustful business, and a global shift to friendliness, opposing war and division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. Prank Crane
Frank Crane
Trust
Labor Union
The Hidden Burden of Dishes and Domestic Drudgery
A humorous strip contrasts a wife's endless dishwashing with a husband's casual departure. It jokes about forming a society to suppress chores while noting the wife endures years of washing and the daily urge to tidy up. It blends light domestic gripes with brief mentions of political and sports notes in Seattle and Mexico City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seldon
President Signs Bill To Tighten Sugar Control
A new law closes loopholes on sugar trading after the president signed the measure. Government acts to curb profiteering and stabilize prices, signaling a tighter oversight of the industry.
Income Tax Returns Guidance From Seattle Tax Expert
Grant I. Miller, former Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue, offers guidance on preparing income tax returns. He advises taxpayers to review last year’s income carefully and file if necessary. Miller’s office at 736 New York Block Seattle emphasizes tax consulting and restating taxpayers’ positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noranece
Grant I. Miller
Pixport
Internal Revenue
New York Block
Seattle
Notable January Events From Ancient Rome to Telegraphs
A dated summary traces key figures born and dying on January 24 across centuries. Caligula’s assassination and Adrain’s birth loom amid Britain’s Antonine Wall tale, Denmark’s Christian II, George Rooke and Gibraltar, Frederick the Great’s patronage, Morse’s telegraph code, and California gold discovery by Marshall.
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Caius Caligula
Rome
Publius Aelius Adrain
Adrain
Britain
Alio
Tyne
Solway Firth
England
Christian II
Denmark
George Rooke
Gibraltar
Frederick the Great
Prussia
Frederick
France
Germany
Samuel F. P. Morse
California
James Wilson Marshall
Colonna
American River
May Take Week to End Socialist Case
In Albany on January 23 indications suggested the case against the five suspended socialist assemblymen would run through next week. Judge Arthur Sutherland, assisting the assembly judiciary committee, projected the extended timetable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y.y
Arthur Sutherland
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Should a Third Party Rise or Labor Unity Prevail
A union carpenter argues against forming a third party, urging labor to back candidates who understand workers’ needs and to work within the two major parties. He cites past party shifts and warns that a Triple Alliance would waste votes and fail to advance labor interests. An ex-soldier’s wife asks editors guidance on whether a married woman should abandon her profession for family life or stay in business work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Triple Alliance
United States
Congres
Congress
Farmers’ Alliance
People's Party
Prohibition Party
Socialist Party
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Cleveland
Wilson
St. Louis
the Star
David
Altho
Seattle Dentist Promotes Market Sale and Reading
Dr Edwin J Brown of 106 Columbia Street urges friends to visit stall No 50 in Westlake Market for produce and to have dental work done at his address. He also promotes his Americanism articles in the Union Record beginning Saturday and notes a special sale of Al potatoes at 414 cents per pound.
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Westlake
Columbia Street
Union Record
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Seattle Star Mail
City
Paris
Villai
Roger Babson
Raver
Falla
Nile
America
Senator Gray
Clarence
Dad
Detroit Free Presa
Samuel Manger
BR. S. Manger
Chicago
Tuerdey
Spencer
Iowa
Nowa
London
Great Britain
G. B
Pilly Evans
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Everett True
Uncle Sand
Castile
Sam
Wil Anewer
U. S
Jack Johnson
Mexico City
Huht
Jack Dempsey
Jess Willard
Independence
Puget Sound Savings and Loan Association
Pike Street
John J. Howser
Union Carpenter
Red Crosse Nursing Department
Red Cros
Fourth and
Virginia
Elliott
Edwin J. Brown
Adler
Second Ave
Stewart
Ohio
University St
Fraser-Patersen
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