Unemployed Work Relief Street Project In Seattle
Henry Pauly runs Hotel Liberty assisting the unemployed in Seattle with $2,400 appropriated. The operation fed an estimated 130,000 meals at under 3 cents each and employed hundreds on stump clearing, road building, and contract work. By February 1, the city aims to have largely resolved the crisis with continued labor and minimal cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Pauly
Liberty
Pauly
Seattle
Mrs. Dwyer
Beacon Ave
H. C. Henry
Richmond Heights
39Th Ave
N. P
Ballard
United States
Pyorrhea and the perils of old dental practices
A historic dental advert warns against false cures for pyorrhea and warns that deep seated disease cannot be cured. It condemns so called pocketbook treatments and promotes proper prophylaxis and modern bridgework while criticizing alveolar bridge work as dangerous and ineffective. The piece markets artificial teeth and offers free examination with a local dentist Edwin J. Brown in Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Burglar Edward Winkler Held After Portland Jail Escape
Police report burglar Edward Winkler, an escapee from Portland Jail, is pursued as officers trace his movements. In other items, an auto owned by H. H. Castell was wrecked after fleeing down James Street hill, four men pay $25 each for a woods fire cleanup, and Miss Phebe Lewis dies after a year of illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Winkler
Portland
H. H. Castell
James St. Hill
Woods
Phebe Lewis
Frederick Keppers
Fine Arts Society Rooms
San Francisco
H. H. Gowen
U. of W
Archaeological Institute
Boyns
Commercial Club
North Yakima Faces Water Shortage From River Slush Ice
North Yakima risks a water famine due to slush ice from the Natchhes river freezing in a power company canal. New Haven road seeks legislative approval from New England states to legalize converting floating debt into long term mortgage bonds. Imperial valley cantaloupe grower sues New York Pittsburg Chicago and Los Angeles commission men for 100000 alleging fraud. NYSE rescinds rule prohibiting dealing except for cash. Agriculture department warns Southern potato growers of large country stocks. Municipalities league backs Hay water code before legislature. Father of Bishop Summer of Oregon dies in New Hampshire. Fort Worden private roaming in woods found in bathrobe captured by guard. Dollar fifty two bid in Portland for May wheat. holders demand 1.54. Crew of wrecked Harold Blekum sails from Juneau to Seattle aboard Admiral Watson. Harold Lee Judd weds Florence H Gates widow of Charles G Gates at Lake of the Isles. Joseph L Garvin resigns from William Woods College post to take another educational position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Yakima
Natchhes River
Power Company
New Haven Road
New England
Imperial Valley
New York
Pittsburg
Chicago
Los Angeles Commission
New York Stock Exchange
Agriculture Department
Southern Potato
Municipalities League
Bishop Summer
Oregon
New Hampshire
Fort Worden
Portland
Harold Blekum
Juneau
Seattle
Admiral Watson
Harold Lee Judd
Florence H. Gates
Charles G. Gates
Lake of the Isles
Joseph L. Garvin
William Woods College
Fulton, Mo
First Christian Church
Million Dollar Bond Delivery by County Treasurer
County Treasurer John Bennett travels to New York with a billion in King County road bonds recently sold to New York bankers. He plans to collect credit and deliver the bonds personally to Gotham financiers to avoid insurance and mail costs. Bennett will sign the bonds upon arrival and expects a two week trip with stops in Boston and Colorado to visit his mother.
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John Bennett
Bennett
New York City
King County Road
New York
Gotham
Treasury Departments
Boston
Colorado
Subsidy Rejected for Tri-Weekly Tokyo Service
The imperial diet refused a 1,600,000 yen subsidy to operate a tri weekly service with eight steamers. Officials feared it would disrupt existing routes linking Seattle Tacoma and San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Tacoma
San Francisco
Imperial Diet
Mayor promotes back to the soil plan for Vancouver area
Mayor Taylor urges a back to the soil movement dividing the lower mainland into small acreage lots to house a larger population. The plan contemplates land to government owned.
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Vancouver
Taylor
Lower Mainland
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Fellowal
Hamrich
The
Colonial Theatre
Hotel Liberty
First Ave
Edwin J. Brown
Wirst Ave
Taton
Washington
Ponto
Irieyiny
Hub
Monarch
Morris
Regal
Balmacaans
FIR
al At
ST Avenue
Wright
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