Mr Dun reviews Seattle trade gains in 1913 preview
The letter from Mr Dun of R G Dun & Co. surveys six months of 1913 versus 1912, noting improved Seattle business conditions. It cites a $31,975,132 rise in bank clearings, stronger post office receipts, more building permits, and widespread sales gains across cigars clothing department stores drugs dry goods fish knitting mills lumber produce shingle and shoe sectors with varied collections.
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Mr. Dun
Dun
Seattle
Northwest
Hottest day drives man to jump to death
On the hottest day of the year Thomas Cullen leaped from a third story window at a Japanese lodging house, dying of a broken neck after complaining of the heat. Carpenter T M Brown, 6493 Ninth Ave NE, fainted from heat while working on a city project but recovered at home with medical care. Temperature reached 87 degrees.
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Thomas Cullen
T. M Brown
N. E
45Th Densmore
Cullen
Lanest
Brown
City Offers $1,200,000 for Renton Line Negotiations
Seattle officials offer $1.2 million to Scott Calhoun receiver for the Renton line. Calhoun proposes $1.1 million total with $250,000 cash and the rest in bonds repaid from line earnings. He says he is not authorized to reduce the bid though bondholders may concede.
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Renton Line
Seattle Renton & Southern
Utilities Committee
Council
Scott Calhoun
Calhoun
Pennants Coupon No 22 At The Seattle Star
Any four coupons clipped from The Star consecutively numbered and presented with 15 cents at The Star office entitles the holder to a 65 cent pennant. Washington State Pennant now available. Pennants mailed with 5 cents extra per pennant. Enclosed pennant received. Bring or mail to The Seattle Star 1307 Seventh Avenue near Union Street.
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Star
Washington State
Seattle Star
Seventh Avenue
Union Street
Wister Bandit On Job Again In Canada Bank Robbery Case
In Bellingham on July 23 the elusive Canadian bandit linked to a Union Bay robbery resurfaced near Shaw Island. After breakfast with the Thorre family he boasted I am feeling bully, marking a renewed police chase spanning Canada and the U S with officers intensifying the hunt for the fugitive.
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Bellingham
Union Bay
B. C
Theodore
Thomas Thorrel
Shaw Island
Thorre
Circus Coming to Seattle This Week
Billboards rise across Seattle announcing Ringling Brothers Circus shows on Wednesday and Thursday, August 14 and 18, with billposters active in Seattle and surrounding towns confirming the summer spectacle.
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Seattle
Ringling Brothers Circus
Fire rips Binghamton plant killing 63 workers
In Binghamton New York the four story Binghamton Clothing Company plant burned killing sixty three and injuring about ten. Most victims are women and girls with nineteen bodies burned beyond recognition. Investigators plan a state fire marshal and factory commission probe into fire escapes and safety measures at the plant.
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Trtter
Binghamton
N. Y
Binghamton Clothing Company
State Factory Commission
Inet
Mexican mob tears U S flag in Mexico City riot
A mob in Mexico City ripped British and American flags to ribbons, trampled them, and marched under the Japanese flag amid cheers, while a separate note from Washington reports the repeal of the Mexican neutrality lane is under serious consideration by President Wilson.
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Mexico City
Washington
Wilson
American Held for Big Ransom
Thom as Hinds assistant general superintendent of the Southern Pacific Railroad of Mexico is held for a big ransom today by Mexican federal soldiers near Guaymas Sonora according to private dispatches. Railroad officials are concentrating every effort to verify or disprove the reports and representations have been made to the state department at Washington. Seattle will spend during the next ten years 20090000 for harbor improvements alone.
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Ty United Presse
Tucson
Ariz
Thomas Hinds
Southern Pacific R. R
Mexico
Guaymas
Sonora
State Department
Washington
Destitute Wife and Baby Spark Raid on San Francisco Gambling Huts
A destitute wife recounts her husband Michael Atchity losing 1800 dollars and 700 in jewelry to San Francisco gambling dens. Police Chief White and Asst. Dist. Atty McNutt acted, leading to raids on four incorporated clubs and 300 gamblers arrested. The wife faced insult from Waldorf proprietor John Barneberg who urged her to “rustle” for money.
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San Francisco
Cal
Michael Atchity
John Barneberg
The
Waldorf
Great Day for Star Newsies at Luna Park
The Star newspaper treated 766 newsboys and agents to Luna Park with nearly all concessions open. Steamers Talron and Chikadee made two runs to handle the crowd. Aviator Christofferson flew a special noon sortie for the boys.
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The
Star
Luna Park
Labb
Luna Park Treat
Seattle
Howard Parteh
Talron
Chikadee
Cliristofferson
Boye
Seattle Parks System Coverage and Investment
Seattle operates 38 parks spanning 1 803 acres and has invested 5 million dollars in parks and improvements over the past decade.
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Seattle
Judge appoints committee to disbar Wells over socialist ties
Judge Humphries names Frank M. Hammond Charles K. Poe Murphy and Fred H. Lundin to probe Hulet M. Wells a socialist party member and author of The Colonel and His Friends for disbarment over alleged devotion to a government destroying society and possible burlesque of the court. The same session extends into a two week postponement on restraining orders against Mayor Cotterill and Chief Rannick tied to emergency riot control orders.
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K. Poe
Murphy
Seattle
Fred H. Lundin
Lundin
Humpty Dumpty
Neighborhood Mothers Learn of Baby Science
In Collins playfield auditorium about 500 mothers watched Dr. Lillian Irwin discuss prenatal care and infant care using a live 8 week old baby as a model. Grace Harrington aided the demonstration with nursing guidance. The free lecture was the first in a Mothers Training series with July 29 as the next date.
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Collins Playfield
Lillian Irwin
Portland Girl Sets 600-Yard Willamette Swim Record
Miss Claire Farry, 15, swam 600 yards in 14 minutes 10 seconds with hands and feet bound, dropping into the river when bound. The feat, described as a record for any girl her age, occurred in Portland on July 23, as observers noted her fishlike sculling motion.
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Portland
Claire Farry
Willamette River
Miss Farry
Wallace Death Story Debunked By SFact Claim
A sensational tale of Sergt. A E Wallace of the coast artillery being stabbed by an I W W member and dying at Fort Flagler is challenged as false in this counter report. The piece admits some exaggeration but insists the core facts hold: the soldier died after wounds, blood poisoning, and hospital care, with conflicting roster details noted.
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Sergi
A. E. Wallace
Coast Artillery
United States Army
Army
Fort Flagler
A. EB. Wallace
A. B. Wallace
Coast Artillery Corps
Les
Percen
Sergt
E. Wallace
Wallace
Fort Flngler
Forts
Casey
Worden
The
Star
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Bandit
U.S
United Pieee
Michael Atchity and
Star Newsies
Humphries
Fred L. Boalt
Hyatt-Fowelis
Mark Twain
Mme
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