Seattle Proclamation Urges Civic Fund Drive
A Chamber of Commerce national advertising push urges Seattle business leaders to raise 2500000 over three years for a $1000000 annual campaign to boost the city’s industries, commerce, and tourism. The plea emphasizes civic duty and warns of dire consequences if support wanes. Two prisoners escaped from the Benton county jail, cracking concrete walls.
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Campalion
Chamber of Commerce
Furniahn
Seattle
United States
Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club
Life
Welch
Benton County
Justice for an Innocent Bystander in Auburn Case
An innocent bystander, Joe Vargas, was jailed for two months during a raid on an Auburn gang of freight thieves. He was later freed by a federal judge, but questions remain about whether true justice was served. The piece contrasts wartime anxieties with shifting social norms and notes Seattle's stalled series.
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Joe Vargus
Auburn
Vargas
Vargus
Freak Taxes Through History and Modern Folly
The piece reviews historic and absurd taxes from hearth money to window taxes in medieval England and warns that today’s leaders may face laughter for odd levies such as a tax on lice cream cones used to fund a great war. It contrasts past intrusion with current public finances and liberty concerns.
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Congress
Eastward Hope in China Education and Language Reform
The piece notes China’s new alphabet system by Wang Diao simplifying 214 characters to 38 syllabic sounds. It argues educated Chinese children learn language faster than Americans learn English, and explains multiple meanings of syllables chi and ho across tones. The analysis highlights broad business implications for Americans in a growing Chinese literacy environment.
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Celestion Republic
China
Wang Diao
Will Grow That Way and the Ugly Faced Caricature
A tale follows a child who makes ugly faces despite his belief that his looks won t worsen. He smiles less, dwells on troubles, and his temper worsens his digestion and fuels more enmity. The piece ends with a humorous, unsure boxing match suggestion between Hughie and Ole if the Carpentier Willard bout collapses.
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Hughie
Ole
Conventions of Other Years How T R Fixed It for Taft
Roosevelt fixed the 1908 Republican convention for Taft and wove a preplanned campaign of delegates. A vivid memoir of the Tafts’ nerves and relief shows the moment the roll call began, Massachusetts voting 26 for Taft and Lodge averting a Roosevelt stampede. Mrs Taft’s mood shifts from white fear to triumph as Taft’s nomination emerges.
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T.R
Taft
Wiliam Howard Taft
Roosevelt
Mr. Taft
Joseph Bucklin Bishop
Tli
War Department
Charlie
Charlie Taft
Massachusetts
Senator Lodge
Mrs Taft
Mrs. Taft
Morality in Business Letters to the Editor
The writer contests that high living costs arise from moral rights and not law. He argues wages and profits reflect fairness, cites employer and worker bargaining, and urges a moral business reform led by responsible citizens to replace purely legal standards. Bremerton Washington, 1014 Washington Ave.
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the Star
Mary Roberts Rhinehart
D. L. Hoffman
Bremerton, Wash
Washington Ave
Faith as Practical Power Across History
A compact treatise argues faith is practical use of unknown forces. It compares spiritual leaders to inventors, noting belief harnesses unseen powers like electricity and gravity. The piece links faith to moral action and social progress, concluding the just live by faith.
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Jenner
Pasteur and
Koch
Poeta
Josus
Watt
Blevenson
Morse
Edison
Prison Break After Concrete Jail Escape
Prosser June 1 Deputy sheriffs scour the country for Hens Cloyd and Jack Austin who escaped from Benton county's new concrete jail Sunday night. The men were charged with stealing an automobile belonging to Mayor McNeill.
The Sagebrusher Headline Notices A Bride’s Wish
A fragment notes a girl’s marriage aim tied to a man she desires, with the line read as a historic newspaper card. The caption suggests a romance angle centered on a betrothal or union framed by social expectations.
Japanese liner horse Mary to change name on return
A fragment reports Mk and Oh of a Japanese liner horse Mary will change its name when returning to Japan. The text is incomplete but indicates a planned name change for the animal after arrival.
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Mk & Oh
Mary Geterrieved
Japan
Public Market Profiteering Denial and Oddities
A playful, rambling column mocks claims of profiteering in the public market and jokes about lead pencils sent to Europe and U S cartoon characters. It notes a London divorce request after a ball gown as the Lady of the Bath and comments on art, music, and a vaudeville-esque Lime-Daniels feud. It ends with quips on paper costs and a retired English postman delivering over four million letters.
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Europe
United States
Bhaden
Philip BE. Williams
London
Artian
Eddie
Ouija Board
Proper Home Milk Preparation For Infant Feeding
Guides for pasteurizing milk at home, cooling to 60 degrees, and feeding precautions. Emphasizes cleanliness, proper bottle handling, nipple maintenance, and avoiding temperature testing by nipple. Advises using clean, sterile equipment and requesting Public Health pamphlet No 16.
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United Public Health Services
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