Old Timers Reflect On Pioneer Struggles And Taxation
State Pioneers meet to recall 1851 settlers and the 1889 big fire. Donald McGinnis honors endurance and asks modern parents to notice, while G A Hill urges continuing the taxation committee. Members split between 274 women and 299 men. a few original Seattle settlers remain.
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State Pioneers
Donald McGinnis
Clallamcoun
G. A. Hill
Committee On Taxation
Hill
Seattle
Denny
Bell
W. P. Bonney
Tacoma
Leander Miller
Hilman Jones
William Calhoun
R. H. Denny
H. L. Denny
Bertha Piper Venan
Willis Ames
Old tombstone asks what was she in parish church
In London a 100 year old tombstone in the Parish Church of Action has been repaired. It bears the inscription for Mrs Ann Minton: She was what a wife and mother should be that was she.
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London
Parrish Church of Action
Ann Minton
100 Years Old Railway Pensioner Honored
London June 8 On his 100th anniversary George Cleghorn received congratulations from the king and queen. He is the oldest railway pensioner in the kingdom and remains alert, enjoying a cigar and a glass of whisky.
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London
George Cleghorn
Autos Vice Agents and Reform Leader Target Ford
New York June 8 Autos are the latest agency of vice Dr Wilbur F Crafts head of the International Reform bureau says he will urge Henry Ford to frame legislation to stop the use of motor cars for immoral purposes. Calgary Alta Stanton Nickle shoe merchant sentenced to two years imprisonment while drunk he ran over and killed a woman with his auto. Centralia Five men rescued after being overcome by gas in the Saltee Valley coal mine.
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New York
Autos
Vice
Wilbur F. Crafts
International Reform Bureau
Henry Ford
Calgary
Alta
Stanton Nickle
Centralia
Saltee Valley
Paris Women Use Daily Hair Transformations in Style
Paris reports a new daily beauty trend among Parisiennes using vaporously tinted net hair called transformations. The look changes with time of day, with the morning walk favoring chestnut tones and evening dances pairing black hair with black and silver gowns.
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Paris
Downstairs Store Offers Deep-Pile Rugs and Cheap Drapery
An advertisement lists Axminster rugs in 27x54 and 36x63 sizes at 2.95 and 4.75, marquisette curtains at 1.25 pair, chintz and rose trellis fabrics, white voile curtains 89 cents, and French cuff shirts 2.25, plus burlap-adapted material in 36 inch width at 35 cents per yard.
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Axminster
All straw and straw fabric blends now priced at one dollar
The Downstairs Store advertises a wide selection of all straw and straw and fabric combi nations in many colors and shapes, offered at the reduced price of one dollar. It frames the deal as an opportunity to save on material for skirts, dresses, or coats.
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Robert Abrams
Portland
Seattle
Tacoma
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Mmittee
Old Tombstone
Bluey’ Crafts
Fifth Avenue
Pine Street
Axminster Rugs
Delft
Fairy Soap
Columbia Records
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