$44,000 Spent On Duwamish Work With No Ground Broken
The Duwamish waterway commissioners admit 44 000 spent in 15 months on preliminary work with no actual digging done. They justify costs as administrative legal engineering and assessment. Critics say payments to private firms and consultants exceed proper oversight and lack county auditing.
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Duwamish
Shorett, McLaren & Shorett
King County
Bousman & Kelle
Carr & Gregory
John Shorett
J. M. Clapp
Capt. Clapp
U. S
Duwamish Waterway
Robert Bridges
Waterway Commissioners
Seattle
Treasuers
Hanna
Light and Power Rate Reform on Ballot at Next Election
An ordinance to reconstruct the light and power schedule is slated for the next regular election. Councilman Erickson proposes two propositions: a new rate schedule aimed at near cost for users, and a rule preventing light or water fund revenue from funding other city needs.
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Ericson
Finance Committee
Erickson
France Tops World Alcohol Absorption, Paris Report
Paris reports France as the leading nation in alcohol absorption. Statistics show annual consumption of about 128,940,800 litres for a population of 29,000,000. The record compares with 700,000 litres in 1874, highlighting a dramatic rise.
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France
Paris
Pittsburg Detective Fans Out Thief Steals Electric Fan
In Pittsburg on June 26, police assistant superintendent FB. J. Kennely and detectives discussed cases when a thief cut two 110 volt wires and pulled an electric fan from the window. The momentary buzz faded and both fan and thief vanished.
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Pittsburg
FB. J. Kennely
Kennely
Gambier Divorce Suit Details Alleged Honeymoon Coldness
Mrs Edith R Gambier wife of Edward V Gambier sues for divorce saying on their honeymoon he treated her like a stone and kissed her only twice daily with bird ice pecks She was once a famed Atlanta beauty before marriage and relocation to New York.
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New York
Mra
Edith R. Gambier
Edward V. Gambier
Mra. Gambler
Atlanta
Cascarets Marketed as Gentle Bowel Tonic
An advertisement extols Cascarets as a vegetable laxative that acts naturally without griping or irritation. It contrasts old methods like castor oil and strong laxatives with taking one Cascaret when needed, claiming regular, gentle bowel relief and a price of 10 cents per box at drug stores.
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Albany
Painless
Coley
People's Bank
Second Avenue
Pike Street
Bon Merche
Madougal & Southwick
Eeriewater
Olympic
Hudson River
Atlantic
Model Millinery CO
Kodak
S/AGENCY
Liberal Credit
Ohio
London
London's
Roomy and
Armour's
Williams
Colgate's
Panama
Madras
Alaska
T.H. Sale
T.-H. Sale
T.-H
T.H
Nice
Ihe
E. J. Brown
First Avenue Union
Es Sg
Apy Dentiet Pou
Te “Dental
Lee Dental
Firet
Cherry Street
Marton
L. W. Suter
Edwin J. Brown
D. D
Corbin Bell
Crochan Cutlery Co
Hartesins Spinning’s
A. A. Sherman
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