City residents to fund water mains through citywide rates
Voters rejected district assessments for Ballard Rainier Valley and other districts to pay for new water mains, shifting costs to citywide rates. Councilman Erickson expects a minimum bill of 75 cents monthly with a general rate increase to cover 140000 dollars for the Ballard main. The Ballard district is removed from the burden. Maine described as the greatest gem bearing state with diverse stones.
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Ballard
Rainier Valley
Erickson
Maine
The
Union
Freckle Removal Tip Promises Results This Spring
An advertisement urges immediate care for freckles as February and March winds trigger more. It promotes ethine-double strength as a proven treatment from a prominent physician, sold by druggists with a money back guarantee. An ounce promises noticeable improvement after a few applications, with smaller freckles possibly vanishing.
Scribes Prepare Night Of City Hall Politics
Hirama, Gill and newly elected city officials will be featured at the Press lab for guidance on governance tonight. The scribes delay other duties to aid politicians and have drafted a city charter and issued advice to the current and aspiring officials. A parade from city hall to the Preas club with a police band and red illumination is planned, inviting members and friends.
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Hirama
Gill
Preas Club
Americans Renounce Citizenship to Escape Income Tax
London march six Isaac Seligman millionaire banker and Frank Bliss former Standard Oil magnate became British subjects to day to avoid payment of the American income tax. Other Americans have threatened to renounce their citizenship. A memorial to Secretary Bryan protesting a U.S. tax on incomes produced in England was prepared by Americans here today.
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London
Isaac Seligman
Frank Bliss
Standard Oil
Bryan
England
Seven suits to clear title on Iota in Jovita Heights
Owners of Iota in Jovita Heights sue C. A. Stokes in seven suits to quiet title. Stokes holds a sheriff's deed to much of the land, tied to a mortgage foreclosure on the original company.
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Iota
Jovita Heights
C. A. Stokes
Stokes
Huerta May Quit Joe 10 Go To Front
Mexico City March 6 President Huerta reportedly plans to leave the capital within a month and go to the front to fight the rebels. He may install Jose de La Portillo y Tojas as foreign minister to satisfy Washington. United States officials were said to be consulted on the move.
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Mexico City
Washington
Huerta
Jose de la Portillo Y
Tojas
Mia
Rojan
Iluerta
United States
O'Shaughnessy
Family charged in Los Angeles seance fraud case
Four members of the Pitser family were chased into court charged with obtaining money by fake seances. A separate note mentions a resinous bee produced antiseptic dressing from tree buds used to seal hive crevices.
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Los Angeles
L. M Pitser
Rival for Radium Promises Cheaper Cure Akoz
John D. Mackenzie of San Francisco, former California labor and harbor commissioner, announced at a Seattle hotel that Akoz, a natural mineral from near Yosemite, offers radium level curative powers without danger or cost. He claims Akoz treats rheumatism stomach trouble eczema and more, though chemists cannot identify its active element.
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Ita
Ite
John D. Mackenzie
San Francisco
Seattle
Mackenzie
California
Akoz
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Yosemite Valley
Sunflower venture aims to profit on flood land
St Louis March 6 S C Phillips plans to plant 1000 acres of Southeast Missouri land in sunflowers this year to show profitability on marginal ground. He notes sunflower seed mixed with other seed makes good chicken and hog feed. Last year flood damage prompted 100 acres planted. cost to plant and harvest is about 6 dollars per acre with returns from 35 to 48 dollars per acre.
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ST. Louis
S. C
Phillips
Missouri
Indian Maiden to Tour Europe Alone at 20
Misa Pearl Keyes, a 20 year old Indian maiden from Bartlesville Oklahoma, plans an unaccompanied tour of Europe through France Spain Italy Germany Austria and Russia. She earns about 100 dollars daily from land leased to gas and oil companies and faces the challenge of supporting herself abroad without chaperons or guardians.
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Bartlesville
Oklo
Misa Pearl Keyes
France
Spain
Italy
Germany
Austria
Russia
Miss Keyes
Boy 19 Wins Custody Fight Over 11 Year Old Bride
In Hannibal Missouri Henry Dodd aged 19 won his bid for custody of his 11 year old bride after Judge W T Ragland dismissed the habeas corpus case filed by Mary Schermerhorn.
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Hannibal, Mo
Henry Dodd
W. T. Ragland
Mary Schermerhorn
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Fast Stomach Relief
A vintage ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick cure for indigestion gases and stomach misery. It claims relief within five minutes for a rebellious stomach, urging readers to buy a fifty cent case from any drug store and enjoy a fear-free meal.
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Pape
Sugar Tariff Harms Producers Says Atlas Lumber Head
Charles E. Patten secretary of the Atlas Lumber company reports the new sugar tariff has created hardship for sugar men as prices drop below production costs after his winter in the Hawaiian Islands.
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Charles EB. Patten
Atlas Lumber Company
Hawaiilan Islands
Visit of Home Consumers League at Claermore China Co.
The Home Consumers League visited the Claermore China Co store today. Capt. R. J. Paulsen, master of the steamship President, embarks on his last voyage after sailing to San Francisco Thursday night. Seattle Suffrage club meets tonight at Mrs. J. H. Soper’s home. The Alpha Gamma Delta sorority holds its annual banquet Saturday night at the Washington.
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Florence Kubey
Seattle
W. O. W. Hall
Hildesheimer Lodge
Home Consumers’ League
Claermore China Co
R. J. Paulsen
President
San Francisco
Miieas
Suffrage Club
J. H. Soper
Alpha Gamma _ Delta sorority
Washington
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Charles F. Graham
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Broadway Hall
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T. F. Kane
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Standard Hotel
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Fisherman's
Mrs. Linse
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Mints
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Uncle Sam
John Boyle
King County Democratic Club
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Lady Hearth
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