Chamber Clash Over Board Control Sparks City debate
Councilman Aust G Griffiths urged a five member committee to reform the Chamber of Commerce and restore democracy in its operations. Opposed by Vice President Baker and Theo W Prosch, the proposal awaits the next meeting as tensions rise over board power and public accountability. The source also references a distressed child line from The Youngster.
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Chamber of Commerce
Aust G. Griffiths
Board of Trustees
Baker
Theo. W. Prosch
Griffiths
Gillam Dies After Carbolic Acid Drinking
Charles M. Gillam a 35 year old lineman with Seattletric company killed himself with carbolic acid in his Ninthav room after losing work and money. His body remains at Butterworths until his mother Mrs J B Gillam Tyrone Pa can be contacted.
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Charles M. Gillam
Seattle Tric Company
Ninthav
Gillam
J. &. Gillam
Tyrone
MM Health
Butterworths
Commercial club opposes county land trade for Meadows
A joint committee of the Commercial club Municipal league and Rotary club urges rejection of a proposed county land trade for Meadows. The Commercial club records its opposition saying commissioners may not approve without proper public inquiry and cautions against hasty action.
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Commercial Club
Municipal League
Rotary Club
Comiton
Former Venus owners sue Hillman over ship sale
The former owners of the steamship Venus sue Hillman for 9000 dollars claiming the ship purchase was misrepresented. Hillman paid via a land contract valued at 14000 dollars, with a 4000 dollar payment credited to a man now identified as F A Anderson. Calgary real estate man L C Hargiss testified the contract was a fake created in Hillman's office, and Hillman has since transferred all King and Snohomish county properties to Hillman Investment Co.
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Venus
Hillman
Martin
F. A. Anderson
L. C. Hargiss
Calgary
Alberta
King and Snohomish Counties
Hillman Invest’ment Co
Insurgent Faculty Threatens Columbia Under Butler
In New York today reports say President Nicholas Murray Butler may resign as more than half the Columbia faculty threaten to quit. An insurgent movement accuses Butler of unfairly removing long serving professors opposed to his leadership. CHICAGO notes recount Count De Peloggio's failed search for a wealthy wife as Italian consul Sabetta denies acquaintance.
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United Ree
New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Butler
University
Chicago
Blonde Maide
Charles de Peloggio
Guido Sabetta
Italy
Sabetta
Count Peloggio
Genoa
Fight Compensation Act Takes Effect October 1
The Tears compensation act provides fixed relief for workers injured or killed at work and is now signed by the governor. Casualty interests contest its constitutionality, hoping the courts strike it down. The measure is expected to cost about one million dollars annually to those interests.
Local Bride Weds Again After License Mixup
In Chehalis, Miss Pauline Pisack married Joseph Cohen after a prior marriage license with Antone Kostick was canceled. The auditor did not refund the fee, and Pisack appeared the next day with a new partner for the ceremony.
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Centralia
Pauline Pisack
Joseph Cohen
Chehalis
Miss Pisack
Antone Kostick
Gen Pascal Orozco in Field Photograph
Gen Pascal Orozco, the Mexican rebel leader, is described as a born fighter. At twenty eight he was a commission merchant in Chihuahua City, previously rode ponies on his father's ranch, and his recreation was shooting. He was famed for rifle and revolver marksmanship, even said to brush a fly from a peon's nose with a bullet at 200 yards.
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Pascal Orozco
Orozco
Chihua
Hua City
Untitled fragment related to a peon and messenger
A cryptic line describes tickling the peon's basal extremity as a messenger carries the fly into eternity. The text is fragmentary and lacks clear context or identifiable events.
Seattle hears graft detective Burns praise women reformers
William J. Burns described his San Francisco and Oregon land fraud investigations to a Seattle Commercial Club audience. He credited Seattle women with shaping public opinion that helped reform the city.
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William J. Burns
Seattle
Rockefeller dividends arrive as golf mood lifts morning
In Augusta on March 15 John D Rockefeller received a check for 4 050 000 dollars in morning mail from New York as dividends on Standard Oil stock. He told a friend at the golf links he felt like a two year old this morning while he sank a precise putt.
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Augusta
John VD
Rockefeller
New York
Anid John D
Hold Joy Riders Art i Hatfield Roy Mitchell H
A fragmented clipping mentions Joy Riders involving Art i Hatfield Roy Mitchell and H in an ambiguous local item. The text lacks clear action or outcome but signals names linked to a group or incident. No dates or places are readable.
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Adolf
Blease
Osgar
Open
Selarius
der Union Sdades
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You
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Kilus Self
Fort Sam Houston
United States Army
Department of Texas
Moore
Max Dill
Lonesome Town
Orpheum
Majestic
Pantages
Alhambra
Colleen Brown
Beattie
New York Facial Co
HLM Arcade
Seattle, Wash
Mexico
Neia
San Francisco
Mil Honatre
Robert Farrelly
San Leandro
Inez Peterson
Hodge
San Fran
Peterson
E. E B. Patterson
Cashmere
Anna Knowles
H. A Raser Co
Knowles
Murphy
Mississippi River Power Company
Mississippi River
Keokuk
Iowa
Canada
Fedtaed
Old Colony Trust Company of
Boston
Stone & Webster Organization
George H. Tilden & Company
Leary Building
Ne Ember
Ne Ember, Not Dr. J. Brown, Béddie One, Over L. W. Bater
John
I Hatfield
Roy Mitchell
Seoul
Korea
Seike Terauchi
An Ming Ken
An Chung Ken
Prince Ito
J. T. Sutton
Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad
Renton
Sutton
Newcastle
Milans
CIAL
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Mena
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Sanford
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