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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Mar 23, 1918

Page

8

Which City Fits Your Life The Choice From The Reader's View

The article weighs where to live between farm town and big city. It argues retirees often move to town, while cities offer varied work and play, noting size alone isn’t the measure of value. It contrasts a farm, small town, and Tokio Japan with 2 000 000 residents for perspective.

Mark Twain Tokio Japan

Seattle contrasts: benefits and flaws of similar cities

The piece praises Seattle’s diversified industries and abundance of theaters parks and schools, contrasting with other mid sized cities described as playgrounds for the rich or hives of industry ignoring inhabitants. It notes Seattle offers extensive cultural and educational opportunities.

Seattle

The Rewards of Thrift and Industry in Seattle

A survey of Seattle based firms and individuals in commerce, manufacturing, banking, shipping, and utilities. Notable names include Western Smelting & Power Co, Bank of Seattle, Boeing Airplane Co, Pacific Car & Foundry, Puget Sound Navigation, and Nippon Yusen Kaisha, reflecting a thriving regional economy.

Seattle Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power Co Seattle Rainier Valley Railway Co City Light Dept Western Smelting & Power Co Pacific Steamship Company City Messenger & Transfer Co Nippon Yusen Kaisha Puget Sound Navigation Co

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Henry Suzzallo H. C. Henry A. W. Leonard C. J. Smith F. K. Struve M. F. Backus J. D. Hoge EK. C. Hughes August Mehlhorn, Jr T. S. Lippy Elbridge A. Stuart J. D. Lowman Co, H. Cobb Chas A. Kinnear Frank B. Cooper Reginald Parsons Robert P. Oldham Frank Waterhouse Ole Hanson William Pigott Moritz Thomson John Murphy A. Keenandas Q. Clemmer John T. Casey Lee H. Wakefield J. Martin Joshua Green Smelter and Refining Companies Great Western Smelting & Refining State Bank of Seattle Yokohama Specie Bank the National City Bank Seattle National Bank Seaboard National Bank First National Bank Northwest Trust & Savings Bank the Nut House Kilbourne-Clarke Co Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co Black Manufacturing Co Crescent Manufacturing Co Walworth Manufacturing Co Lang Manufacturing Co Hendricks Manufacturing Co Belknap Glass Co Boeing Airplane Co Centennial Mill Co Bemis Bros. Bag Co Rothweiler & Co Pacific Creosoting Co Metropolitan Building Co Pacific Coast Engine Works Hofius Steel & Equipment Co Heffernan Engine Works Commercial Boiler Works Seattle Machine Works Westerman Iron Works Marine Engine Works A. H. Cox Co Whiton Hardware Co Perine Machine Co Crane Co Pacific Coast Steel Co Stetson-Ross Machine Works Pacific Car & Foundry Co Elliott Bay J. F. Doothie Company Sloan Shipbuilders Corporation Patterson-McDonald Shipbuilding Co Ames Shipbuilding Co Meacham & Babcock Shipbuilding Co National Shipbuilding Co Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Co Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co Bonney-Watson Co Dairy and Milk Products Companies Carnation Milk Products Company Pure Milk Dairy A, Kristoferson, Inc Washington Hotel Seattle Hotel Wishington Annex Boldt'’s Restaurant & Bakery Co Northwestern Fruit Exchange Bradner Co Augustine & Kyer Schwabacher Bros. & Co Groceteria Stores Co Wholesale Fish and Meat Packers Lee H. Wakefield Co Barton & Co Kelley-Clarke Company Columbia Salmon Co Carlisle Packing Co Lindenberger Packing Co Automobile Companies Eldridge Buick Co Overland Pacific, Inc Frank Waterhouse & Co Automobile Dept Seattle Automobile Co White Automobile Co Pacific Motors, Inc American Import and Export Companies Insurance Companies Northern Life Insurance Co Northwestern Mutual Fire Assa John Davis & Co G. Kinnear Co Mitdui & Co Oriental Trading Co Cho Ito & Co Azuma Bros Japanese-American Commission Co T. Takiguchi Portland Cement Association Puget Mill Co C. D. Stimson Schwager-Nettleton, Inc Schwager-Nettleton Mills Leading Bakery Seattle Baking Co Roslyn Fuel Co Pacific Coast Coal Co Pacific Shipping & Fuel Co United Coal Sales Co Wellington Coal Co Central Coal Co Railroad, Transportation and Power Companies
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