Mystery Silver Certificate Legend Sparks Relentless Quest
A torn one dollar silver certificate with red ink warnings was redeemed by the U S treasurer after detectives traced it through multiple banks and a theater box office. Two women, seen near the ticket counter, vanished, leaving authorities pondering the note’s origin while a bystander narrator reflects on life, manners, and appearances in dialogue aboard a streetcar.
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Philadelphia
H. K
To & KF
Treasury
Northwestern National Bank
Ridge and Chard Avenues
Tenth National Bank
Fproad Street
Columbia Avenue
Sale of Port Townsend Nail Works Faces Sale to Outsiders
The Port Townsend wall works owned by Hoflus & Co. will be sold to outsiders with several offers. One bid near 20000 dollars is likely to be accepted. The nail works have been idle for three years and are the only wire nail works outside the combine not yet affected. Plant capacity ranges from 60 to 70 kegs daily.
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Port Townsend
Hoflus & Co
Combine
Facial Upolstery In Crowded Car Sparks Odd Exchange
A passenger, eyeing another’s side whiskers in a busy car, engages in a tense, ironic debate about personal grooming. One man boldly disapproves of the other's beard style while defending his own right to comment, prompting insults and a heated exchange aboard.
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John L. Sullivan
Berty
Yesterway
Tama
Warships Sold and Navy Commissions Cut
A Madrid cable reports the council of ministers will sell the remaining ships at the Philippine islands and in the China seas. Offers to the navy will not be reduced by halving vacancies, via fewer new commissions. A decree ends large pensions for cabinet ministers when out of office.
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ST. Louta
Madrid
Council of Ministers
Philippine Islands
Ching Seas
Artificial Lake in Kansas Aims as Summer Resort
An exchange notes plans to create an artificial lake in Cheyenne bottoms Kansas for irrigation and recreation. The 4 mile by 2 4 mile water body would receive Kansas River water via a 12 mile ditch, attracting residents, boat rides, and a duck hunting hub in western and central Kansas.
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Kansas
Cheyenne Bottoms
Arkansas River
Cheyenne
Arkansas
Trade on the Philippines
Washington March 31 The United States is an exporting nation and needs larger markets for all products. The Commerce Department will issue a bulletin on the trade of the Philippines, based on Frank H. Hitchcock’s careful research of official documents from many countries.
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Washington, D. C
Spain
Porto Rico
Philippine Islands
United States
Philippines
Department of Agriculture
Frank HH. Hitchcock
Group of Islands
Easter Services Across Seattle Churches Highlight Musicals
Seattle churches prepare elaborate Easter programs with special services and musical offerings. Trinity Parish, First Baptist, St Clement’s, North Baptist, First Methodist, and others schedule morning Holy Communion or Prayer, noondir Medleys, and evening cantatas. Notable choirs, organists, and soloists perform works by Monk, Stainer, Haydn, Handel, and Mozart as congregations celebrate the Resurrection.
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Seattle
Star
Trinity Parish Church
Eighth and James Street
H. H. Gowen
Kaeter
Hisen
Sehnecker
Mr. Carter
Alma
Bourgious
W . Monk
W. HM. Monk
Benedictus
W. MH. Monk
W. H. Monk
Nosemilier
Commanion
Quartette
F.C Maker
W. Monk
J. Hopkins
Athalte
Handel
Haydn
J. Worgen
F. S Medley
F. KR. Armstrong
J. T. Fields
Nune Dimitt
W. Andrews
Simper
H. J. Gauntiett
P. Morley
C. FP. Roper
Offertory Soto, “O Gabutaria,” Rouseeau
Mies Clara Tester
L. Bourgeuis
EB. J. Hopkins
J. Stainer
First Baptist Church
Fourth Avenue
James
Lewis L. Bowerman
A. C. Rochester
St. Clement's Episcopal Church
Twenty-fourth Avenue
Washington Street
George Buggelle
North Baptist Church
Mre
J KE. Crichton
Jesus Christ
Scott
Sullivan
Schnecker
Mra
J. W. Wixby
J. B. Crichton
Palmer
Bracket
Belle
Excell
L. J. Sawyer
J. W. Bixby
Charteter
Crichton
Orgraniat
M. B. Church
Third
Marion
Edwin M. Randall
Dudley Rock
Sheppard
Mr. Laster
Lowell Mason
Shetlly
Mra. Keefed
Sita
Christ
Shelley
EB. M. Randall
Mr. Grout
Jesus
Holden
Wedding Ring Fiasco Ends With Marriage Quip
A provincial wedding unfolded with laughter as the groom, searching for the ring in his pocket, discovered a hole and a ring had slipped into his boot. The baron urged action, the organist played a voluntary, and the minister quipped that it was time he married.
German Papers Saucy in Samoa Fight Debate
Berlin papers condemn the fighting in Samoa with strong language. The Kreutz Zeitung says England and the United States should remember Germany, not Spain, and warns that German patience has limits.
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Berlin
Kreuts Zeitung
England
United States
Spain
Market quotes show sparse cabbage and mixed farm prices
The market lists scarce cabbage on Weat street and few erdera from San Francisco. Alaska fish arrive, and dealers bid rounds for Seattle dock deliveries with prices for grain oats and wheat. Poultry and live stock quotes cover beef cattle, hogs, calves, and hides with varied weights and conditions. Sugar jobbing prices follow in the listing.
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Weat Street
San Francisco
Seattle
Alaska
Puget Sound
Washington
Pacific Coast Market Price List Catalogs Groceries and Lumber
A dense price ledger lists numerous commodity rates including flour, corn meal, oats, and coffee with per hundredweight or per barrel prices. It also covers dried beans, nuts, and canned goods, plus a long section on fir and cedar lumber with assorted lengths, finishes, and weights.
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California
Farina
Graham
Java
Costa Rica
Washington
Red Cedar
Drayase
Chicago Markets Report Cattle and Sheep Prices Hover
Chicago markets show cattle Reeves at 4.10075.95 with cows unchanged and Texans at 4.50004.80. Large light mixed rough trades around 3.56 to 3.65. Heavy volume 4,700,287. Sheep natives range 3.50 to 5.10 with western lambs at 4.50 to 6.60.
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Chicago
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Geary
Whitney Coomba
Allelujah
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Denise
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Geo
Edmunds
Mall
Risen Lord
Gaul Shepard
Mra. Whadmunds
Mra. Whiting
Bhannon
Smart
New Westminester Presbyterian Church
Broadway
Hugh W. Glibriat
St. Mark's Church
Mozart
Jaime’ Willl
J. BP. D. Linya
Our Lady of Good Help Catholic Church
Fourth
Washington Streets
Father FX
Prefontaine
Alfred Lueben
Bolonnello
Cecilia
Peters
Holy Spirit
Regina Coell
Merceandante
Offertory
Soto
Hacc
Mellin
Soprance
Mre. Wallace
Nelile Ruseel
Mies M. Carey
Migs Josmott
Mra. de Harn
Mine Gross
Mies W. Allender
Mies
Julia Murphy
Louise Perry
Mr. Chas
Neuss
Michel Ball
Mr. Freenor
Church of the Immaculate
Kalliwoda
O Filmin
Ciores
Warners Orchestra
Verdi
Luigi
Mies Stevens
Saucy
Town
Elgin
Puget
Colin Spyeial
Columbia River
Olympia
White River
Yakima
Oregon
Douglass
Titan
Goodyear
K. Taste
Ladies’ Fine Vici Kid Shoes
Ladies’ Finest
Vici Kid Shoes
O. W. Peterson & Bro
Pike Street
Snoqualmie Falls Power Co
Gilman
Rewton
Second Ave
Maia Si
Cahn & Cohn
Yesler Ave
Yesler Dock
Winter & Harper
Seattle, Wash
BANKS
the First National Bank OF
Seatty
Cemera
Haan James BD
Maurice McMickep
Wy Turner
Europe
Puget Agus
Sn Peid In
Jacob Furth
E. C. Neufelder
V. Ankeny
Tm Jchase
James noTun
Boston Block
POR
Sale City Real Estate
Ans
Holyoke
Ch. James Bothwell
Loans and Insurance
Boston
Dancing Academy
Elt
Carpenters and Builders
A.V. Randall & Co
Rautman Plumbing Co
Hansen
Corner Fourth and Pine
Seattle Clothes Pressing Co
Acme Publishing Co
Alley
Madame Brown
Pike St
CAFE
Second Avenue
Collinea Block
Hiass
Alaska Views
Vier
Tae la Roche
Union 81
San Diego Fruit Co
Nats
Ramaker Music Co
Pike and Filth
Bonney & Stewart
Third Ave
Columbia St
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