Boys Candidates for Real Political Jobs
The city election slate in Collins' Playfield features three parties the Progressive party the Clean City party and the Improvement party. Mayor candidate P Allen Rickles from Broad Way High school leads the Progressive ticket with a platform aimed at youth voters. Clean City the older party boasts ten council candidates to seven for Progressive and includes four female council hopefuls while opposing gang rule. Joseph Bergin is the mayoral nominee for Clean City. Primary set for May 27 with the final contest on June 10.
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Collins
Progressive Party
Clean City Party
Improvement Party
P. Allen Rickles
Broad Way High School
Joseph Bergin
Girls Get Busy to Build Home for YWCA
Plans mature for a public campaign to raise 400000 dollars for a new YWCA building by May 13. Self supporting women form nine companies with captains lieutenants and aides. Headquarters in hotels and Dexter Horton bank central office. Business leaders assist. pledges include Bon Marche and Mrs W H Flett at 10000 dollars each.
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Dexter Horton Bank
Bon Marche
W. H. Flett
Pass Bill Over Dilling's Veto
The City Council empowered the Department Efficiency Committee to probe all departments with powers to summon witnesses and administer oaths. Mayor Dilling vetoed the measure, arguing the council cannot grant powers it lacks. The bill returns to the committee and is expected to pass over the veto.
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Dilling
Council
Theouncil
Council Bill Regrading Lane Street Passes With 30 Day Repeal
A council ordinance approving Lane Street regrading with adjacent streets, costing 184000, passed yesterday with a 30 day repeal option for any member. The measure followed a petition from 75 percent of abutting property owners and a required unanimous council vote. George Vanderveer, former prosecutor, campaigned for the ordinance.
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Lane St
Hesketh
George Vanderveer
Councilman proposes license revocation for All Nations office
Councilman Hesketh moves to revoke the license of All Nations employment office at 222 Seconday. Labor commissioner reports numerous complaints of workers being fleeced in the past month. Bill sent to the license committee. owner identified as James R. Roberts.
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Hesketh
All Nations Employment Office
James R. Roberts
написал জীবন tone suggests a social note about a writer spouse
The passage comments on American notions of romance and wealth in contrast to Europe. It mentions Jeanne Ermine tives Wheeler, a popular author, whose birthday is celebrated, and notes she is Mia Post Wheeler, wife of the renowned American writer and diplomat serving at the St. Petersburg embassy.
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Europe
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Post Wheeler
St. Petersburg
Notable Figures in a Silent Age Founders and Writers
Mrs. Isaac L. Rice born 1860 founded an anti noise movement. Graham Taylor born 1851 known as a writer. Jerome K. Jerome born 1869 famed writer. Fred Kohler born 1464 served as chief of police in Cleveland Ohio.
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Isaac L. Rice
Graham Taylor
Jerome K. Jerome
Fred Kohler
Cleveland, O
Find Way to Save Lives of Miners
Ancele Sam's new experimental coal mining plant at Bruceton Pennsylvania will start this week with scientific men and mining experts in charge. The piece notes seven thousand miners are killed or maimed each year in American coal mines and argues safety devices could halve the toll at a small per ton cost.
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United Presse
Washington
Ancele Sam
Bruceton
News of the Day Condensed for Busy Readers
Portland six hundred union painters returned to work after a protest against hiring for advertising in the East. New York soprano Madam Gadski sails to Europe for a health cure. San Francisco notes Captain Ezekiel Dodge Diamond born before Washington marks his 115th birthday. Whatcom County Railway case moves forward in court. Medico-educational care for fifteen boys and five girls under Charity Commissioner Hanna. Des Moines residents protest a cable franchise from Oakbow to Lake Burien.
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San Francisco
Goddard Ezekiel Dodge Diamond
George Washington
Medileal Lake Institution
Hanna
Western Union Net Income in Washington 1910
Olympia report notes Western Union earned a net income of 18098 in Washington for 1910. Company officials say profits were small and often show losses in other periods.
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Olympia
Western Union
Washington
Battle tale and political notes mix from Civil War to West Point
The fragment recounts Stonewall Jackson in Virginia 1863 and a Confederate victory with Jackson mortally wounded. It shifts to 1913 era school elections, local officials, a funeral, and Seattle and Vancouver public events. It ends with currency reform talk, labor strife in Cleveland, and West Point appointment exams.
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Stonewall” Jackson
Olver O
Citizens petition against crematories in Seattle
A petition filed before the city council after noon yesterday urged banning new crematories and removing existing ones outside city limits. The report also notes local civic tension over nuisance facilities and related city planning actions.
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Seattle
Petition Against Smoking on Street Cars Prompts Council Response
A mile-long petition containing sixteen thousand signatures was presented to the council opposing the plan to prohibit smoking on street cars. This show of public opposition underscores strong local support for allowing smoking in street transit.
Multiple regional notices and incidents across the Pacific Northwest
The bulletin lists varied events including the postponement of a murder trial in Kansas City due to prosecutor illness, an arrest in Cheyenne over embezzled premiums, the opening of a second postal bank in Hoquiam, a suicide after a hospital stay in Sacramento, wage gains for most restaurants in Walla Walla, strike actions in Vancouver and wage demands for bakers, moving day in Seattle area, a potential Washington state legal holiday proposal, a cycling fatality blamed on the rider, local liquor arrests, census work notes, Bremerton rail franchise talks, and exploration of mineral claims in Whatcom County.
Northwestern Development league holds regional convention in Helena
Representatives from state and municipal governments, commercial clubs, agricultural groups and railroads of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, North Dakota, Minnesota and Montana meet in Helena for the annual Northwestern Development league convention.
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United Press
Helena
Mont
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
North Dakota
Minnesota
Montana
Northwestern Development League
Court House Telephone Exchange Now In Use
Commissioners have installed a new telephone exchange at the courthouse. Call Independent 588 or Main 9380 and ask for any courthouse office. a connecting operator will assist.
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Court House
Kansas Congressman to Speak at Dollar Dinner in Montclair
Victor Murdock of Kansas, a leader of the Republican progressives in the House, will express his views on national questions at a dollar dinner in Montclair New Jersey tonight.
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United Prees
Mont Clair
N. J
Victor Murdock
Kansas
House
John Mitchell to lecture after mine union post loss
Former United Mine Workers president John Mitchell will lecture publicly after being compelled by his union to resign his role with the National Civic Federation. The move comes as part of ongoing labor leadership shifts.
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New York
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
National Civic Federation
Furnishings and Equipment for Summer Homes and Camps
List of summer home and camp items including bedding draperies and screens cottage chinaware lamps glassware silverware hammocks and hammock couches lawn mowers camp and oil cook stoves McCray refrigerators rustic hickory willow grass reed summer furniture Vador porch shades and window shades.
Silk Frocks For Women And Misses At 25.00
A diverse selection of women and misses silk dresses priced at 25.00. A sample line highlights a pongee model with high neck 34 peasant sleeve lace yoke Venise lace and blue piping. A checked Foulard Dress features Dutch neck peasant sleeves over draped skirt with plain messaline yoke and narrow cord trim.
Proper Styles and Weights for Summer Underwear
An advertisement notes menswear on the first floor offering fine lisle shirts and drawers in athletic styles at 1.00 per garment. Cooper lisle thread shirts and drawers in white flesh and blue priced 1.00 and 1.50 per garment.
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Nainsock
Cooper Lisle
Dresser Illustrations on Summer Bedroom Furniture Sale
A Fourth Floor display features Sheraton style bedroom pieces including a dresser base 42x22 inches with mirror 28x22 priced at 28.50, chiffonier 26.50, toilet table 20.00, and full-size bed 26.50 as examples of natural wood finishes for summer needs.
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Carry Optical Company
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