Carstens Dies of Paralysis in Seattle Bank Leader
Ernest Carstens president of the German-American Mercantile Bank in Seattle died at Minor hospital after a paralysis stroke two weeks earlier. A German-born pioneer, he co founded Carstens Packing Co in Tacoma and led multiple organizations including the Commercial Club and Seattle Turn Verein. He leaves a widow, father, brother, sister, and an adopted daughter.
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Ernest Carstens
Seattle
Carstens Packing Co
Tacoma
Germany
United States
Thomas
Northwest
Commercial Club
Seattle Turn Verein
German-American Mercantile Bank
Musterole Headache Remedy Ad Claims Quick Relief
An ad promotes Musterole a clean white mustard oil ointment for external use to relieve headaches colds and chest congestion. It markets 25c 50c and 2.50 hospital sizes from the Musterole Company Cleveland Ohio and warns to refuse imitations.
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Musterole Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Opposition to Puget Sound fares raise faces hearing
Central Labor Council and the Commercial Club transportation bureau plan a full effort to block a fare increase by Puget Sound Navigation Co. The hearing before the public service commission begins Tuesday at 10 in the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. James A. Duncan says evidence will be offered to show overcapitalization and wasteful receipts and to justify standards for operating costs and reasonable profits. Hamilton Higday leads the Commercial Club bureau, with representation from labor interests prepared to present their case.
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Central Labor Council
Commercial Club Transportation Bureau
Puget Sound Navigation Co
Seattle
Tacoma
Public Service Commission
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
James A. Duncan
Labor Council
Charles A. Reynolds
Duncan
Reynolds
Hamilton Higday
City council eyes rail access to new business sites
The article quotes Thomson urging a clear understanding on city control of switching rights and charges for wharves and sidings. It notes the Lake Washington canal nearing completion will unlock manufacturing land along Salmon Bay, Lake Union, and Lake Washington, requiring the council to secure optimal railroad access without duplicating lines.
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Lake Washington
Salmon Bay
Lake Union
SELFISHNESS GETS FILM K. O. AND MORE THEATRE NEWS
A string of film notes from Strand Rex Colisee and Liberty theaters reviews new releases. The ruin of selfishness centers on a novel about self philosophy and a publisher family scandal with a fatal ending. Millie Hurke stars in Gloria's Romance at Rex with tropical imagery and a dramatic swim scene. Maria Rosa casts Geraldine Farrar as a peasant girl in a tale of jealousy and vengeance. Not My Sister at Liberty recounts a woman protecting her sister amid marital jealousy. Edna May stars in Salvation Jones at Clemmer after movie schooling and a Red Cross charity donation. Chaplin's hat theft sparks a row during The Floorwalker at Alhambra. Fool's Paradise and A Law Unto Himself play at Class A and Colonial. The Great Smash and other comedies fill remaining billings.
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Strand Theatre
Dorothy Hernard
Stuart Holmes
Billie
Millie Hurke
Rex Theatre
Aneceas
Gloria
Rupert Hughes
Hillie
Atlantic Ocean
Palm Beach
Heneris
Wight
Maria Rosa
Geraldine Farrar
Coliseum Theatre
Evelyn Plummer
Etil
Edna May
New York
Misa May
Vitagraph Studios
Brooklyn
Red Cross
Miss May
Clemmer Theatre
City Council Weighs Cheap Power and Public Confidence
A city council discussion stresses securing cheap power to attract factories and proposes a power plant policy. It also addresses dam sealing on the Cedar river, protecting city servants with potential retirement annuities, and fostering investor confidence through fair, consistent action amid public debate.
City to settle 21 flood claims for Cedar Falls damage
The Cedar Falls city council will spend 26000 dollars on Monday to settle 21 damage claims from residents whose property flooded when Rattlesnake Lake rose. Water breached the Cedar river impounding basin flooding Cedar Falls. Lunch at the Hollywood, 212 Pike.
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Cedar Falls
Cedar River
Wife Fills Pulpit After Clergy Conviction
Madison Slaughter’s wife preaches at a Chico church after his conviction. Gertrude Lamson, 15, joined in prayer with a few friends as Slaughter faces a new trial demand before Gregory for sentencing tomorrow.
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Oroville
Cal
Madison Slaughter
Tist
Chico
Art Gertrude Lamson
Slaughter
Gregory
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the Rex
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