Octopus Plays Bunco With Seattle Transit Route Change
The Seattle Electric Co implements a new Kinnear line route over North Queen Anne, replacing West First to Mercer. Patrons see poorer service and forced transfers as Queen Anne and lower-Queen Anne residents oppose the plan amid claims of a staged vote in a big banco game.
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Seattle Electric Pany
Queen Anne Hill
Kinnear Park
Anne
Octopus
Kinnear
Ter
Denny Way
Mercer
North Flest
Queen Anne
Seattle Electric Company
Kinnear Line
Lower
First Weet
Denney Way
Kinnear Care
Mercer Street
Rival in Seattle: Affidavits in Crowley Divorce Case
William Crowley of Beacon Hill is accused in a Seattle divorce filing of extreme stinginess and verbal abuse toward wife Caroline Crowley. Affidavits describe his frugality, neglect, and control, including underfeeding, poor clothing, and denying light and warmth in their home.
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William Crowley
Beacon Hill
Caroline Crowley
Crowley
Strike Persists Over Plumbing Dispute At Hank Building
The plumbers strike at the People’s Hank building continues as talks for peace between the contractor and the workers have not yet reached an agreement.
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People’s Hank
No One Will Be Police Chief in Los Angeles
Los Angeles faces a leadership crisis as the city remains without a police chief since Chief Hammel’s resignation. Attempts by Mayor McAleer to appoint a successor have failed, with candidates including captains and detectives considered but none chosen. The article notes the unusually high salary for the position and ongoing indecision.
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Los Angeles
Hammel
Angelea
Inez
McAleer
Los
Mayor Pursues Missing Cash Seeker In Los Angeles
Treasury undrawn, Mayor McAleer searches for a man in Los Angeles with a need for money. He winds up drafting an acting police chief Captain Auble after initial refusal. Auble warns he will not be chief long and urges a regular official, while the mayor defends a clean administration and opposes graft.
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Treasury
McAleer
Peraleta
Los Angeles
Captain Auble
Auble
Wright Won’t Run Again As Tacoma Mayor
Ta coma mayor George P. Wright, elected as a Democrat, will not enter the next mayoralty race. No other Democratic candidate has been named. Republicans acknowledge no one as strong as Wright and fear a split, listing candidates George B. Randle Jesse H. Read Angie Vance Fawcett William Jones among others.
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Tacoma
Jeorge P. Wright
Wright
George B. Randle
Jesse H. Read
Angie Vance Fawcett
William Jones
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Bers
N. Brooke & Co
2Nd Ave
Bagley’s
Rochelle
Epsom
Heady’s Barber Shop
Washington
Irederick &Nefson
Madison and
Spring Streets
Wirond
A Corp
Mr. Rice
R. Wallace
Gilman
Gliman Land
Pumajeric
WITT
Second Avenue and
University St
STONE, FISHER @ LANE
First Avenue
North Star
Jackson Street
Boston
Dental Parlors
Petkovits Fur Co
Northwest
Marion ST
Bet
James
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