Bouillon Attacks Municipal Ownership At League Meeting
A V Bouillon, former Seattle utilities chief and ex Edmonton official, argues against municipal ownership in a Tri State League of Municipalities address. He claims Seattle’s light plant failed financially and asserts rate reductions were accidental and driven by private firms reacting to better methods. He ridicules the use of unit costs to prove public ownership, saying private utilities ignore voluntary rate cuts.
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A. V. Bouillon
Bouillon
Seattle
Eamonton
Canada
Tri- State League of Municipalities
Houlllon
Northwest
Everett
Bellingham
King County
Turkey England Clash Seen Over Suez and Sinai Route
The article argues Turkey joins Germany to threaten England via the Suez canal with cavalry moves toward Sinai. It notes England lines the canal with troops and cites Egypt and Arabia as flashpoints. It downplays a Mohammedan holy war, recalls Sinai’s biblical wanderings, and invokes historic peril as context.
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Turkey
Germany
Austria
Russia
England
Turke
Rumania
Bularia
Black Sea
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Arabia
Red Sea
Suez Canal
Constantinople
Damascus
Sinai Peninsula
Beirut
Mecca
Australia
India
New Zealand
Malta
Gibraltar
South Africa
Far Eoat
Corre
Spondents
London
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Pacific
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Indian Ocean
Calif
Mahomet
Morocco
Algeria
Tripoli
Tunis
Peninsula
Crazy man on liner shoots passengers
Charleston D C November 13. George B Perkins Boston architect erupted on the steamship Mohawk off the North Carolina coast firing a revolver. He killed F W R Hinman Florida Times Union Jacksonville business manager and seriously injured B H Wright Utica N Y and Captain A D Ingram of the Mohawk. Hinman appeared on deck in pajamas and was restrained after attempting to shoot himself. Police took Perkins into custody on arrival facing murder charges.
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Charleston
D. C
Geo. B. Perkins
Boston
Mohawk
North Carolina
F. W. R. Hinman
Florida Times-Union
Jacksonville
B. H. Wright
Utica
N. Y
A. D. Ingram
Hinman
India Troops Need Special Food and Clothing Fund Set
London nov 13 Indian troops fighting with the allies are unaccustomed to the food and clothing given to other soldiers and require dishes and garments from their country. Lord Roberts has started a fund and $250000 has been subscribed to supply these needs.
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London
Lord Roberts
California Syrup of Figs Promises Quick Child Relief
An old advertises a fruit laxative claim to cleanse stomach liver and bowels for sick children. It urges giving a teaspoonful of California Syrup of Figs to relieve constipation and feverish symptoms, promising rapid improvement and recommending a 60 cent bottle with directions on the label.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Men’s 12 inch Huckle Top Hoots heavy soles value
A catalog item featuring men’s 12 inch Huckle Top Hoots with heavy soles valued at 96.60. The note appears to be a price listing or sale entry from a store or inventory record.
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Our
Norway Cremation Law Allows Adult Death Cremains Decree
A Norwegian statute permits cremation for anyone over sixteen after death upon a declaration witnessed by two people. The law emphasizes consent and formal witnessing to authorize cremation.
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Norway
Missing Herman Vineyard Sparks $100 Reward Appeal
Anxiety over Herman W Vineyrd 28 year old Universal Dye Works employee who vanished from 8015 17th Ave S after leaving for work Monday Navy 9 with $20 in his pocket. Police lack leads. Wife and relatives seek help. Brother in law William Nelson offers $100 for information leading to his return.
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Herman W. Vineyard
17Th
Ay. S
Vineyard
Universal Dye Works
Columbia
Second
Navy
Mra. Vineyard
Vine
Yrd
William
Nelson
German Officer Confesses Plan to Blow Suez Canal
Lieut. Mors a German officer imprisoned for life in Alexandria by British authorities allegedly confessed that the Suez canal bombing was entrusted to him by Germany and that he would have received 50 000 dollars if successful. Mors previously served eight years as a British police official in Egypt.
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London
the Chronicle
Lieut
Mors
Alexandria
Egypt
Suez Canal
Old Jackson Prairie courthouse to be preserved
Chehalis Nov 13 The St Helen s club appoints a committee of women to seek preservation as a historic relic of the old Jackson prairie courthouse the first court building in the Washington territory and its headquarters
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Chehalis
St. Helen's Club
Jackson Prairie Court House
Territory of
Washington
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