How City Light Is A Big Saver
Seattle's power rates, among the nation's lowest, are achieved at the cost of other sectors. The text traces rate drops from 20 cents to 6 cents for residents and notes municipal competition saving Seattle about 300000 dollars annually in taxes. It warns that state control would strip municipal gains and hand power to corporations.
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Seattle
America
Niagara
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Negroes press mayor over fire department rights
A second delegation of Seattle’s Black residents urged Mayor Gill on Tuesday to admit Black firefighters. A week earlier the mayor opposed mixing races in the department but supported an all Negro company in the Black district, a plan met with strong opposition from local Black residents.
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Gill
Seattle
Estate of late Judge M M Godman valued at ten thousand
Probate records show the estate of the late Judge M M Godman valued at $10,000. The filing lists assets and potential heirs, with court action pending to settle claims and distribute the property.
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M. M. Godman
Popular vaudeville acts headline Seattle stages this week
Lotties divers and Laur ie Ordway headline at Pantages with singing and laughs. The Empress offers Sidelights and several acts including Milo Amoros Ben Mulvey and a dog act. Minnie Allen shines at the Orpheum with magic and song. Officer 666 debuts at Seattle theatre. Milestones at the Metropolitan and A Pair of Sixes at the Moore run this week starting November 22.
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Pantages
Lottie Mayer
Laurie Ordway
Lottie
Ordway
Miss Ordway
Violet Niets
Jack Phipps
Daisy
Sam Davie
Laura Walker
de Witt
Good
Empress Theatre
Milo
Amoros
Ben Mulvey
Pisano
Bingham
Snoozer
Arthur Stone
Alvin
Kenny
Minnie Allen
Orpheum Theatre
Minnie
Gowne
Imhoff Conn
Coreene
London
Metropolitan
Moore Theatre
Edward Peple
Hamburg Angers English Names Change Amid Mistrust
A fragmentary report from Berlin notes Hamburg adopts anti English sentiment with names changed and English terms avoided. The piece mentions shifts in social behavior and language as residents react to perceived English influence.
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Berlin
Hamburg
Ehaven
One Cause of Bad Complexion Cure Advertisement
Dr Robert Mackenzie explains the skin under a miseroscope shows a lacework of pores. He warns powders and creams clog glands causing sallowness and pimples. He endorses ordinary mercurial wax as a cosmetic substitute to free pores and rejuvenate the complexion. One ounce nightly left on as a cold cream, washed off in the morning.
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Robert Mackenzie
Nature
Dentists Deliver Pain Free Service Says Patient
Mr O B Drennan of 2210 Sixth Ave recalls visiting a dentist to extract three teeth but feared pain from prior experiences. He writes that the procedure was painless and endorses the office. The piece emphasizes a claim of no pain in dental work and urges readers to seek their services.
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O. B. Drennan
Sixth Ave
Secret seven year revelation in a troubled marriage
A reader seeks guidance on a seven year sealed secret. A married woman, widowed two years, bore a daughter by a famed architect. The husband, who arrived in Canada 16 years ago, struggled with heavy drinking and held good posts briefly before passing.
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Canada
Pinex cough remedy advertises healing powers and cost
An old ad promotes Pinex pine extract cough syrup with sugar syrup as a cure all for inflamed membranes and dry coughs. It cites low cost and simple use. The piece also includes reader questions about child support, Gotch birthplace, and a letter on selfishness and family values.
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Pines Co
Ft. Wayne
Navy Yard Route Steamers Schedule Exchange
HM. B. Kennedy and Tourist depart Colman Dock Seattle at 10:36 am with Sunday service at 2:30 pm and 6:30 pm. Saturday late trip at 11:46 pm. Time table subject to change without notice. Main S101 round trip price 800.
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HM. B. Kennedy
Colman Dock
Seattle
Free Doctor Offer Promises Free Medical Examination
An advertisement touts a highly educated physician and surgeon offering absolutely free medical examination and prescription. It emphasizes thorough exams for any ailment without charge and urges readers to protect their health by taking the offer.
Musterole ointment promises relief from rheumatism
Clean white mustard oil salve touted for bronchitis croup stiff neck asthma neuralgia congestion pleurisy rheumatism lumbago and aches. Sold in 26c jars and a 2.50 hospital size. advertised as doctor and nurse recommended with a warning to avoid imitations.
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Musterole
Musterole Company
Cleveland
Ohio
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