Auto mishaps and city chatter from Seattle’s streets
Portus Baxter’s costly new auto misfires as he backs out of a garage and crashes into the door. J W Boyd narrowly avoids danger when his car bolts forward. Washburn from West Seattle and other locals feature in neighborhood vignettes, with snippets of telegraph humor and daily small talk. Seattle pastors discuss war and faith as revival services draw crowds.
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Portus Baxter
J. W. Boyd
Ita
Breakfast Food Company
Boyd
Ite
Seattle
R. W. MacCullough
Tabernacle Bapitsl
J. D. O. Powers
Hoyleton Unitarian Church
Blast at Aetna Powder plant shatters windows
A ton of nitroglycerine exploded today at the Aetna Powder Co. plant in Aetna Indiana. There were no casualties. The blast shattered hundreds of plate glass windows and forced workers to flee to safety two minutes before the explosion.
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Gary
Ind
Aetna Powder Co
Aetna
Women’s Silk Stockings Offerings with Reinforced Heels
Advertises extra heavy black silk stockings with blue stripe hem plus reinforced heel sole and toe at 1.00 patr. Also lists heavy silk stockings in pink sky blue tan gold cerise with reinforced heel sole and toe at 1.00 per pair.
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Maximum
Halatem
Yakima
Map of
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Elliott
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Stara
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Steve
Joe
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T. H. Bain
R. J. Hatcher
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New York
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Washington
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Illinois
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Manufacturers’ Association
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Metropolitan Building Co
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J. H. Davia
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Frank Smith
Nature
Ladies’ Home Journal Patterns
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