Prodigy Zoe Barnett Builds Career In Music Hall Fame
The article profiles Zoe Barnett known as a prodigy who rose from early stage work to Broadway success. It notes her string of engagements from Port Townsend to San Francisco and Los Angeles, her rise under the name Pitt Sing, and her philosophy that hard work rather than luck fuels fame. Barnett emphasizes disciplined study and no glamour, insisting she fits earnings and travel between performances.
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Pitti
San Francisco
Dodo
Zoe Barnett
Papa
Starman
Zoe
Los Angeles
Pitt
Coss
Auxiliary light plant ready to serve city
The Lake Union auxiliary light plant is ready for business, supplying power from the Volunteer Park reservoir. It will remove air pollution from Cedar River water and help insure service continuity during busy periods and accidents.
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Municip Oy
Lake Union
Volunteer Park
Cedar River
Gunga Din photo and poem bring Balkan war scenes to life
A vivid wartime image tied to Kipling's Gunga Din shows Turkish, Bulgarian, and Allied troops amid the Lule Burgas retreat. It depicts a water boy, wounded soldiers, and cholera toll, with the poem’s lines echoed to honor the selfless helper despite brutal conditions.
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Ganga Din
Balkan
Rudyard Kipling
Puget Sound Traction Co Faces Franchise Revocation
Mayor Cotterill urges council to revoke the Puget Sound Traction franchise over unsatisfactory service on East Columbia Street and between Jackson Street and downtown. The matter, tied to a charter clause on city purchase power, is referred to the franchise committee for Friday consideration. The mayor also backs a two block extension for the Kinnear Park line pending tests of the clause.
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Puget Sound Traction. Co
Bay
East Columbia St
Jackson St
Cotterill
City Ies
Occasio
Traction Company
Kinnear Park
SafEwoman on Board of Regents Meeting Notes
A federation clubs meeting discussed appointing a female member to the university board and asked the board to establish a school of related studies. The report highlights calls for greater representation on the Regents and a new school initiative.
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Board OF Regents
Federation
Faa
University of and
LoopHoUNDS Seek Georgetown Man
LoopHounds traced a missing Georgetown man last night while a search continued for J. H. Wetired, a carpenter who vanished from his Ferdinan Street residence on Saturday afternoon amid a widening manhunt.
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Georgetown
J. H. ‘Wetired Carpenter
Ferdinan St
Unable to trace him after reported health status
The text notes that there is no trace of the person mentioned and that he had been in full health prior to the absence. No further details about location or identity are provided.
Orpheum Bill Delights with Varied Stage Acts
The Orpheum show features T. Roy Barnes with Bessie Crawford in The Fakir and the Lady, DeWitt Young juggling from matches to beds, graceful dancing by Oscar and Suzette, and Lew Cooper's new funny songs. The Come Back college playlet offers strong acting, High Life trio of Italian musicians perform favorite tunes, and The Three Bremens close with clever ladder balancing.
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Fanny
Orpheum
T. Roy Barnes
Bessie Crawford
Barnes
DeWitt Young
Oscar
Suzette
Lew Cooper
Paul Dickey & Co
Federal general to lead 3000 rurales against Yaqui raids
Douglas Arizona reports Gen. Gill will command 3000 rurales in Sonora to exterminate Yaqui bands. Raids have left Southern Sonora devastated and the Yaqui forces are said to be fortified in a valley of the Mescallon range.
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Douglas, Ariz
Sonora
Gill
Fortifield
Mescallon Range
Sudenly Made Rich Wife of Piane Tuner Inherits Large Kentucky Legacy
In Webster City on November 26 a check for 80000 was received by Mrs C C Morton wife of a traveling piano tuner. The aunt in Kentucky left a legacy reportedly totaling 3 000 000 to Mrs Morton who is 24 and whose husband is 60. Bank officials doubted the draft but verification proved it genuine.
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Webster City
C. C. Morton
Kentucky
Morton
Newsboys Union Plans Annual Dance at Redoen’s Hall
The Newsboys union, organized on November 24 1892, announces a December 4 grand raffle dance at Redoen’s Hall for its members. Merchants donate $125 in prizes for the most comical bizarre grotesque makeups, promising the best event yet.
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Redoen's Hall
Newsboys’ Union
Steals to Marry Girl in Seattle
Thomas J. Young, chief clerk at the Cornelius hotel in Portland, confesses to attempting to steal $600 to fund marriage to a Seattle girl who is soon to become a mother. He is jailed, stating motive was to save her honor and wed.
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United Preen
Portland
Cornelius
Thos. J. Young
Seattle
Fires and Explosions Plague Standard Oil Plants
In Waukegan Illinois, a boiler explosion and fire at the Corn Products dry-mill plant wounded many workers, with at least five gravely injured. Officials suspect a possible link to a separate Standard Oil related blaze in Brooklyn, indicating potential outside involvement and promising a full investigation.
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Wallkregan
Corn Products Company
Uni Lon Sulphur Company
Brooklyn
N. Y
Standard Oi
Waukegan
Falling Train Fires Dynamite Three Dead Three Dying
A logging train on the Seeley Anderson line plunged through a 70 foot trestle at Bandon and exploded 700 pounds of powder. Engineer James McDonnell fireman Chas Smith logger James Morgan are dead. Bookkeeper Guy Rose and loggers John Atkinson Clancy Humphrey expect to die.
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United Press
Marshfield
Seeley-Anderson
Bandon
James McDonnell
Chas
Smith
James Morgan
Guy Rose
Myrtle Point
John Atkinson
Clancy Humphrey
Should young girls give up home life for stage careers
Lola Downin argues stage work is not wise for most young women and should depend on the individual. She says marriage can be a vocation, and many husbands are difficult, so a girl with support may fare better at home unless poverty forces otherwise. The idea that the stage guarantees success is challenged by hardship and public fickleness.
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Ife
Lola Downin
Panama Engineer to Talk at Church in Beattie
Panama canal designer and engineer Kerman F Tucker, longtime resident along the canal zone, will speak at First Presbyterian Church tonight during Brotherhood services. Mayor George F Cotterill will deliver the principal address on Seattle, Today and Tomorrow.
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Panama
Kerman F. Tucker
Panama Canal
Canal
Beattie
First Presbyterian Church
Brotherhood
Seattle
George F. Cotterill
Plunge and Rue to Precede Lake Stevens Worship
Rev. Herbert Stanley plans a combined church and clubhouse on Lake Stevens shore. The $5,000 building will offer typical lake shore club facilities and a ritual of worship following a lake plunge, shower, and rubdown to foster sincerity.
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Everett
Herbert Stanley
Lake Stevens
Lake Shore Club House
Stanley
Girl dives 20 stories to death in Chicago
Chicago police believe Maude Van Dusen, a stenographer, killed herself by jumping from the 20th floor of the McCormick building. She left a 10,000 word letter alleging a younger sister was a white slaver victim and saying she feared they were coming for her.
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Chicago
Mias Maude van Dusen
McCormick
Costly recall effort cited for Seattle mayor race
The city must spend about 1 976 40 dollars for extra clerks to verify recall petition signatures in Seattle. A recall association spent many times that amount, while Elmer Apple of Indianapolis is named in relation to a Garden of Eden claim. A photo note recalls Betsey Metcalf of Dedham Massachusetts as the first straw hat maker in 1798.
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Cotterill
Seattle
United States
Betsey Metcalf
Dedham
Masa
Barber Shop Ad Listings and Lost and Job Notices
A mixed collage of classified snippets including barber shop promotions, music school mentions, lost and found notices for pets and valuables, and employment requests. Entries reference Cohen at 1017 Pike, Ravandagh’s fee, a music school at 529, and multiple job and real estate postings with various contact details and rewards.
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National Barber College
Wise Cohen
Pike &T 'Itt
Teadasios
Mando Aiher
Free Instrumente Des Music School
Diverse Alaska land offers near town with strong timber value
A garbled late 19th or early 20th ad lists land for sale near Alaska towns with mentions of $50 per acre parcels, alder bottom land, timber for air requests, pure water and ready buildings. Several tracts are described including five acres for 90 dollars cash with monthly terms, a refined Kirkland ranch with a view of Lake Washington for 1200 dollars, and 14 acres on Whidby Island near town with a four room house and lake access. Also references Alder bottom land with extensive local resources and multiple agents and offices in Seattle area.
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Promerty
P. Dixon & CO
Marion
Grand View
Elpas
Achool
F van Aredale & Co
Beattie
Cherry St
Requ Harles Somers
Alaska
Colby
Kirkland
Lake Wasington
Madison
Burke & Farrar's
Pr. van Areéale & Co
G. A. Pierce
R. A. Ublin
Whidby Island
Langley
Wash
Kennydale
A. Ainaly
Tacoma
Tremerton
Poliphord
Southavy
Puget
Addrew W. Kh
P. van Aredale & Co
Apple Island
Wenatchee
Care Star
John EB. Geefre
R. R. Station
Adame County
Patterson
Seattle
W. W. Noyes
Boston Block
Acreage and farm land for sale near Winslow and Beattie
Numerous listings advertise farm tracts and acreage for sale near Winslow Beattie and Tremerton with terms from cash to monthly payments. Properties include timber soil good for fruits vegetables poultry and garden land with references to schools yards sawmills and nearby markets. Also offered are exchanges for Seattle income or other farm land with mortgage figures and location details.
Cottage Real Estate Offers Near Seattle Area
Semi business property with a 10 room and 4 room flats. rents and cash requirements listed. Four room modern cottage on corner lot 60 by 62 with concrete basement wired for light near Phinney car line. Prices stated for quick cash sales and easy terms. Also a small farm near Kirkland with rich soil, water, two story house and chicken runs offered for cash and rent terms.
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Madison
Swift
Georgetown
North 1386
Queen Anne
Hallard
Phinney
Ask Cottage Realty
Kirkland
Hackworth
Real Estate Listings Include Ravenna Park Snap and Bungalow
Property notes show multiple Seattle area listings near Ravenna Park and Queen Anne with prices from 200 to 2,500 dollars. Entries mention a 40x195 lot with park view, a modern bungalow with full basement, and several small lots near Fourth and Pike, Union Depot, and Rainier Avenue. Contact details include Main 40 and various phone numbers.
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Ravenna Park
Washington
P. Dixon & CO
Marion St
Woodland Park
Park
Fourth
Pike
W. H. Hanen Inv CO
Union Depot
Jackson
Queen Anne Hill
Robstfeld
Aia
F Heights
Depot
D. Churchill
East
Elliott
Rainier
Hudson
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Ewe
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Myrtle Kane
Iy United Presse
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Indianapolis
Indiana
All_ Druggists
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Stevens’ Academy
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Lott
Wtuvenir
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Millett
Ballard Av
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New Today
Schwarts
Epler
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Nate Ee Ey
Tyrtere Nua
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Main
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Iilett
Reenoun
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Mra
Criedale
Bhelton
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Chafke
Sonle Lodge
Cincinnati
Cleveland
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W. Hastie
Rome Academy
Rasora
Roe
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Art Troy
Kaloomiaing
Kiljott
Tatio
Kay
W. Wald
Pame Engrav
Misa Arnold
Itn Ora
Agly
Seattle Employment Office
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co
S lx
Skull-Day Company
Eegg Situations Ltd
Y. Sutton
Irkland
Care T
Carnwell
Ain
Eiliott
Opaland Court
Palaammaar Serene Grand Pacific Hotel
Nome Poi Tay
Nodorn
Wu Flarrington
Royal Hotel
Wittiny
Ollpupo
OPAPP
Dallara
Beacon
Ewart Ote
Stewart St
Block West
Olympic Apts
Western Ay
Sis Howell
North
Adamn
Adreas
Wi. W
American Bank Hi
Seienile Od
Thommes Craig
Union St
Sololooo
G. A. Pingree
Jackson Realty & Loan CO
Winslow
Faso
Tom
JACKSON REALTY &@ LOAN co
City Real Estate
West & Wheeler
Colman
Nickerson St
Warnertartet & Me
Pacific Poultry
Fieor Corner
Idaho
Vashon Pottery Ranch
Nome Farm Horsen
Kenwood
Bidney
Amall
Bimkmins
Liberty Bide
Dela Kturtevant & Co
Boston
L. C. Bimkine
Liberty Ride
P. D
Bea Heartl Te
Amber
Elilote
Shas EY
Coltater
Ienc
REED
Eastern Brokerage CO
Northern Bank Bing
4Th & Pike
Eet Motor Car Co
St. Louis
Fauntleroy
Bam Holmes
Ae Bownetts Rative Igrés Af Fipation
RIGAL
Rustad
Lance
Meyer-Tower
Union
Gsteioekoee
Toronto
Canada
Heelwright
F.E. Sohl
Tae
Call Esserman & Wilson
Arcade
Walker
A. W.kiine
Jenny
Joseph Roane
Nga
Ge Ee
Ful Rese
Pike St. Main
Bailey Building
Aree Jozreph Allen
Eilers Music
Russell Farrell
Now York Block
Boston Bik
Roin Ownsen Bailey
Milligan & Kuhn
New York Bik
Heet
Cavalleria Rusticana
Queen of the Earth
Fry Music Co
Vutaunua
Leary Building
New York
Mason
Fenwick
Lawrence
Burke
South B
Jason
Ees
Physicians Trueblook
Ui Insecu
Marion Bide
Ber
Esor Eee
Dally Meston
Ayer
Armber
William Jolly
Ceu
Wwatch
Acobson
First
Stewart
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