Seattle Shipbuilding Triumph Shapes City as Queen City
Robert Moran helped found Seattle's shipbuilding prowess after the 1889 fire. The government’s contract to Moran's successors at Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Co. for a 4.975 million dollar scout cruiser boosts locals employment to over 4,000. Other firms like Anderson Steamboat, Skinner Eddy, Duthie, and Puget Sound Bridge push orders as Bremerton plant adds to a booming payroll.
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Robert Moran
Seattle
Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Co
Moran Bros
Anderson Steamboat Co
Lake Washington
Skinner-Eddy Corporation
Duthie
Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co
Bremerton
United States
Traffic Officers Urge Public Cooperation In Safe Streets
The Star reports a vigorous appeal from Traffic Rules officers urging pedestrians to move quickly and carefully on signals and auto drivers to be even more mindful of traffic regulations. Copies of ordinances and suggestions are available at the Public Safety building.
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Star
West and East Meet as Marconi Telegraph Service Opens
The inauguration of the Marconi commercial telegraph link from this country to Japan marks a historic moment the world has not seen before. It is described as the first time the East and West have truly met through rapid transcontinental communication.
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East Ireless
Marconi
Japan
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Praised by Prof Hertzog
A Philadelphia doctor writes that Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin has improved his family health. The ad warns against harsh purgatives, calls the product mild and gentle, suitable for children, and promotes a trial bottle and authenticity features.
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F. J. C. Hertzog
North
Orianna
Philadelphia
Dr Well
Dr. Cald
Caldwell
Lyon Impractical Sermon Mixes Baby Talk and Tea Tax Tale
A Sunday church visit recalls a preacher scolding Willie for not caring well for his newborn brother. The tale blends humor about a baby’s cries with a historical jab at tea taxes circa 1776 and a quip about gifts like buttons and buttonholes. It closes with brief humor on a diplomat sending 29 roses and a public figure surrounded by politicians.
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Massingale
Chigringo
Editor's Mail Apples Are High
A reader laments high apple prices and poor farm living conditions east of the mountains. They argue better sanitary housing and living standards could boost farmer profits and keep apples affordable for all.
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the Star
Taat
Two Newcomers Enter Canyon Trail in Western Saga
Brouillard and Cartwright clash over money and power as a sunburnt rider and a regal-eyed heiress arrive. A hidden placer gold bar sparks Western intrigue while Washington halts river valley plans, urging calm under a looming railroad bid and private profit.
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Drouillard
van Bruce Cartwright
Thig Smith
Tri’ Cire
Mr. Cartwright
Broaillard
Canyon Passage
Eve
Brouillard
Cartwright
Smith
Au Revoir
Broukilard
Tri’ Cire’ Smith
J Wesley Cartwright
Genie
Grislow
J. Wesley Cartwright
Wislow
Gringy
Repeas
Nicagee
Washington
Steve Massingale
Leshington
Hallanarily
Massingale
Griazy
Massingalen
War Arrow Pass
Niquoia
Steve
Ford
Pacific Southwestern
Grisiow
Reclamation Service
Power Dam Plans Edge Into Remote Valley
In a tense frontier camp Brouillard resists Horford of the Nigoula Improvement Company as plans for a upper canyon dam clash with government authority. Hosford accuses strict rules while Grislow warns the plans conceal a broader boom era project.
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Harding
Washington
Brouillard
Hosford
Nigoula Improvement Company
Hrillard
Broukilard
Grislow
Niquela Improvement Company
Sironllard
Horford
Bhimeel
Cary Clair
Mroulllard
Connecticut
Prouillard
Power installation blueprints handed to Mr Hionf in clerk’s office
The scene centers on Bromleld receiving drawings for power installation from a clerk, then stepping out to smoke as a telegraph message remains unwritten. Quinkin, the operator, enters with a freed communication from Washington, signaling an indirect reply to a telegraphed appeal.
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Quinkin
Desert Camp Emerges as Valley Prepares for Lake
II Victor Broufflard faced a busy early summer as workers arrive at the shut-in valley below Mount Chigringo. A bustling camp of tents shelters tepees and shacks springs up in the lakebed, while laborers proceed with the planned development.
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Victor Broufflard
J. Wesley Cartwright
Genevieve
Cartwright
Mount Chigringo
Tenta
Danderine Hair Cleanse Promises Dandruff Relief
An advertisement urges women to moisten a cloth with Danderine and draw through hair to remove dandruff and stop hair loss. It claims immediate beauty improvements, stronger roots, and longer, softer, lustrous hair after a single 25 cent bottle purchase from drug stores or toilet counters.
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Knowlton
It Was Just Bunk Then But Now It Is Different
New York report recalls Leon Friedman a Ziegfeld Follies press agent who married Grace Jon, a slender blonde chorus girl, after ten years of daily routine. The couple plans to wed on Thanksgiving Day.
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Friedman
Presse
Grace Jon Slender
Friedman Fell
Cascarets Health Ad Claims Clean Liver and Bowels
Ad touts Cascarets as a gentle, safe laxative for headaches colds indigestion bad breath and biliousness. Claims a 10 cent box cleanses liver and bowels and sweetens breath while relieving coated tongue upset stomach and constipation. Mothers are urged to treat sick feverish children with Cascarets.
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Faith
Prof. Hertzog
Dr. Well
J.C Hertzog
Swift
Lyon
Sis
Anny
Kid Wood
Mr. Haliman
Willie
Haliman
Weil
Norman
Editor’s Mail
WM. McLeod Raine
Jacks Mountain
Hrouillard
Francis Lynde
Charles Morihnersa Bone
Murray
Mareingale
Victor
Stephen Macsingale
Tam
Big
Department
Pactolus
New York
Frye’s
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Alaska
Frye’s Quality Markets
Olympic Public Market
First Ave
Pike St
Seattle Market
Occidental
Yesler
Western Market
Western Ave
Westlake Market
Westlake Ave
Pine St
Third Ave
James St
Ballard Meat Co
Ballard Ave
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