Piano and Planes Offer Claims of Savings and Quality
The notice argues that customers save money by buying from the seller, warning against cheap pianos as poor value. It touts brands like Kimball Hobart M Cable Pease and D S Johnston Co, promises durability, and advertises slightly used pianos and the Simplex Plane Player, with several units available from $190 up, below the regular price of $250.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Say & Kimball
Hobart M. Cable
Pease
D. S. Johnston Co
Winter campaign harder for Japs than Russians writes Gen Miles
Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles argues winter campaigns test military aims more with the Japanese than Russians. He cites Napoleon’s 1812 invasion and the Civil War, detailing hardships from severe cold, necessary clothing, and Arctic-like preparation. He notes Japanese horses scarcity and Mudmen risk in Mukden or Port Arthur theaters. He also reports on Capt. J W Cassidy’s death and Kempeter’s return from St Louis.
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Gen
Miles
Nelson A. Miles
A. A
Aassociation
Europe
Napoleon
Russia
Pealand
Inez
Moscow
Rusia
Raina
Froste
Upuit
Ohio
Indiana
Uiets
Pacific
Siberia
Mukden
Vindivostok
Murman
Japan
Society Girl Dies by Her Own Action in San Francisco
Panie Lant, a prominent San Francisco society woman, was found dead in the bathroom at her home this morning. She wore a bath robe and had apparently turned on the gas. Her father C. W. Lant, a retired mining man and noted citizen, had died yesterday after the passing of her mother a year before, events that appear to have distressed the young woman.
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Ban Francisco
Pannie Lant
Gan
C. W. Lant
Two Workmen Die In Scaffold Fall In Buffalo
A fall from a scaffold at Awan and Seneca streets in Buffalo today killed stone masons John Striegel and Charles Ork and injured three others. The men fell about twelve feet. Rescue crews rushed to the scene.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Awan
Seneca Streets
John Striegel
Charles Ork
Former Minister Adams Dies by Gas Self-Destruct
San Francisco reports former Episcopalian minister Charlies G Adams committed suicide by inhaling illuminating gas in his room after a quarrel with Maud Ellison. Adams had previously gained notoriety for killing Dr Jessop at Berkeley, an act he claimed was insanity. He had been practicing law here and faced accusations of abusing Jessops daughter.
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San Francisco
Charlies
G. Adams
Adams
Jessop
Berkeley
Jessops
Maud Ellison
Adama
Problems of Charity and unorganized giving
An eastern magazine essaycriticizes organized city charities led by H Wirt Steele and warns that reliance on charities can foster inaction and cruelty. It cites milk booths and shelter refusals, showing a woman and child denied aid despite evident hunger, prompting reflection on charity ethics and personal responsibility.
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The
Star
Truest
H. Wirt Steele
Alma
Eure
Hinary
Wole
New Jersey
Bar of Justice
Renton Registration Shows 366 Votes Cast
Registration books at Renton closed last Tuesday night with a total of 366 registers. Early forecasts split the tally evenly between Republicans and a split contest among Democrats and Socialists. Local ads promote Burroskin leather, Korrect shape shoes, and undergarments from B N Brooks & Co at 1441 Main Ave.
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Renton
Democrats
Socialtate
Burt & Packyards
First Avenue
Madison
Young Men's Republican Rally Set for Third and Seventh Wards
The Young Men's Republican club will hold a joint rally at the Renton Hi club house on Eighteenth Avenue and Madison Street tonight at o'clock. Sam Pie and T. Granger, seasoned campaigners from the east, will deliver the principal addresses.
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The
Young Men's Republican Club
Renton HI
Eighteenth Avenue
Madison Street
Sam Pie
T. Granger
Growers Set Their Price for Hop Market
Hop growers in Oregon and Washington set a minimum price of 35 cents per pound for the harvest. The brief notes market expectations and regional pricing signals as the season advances.
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Portland
Ore
Jerm
Puget Sound to Store Submarine Cables for Signal Corps
Anelo Bam orders storing bottom Puget Sound for future long submarine cables to serve the Signal Corps. The Hurnaide will carry 50 miles from Tacoma to just east of Fort Worden and lay it along the channel. Burnside then lays a fire control cable between Forts Worden Coney and Flagler for instant battery access. Meanwhile Union Pacific and Rio Grande traffic woes trigger Southern Pacific yard strike in Salt Lake and Ogden.
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Anelo Bam
Puget Sound
Signal Corpa
Pacific
Signal Corps Department
Theableship Hurnaide
Sitka
Valdez
Tacoma
Chanel
Fort Warden
Signal Corporabt
Coney, Worden
Flagler
Burnside
Port Tomorow
Salt Lake
Union Pacific
Rio Grande Cara
Southern Pacific
Ogden
Keno
Santa Fe
Young Girl Nellie Walsh Dies in Providence Hospital
Miss Nellie Walsh, age 2, died this morning at Providence Hospital from congestion of the brain. She had been employed at Bharensbury's a8 4 mani cure. The body rests at Bonney-Watson morgue awaiting instructions from eastern relatives who have been notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Walsh
Providence Hospital
Miss Walsh
Bharensbury
Bonney- Watson Morgue
American Tobacco Company Consolidation Filed in New Jersey
A certificate of incorporation for the American Tobacco Company was filed with the New Jersey secretary of state. The consolidation includes the American and Continental Tobacco companies. Capital stock set at 106 million dollars. James K. Duke named president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
American Tobacco Company
of American Consolidated
Continental Tobacco Companies
James K. Duke
VESSELS WRECKED OFF PALM BEACH COAST
The steamer Martinique is wrecked on rocks near Fowey Rock and may be saved. A three masted schooner lies aboard the beach nearby, cargo of lumber scattered along the shore. Reports of further shipwrecks are arriving from the area.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Martinique
Fowey Rock
Miami
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Spelger & Hurlbut Second and Union
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C. B. Williams
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Cassidy
A. L. Kempeter
Beattle Electric Company
St. Louis
American Street Mallway Association
Scrippea News
Victoria, BH. C
J. H. Layneman
Hich
Phor
Victoria Chemical Works
Abiatic
Scripps News Asn
Renton Registration
B. N. Brooks & Co
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Monarch
Beripps News Ass'n
Platt
J. & Platt
Latona
May
Won
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Mr. Platt
Washington
St. Petersburg
Barry N. Hillard
Coeur d'Alenes
Lakeview
Idaho
Spokane
Bergen
Denmark
Waremougle
Berippe News Agent
Florida
Houghton & Hunter Jewelers
Firat Avenue
Keystone Club
First Ave. South
Pike Street Optical CO
Kye Straip
A. Landauer
Rane
Collins Bros
Undertakers
First Ave
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