Labor of canal bonds speech urges Seattle harbor bonds
Robert Bridges former state land commissioner told how Washington sold Seattle title lands for under 500000 and warned that railroads have monopoly on the waterfront. He urged voters to approve 1750000 harbor bonds and 350000 for municipal docks to restore the heritage and end railroad control.
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Robert Bridges
State of Washington
Seattle
Central Labor Comcil
Mr. Bridges
Northern Pacific
Great Northern Railways
Lake Washington Canal
Duwamish Waterway
San Francisco
Pastor Confesses Booze Caused His Downfall
Henry B. Smith former pastor of St Philip s church Ardmore Oklahoma and later a sub deacon of the Episcopal archdiocese of Oklahoma confessed that whiskey and morphine caused his downfall He faced charges of passing worthless checks totaling over 1800 dollars His wife and four children reside in Paris City Oklahoma
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Kansas City
Henry B. Smith
St. Philip’s Church
Ardmore
Okla
Episcopal Archdiocese of
Oklahoma
Smith
Paris City
Yaw Program Announced At Moore Theatre Saturday Night
Soprano Ellen Beach Yaw will perform at the Moore theatre Saturday night with flutist Jay Plowe and pianist Mrs. Mary Newman assisting. Selections include My Mother Bids Me Bind My Hair Listen to the Voice of Love Il Primo Amore plus Yaw’s Cradle Song A Rose Child Love's Lament and the Mad Scene from Lucia di Lammermoor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Beach Yaw
Moore Theatre
Jay Plowe
Mary Newman
Miss Yaw
Love
Lucia di Lammermoor
Accused Army Officer Restored to Duty
Maj Elmore Taggart of the 24th U S infantry is restored to duty at Fort Ontario following a court martial acquittal. The decision marks an official clearance after the military proceedings.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Elmore Taggart
24Th
U. S. Infantry
Fort Ontario
Taggart
Slim self beneath the fatty sheath advertised Marmola tablets
A health claim promotes Marmola Prescription to reduce fat safely without exercise or dieting. The ad asserts pills shrink from 16 to 16 ounces daily, restore natural health, and offer Marmola Tablets mailed from Detroit. It lists retailers M C M Soap in Seattle and M. B. Fountain Grocer with contact details.
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Monroe Go
Detroit
Mich
Cushing Torpedo Boat Sinks Albemarle in 1864 Memoir
Odds and Ends From Everywhere recounts Lieut W I Cushings raid on the Albemarle in a steam launch, the torpedo device, and the boat's sinking. It notes the navy honored him by naming a boat Richmond after him and mentions various 1864 items from Charleston harbor to other towns.
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Cush
Charleston Harbor
Albemarle
Cushing
Navy
Navy Department
A Prayer for More American Babies at School Dedication
Rev P J Murphy delivers a blessing at a public high school dedication in Olyphant Pa urging American women to bear more children and praising native stock. He frames motherhood as national wealth and asks God to keep the nation from being filled by the foreign born, invoking a superior race. The prayer closes with a Christ centered plea for blessings.
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P. J. Murphy
Olyphant
Father Murphy
Roosevelt
Father
Republic
Jesus Christ
Police arrest garment cutters in plug hats riot in Chicago
In Chicago on October 27 a parade by 300 union suit cutters in frock coats and silk hats was stopped by police leading to a riot. Three garment workers were arrested amid the disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Union
Vassar
Cooper
Dynamite Plot Probe Begun in Times Building Bombing
A special grand jury convened in Los Angeles to probe the October 1 dynamiting of the Times building. Coroner Calvin Hartwell testified as the panel heard proceedings in the courthouse grand jury room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Times
Calvin Hartwell
Pluck Skipper Rescued After Drift from Holliawood
In Galveston Texas on October 27 Captain W. B. Walte of the schooner Holliawood was found delirious and near death after four hours afloat as the crew abandoned ship two weeks earlier when a leak forced water loss. He refused to leave until picked up by the Parkwood on October 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
W. B. Walte
Holliawood
Walle
Parkwood
Vallete
Heating Stove Prices by Size No 20 22 24
Heavy sheet steel body with cast iron top and bottom nickel swing-off top and screw draft, large door for wood. Size No 20 priced at 12.50, No 22 at 14.50, No 24 at 16.50.
Divorcing in New York A Confusing Twist
Frederick White seeks a divorce but may be free only if he is truly unmarried Judge Greenbaum weighs the bizarre past decree that barred White from remarrying during his former wife’s life The man argued that the prohibition applied only in New York and pursued a legal loop to dissolve the imagined marriage leaving him in a comical legal bind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frederick ¥. White
Judge Greenbaums
White
New York State
Large Princess Aprons and Pinafore Styles Listed for Sale
Catalog entry describes light-color percale Princess aprons with ruffled bottom, white muslin pinafores with black trim, Margaret aprons in gingham blue or brown, bibbed pinafores covering entire dress in white or blue, and leaf-style pinafores priced from 75 to 1.25 dollars.
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Rick Margaret
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