Panama canal lock filling debate prompts official inquiry
Eminent engineers clash over whether Gatun lock filling matched schedule or lagged. General Chittenden questions a Canal Record claim that the chamber filled longer due to tug displacement and asks if vessel size affects water use during lock level changes.
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Poracy
Panama Canal
Gatun
Atlantic
Gatun Lake
Chittenden
New York
Canal Record
Canal Sone
Isthmian Canal Commission
Question on Lock Chamber Boat Heights and Filling Time
The piece ponders whether raising a hull to the required height in the lock chamber speeds filling. It asks if a large boat fills the Lake Washington locks quicker than a small one and ends with a whimsical line about a tub of water and a flash.
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General Chittenden
Lake Washington
Seattle
Amato
Laurie Ordway
Eur
Marion Munson
Writer Loyd Shoots Himself in Chicago
Alexander T. Loyd, author of animal books, fatally shot himself in Chicago. In another brief item, telephone operators in Egypt are now required to speak English French Italian Greek and Arabic.
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Chicago
Alexander T. Loyd
Egypt
Foley Kidney Pills Offer Relief From Rheumatism
Weak kidneys allow uric acid crystals to circulate and lodge in joints causing rheumatism lumbago and stiff aching joints. Foley Kidney Pills ease pain and torment restore kidney action and strain out uric acid crystals. Sold by Bartell's Drug Stores.
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Bartell’s Drug
Home Consumers League to Visit Milk Plant Kent
Notices say the Home Consumers League will tour the Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Co plant at Kent on Friday. Members will receive transportation and allied clubs have invited the league. The aim is to boost home manufacture and loyalty to Washington goods when price and quality match Eastern, with membership pledging to buy local products.
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Home Consumers’ League
Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Co
Kent
League
Clauba
Pacific Coast Company
Washington
Membership Request to Home Consumers League for Made-in-Washington
The applicant seeks membership in the Home Consumers League with no dues and pledges to buy Made-in-Washington goods when price and quality match Eastern-made goods. They request to be added to the membership roll and may deliver by hand or mail to headquarters at 3090 Arcade building.
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Home Consumers’ League
League
Washington
Reeves gains council candidacy after civil service ruling
Albert F. Reeves a Bremerton naval yard mechanical draftsman won permission from the United States Civil Service Commission to run for Bremerton city council. The allowance ends a prior candidate shortage with only four contenders for five seats. The note comes as the city prepares for upcoming municipal elections.
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Bremerton
United States Civil Service Commission
Washington
Albert FE. Reeves
Bremerton Navy Yard
Iive
Reeves
New Tariff Law Seen With Limited Immediate Cut
Washington dispatch notes economists say the new tariff law will not greatly lower living costs this winter. Prices may dip within a year, with food cheaper soon and clothing costs easing by spring. retailers hold stocks to avoid losses, delaying price cuts until purchases at lower costs.
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Bond P. Geddes
The
United Press
Washington
Philadelphia bride dances with 212 partners
Mrs Mark Muroski of Philadelphia danced with 212 partners at her wedding dance and, following an old Polish custom, received two dollars from each partner.
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Mre
Mark Muroski
Philadelphia
Magazine raps Humphrey on conservation timing
American Forestry magazine accuses Congressman Will E Humphrey of silence during government land scandals tied to the Northern Pacific railroad and the Weyerhausers. It notes he only attacked the forestry service eight years after the repeal of the new land law in 1906 and questions his memory of earlier abuses.
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Northern Pacific Railroad
Weyerhausers
Will E. Humphrey
American Forestry Association
Humphrey
Forestry Service
American Forestry
Congress
Berlin Fire Brigade Follows Salute Before Responding
Before engaging in a blaze in Berlin the fire brigade must assemble in military fashion and salute their captain, establishing discipline and order prior to deployment.
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Berlin
MacDougall Southwick celebrates thirty eight years in Seattle retail
The history traces Toklas and Singerman evolving into MacDougall-Southwick from 1875 through 1910. It highlights the chain's growth across six major Seattle locations, the 1889 fire, and the 1910 sale to the Claflin Syndicate. The upcoming anniversary sale spans thirty three departments with over a thousand specially bought items.
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MacDougall- Southwick Coun
Seattle
Toklas & Bingerman
Toklas & Sinnerman
MacDougall-Southwick
MacDougall - Southwick Company
First Avenue
Columbia
Toklas & Singerman
MacDougall, Southwick Company
Second Avenue
Pike Street
Cen
Mr. Southwick
Claflin
New York
Great Lakes
Gulf
James McCreery & Co
Lord & Taylor
MacDownhall - Southwick Company
Allied
San Francisco
Second and Pike
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Home Consumer League
Faversham
Sapho
Hatley & Mitchell
Leach
Dwight Meade
Fannie la Grande
Jean
Orpheum
Vanea Dolly
Harry Fox
Wriiten
Virginia Rankin
Edna
Reeves Gan
Rosery
Eliiott
Cery
Rist
Sass
Northern Bank
Kes Ley Jo
MacDougall-Southwick Co
First Nv. 8
Mathats
McDougall-Southwick Company
First Av
Squires Opera House
J. B. MacDougall
Toklas &Ngerman
Toklas
Singerman
First No. 3
Washington At
First and
Columbia Sts
Sanfrancisco
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