225 Women In City's Employ Are Well Paid
In Seattle 225 women work across city departments from hospital floor sweeping to Firland sanitarium operations. Nearly a twelfth of the 3,000 city employees are women, with the public library and sanitarium showing higher salaries. Edna L. Robinson leads with $135 monthly as Pirlands supervisor. The average city female wage is about $85, with higher pay in certain posts. County pay trails city, with E M Rhodes earning $119 monthly as a county accountant.
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Edna Robinson Beat
Edna L. Robinson
Pirlands
Gertrude Andrus
Josephine Taber
CC. Jackson
Ift
E. M. Rhodes
Women's Rights League
Phelps
Nell A. Brennan
Leila Watkins
Edith Meese
Agnes Dow
Teutons Take Hill Berlin as Falkenhayn Wins South of Kronstadt
An official statement says German Falkenhayn forces captured a height south of Kronstadt from Romanians. It also reports the Russo Romanians remain active in Dobrudja.
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Berlin
Sayville
Falkenhayn
Kronstadt
Dobrudja
Land Birds Found in Numbers at Sea
Berkeley researchers report sea captains bringing in many land birds 20 to 25 miles offshore. Captains Gove and Spicer describe ships carrying thrushes sparrows doves owls pigeons and starlings exhausted on deck. University of California experts say the massing is unusual and not readily explained.
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H. 8. Swartth
University of California Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
Allied forces renew Somme offensive on front
Allied troops resumed the Somme drive after a lull. British units attacked Geudecourt and Les Bouefs, with French forces pushing in Morval in the evening. The offensive met strong artillery prep and repulsed German counterfire, leaving lines stabilized northeast of Morval.
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Sayville
Somme
War Office
Geudecourt
Les Bouefs
Morval
French Troops Capture Verdun Quarry After Brilliant Attack
Paris reports French forces stormed and seized a quarry northeast of Ft. Deuaumont in a striking assault on Verdun's northeast front last night. An artillery duel persisted near the Somme fort as shelling continued with limited firing at other positions.
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Paris
Ft. Deuaumont
Verdun
Somme
Roosevelt to answer Wilson day speech in Brooklyn
United Press reports Roosevelt will respond to Wilson day address in Brooklyn tonight at the Brooklyn Academy of Music then head to Oyster Bay for rest before West speeches in Cleveland Ohio and a Cooper Union meeting in New York Friday night. He plans a final campaign blast in Baltimore next Saturday before awaiting returns.
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United Press
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Col. Roosevelt
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Brooklyn Academy of Music
Hughes Alliance
Oyster Bay
Cleveland
Ohio
Cooper Union
Baltimore
U-Boats Sink Nine Norwegian Vessels
Nine Norwegian ships were sunk by German submarines in 24 hours as Norway resists German pressure over sub access to its waters. Christiania press calls for firmness, while Verdens Gang warns of lasting bad blood between Germany and Norway. Norwegian trade and markets show no hysteria amid the incidents.
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London
Christiania
Norway
Nor
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
Old time medicine ad claims no quinine in this cold cure. Take three doses of Pape's Cold Compound every two hours to clear nostrils relieve headache fever throat and sneezing. Costs 26 cents at any drug store and acts without aid or inconvenience.
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Costa
Acta
Seventy seven for grip influenza cure touted
An advertisement argues that Humphreys Seventy seven cures cold based illnesses by stopping colds at their onset. It claims colds cause many diseases including catarrh influenza bronchitis erysipelas and neuralgia and promotes easy pocket pellets sold nationwide.
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Humphreys
America
Tonic Tablets Humphreys' for the convalescent
An ad copy notes Humphreys Tonic Tablets priced at $1.00, advertised for the convalescent, the weak, and the weary, available at all drug stores of the Humphreys Homeo Medicine Co located at 156 William Street, New York.
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Homeo Medicine Co
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New York
Largest Funds Back Hughes and Democrats in Campaigns
The New York report cites Republican campaign funds at 1 667 757.29 with 22 226 contributors and daily small checks. Democratic totals reach 1 006 283 with 42 882 contributors while expenditures total 1 578 934.36. Washington figures list major donors and amounts including unions and prominent names.
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New York
Republican Campaign Fund
Democratic Committee
Hughes
Don’t Trust Your Dollars in Your Own Hands
Advertising urges readers to save money by opening a bank account. It claims spending is a bad habit and that deposited funds work as a partner, earning interest daily. The prompt encourages opening an account to build wealth for the future.
Fireman Near Death After Auto Crash
Fireman Joshua A. Billings of 1413 Northlake Ave was unconscious at the city hospital Saturday with a fractured skull after a Friday evening crash at Westlake Ave near Ward St. Four others suffered lesser injuries as their car, traveling 35 mph, rammed a heavy oil truck driven by A. G. Perkins of Summit Ave. The car wedged beneath the truck and wrecked. Other occupants included Nicolas Kauthen fire hydrant Inspector 4513 Sixth Ave N E Fireman H A Holmes 4254 Baker Ave Miss Jes isle Billings 4838 11th Ave N E and Miss Myrtle McDonald of Olympia. They were en route to the Billings station returning home from King St.
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Northlake Ave
City Hospital
Westlake Ave
Ward St
Billings
A. G. Perkins
Summit Ave
Nicolas ‘Kauthen
Sixth Ave
N. E
H. A. Holmes
Baker Ave
Jesisle Billings
Lth
Ave
Myrtle McDonald
Olympia
Gold Medal Haarlem Ol Capsules Cure Kidney Ailments
An old advertising claim promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Ol Capsules as a natural remedy for swollen extremities stiff joints and kidney issues. It asserts uric acid poisoning risks and Bright's disease, urging readers to buy pure Haarlem Oil Capsules from The Owl Drug Co, warning against counterfeits.
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Haarlem
Owl Drug Co
Delegates Inspect Grays Harbor Logging Camp
Hoquiam reporters say delegates from the Pacific logging congress toured Polson Logging Co. camp after arriving by special train at 7 a m. They examined the facilities as trains were ready to haul them along the logging roads during the Port and session closing day.
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Hoquiam
Grays Harbor
Pacific Logging Congress
Polson Logging Co
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