Graft Across Seattle Departments Ties City to Electric Co
The article argues city graft begins in one department and spreads to others. It accuses Mayor H. C. Gill’s administration of corruption linked to the Seattle Electric Co. and a grafted city light plant manager. It stresses the motive of profits from crime and electricity, urging scrutiny of leadership and appointments.
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Seattle Electric Co
Commission of Crimes
Wappenstein
City Light Plant
Gill
Seattle
Seattle Electric
H. C. Gill
Seattle Harbor Bond Aims to Boost Water Transport
Future Seattle centers depend on water facilities. Elliott Bay Salmon Bay Lake Union Lake Washington and the Duwamish river give Seattle unmatched natural advantages for water transport. A $1 750 000 harbor improvement bond votes in November to fund development and harness these facilities for commercial and industrial supremacy on the Pacific coast.
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Eliott Bay
Salmon Bay
Lake Union
Lake Washington
Duwamish River
Seattle
Pacific Coast
Observations on recall signs and political quips
A mosaic of pithy remarks on politics crime and the press. The prose riffs on recall campaigns Sunday booze policy municipal lighting and a jab at Stimson and the sugar trust. Names like Walter Wellman Gustav Le Bon Teddy and Stimson appear in a satirical collage.
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Teddy
Stimson
Sugar Trust
Uncle Sam
San Francisco
Everett True Fixes Spigot as Expecting Christmas Moiety
A humorous note links an Everett True figure fixing a leaky bathroom spigot with the expectation of a Christmas moiety. The caption blends domestic task with a light financial wish, reflecting local humor.
Wages of sin and a telegram folly noted in lore
A collection of curious anecdotes and statistics from history notes Bill Biggins on wages of sin. It recalls Senator Gorman's son sending a Yes telegram and the elder’s delayed grasp of its meaning. Also mentions New York skyscrapers’ wind sway, Argentina land mortgages, France wine imports, a Russian oil claim, and Brand Whitlock’s journalism background.
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Senator Gorman
Maryland
Young Gorman
New York
Tacoma
Giscard
Fishburn
Ellensburg
Keoep
Ledeer
Dr. Stryker
Byere
Ketchum the Truant Officer Seen as Boys Best Friend
Eleanor Addams profiles Seattle public schools truancy officer Ketchum, praising his nonpunitive, probation based approach. He cites parental neglect as a primary cause, details court routes from probation to state facilities, and notes smoking as a major trigger. He emphasizes honesty, square dealing, and involvement of teachers and parents, with separate girl truancy efforts.
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Seattle
Ketchum
Mercer Teland
Ravenna Park
Plays Popular With Popular People
The list highlights stage works and actors with a nod to Taft and Uncle Joe. Names include The Tempest and Much Ado About Nothing alongside The Devil and The Last Stand of Deadwood Dick. A faded line notes a widow and a vanished dose, suggesting a jumbled regional column.
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T. R
Taft
Uncle Joe
John D
Mallinger
Deadwood Dick
Stroller's Auction Ends With Witty Shopkeeper Retort
A quirky scene unfolds as a shopkeeper rejects a buyer's fake bargain tale about retired patent medicine stock. He quips that no cough remedy would be on hand to cure every cough, sparking laughter and ending the exchange with his confident claim of his medicine’s effects.
Washington Dental Conspiracy Revealed in 1903 Board Exam
A historical account details alleged manipulation of dental exams by the State Dental Board in Spokane in 1903. The narrative cites unfair approval processes, limited examiners, and selective patient cases, with named figures including Dr Stryker and Dr Up ton.
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Thl
Dr. Stryker
Sam Stearns
O Enyer
Reader
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