Health Board seeks to block Ramneson in Cedar river watershed
City health officials argue Ramneson should be removed or strictly controlled to prevent typhoid risk to Seattle’s water. They cite past outbreaks fed by contaminated springs and emphasize Cedar river water must remain pure, urging proactive sanitation and protection before a crisis develops.
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Cedar River
Seattle
Pennsylvania
Barneson
Beattle
Lake View Cemetery
Health Department
Alki Point
Ludlow
Ramneson
Rarneson
Dr. Crichton
Bitter Lake Tracts Bought For 750 Profit 1000
Real estate broker Thomas P. Fay notes Thomas and Thompson bought Bitter Lake Tracts 13 and 14 for 750 on February 5, 1904 and quickly earned a net profit of 1000 in under months. The ad promotes land at 40 dollars per acre with 50 dollars down and one dollar per acre monthly, with free abstracts and legal opinion.
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Thomas and Thompson
Thomas P. Fay
Green Lake
Thomas
Northside
Bitter Lake
A. E. Hanford
Ray
Richmond Beach
John T. Holloway
Mr. Holloway
Hardware Cobbler Set and Tools Sale Listing
Complete hardware cobbler set with half price sales and small parts listed. Includes spring family scale, boys handied axe, hammer handles, steel teaspoons, and other hardware items priced around $1.00 to $1.50. Limited quantities available.
Typhoid risk from polluted streams via sewage water supply
The excerpt notes that streams carrying sewage from other towns into populous valleys can spread typhoid epidemics. It argues that only through greater distance, scientific distribution methods, and improved water supply practices can communities escape widespread infection.
Local men pay fines in slot machine cases
Jake Marcus R O Worthington Louis Magnon and J W Lowrey were fined ten dollars each by Justice George for operating slot machines and agreed to drop appeals to the superior court. They will pay the fines and costs of the justice court and appeal. The cases were to be heard today by Superior Judge Tallman.
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Jake Marcus
R. O. Worthington
Louis Magnon
J. W. Lowrey
Justice George
Auperior Court
Costa
Justice Court
Tallman
Knights Set Sail for San Francisco Conclave
The Spokane steamer, decorated with banners, carries 200 Heathe Commandery Knights Templars and families to the San Francisco grand tri annual conclave. Local officers leading the excursion include John Miller eminent commander and Joseph K Clark captain general. Delegations from Rhode Island Massachusetts Connecticut and others are welcomed with tours and luncheons.
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Spokane
Knights Templars
San Francisco
Order of Masons
Commandary
John * Miller
Joseph K Clark
Christman
William McCord
H. K B. Turner
A. I. Graham
H. B. Tyler
W. M. Krows
Charles K. Knapp
John Rex Thompson
Nichols
Sentinel
Ie B. Parson
Beattie
Chicago
Franklin Commandary
Pennsylvania
Hamilton
Colorado
Moran Shipyards
Nebraska
Rhode Island
Massachustts
Connecticut
Heston
Edwards Recaptured After Escape From Ravensdale Jail
W M Edwards, a colored man who escaped from a Ravensdale jail on August 27, was recaptured today by Deputy Sheriff Matt Starwich and is now in the county jail charged with larceny from the person. He escaped by breaking through a window while handcuffed inside a room over a saloon.
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W. M. Edwards
Ravensdale
Matt Starwich
Starwich
Cle- Klum
Missing well known Sedro-Woolley business man disappears
A prominent Sedro-Woolley businessman has vanished prompting police to search for him. Local authorities appeal for information as friends and colleagues express concern. Investigators request anyone with tips contact the Sedro-Woolley Police Department.
Disappearance of Local Businessman Arouses Concern
Maxi Croceka of Caucaka and Boynton in Sedro Woolley has mysteriously vanished. Friends fear he may have taken his own life after years as a prominent local businessman.
Three Unions Withdraw from Western Central Labor Union
Three more unions notified the Western Central Labor union they had withdrawn. The Marine Cooks and Waiters union Puget Sound Steamshipmens union and the Longshoremen's union left after objecting to a new rule requiring all affiliated unions to submit to an assessment to fund strikes when the central body demanded it. The Sailors union had withdrawn about a week earlier and other motives were hinted at behind the move.
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Western Central Labor Union
Marine Cooks and Waiter Union
Puget Sound Steamshipmen's Union
Longshoremen’s Union
Sailors Union
Praised Firemen Halt Fremont Brush Fire
Residents of Fremont near Fiftieth and Woodlawn avenues praised the fire department for dousing a dangerous brush fire that started about 11 o clock. Two blocks burned with several houses at risk as firefighters labored over three hours through thick woods, dragging heavy hose lines and battling until every spark was out.
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Fremont
Fiftieth
Woodlawn Avenues
Sargent Acquitted After Insanity Plea In California Case
Earl Sargent, former University of Washington student, was acquitted in San Francisco after being treated for stealing material from Prof. John Galen Howard at the University of California. Rev. A B Bernangs of Tacoma reported a valuable cane stolen from him in Tacoma, with no crew involved, believed recoverable by its peculiar nature.
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San Francisco
Earl Sargent
University of Washington
John Galen Howard
University of California
A. B. Bernangs
Tacoma
Seattle
Now Where's Diogenes
Harold Graham a Star newsboy living at 1019 Haat Columbia Street received a $6 gold piece by mistake for a penny while selling a paper. Ten years old, he did not notice the error until an hour later and with a friend searched for the man who made the mistake. After over two hours they found him and were rewarded for honesty.
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Harold Graham
Star
Haat
Columbia Street
Harold
Shaw Fires Oregon Campaign Kickoff at Marquam Grand
Secretary Lealie M. Shaw addressed a crowded theater in Portland at the Marquam Grand last night, launching the Oregon campaign from the first gun of the race.
Night Marshal Klein Faces Grand Larceny Charge
Georgetown night marshal Louis Klein is free on bonds as he awaits a grand larceny hearing after I B Rice accuses him of drugging and robbing him of 160. Rice cannot leave his room yet, but may appear in court tomorrow to aid prosecution.
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Louis Klein
Georgetown
Klein
Justice George
I. B. Rice
Rice
Justice Court
Georgetown Council
Portland
Ore
Fle
Seattle
State Penitentiary
Whatcom County
Klemn
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Board OF Health
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Kaieey
New York Block
Rochester
T& Ae
Spelger & Hurlbut
Edwards
Sedro-Woolley
City Menite
George F. Meacham
Sargent
H. Lewis & Co
First Ave
Cor. Cherry
Diogenes
Marshal Klein
Jesse M. Johnson
Hunt
Delaney
Elze of Loisatore
Sie
Bagdad
Standard Furniture Co
L. Schoenfeld & Sons
First Avenue
Mike
Treen Shoe CO
Puget Sound
Kid Johnson
York Gleason
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