Campaign to curb arson seizes national attention in 1910s
The National Board of Fire Underwriters leads a nationwide push to standardize arson laws and penalties. Secret servicemen investigate fires, 832 incidents logged last year with 364 arrests and 159 convictions. Sentences reach decades in several cities, with four states imposing death or lengthy terms.
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New York
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Committee
John B. Morton
Frank R. Morgaridge
Detroit
House of Correction
Long Island
Sing Sing
San Francisco
Everett
Wash
Alabama
Delaware
North
South Carolina
Vermont
Mississippi
National Board
All Mason Picnic Hosts Guests Across Counties
Angora grotto in Seattle hosted Masons from King and Pierce counties for a Des Moines picnic on Monday. Special boats from Seattle and Tacoma supplemented the usual bus service.
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Des Moines
Angora Grotto
Seattle
King and Pierce Counties
Tacoma
Seattle Ad Club to Hear Maj. William T. Morgan
Maj. William T. Morgan a lecturer educator and soldier will be principal speaker at the Seattle Ad club meeting at the Washington Hotel Annex on Tuesday. The talk will inaugurate the club fall sessions and a membership drive will be started soon.
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William T. Morgan
Seattle
Ad Club
Washington Hotel
Maj. Morgan
Salad kills woman dog in mysterious poisoning case
Coroner planned post mortem for Elizabeth Wood age 60, housekeeper for J C Montgomery, after she died Sunday morning. She prepared a salad of cabbage and onions Saturday and fed some to Montgomery's dog. both died within 16 hours. Vegetables left to stand in warm weather suspected to cause botulism as signs of poisoning appeared.
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W. Hi. Carson
Elizabeth Wood
J. C. Montgomery
25Th Ave
Mra. Wood
Montgomery
Carson
Births and marriages listed in vital statistics of Seattle area
Household birth registrations list names and addresses of parents and newborns including Henry Van Dyke Johns a boy and Mal O Krink a girl. Marriage licenses issued for multiple individuals including Albert Geplund Mildred Lichti Agnes Gunderson and Cecil Jennings with residences in Seattle Port Beattie and Vashon among others.
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Naga
Ninth Ave
Iri
Koardence
Geplund
Albert
Poulabo
GROEN
Lichti
Mildred
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Legal Belden
Pearl H
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Smith
Mary Jane
Cramer
Ernest A
Spokane
Clark
Phyllis L
McClean
Patrick H
Gallagher
Annie
Bos Anderson
Guntay A
Leal Leary
Saima M
Beattie
George
Bremer Rs
Lee
Mae
Teteeee Legal
Hart
Charles F
Legal i Miller
Elizabeth
Martine
Chas, A
Silvana
Legal Brattain
Cordia A
Anthony
Alexander
Legal Ogre
Florence
Three Voices On Labor And Freedom From Webster Quote
A fragment quotes Sophocles and Bovee praising labor and faith in work. It links labor to wages capital education worship and civic rights, ending with Daniel Webster pledging support for American labor.
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Sophocles
Daniel Webster
Wool-Nap Blankets and Crib Blanket Sale Offers
Heavy cotton Wool-Nap blankets for double beds 66 by 80 inches in black blue white pink white tan white gray white corn and lavender white priced as a pair at 3.95 A gray medium weight plain cotton blanket 66 by 80 inches offered at 2.50 per pair Plain white crib blankets 24 by 50 in good weight and finish on special at 1.19 each Single crib blankets with pink and blue borders offered at 0.50 each
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Soiesette
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George R. Rice
Federal Bureau of Mines
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Pacific Comat Coal Co
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Joyner Drug Co
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