Leading Citizens Honor Jane Addams At Seattle Convention
In Seattle a notice announces invites to the International Typotheae of America convention with remarks by city leaders. Hull House head Jane Addams is praised as Chicago’s leading citizen for aiding the poor. A public meeting in the Metropolitan theatre will feature speeches by prominent figures. A missing segment reports a dramatic underwater endurance attempt in Hollidaysburg with a swimmer presumed dead.
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Jane Addams
Chicago
Miss Addams
Hull House
Miss Addams Wis
Cedarville
Illinois
Last Legion
Seattle Knights of Columbus
Metropolitan Theatre
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Drizzle and Cold Snap Hit Walla Walla
Light rain has fallen for two days as temperatures fall to 51 degrees in Walla Walla. The mild September has seen the lowest reading since the weather bureau opened 38 years ago.
Auditor projects lower expenses for next year in county office
County Auditor submits an estimate showing a $1,000 drop from last year’s $64,240 while expenses have fallen for four consecutive years despite rising workload. The public is invited to a Seattle Commercial Club talk Friday night after a reception for Walter L. Fisher, secretary of the interior, who will discuss Alaska. The Civic Forum opened its September meeting at Christiansen’s hall with Erickson Pardee and Atkinson debating Councilman Griffiths’s single tax proposal.
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Case
Seattle Commercial Club
Walter L. Fisher
Secretary of the Interior
Fisher
Alaska
Civic Forum
Christensen’s Hall
Erickson
Otway Pardee
Will Atkinson
Griffiths
1804 Dollar Rarest in World Coined in 1842
Chicago report outlines how the famed 1804 silver dollar was actually minted in 1842. President J M Henderson of the American Numismatic Association cites that the coin’s creation followed a scheme to defraud the Treasury via Matthew Sickner’s estate, with only a handful produced and later auctions fetching high sums.
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Chicago
J. M. Henderson
American Numismatic Association
Henderson
Matthew A. Sickner
United States Treasury
Treasury
Treasury Department
Sickner
Grant’s Paducah Prank Delays and Fortifies
Fifty years ago Grant teased two generals with a telegram threatening Paducah unless blocked by orders. He left the telegraph office to bolster Paducah before returning to an impatient operator. One target was Leonidas Polk who planned to seize Paducah himself on September 7, making Grant insist on arriving by September 6.
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Grant
Paducah
Fremont
Premont
Leonidas Polk
Woman struck by bullet swallows round in Livingston
Mrs Pow was hit in the mouth while drinking coffee in Livingston Montana. The bullet traveled down her throat and she later vomited it up. Dominick Long, 10, is held on fireing the shot charges.
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Livingston, Mont
Dominick Long
Indian Chiefs Pay Homage to Girl Who Played Princess
In Astoria 15 year old Emma Wooten portrayed Wallulah a Yakima princess during the first performance of The Bridge of the Gods at the centennial. Some 40 Yakima chiefs and bucks cast aside ceremony to dance for the girl in a vivid open air pageant honoring early Oregon history. The production, written by Mabel A Ferria and based on F H Batch’s book, featured dramatic scenes and a lifelike effect of lyddite explosions.
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Astoria
Emma Wooten
Wallulah
Yakima
Seattle City Council rejects efficiency expert proposals
The Seattle city council voted down two measures to hire efficiency experts. One would have hired A. J. Quigley for one month to assess needs, and another would have funded an expert at 7500 dollars.
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Seattle
A. J. Quigley
Aveolar Dentistry Ad Listing Portland Area
Advertises Aveolar Dental Co in Portland with addresses at Abington Pidg Mt Seattle Haight Ridg Ind and Pine. Promotes reliable dental care and mentions the firm as dentists serving local residents.
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Meek Trunk &Bag Co., Inc
Seattle
Firet Av
Madison
Alveolar Dental © CO
Portland
Abington
Mt. Seattle
Haight Ridg
Ind
Pine
Merry Minstrels Interlocutor Exchange About John
The exchange depicts the Interlocutor and Hones discussing John’s disappearance and new work. Bones notes John has a fine job at a carnival, where he uses his head to poke through a canvas and dodge balls.
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Bones
Johnson
Hones
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International Typotheae of America
Dilling
J. D. Lowman
Chamber of Commerce
J. W. Maarwell
Commercial Club
J. B. Pinkham
Rotary Club
H. C. Piggott
Seattle Typotheae
T. J. Blanchard
The
Reclamation Service
Hollidaysburg
Frank Aco
Altoona
Moore
Orpheum
Emprese
Pantages
Coliseum
Oregon
Mise Wooten
F. H. Batch
Mine Mabel A. Ferria
Los Angeles
Cal
Mise & Mma Wooten
Stevens
Halle
A. A. Sherman
Western Avenue
Marion
Aveolar Dentistry
Absit
Invidia
United States
Doctor of Dentistry
Dentistry
Gentlc
Thie City
Atate
Merry Minstrels
Kohler & Chase
Second Avenue
Weber, Knabe, Kohler & Chase
Vose
Fischer
Stock Pianos
Milwaukee
Rooma
Seventh and
King Streets
Main
Frederick E Nelson
Frederick & Nelson, Inc
Ladies’ Home Journal Patterns
Frederick & Nelson Incorporated
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