Registration progress for city elections reported
Total registrations to date reach 45 508 with five days left. Chief Clerk Courtright expects about 47 000 by closing time. Registration offices in the Prefontaine building open five nights more until 10. Books close Monday at 5. Anyone registered since January 1 1910 qualifies for primaries unless residence changes are recorded. Since spring there have been 1 470 move ins and 2 292 new registrations. Daily enrollments avg around 150, with 157 163 and 211 in the first three days of September.
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Courtright
Registration Bureau
Prefontaine
Way
Rotary club luncheon debates garbage collection funding
At the Arctic club a Rotary meeting discussed financing garbage collection. Otway Pardee urged funding from the general municipal fund while Earl J. McLaughlin and F R Singleton endorsed homeowner or downtown party payment. A speakers bureau to address high school assemblies was announced by W W Bilger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Arctic Club
Otway Pardee
Municipal
Earl J. McLaughlin
F. R. Singleton
Ww. Kl. Bilger
Offer $30,000 For Noted Chelan Tree Refused
A 20 year old Chelan tree bearing a unique golden yellow fruit near Lake Chelan drew a $30,000 bid from an Eastern syndicate seeking to propagate the specimen. The Eastern Wash nursery firm declined the offer, keeping the tree in local hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Chelan
Eastern Wash Nursery Company
Chelan
Eastern Syndicate
Slater Resigns to Lead Credit Dept at Scandicting Bank
William B. Slater, after 22 years heading the Seattle office of R.G. Dan & Co, resigns to become manager of the credit department at the Scandigeting American Bank in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willliam B. Slater
Seattle
R.G. Dan & Co
American Bank
State's school age children total 268972 in 1900 census
Olympia report shows 268972 school age children in the state according to State Superintendent Henry B. Dewey. The 1900 state population stood at 618193. In Lowell Massachusetts mills, after a 10 day shutdown, Tremont and Suffolk mills resumed operations today.
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Olympia
Henry B. Dewey
Lowell
Mass
Tremont and
Suffolk
Massaschusetts
Murphy on Leave Granted 30 Days
President Murphy of the city was granted a leave of absence for 30 days as reported in local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy
Dentist Edwin J Brown Promises Painless Work in Seattle
A historical dental ad touts Edwin J Brown offering painless dentistry with a 12 assistant staff, a half price special and a money back guarantee. It claims long experience, a graduate dentist, and references to Seattle offices at 712 Avenue and Union Block with emphasis on honesty and patient satisfaction.
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Seattle
Frome
Come & Bank
United States
York City
Edwin J, Brown
Sis Avenues
Union Block
Theolumbia
Cherry Streets
Sensational gold strike near Hope sparks stampede
News from Hope British Columbia reports a copper and gold discovery in the nearby mountains causing a rapid stampede as residents and prospectors stake claims. Early reports say initial claims are rich in copper and gold, drawing many to the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
B.C
Victoria
B. C
Wrong Horse Swindle Ends as Quarantine Officer Is Released
City quarantine officer James W. La Moore was briefly arrested as a horse thief after seizing a buggy to take a patient to the pest house. He released himself after a patrolman and Sergt. Keefe verified his status as a city employee. The seized horse had been left at the Prefontaine building during the chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. la Moore
la Moore
Union Stables
J. M. Patterson
Fifth Av. S
Prefontaine Building
Patterson
Sergt. Keefe
Union
Prefontaine
Woman who could not stay straight loses her baby
A May incident at Wayside hospital ends with Hattie Thomson giving up a boy born there with no legal father. A former ward girl, 22, once labeled a dissipation face, took the infant to a saloon room with Jean Bagger, fed the baby whiskey and weak milk, and both were found drunk. The man paid a $50 fine. the woman received 30 days suspended. The baby remains at the hospital awaiting a home.
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Wayside Hospital
Aa Hattie Thomson
Seattle
Jean Bagger
Theatre Trust Head to Visit Seattle and Northwest
Marc Klaw of Klaw & Erlanger will lead a Northwest tour beginning Saturday. The itinerary includes Seattle Portland Victoria Vancouver and other cities as part of the trust managers tour. In Alton Illinois Captain Frank King survived an appendicitis operation but faced near death from persistent hiccups aboard the G W Hill.
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New York
Marc Klaw
Klaw & Erlanger
Chas Frohman
Seattle
Portland
Victoria
Vancouver
Klaw
Alton
Frank King
G. W. Hill
Queen Wilhelmina Celebrates 30th Birthday in The Hague
The Hague marked Queen Wilhelmina’s thirtieth birthday with widespread celebration. Congratulatory messages poured in from around the world as delegations gathered near the royal palace to cheer the queen and the infant princess Juliana.
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the Hague
Holland
Wilhelming
Royal
Juliana
Treasury official narrows estimate of subsidiary coins
Acting secretary A Piatt Andrews says the United States holds 155,168,000 dollars in subsidiary coins, down 9,700,000 from prior totals. The revised figure comes from treasury department calculations issued in Washington.
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Washington
A. Piatt Andrews
Treasury Department
United States
Lake Forest Park Steamer Trip Advertised by Ole Hanson
Brought his wife and children to Lake Forest Park next Sunday and urged taking the steamer City of Bothell from Madison Wharf. Advises bringing fishing line and tackle. Ole Hanson & Co. occupy the third floor of the New York Block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Forest Park
City of
Bothell
Madison Wharf
Ole Hanson & Co
New York Block
Bradford Campaign Seeks Prosecution Office Shakeup
James E. Bradford, candidate for Prosecuting Attorney, rallies supporters to boost his nomination. The plan aims to disrupt the first deputies in the office and secure a favorable deal for a single term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Aquare
Foley's Honey and Tar Credited by Michigan Mother
Mrs. F. Marti of St. Joe Michigan says Foley's Honey and Tar saved her young son's life. She reports a severe bronchial trouble resisted doctor's medicine until the remedy stopped coughing and choking, leading to a quick recovery. She adds the product has saved them trouble and is kept in the house. Barton Drug Stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Marti
St. Joe
Mich
Foley
Bartell Drug Stores
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Laos
East
J. W. Bullock
10Th Ave
B. M. Farmer
Ind
Carter
Bennows
Michigan
Charles Townsend
Burrows
Theatre Trust
Wilhelmina
A. Bridge & CO
Douglas
A. Bridge
Yesler
Keystone
Dresden
Co -Flint
Iret Fleer
Viret Fleer
Japan
Berlin
MacPousall
Infseithwick Co
Second Avenue
Pike Street
Great Western Clothing CO
First Avenue
Raymond & Hoyt
BET
Union and Pike
Howard & Howard
Baseballitte
Fred Singer
Tom Smith
Peaches
Marie Fenton
Ben Beyer
Bro
Cavana
Alee
Fatal Anklyn Ardell & Co
Mayan, Borden & Mayda
John Cort
Mer
Walker Whiteside
Seattle Theatre
Famous Baker Stock Company
Richard Mansfield
Old Heidelberg
Grand Opera House
Chas. A. Gofittler
Cinderella
Alhambra
Russell & Drew
Lois Theatre
Alex Pantages
Lawrence Players
John Ganton
Pantages Theatre
Vaudevitte
John L. Sullivan
Florence
Jack Golden
Elmore and
Raymond
Franz Adelman
Hotel
Savoy Cafe
Majestic Theatre
The
Star
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