Municipal lighting plant work advances toward construction
City Engineer Thor son reports extensive preliminary work for a municipal electric lighting and power plant. Crews clear the Cedar River valley, survey bedrock depths, and assess dam height across three sites two miles below the river head. Plans call for delaying the $500,000 dam and raising about $40,000 from the general fund for winter work.
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Cedar Fiver
Thompson
Light
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General Fund
Amicable settlement ends Tacoma warehouse strike
The Tacoma warehousemen strike ends with a verbal agreement. Workers accept no written contract and will be paid one cent per hour, with overtime rules to be defined later. Sundays and holidays receive eight hours pay for ten, and union workers get preference when possible in hirings.
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Tacoma
Met
Actress Mar- Dale Leads Indy in New Play
Beautiful Mar- Dale, a noted actress, headlines the Indiana stage scene in a new production titled The Mummy and Humming Bird. Her prominence and recent hit in the play mark a high point for the current theater season.
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Newspaper Enterprise Association
Mar- Dale
Indy
John
Humming Bird
Emancipation Proclamation Anniversary Observed by City
The colored residents plan a commemorative event at Leach Park Shores on Lake Washington to mark the emancipation proclamation date. A formal program begins at 2 o'clock with entertainment and a well prepared program, featuring the magners orchestra.
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Lake Washington
Auditium
Leachi Park
Aagners Orchestra
Queen Anne Hill hearing on streetcar route postponed
The committee on corporations changed the hearing date for the proposed Queen Anne car line change from Wednesday to Friday evening. The Seattle Electric Co. seeks route changes after residents petitioned, while other residents oppose. the committee promises a careful hearing.
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Seattle Electric Co
Queen Anne Hi
Commit
New High School Planned in Weeat Seattle Opening Sept
A high school is planned to start in Weeat Seattle and will be ready by September 2. The West Seattle building will house the grammar and primary grades with a new department to open there. Teachers have not yet been secured and the town aims to complete the junior high level.
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City Council Reconsiders Railroad Terminal Franchises
The council committees on corporations and streets reviewed proposed railroad terminal ordinances, with executive session at 8:39 and adjournment after 11:20. Multiple changes were made and the date set for Friday night September 24 for the matinee meeting.
Mrs Jennie M Lynch Dies at 11 East Fir Street
Jennie M Lynch aged 31 years wife of Jas J Lynch master mechanic of the Seattle fire department died at the family home 11 East Fir street yesterday. She recently returned from Arizona where she had been for eight months. She was a sister of Walter Eyres a well known local transfer man. The funeral will be held tomorrow under the auspices of the Daughters of Rebekah. Complete arrangements have not yet been made.
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Jas. J. Lynch
Seattle
East Fir Street
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Judge Denies New Trial Motions for Doctors Trio
Judge Griffin denied the motions of Dru, Stewart and Lawson and Herman Quandt for new trials. If appeal is not granted, the doctors face formal sentence hearings in court.
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Griffin
Dru
Stewart and Lawson
Herman Quandt
First Fall Shipments of Turkeys and Produce Arrive Soon
Announce upcoming shipments of live and dressed turkeys for next week as cranberry sales lead the market. Cape Cod berries arrive early with Wisconsin later arrivals. celery and pumpkins eyed for Thanksgiving. Fresh strawberries plentiful, melons fading after hot weather. poultry stocks cleared in commission houses amid varied market prices.
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Cape Cod
Wisconsin
Sound
King County to Consider Sale of Lot in Addition
The King County Board of County Commissioners will meet in the King County Court House on October 2, 1902 to determine whether Lot 1, Block 7 in the King County Addition should be sold. Interested parties may appear to present their views. notice dated September 18, 1992 by Clerk Geo. B. Lamping.
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State OF Washington
Donald Angus McCaskill
Seattle
Washington
Humphrips & Robtwick
Plaintif
Addrens
the Mutual Life Istanding
King County
King County Addition
Board of County Commissioners
Wash
King County Court House
Board OF County Commissioners OF
Geo. B. Lamping
Meat and Dairy Prices Across Markets
Pricing data lists grain and livestock costs along with butter cheeses and poultry notes. Detailed quotations include grain barley 1.00, wheat 21.00, New York butter 12.00 per hundred, and live poultry prices. commission men report bicycle repair fees as well.
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Washington
York
New York
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