Trying Now to Teach Children to Battle With Dread Plague
A Seattle Anti Tuberculosis League effort spreads awareness through schools and clinics. Stories of infection and sacrifice highlight the need for prevention, early detection, and patient care. Free daily examinations run noon to 1. Many patients served monthly at River ton sanatorium and county hospital while volunteers urge community support.
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Seattle
McKibben
Agil Tuberculosis League
League
Anti. Tuberculosia League
University St
Fourth Av
Beasie Davis
Littl
Alice
Mrs. Davia
Riverton
Mra. Davis
Lttle Byttle
Tate
Taft’s Pork Barrel Call Sparks Party Clash
A sharp critique of President Taft’s appeal to insurgent Republicans likens his pork barrel gesture to a failed peace offering. The writer urges a bold platform over patronage, calling for anti trust actions, direct elections, and a purge of factional leaders to restore real harmony and people’s government.
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President Taft
Taft
Niagara
Mr. Taft
California
Maine
Wisconsin
Georgia
United States
Modern romance and a doomed love in 1910 gossip
The piece critiques Robert Chanler’s public display of devotion to Lina, likening his sacrifice to antique tales while noting the era's scorn for dramatic romantic gestures. It compares investments in love to art and questions the sanity of such reckless devotion amid mortgages and alimony.
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Mr. Chanler
Robert
Abelard
Heloise
Bob Chanler
Antony
Hte
Lina
Mr. Morgan
London Tower
City notes and political jottings in a midweek column
A collection of brief opinions on local governance and politics missing a cohesive event. Mentions include city council actions, the county auditor, and city bonds with remarks about leadership by Mayor Max Wardall and preferences of business interests. Spokane pennant chase is referenced in a casual sports aside.
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Fair Association
Sawyer
Spokane
Dugdale
Snohomish
Bothwell
Max Wardall
Mercer Investment Company
Occidental Realty Company
Strollers Column and Pie Lesson in Wenatchee
A tall Wenatchee rancher orders pie and coffee, insisting on a knife for pie. The waitress explains pie is eaten with a fork, prompting the man to claim he ate pie before the waitress was born. Carrill M. Coe, president of the Queen Anne Paper Box company, is mentioned.
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Wenatchee
Weatcher
T 9
Carrill M. Coe
The
Queen Anne Paper Box Company
Mass Meeting to Reform the Residue in City
A citywide mass meeting is planned tonight at 7 30 in the cob laboratory to discuss methods for disposing of remaining evils. The program lists speakers including J J Jenks Peter Mucklewie Bam Toothwhistle Umpire O Tool e Timothy Commuter and F B Mucker urging turnout for a better city.
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Cob Liveum
J. J. Jenks
Peter Mucklewie
O'Toole
Timothy Commuter
F. B. Mucker
Transcontinental Airline announces new passenger tariffs
The Transcontinental Airline Co. sets rail style fares with 2 dollars to New York and 6.76 dollars to Rhondon or Paria effective the first of the month. It guarantees airships can reach New York and return in 16 hours and travel to London in a day and a half with no upper berths.
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Transcontinental Airline Co
New York
Rhondon
Paria
London
Beetatenk and Beet Items Listed in Local Market Prices
Market notes show prices for vegetables and staples including beetatenk at 6c per pound, potatoes at 1c per bushel, and flour at 1e per 60 pounds, with Bedoz butter also listed.
Fisherman’s Tall Tale Ends In Humble Confession
A fisherman living at Hunt's Point across Lake Washington boasts of a large catch to a neighbor. His wife chides him for exaggeration while he admits the last fish was tiny and jokes about inflating the tale before a passerby overhears and says it’s on him to buy.
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Hunt's Point
Lake Washington
Coe
Flow Many Times Leer You Sworn Off
A historic exhortation describes liquor drinking as a disease that erodes will power. It warns that the alcoholic poisoning in the stomach undermines the resolve to quit, noting the struggle against addiction.
You Can Master That Liquor Craving in Three Days
Claiming the Neal treatment can remove alcoholic poisoning in three days with no after effects. It promises a risk free guarantee and invites inquiries by mail for full information and references.
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Neal
Ballinger resigns as interior secretary and city finances boast surplus
Richard A. Ballinger has resigned as secretary of the interior. The police court is closed for lack of business, with no cases in three months. Funds once for justice shift to water supply as streetcar service expands. Tax assessor Perwinkle says no taxes this year, and treasury holds a surplus to relieve poverty if found.
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Richard A. Ballinger
Department Justice
He Street Car Company
John Perwinkle
New City Roof Plans Stir Public Weather Trust
The city awards a contract to Push & H for a new roof to cover downtown and residential areas. The steel framed roof will reach 400 feet in the downtown section and feature curtains to shade sunlit areas. A water piping system will allow rain on premises when desired, addressing public dissatisfaction with the weather man.
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City
Push & H
City Council Bans Odd Items From Town
Last night the city council voted to banish a list of unusual items including automobiles driven by old kids homemade shirts funeral chairs mince pie breakfast and a merchant with a dubious claim. Also banned were a barber who gave a sham poo and a face masage instead of a simple haircut and a w cigara.
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W. Cigara
Sanitary Conditions Prompt Doctor Relief Plan
Report notes sanitation in the area is critically poor and six doctors practicing there are in starving condition. A movement is under way to establish a home to recognize their past services and provide aid.
Foley's Honey and Tar Saves Boy in Michigan
A St Joe Michigan mother credits Foley's Honey and Tar for curing her boy's severe bronchial trouble after the doctor's medicine failed. She says the syrup stopped the coughing choking spells and sped recovery, and notes Bartell Drug Stores’ endorsement.
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Marti
St. Joe
Mich
Foley
Bartell Drug Stores
Star Want Ads Are Business Bringers
The article notes that want ads drive business, highlighting Merit as a winner. It emphasizes the appeal of classified ads for local merchants and job seekers alike. Merit’s success is presented as evidence of effective advertising.
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Anti-Tuberculosis League
Marion Lowe
Bill
Lina and
Bob
Gill
Roosevelt
Everett True
Young Blinks
Beecham
Reisen
Walla
Daily Market Reports
Reger
Howell St
Sixteenth Av
Robert H. Knittle
Mgr
East
Cedar
T. Carstens
Carstens Packing CO
Johnny McGimpsey
Zoological
McGimpsey
Ouse
Foley Kidney
Woodbury
New York Facial Co
Bartel
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