Peculiar Accident Destroys Street Water Main
A six inch water main burst at First Avenue and Columbia after a Seattle Company truck passed the brick street. The sink sunk the plank road broke the street and water flooded the area. John Spencer and P Hansen were injured and helped from the surge as onlookers watched. The water penetrated an office and baths as bystanders called for aid.
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First Avenue
Columbia
John Spencer
P. Hansen
Machinery New Plant
Seattle Company
Atreet
Minee
Croman & Cromen
A. Rob
Fruit market tightens as scarce supplies lift prices
Markets report fruits scarcer today with higher prices. Grapes arrived in California and sold briskly at a premium. peaches scarce and inferior quality melons and cantaloupes appear. Potatoes and other produce show declines in some items while peppers and beans command steady to high prices.
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California
Gomi
Local Market Prices and Poultry Goods Report
The listing shows poultry and dairy items with prices. Items include fresh ranch products, cheese from Washington, and various butchered goods with price figures such as 21.00 and 924.00 noted for different products.
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Washington
Dredging Worker Seeks Vessel for Columbia River Bar
Gant 4d. C. Sanford of the United Black amegtoame corps was in Beattie yesterday trying to arrange purchase of a dredging vessel. The Columbia river bar is reported shallower now than for many years.
Standard Furniture to Build New Tacoma Store
The Standard Furniture Company begins a two story brick building on Eleventh street in Tacoma between Pacific avenue and A street. The 191 by 86 inch dimensions store will be finished in December and stocked with a complete line of furniture.
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Standard Furniture Company
Tacoma
Eleventh Street
Pacific Avenue
A Street
Annie Rooney and Jail Stay Highlight Vancouver Visit
Annie Rooney, a staple at the police station, was arrested briefly for sobering up and placed in jail by Patrolman Freeman. She preferred jail in Seattle to freedom in Vancouver, later sobered and released. The Third Avenue Theater promotes Down Mobile the city’s best new play, with matinee on Saturday. Madison Theater touts Rip Van Winkle by Lang stock company as its weekly attraction.
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Annie Rooney
Freeman
Annie
Beattie
Seattle
Vancouver
Third Avenue Theater
Uptown House
Lincoln J. Car
Madison Theater
Rip van Winkie
Lang Stock Company
The Tempest at Grand with Ward and Warde
The Grand presents The Tempest with Louis Tanner and Frederick Warde on Wednesday for four night shows and a Saturday matinee. The tale is praised as Shakespeare’s finest dramatic allegory and a poetic synthesis of the dramatic world.
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Louis Tanner
Frederick Warde
Shakespeare
Actien
Prospero
Seattle
Robbery Report In Smiths Cove Details Thefts
Dr McDonald of Smiths Cove reports money taken during a night theft. The adjacent house was entered the same night but nothing was secured.
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DR. McDonald
Smith's Cove
Corbett Settlement Ends Mercer Street Ground Dispute
The city council approved an ordinance last night to appropriate 100 from the general fund to compensate Samuel G. Corbett former city detective for relinquishing his claim to a contested Mercer street lot after a dispute with the city engineer's office.
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Samuel G. Corbett
City Engineer's Office
Mercer Street
Corbett
Winter Capes and Tailor Made Suits Highlight Winter Line
A heavy cloth cape with a 10 inch length debuts this Wednesday featuring a wide black edging and white stitching. The tailor made line offers succ fits and blouse styles in velvet, silk velour, and braid trims with prices up to 45 dollars for a New York flores, including women’s coats, jackets, and Russian blouses in black and colored options.
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San
Y.Y. Flores
Maria Washington
Dress Goods Sale: Plaids and Flannels at Low Prices
A compact ad notes a wide range of dress plaids priced at 15 cents, plus a complete line of white and embroidered linens, cottons, silks, and all wool flannels. Heavy outing fabrics 7 cents, various styles, and dress latines at 15 cents with several latest patterns.
Bon Marche Bargains For Beattie Housewives Tomorrow
Beattie housewives and Bon Marche customers are promised bargain medley tomorrow featuring fast black hosiery items with high heels and double soles, plus heavy discounts on 45 inch White Oilcloth, Swiss sheer fabrics, panels, scrim, and assorted bric a brac. Also offered are shoe strings, pocket knives, boys shirts, caps, embroideries, handkerchiefs, fleece lined underwear, linen tops, and more at heavily reduced yard and bundle prices.
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Beattie
Mother Hubbard
Notions Store Specials At The Wednesday Sale
The text advertises a Wednesday sale at The Notions Notion Store featuring items like Diamondball Files, Narrow Seal Leather Belts, Pleated Silk Belting, scissors, the Twentieth Century Handy Book, White Pearl Button sets, Brush Edge Skirt Basics, Corset Steels, Seamless Stockings, and Snap Hooks. Prices are given as sale prices with many items deeply discounted from regular prices.
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Notion
St Morocco
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