Inland Empire Boom Seeks Capital For Land and Industry
Spokane May 16 report highlights limitless opportunities in Eastern Washington for farm loans development and residence financing. It cites 1907 wealth production at 133.5 million and per capita wealth of 267 dollars, with irrigation and dairy and fruit industries expanding. It notes land appreciation, rising housing demand, and prospects in sugar beet and potato starch industries, canning, lumber, and dairy. promotes investment and mortgage activity across 12 eastern Washington counties with a call for capital for farms, towns, and infrastructure.
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Spokane
West
Inland Empire
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Northwest
Wall Street
Yakima Valley
Idaho
Montana
British Columbia
Oregon
Yakima
Wenatchee
Prosser
Snake River
Rockies
Fred Shaft Dies After Illness in Spokane District
Fred J. Shaft a leading retiree in Spokane and Northwest harness racing patron died on the streets after saying he did not feel well. He owned the famed pacer Sherlock Holmes which won the Salem consolidation stakes in Oregon last fall setting a 2:06 northwest record. Shaft, 44, was with his wife at the Shaft ranch on the Little Spokane when death occurred after a brief collapse.
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Spokane
Wasa
Fred J. Shaft
Northwest
California
Twin Cities
Pacer
Sherlock Homes
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock
Salem
Ore
North Yakima
Clarkston
Pat Mullins Captured After Montana Arrest
Great Falls officers arrested Pat Mullins on a Fernie British Columbia murder warrant. He is to be taken to Fernie for trial for the killing of Angelo Orlando in September. Open all night at Camp's West Side Drug Store.
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Pat Mullins
Great Falls
Ment
Fernie
B. C
Angelo Orlando
Camp
West Side
Japs to Seattle Rally for Fireworks Fund
Japanese youths from the city will travel to Seattle to join the fleet celebration. They have already contributed 150 dollars to the 1500 dollar fund organized by the Seattle Japanese association to purchase fireworks. About ten youths will travel and then join Seattle residents in giving the fleet an ovation.
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Seattle
Dr King’s New Life Pills Promise Gold Worth Guarantee
B G Stewart of Cedar View Mississippi touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as giving customers gold weight value for ailments like constipation malaria and biliousness. The product sold at C C Case’s drug store for 25 cents under guarantee.
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B. G. Stewart
Cedar View
Miss
Dr. King
C. C. Case’s
Bell Leads California Democrats After Power Shift
In Fresno on May 18, Theodore Bell, head of the anti organization wing, claims the Dem state convention will send a Denver delegation to back Nebraskan Theodore Bell. He cites his victory over Gavin McNab as a turning point, labeling Bell as a new Moses and rising power in California politics.
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Fresno
Bryan
Denver
Theodore Bell
Bell
Gavin McNab
California
Explosion damages streetcar in Broadway area. one woman injured
A Broadway streetcar carrying 25 passengers was partially destroyed by a dynamite torpedo with no serious injuries. A panic ensued as passengers fled, and a suburban car on the same line was damaged by track powder. a woman suffered severe injuries.
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Cleveland
Broadway
Foley's Honey and Tar Cures Coughs and Consumption
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a safe cure for coughs colds and consumption. It urges readers not to use unknown preparations and notes availability at North Yakima Drug Store with A D Sloan as proprietor.
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Foley
North Yakima Drug Store
A. D, Sloan
Everett Sees in the Yakima Best of Them All
Raymond B. Everett of the Evening Star, Washington DC, visits Yakima and praises the valley’s progress. He recalls passing through in 1886 and predicts a bright future, offering to support reclamation projects and regional development.
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Everett
Yakima
Yakima Valley
Nob Hill praise and Yakima valley prospects urged
An observer commends North Yakima and the region around as a thriving fruit area. He notes high per acre returns, solid demand, and cautions against relying on others. The writer admires Nob Hill and encourages homeseekers with strong community life and schools. Ernest A. Brown offers guaranteed orchard stock planting services.
Bartenders Consider City Union With Organizer Planned
Local bartenders discuss forming a union and expect an organizer within weeks. About 69 bartenders and 70 total include proprietors. Seattle's strong union presence of around 250 members may inspire a subordinate group here. The Knights of the Booth and the White Apron back the move as beneficial to both sides. ManZan Pile Remedy priced at 50c promises prompt relief for piles, sold by C. W. Camp, West Side druggist.
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C. W. Camp
West Side
Seattle
Knights of the
West Side Druggist
Red Men Elect Officers in Montana Grand Session
The Independent Order of Red Men of Montana met in Missoula this week and elected C. A. Stillinger of Superior as grand sachem, D. M. Durfee of Phillipsburg as grand sagamore, C. F. Lloyd of Jackson as grand sagamore, Joseph Oettinger of Missoula as grand prophet, H. W. Harrity of Anaconda as grand chief of records, and A. J. White of Hamilton as grand keeper of wampum for the coming year.
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Independent Order of Red Men of
Montana
Missoula
C. A. Stillinger
D. M. Durfee
Phillipsburg
Sagamore
C. F. Lloyd
Jackson
Joseph Oettinger
H. W. Harrity
Anaconda
A. J. White
Hamilton
Locomotive Crashes Through Building After Seattle Robbery
The Great Northern locomotive attached to the robbery train in Seattle Tuesday morning derailed in the roundhouse that evening. The engine lost control, crashed through the building’s rear, and plunged to the tide flats below after arriving in Vancouver, B C at 4 o clock.
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Great Northern
Seattle
Vancouver
B. C
Tide Flats
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America
Che Yakima Bindery
North Second ST
Atenub
Lyciul IF
Iolrigle II
Cascade Lumber Coo
Florida
Raymond B. Everett
The
Even
Ing Star
Washington, D. C
Great Northwest Country
the Herald
G. T. Aumiller
City Drayman
Rocking Sand
Wee
Yakima Ave
Cali
Fornia Or
Nob Hill
Ernest A. Brown
P O. Box
Pavpeet
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