Sharks Skin Hides Seen Shaping New Leather Industry
Edmonds launches Universal Products Company turning shark, whale, and seal skins into leather to replace cow and horse hides. Shark skins provide abrasive outer grain. fins and oil add by products. Whale and walrus hides fetch high prices for jewellers and chip away at traditional tanning methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edmonds
Universal Products Company
J. F. LaVarne
Destroyus
New England
Mexico
Sound
Alaska
Cooks Inlet
Population estimate shows US at 105 million for 1920
Preliminary Census Bureau figures put US population at about 105,768,106 excluding possessions, up from 91,972,266 in 1910, with the smallest growth since the nation began. The rise is attributed largely to World War I effects and uses a 15 percent basis to project 1920 figures.
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Washington
United States
United States Census Bureau
Census Bureau
Can the Hens That Won't Lay Cooked Or Canned
A quirky note from Miss Maude Wilson of Washington State College asks to revise a headline about hens that won’t lay. She explains canning preserves flavors from cooking methods, whether slow or pressure, and urges readers to preserve those flavors for future use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Wilson
State Home Service Department
Washington State College
Journalists Gather in Seattle for Puget Sound News Meet
Members of the Puget Sound district of the Washington State Press Association will meet in Seattle on Friday October 15 to discuss methods for boosting newspaper distribution. The session is part of a statewide series of eleven district meetings recognized as progressive for the trade. Fred W Kennedy of the University School of Journalism and R T Porte of Porte Publishing Co Salt Lake City will speak on printing topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puget Sound
Washington State Press Association
Seattle
Fred W. Kennedy
The
University School of Journalism
R. T. Porte
Porte Publishing Company
Salt Lake City
Synthetic rubies forged in labs rival natural gems
Milton Heller discussed lab created rubies at a jeweler convention recounting Vermeuil's process using a modified oxyhydrogen torch to fuse aluminum oxide with chromium oxide, yielding a ruby crystal. Also noted are University of Washington football schedule additions for freshmen games in Seattle October 30 and Washington State College November 13 with more high school opponents to follow.
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Chicago
Milton Heller
Jewelers
Mr. Heller
Prof
Vermeuil
University of Washington
Darwin Meisnest
Oregon Agricultural College
Seattle
Washington State
Making Stamps Increase Taxes in Clallam County
By George W. O'Brien. Clallam County faces idle logged-off lands of about 20 000 acres taxed at 20 per acre, dropping to 6 per acre when timber is gone. County costs exceed 600 000 yearly and the timber wealth is evaporating, threatening tax revenue and growth. A land settlement act aims to create new farms with forty year, 4 percent financed purchases via the reclamation board, but progress is slow as attention centers on desert land issues in Eastern Washington. The county risks losing a major revenue source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clallam County
State of Washington
The
Reclamation Board
Real Estate and Trade Listings in Seattle Area
A compiled snippet shows real estate firm H. B. Adams Co at 714 8th Ave and auto repair service Seattle Rad and F Wks at 1527 Harvard Ave. Also listed are a free circular on Puget Sound country independence, Charles Somers Co addressed at Alaska Bldg Seattle, and clothing offerings including men's overalls hats shoes and bed goods at 1510 7th Ave with a downstairs store.
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Puget Sound
Charles Somers Co
Alaska
Seattle
Wash
7Th Ave
Prices Slump In Various Markets Amid War Era Cuts
Prices slide across commodities with Henry Ford’s tin wagon and Franklin machines leading postwar cuts. Corn drops below a dollar for the first time since 1917 while wheat falls to 2.35. Flour and lumber markets show weakness amid transportation woes and looming mill shutdowns. rail orders aid mills but shrink log supply.
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Henry Ford
Franklin
Chicago
Portland
West Coast Lumbermen’s Association
Association
The Silk Shop Ad for Duchess Satin and Velvets
An advertisement promoting Duchess Satin at 3.50 dollars per yard with a sale price of 1.95 dollars per yard. It invites readers to mail orders and request samples of plushes velvets and related fabrics.
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Dmonds
Mr. LaVarne
Uncle Sam
Mr. MacPharland
China
Thomas J. MacPharland
Kettle
H. P. Hughes
C. J. Bauer & CO
4Th Ave
Union Transfer, Moving & Storage Co
Pike Street
Main
George W. O'Brien
Clalam County
H. B. Adams Co
8Rd Ave
Seattle Rad. & F. Wks
Harvard
Powrlok
Ford
Chevrolet
Central Brake Service, Inc
10Th Ave
Fields Photo Service
Ltd Ave
Women's Department
Shamek’s
Union St
Nelson's
University St
Miss Oliver's Baby Shop
Hotel Congress
Cor
Marion
T. Chas. Palms
Sacavenus
Better S. G
Geissecacs
Uexaneesden
Sensawe Skee
Enero Cankudaanewasces
Oriel Fap Een Nee
Timbers
Shingles
Scandinavian American Securities
Ankers
Alaska Pet
Liberty
Sephone Main
Hird Ave
B. J. Palmer
D. C
Masonic Hall
Tures
Chiropractic
H. L. Sanford
Leary
M. A. Krows, L. S
Edith Moore
Pike
Rufus H. ST. Onge
Peoples Bk. Bidg
Rainier
E. A. Bokien
Wall & Campbell
Shirley Campbell
D. C. Haight Bidg
Elliott
Fred W. Ring
E. Roger Dunham
A. J. Johnson
ROBT
E. Pritt
D. C. Pritt & Pritt
First and Pike
David J. ST. Onge
Bailey & Bailey
D. C's
Peoples Bank
G. M. Jergens
Haight Bidg
N. F. Lovering
Bank
N. Campbell
N. A. Jepson
D.C
Crazy Bidg
5Th
Union Elliott
the Silk Shop
Duchess Satin
Westlake and
Pine
Randle
Wesley Butt
McDermott Ridg
4Th Ave. and
Pine St
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