Busy Days at Eilers Sale of Pianos Attracts Noted Buyers
The Eilers piano sales featured two Chickering Grands bought by a Seattle lumberman and a prominent banker. A new Brambach Grand was sold to a real estate man for his apartment, with Ellers Bungalows and several other makes moving fast. A remodeling near completion and a large stock arriving threaten price cuts as the store promotes easy terms and a wide range of pianos and players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
San Domingo
Kimball
Story & Clark
Wenatchee
Ballard
Kimball Chapel
Planoce
America
Chickering
New York
Lohmer
Chicago
Philadelphia
Lester
Haddorff
Smith & Barnes
Rochester
N. Y
Marshall & Wendell
Hazelton
Eilers
Hallett & Davia
Packard
Emerson
Haine Broa
Kingsbury
Dunbar
Hobart M. Cable
H. P. Nelson
Weber
Leland
Chickering Players
Kimball Players
Krell Auto Grands
Lester Players
Decker Players
Solo Auto
Autoplanos
Smith & Parnes
Bungalow
Seattle Fine Arts Society to Exhibit Rare Books
The Seattle Fine Arts Society announces a loaned exhibit of rare books and manuscripts from Edward D. Brooks of Minneapolis. The show runs Wednesday Thursday and Friday from 10 to 5 in the society room at 425 Boston Block.
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Seattle Fine Arts Society
Edward D. Brooks
Minneapolis
Society
Boston Block
Forest wealth of British Columbia highlighted in report
The report notes British Columbia holds no less than 100 million acres of forest land and that annual growth could exceed present cutting by a factor of five, signaling vast untapped potential for sustained yields.
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British Columbia
Sargol Weight Gain Claims Stir Broad Interest
Promoters urge thin readers to try Sargol claiming rapid weight gains from 10 to 35 pounds, with testimonials from multiple individuals including Col. Martin and J. Meier. The ad promises a free trial box for those ten pounds underweight and asserts the pill aids fat absorption through meals, though it cautions results vary and emphasizes harmlessness.
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Romerie
F. Gagnon
Sargel
D. Roberts
Col. Martin
J. Meier
Mra
Mies
Sargcol
Margo
Free coupon offer for Sarol sample package
A battered ad promises a 50 cent coupon offer for a 50 cent Sarol Fresh Builder sample. It instructs readers to send 10 cents by mail with the coupon to receive a full package by return post, requesting name address and PIN details. The address given is The Bargol Company, 277 Herald Rise, Binghamton.
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Bargos Co
Herald Bidg
Binghamton, N
Thia
Argo! Company
Herald Ride
Binghamton
Broadway Monkeys and Gold Teeth Tale In Stage Gossip
New York reports on Lew Fields roof show All Aboard with the Monkey Doodle number where eight chorus girls perform with monkeys and claim it earns repeated encores. Also shared is a Rialto rumor about David Warfield’s gold teeth affecting The Passing of the Third Floor Back and the Belasco versus Forbes Robertson casting tale.
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New York
Lew Fields
Harriet Leldy
Beppo
Warfield
Forbes Robertson
Rialto
Belasco
Potlatch Week Advances at King County Fair Meadows
Potlatch No 2 launches the second annual King County Fair at the Meadows scheduled for September 7 through 13. Complete exhibits in all departments plus a six day speed program offering over 7000 dollars in purses. Wagner's and Cavanaugh's bands provide music daily before the grand stands with wild west horsemanship acts and Rice and Dore's water circus as a special feature.
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King County
Wagner
Cavanaugh
Rice
Dore
The Movies The Movies at the Circuit and Other Theaters
A listing of film showings at multiple venues through Wednesday. Titles include The Scapegoat The Other Girl The Adventurous Girls at the Circuit Clemmer and more with reels and schedules. Also notes titles at Melbourne Grand Yester Good Luck Olympian Dream Colonial Class A venues.
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Colonial
Theatres This Week Show Vaudeville and Photoplay Acts
The schedule lists Moore Dark Metropolitan Dark Seattle Dark Orpheum Vaudeville Emprese Vaudeville Pantages Vaudeville Grand Vaudeville and motion pictures. Clemmer Photoplays Vaudeville Melbourne Photoplays and Alhambra Photoplays Vaudeville.
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Pantages
Clemmer
Melbourne
Alhambra
Socialist Party Membership Surges in Norway
In twenty years the number of contributing socialist party members in Norway grew from 3,000 to 43,500, with 7,500 women among them, per the central committee's annual report released today.
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Christiania
Socialist Party In
Norway
Barroom Dances And Fair Brides In Jersey City
Barroom dances in Jersey City were staged as fake wedding celebrations with professional brides and bridegrooms. Saloonkeepers exploited back room canopies and wedding trimmings to fool police for months, arranging nightly dances attended by 16 youths who posed as newlyweds.
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Jersey City
N. J
Frank Hague
Public Safety
Swedish Club to Hear an Address
Dr. C G Wallentus of Chicago will address Swedish Business Men's club tonight at the club hall in Swedish. The talk will be in Swedish on Enighet ger Styrka. A moonlight Lake Washington excursion is planned for August 15 for members.
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C. G. Wallentus
Chicago
P. m
Lake Washington
Divorced at 73 in Spokane after 36 years of marriage
Michael Dundon aged 73 obtained a divorce from his wife Mrs. Dundon who was 160 years his junior. He told Superior Judge Webster he wished to spend the rest of his life in peace and comfort away from her scolding and fault finding after 36 years of marriage.
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Spokane
Webster
Michael Dundon
Dundon
Man faces jail for nuisance charge after raid near Skykomish
James Valkwell arrested at Baring near Skykomish with beer and whisky seized. He paid a $250 fine and costs but must serve 95 days assisting the county build the new stockade, as ordered by Justice of the Peace Brown. Walkwell refused payment.
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James Valkwell
Baring
Skykomish
Satuday
Justice of the Peace
Brown
Walkwell
National Guard Ends Wheatland Unrest After Fatal Clash
Adjt. Gen. EB Forbes announced in Wheatland California that the trouble linked to Sunday rioting between striking loop pickers and county officials appears over with four men dead. He leads National Guard units sent by Governor Johnson to restore order and plan no further deployment in the area.
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Wheatland
Cal
National Guard
Adjt
EB. A. Forbes
Guy,. Johnson
Grapes Hit Market In Plentiful Supply This Week
A large grape shipment is expected on the market before week’s end. Tokays seedless Malagas Sweet waters and Muscatels are already arriving and are supplanting berries on Weatherway street as supplies grow.
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Weaterway
Malagas
Sweetwaters
Muscatels
Council Rejects Offer to Sell Rail Line for 1.4 Million
City council on Monday accepted utilities and finance committee recommendations to reject Seattle Renton Southern’s bid to sell the line for 1.4 million. The body then authorized an offer to purchase for 1.2 million.
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Utilities and Finance Committees
Seattle, Renton & Southern
Ite Hne
Case Dismissed in Zapora Wreck Inquiry
U S Steamboat Inspectors heard the Miller Zapora case but dismissed it. A tailor Nelson was struck by a reversing auto driven by Kane at Pier 1 and taken to city hospital. Dan Eggan was injured napping on Railroad avenue tracks and sent to hospital.
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T. A. Miller
Queen Charlotte Sound
U.S
Whitney
Turner
N. P. Nelson
Barney Kane
Pier 1
Kane
Nelson
Dan Eggan
Binghamton
N. Y
Eggan
Railroad Av
Washington St
City Hospital
Walter Johnson
Ang St
Blindness Linked to Tooth Decay Infection Roots
A report notes that blindness originated from inflammation caused by infection spreading along the roots of a decayed tooth, highlighting dental health as a possible cause of vision loss.
All Alaska Bound Steamers Loaded With Gold Seekers
Alaska bound steamers prepare for a rush to the new gold fields. Humboldt La Touche Northwestern sail within 24 hours carrying passengers outfits and provisions. Sen ator and other seekers travel via Skagway Cordova and Lushana with routes and rail links shaping the journey.
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Alaska
Klondike
Sushannan
Seattle
Smith's Cove
North
Humboldt
la Touche
Northwestern
Alaska Steamship Co
Nome
Skagway
Cordova
M 'E Miles
Lushanna
Hone
Two Fine Offers From The Seattle Star Premium Gifts
The Seattle Star offers two premium gifts for new subscribers or renewing ones. A parcel post data chart with state and national maps is included with a year subscription at 3.25 dollars in advance. Also free is a Barham shaving outfit with razor blades brush and soap packed in a leatherette case.
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The
Seattle Star
Washington
United States
Ingenious Will Shields British Millionaires From Death Duties
The late Earl of Leven and Melville probated today left life insurance totaling 600000 dollars to cover anticipated death duties for heirs. His estate was valued at 3350000 dollars and the will urges each successor to follow the same safeguard.
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London
Earl of Leven
Melville
Butter Prices Rise Across City Creameries
Sharp gains in butter prices show City Creamery at 32 cents, Washington Creamery at 31 cents, with Best Oregon butter steady at 30 cents. Ducks at Rouen, France gain weight on vegetable diets, while eggs decline on the same diet.
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City Creamery
Washington Creamery
Western
Oregon
Rouen
France
Brigadier Kin Appointed Lead for Iowa and Nebraska
Brigadier and Mrs. Robert Kin longtime Seattle Salvation Army officers have been assigned to take charge of Iowa and Nebraska with headquarters in Des Moines. A farewell in Portland followed by Seattle goodbyes at Salvation Army Hall Fifth and Washington is planned with Lieut. Col. Thomas W. Scott to succeed Brigadier Dubbin.
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Robert Kin
Salvation Army
Seattle
Washington
Oregon
Iowa
Nebraska
Des Moines
Portland
Salvation Army Hall
Fifth
Thomas W. Scott
Dubbin
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Tacoma
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Texas Pete
Pathe Weekly
Sener
Little Dorritt
the Grand
Rosita
Wille
Ireland
Japan
Moore
Metropollitan
Orpheum
Vaudeville
Paris
Clara Barton
Daughters of Veterans
Alki Bathing Beach
Elliott
ICE Delivery CO
L. R. Clark
D. D
Regal Dental Offices
Third Av
N. W. Cor
Tory Price
Patra
Havana
Meadowbrook
Specials
Secretary of War
Garrison
Gen. Wood
Leonard Wood
United States Army
Lindley M. Garrison
Pacific Coast
Renton Line Sale
City News
Superior Court
Ronald, Frater
Tallman
Albertson
Smith, Mackintosh
Gilliam
A. K., Griffin
W. R. Gay
H. A. P. Myers
Mt. Rainier
Tilkumen
Elttnes
Victoria
Charities and Correction Conference
Fall Reform Society
Ben Funk
Funk
Densmore Av
Fifth Av
Virginia St
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