Seattle Air Men Visit Aide War Effort Tuesday Night
A Seattle public meetingTuesday features a delegation of international aircraft experts to promote aerial defense and spruce industry conversion. The visit includes a 10 a.m. Chamber conference and an 8 p.m. arena film and talks led by FE Allen and other noted fliers.
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Northwest
Seattle
Washington
Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club
America
FE. T. Allen
Lumber Committee
National Council of Defense
Allen
L. W. B. Bees
Order of Disting Service
Raffaelo Per
Dourif
Sky
W. C. Chadeayne
Curtiss
Fac
Howard FE
Jayne
F Douty
Butte Faces Wider Strikes After Littie Killing
Butte could see extended labor action as 700 Clerks union members plan a strike vote tonight and mine engineers mull action. A general store closure looms if walkouts occur and a potential mine shutdown threatens city industries after the killing of Frank Littie. Police say a peaceful demonstration followed his death with thousands in attendance.
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Butte
Frank Littie
Clerks’ Union
Metal Mine Workers’ Union
Greral
Frank Tittle
von Jr
Pearse-Con Oa Club
Raid at Fifth Ave yields whiskey stash and arrests
Dry squad officers arrested nine men and three women after raid at 1419 Fifth Avenue Sunday morning. Five quarts of whiskey were found under the cookstove and three quarts in the woodbox.
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Fifth Ave
Russians Prepare to Resist as Fronts See Action
Russia reports readiness to battle between the Dniester and Pruth rivers on the eastern front with resistance to German attacks near Czernowitz. In the west, Allied lines face German counterattacks as weather improves, with British and Canadian forces holding positions and repelling raids around Hollebek Lena and the coal city area.
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Herlin
War Office
Dniester
Prath
Czernowits
Kerlin
Craterields
Marshal Haig
Berlin
London
Dneister
Pruth
Rumanian
Radatis
Sereth
Moldavia
Bistritea
Ypres-Menines Road
Lya
Flanders
Hraig
Hollebek
Haig
Westholk
Lena
Pie Coal City
Kerensky’s Provisional Government Regains Power in Russia
In Petrograd on August 6 a broad confidence vote by councils of workers soldiers peasants and other bodies strengthens Kerensky and returns all cabinet posts to his control He now has power to form a new cabinet or continue the present one The mood among troops at the front shows marked morale improvement as Russia seeks regeneration under Kerensky and his dictatorship
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Kerensky
Workmen's and Soldiers’ Council
Peasants’ Council
Russia
Women Sailors Form Detachment for Murman Coast
Petrograd Aug 6 150 women sailors were forming a detachment here to join the Murman coast service. The unit prepares to sail and serve on the northern front.
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Rre Russ
Petrograd
Murman Coast
Draft Examinations Underway as Draftsmen Exemption Debated
Local draft examinations proceed with multiple district notices. Some registrants seek occupational exemptions citing work at Seattle Dry Dock and Skinner Eddy shipyards. Officials note unpatriotic attitudes and expect strict bona fide claims as exams continue in district courtrooms.
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United States
Seattle Dry Dock
Frank McKennon
Findlay Sr
Frederick Vervoren
Terrace St
Senate finance committee plans a 2 006 970 000 revenue rise
Senator Simmons presented the finance committee report on the revenue bill. The measure would raise 2 006 970 000 dollars, an increase of 139 970 600 over the May house version, with sources including income tax war profits beer and spirits and various levies.
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Washington
Simmons
Finance Committee
Senate
House
Newseo Opera
Bank Depositors to Get Dividend From Mine Sale
Depositors of the defunct Northern Bank & Trust were assured of at least a small dividend after the Issaquah mines were sold to Pacific Coast Company for 200000 dollars in cash. Hugh Todd, bank examiner attorney, called it a good sale though exact dividend amount could not be stated. The highest prior bid was 256000 dollars.
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Northern Bank & Trust Company
Issaquah
Pacific Coast Company
Hugh Todd
Bank Examiner
Draft Rioters Killed by Posses Rove Oklahoma
At Ada, Pontotoc county, authorities questioned over a hundred Working Class Unionists as federal treason charges loomed. Informers described a nationwide revolutionary plot, with W C U members pledging to burn bridges and seize trains before plans to burn mills and homes. A Ada Ku Klux Klan chapter and rifle club branch planned to curb lawlessness, while local counties would prosecute any released rioters for related crimes. The piece notes harsh penalties for those who “squeal.” Separate item lists a Sunday School picnic at Woodland Park hosted by First Presbyterian, requiring attendees bring lunch baskets.
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McAlester
Ada
Pontotoc County
W.C.U
Ku Klux Klan
R. B. Cain
Farmers’ State Bank
Oklahoma
Ada Rifle Club
Special offering of fine wool dress goods
A sale features 75 pieces of fine wool dress goods including French and storm serges diagonals panamas wool taffetas gabardines and related fabrics for limited time.
Half-Price Art Shop Sale at We Bon Marche
White centerpieces 54 by 54 inches embroidered for seven dollars fifty. Suede scarf brown ground heavily embroidered six dollars twenty-five cents. Pillow top six dollars. Tan crocheted scarf five dollars. Embroidered towels one dollar and fifty cents to one dollar. Stamped bags and crash scarfs offered in cents. Luncheon set twenty two dollars and fifty cents. Asbestos mats and pique collars discounted.
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Jan Art
Jan Poplin
WE Bon Marche
Linen Goods and Fabrics Featured in Sale at Reigers
A local ad lists linen crash and dress ginghams with widths from 16 to 17 inches and prices around 12 to 20 cents a yard. It promotes Reiger's California Violet Toilet Water reduced to 49 cents and mentions the California Ideal Perfume special at 49 cents.
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Reiger
California
Bon Marche Fourth Floor Grocery Specials
Carry Home Specials in the Grocery Bon Special Coffee. A splendid blend roasted fresh daily. 113 Ibs 50¢. Spider Leg Tea 42¢ per lb. Crystal White Soap excellent laundry and household soap 5¢. Hershey's Pure Cocoa 1 lb tin 29¢. Golden Dates 20¢ per lb. Italian Prunes 1 lb ' Ide. Macaroni Spaghetti or Noodles Golden Egg brand 3 packages 25¢. California Ripe Olives pint 15¢ Swiss Cheese 45¢ per lb. Norwegian Sardines in olive oil Tuesday only 18 can.
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Hershey
BON Marche
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AIR Men
RUSS
United Preas
United Prees
Thtople
Beosia
Johnson
Eloise Terrace
O. Phillips
Weat Royal
Sherman Smith
Riverside Drive
Matteo Zami
Ellis
Warsawets
District 11
Cost Office
Army
Woodrow
Carroll D. Cullen
Robert Edward Woodrow
32Nd Ave. S
Hhen
Saya
Conner
Blanka
W. U
Kansas
First Presbyterian Sunday School
Woodland Park
Hildren
ILMS
Coats
Colgate & Co
Colgate
Ideal
Pozzoni
Mennen
Houbigant
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