Alaska and water power bill talk at chamber luncheon
Col W. KR Richardson, linked to Alaska development, and Senator Weasley L. Jones spoke at the chamber of commerce luncheon. Richardson outlined an exhaustive report on Alaska and northern territory development while Jones, back from Washington, discussed the water power bill.
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Alaska
Col. W. KR. Richardson
Weasley L. Jones
Chamber of Commerce
Col Richardson
Northern Territory
Jones
Washington
Invitations Out to Buyers' Week
Twelve thousand invitations to attend the eighth annual Northwest Merchants Buyers' Week mailed to retail dealers across the Northwest and Alaska. The event opens in Seattle next Monday, announced L. Moore, secretary of the Seattle Sales Managers' association. MISSOULA. Milwaukee train No 18 strikes auto killing Worth Call Davenport, Iowa, parents and two other children escape injury.
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Northwest Merchants
Seattle
Northwest
Alaska
L. Moore
Seattle Sales Managers’ Association
Missoula
Worth Call
Davenport
Iowa
Fordney Sees G. O. P. Victory
Congressman Joseph Warren Fordney spoke to the Young Men's Republican club urging Washington to back Harding. He leaves for Michigan to campaign for reelection and praised Lindley H. Hadley for the soldiers bonus bill work. Fordney urged loyalty and warned against unpatriotic foes while touching on the League of Nations.
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Joseph Warren Fordney
House Committee On Ways and Means
Harding
Washington
Campaiga
Young Men's
Republican Club
Fordney
Michigan
Lindley H. Hadley
United States
League of Nations
Poison gas used by bandits in Nevada gas attack
In Wenatcher on Aug 6 two auto bandits used poison gas to rob garage mechanic Fred Spencer. He met them for a car purchase at an office with 950 dollars, was deprived of the money and left unconscious for hours before waking and notifying police.
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Wenatcher
Fredpencer
Spencer
Man Charged in Raised Dollar Bill Case at Woolworth’s
Spokane report says BR L Cummings tried to pass a raised one dollar bill for twenty dollars at Woolworths. He allegedly confessed to passing four altered notes.
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Spokane
Aug
BR. L. Cummings
Woolworth
Cummings
Shilshole Avenue Paved at City Cost
Shilshole avenue and adjacent streets will be paved at a cost of $90 075.62. The Streets and Sewers Committee of the City Council made the decision Thursday.
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Shilshole Ave
Circus Family Splendor Nets Seven Children On Parade
The John Robinson circus features Mrs. Arthur F. Nelson as its leading act. She and her husband raise seven children in a tent, share a wardrobe of 115 costumes, and perform with 17 outfits across town. Their private train dining rooms and staterooms support a close knit, well mannered family unit.
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John Robinson Circus
Arthur F. Nelson
Nelson
Mr. Nelson
Ringling Brothers
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Big Nelson
Daddy Nelson
Veteran miner Dorcas Griffin dies at 117 in Raleigh
Wire briefs report Dorcas Griffin of Big Laurel dies at age 117 in Raleigh North Carolina. Also notes a $3100 armed bank robbery in Caledonia Missouri, census results for Panama and a fire on the G W Whitehouse farm in Walla Walla.
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Raleigh
N. C
Dorcas Griffin
Big Laurel
Caledonia
Bank of Caledonia
Mrs. Schaffer Nearing Recovery After Suicide Attempt
Mrs. Amelia Schaffer, who tried to kill herself at 722 King Street to prevent her husband from taking their three children, was expected to recover in city hospital by Friday after being shot on Wednesday evening.
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Schaffer
Hope Altho
Amelia Schaffer
King St
Ashe
Aather
City Hospital
Bill Would Deny Cops Time Off
The city council public safety committee will review an ordinance to repeal time off for police overtime. Opposition has grown within the council ahead of the committee meeting next Wednesday.
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Bill
Public Safety Committee
Coats and Jerseys Offered in Polo Cloth and Tweeds
A local retailer lists coats regularly priced at 19.75 and 22.50 in Polo Cloth in green blue rose and tweeds. Jerseys shown in brown blue gray and rose with sizes ranging from 16 to 40.
Untrimmed Shapes Sale In Copenhagen Shop
Untrimmed Shapes offered in colors Old Rose Sand Purple and Black in Copenhagen. Regular prices range from 1.25 to 2.50 dollars. Special for Saturday price 89 cents each.
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Copenhagen
Trimmed Hats for Saturday at Three Dollars
Limited stock of trimmed hats including Leghorns Milans and Hemps priced at 3.00 each. Hats are decorated with flowers and ribbons and offered on Saturday.
Children’s Middies At One Dollar Nineteen Cents
Middy style children’s shirts offered in all white and white with red and blue collars. Slip over and laced front options. Made from good middy twill. Available in sizes 6 to 18 years.
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Hilda
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Mother Nelson
Theol
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Panama
Me Grote
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Alden
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Ruby Kalmar
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Donaldson
Isham Rainbo Orchestra
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Brooks
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