Where Collins Lanterns Glow Opens Playground Festival
The Collins playfield festival begins August 26 and lasts five days with a male and female glee club performing Where Collins Lanterns Glow. Mar Friedman wrote the potlatch song and leads the glee club. A parade of 300 Till iums of Elttaes opens the program and a clown track meet offers a silver loving cup donated by Herbert Schoenfeld.
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Friedman
Herbert Schoenfeld
Delivery notice for Seattle Star subscribers
Subscribers are urged to report any substitution of papers and to ensure prompt delivery. The management promises courteous attention and asks callers to report late arrivals by 4 PM to Main 9400 and ask for the Circulation Department.
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Seattar
Seattle Star
Coronado Leaves Tow to Akutan Whaling Stations
A barkentine Coronado with coal crude oil and general cargo departed under tow by the tug Goliah. It sails to the whaling stations at Akutan for renewal work.
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Barkentine Coronado
Goliah
Akutan
Edgar Named District Manager for Central Western States
Harry T. Edgar of the Seattle division Puget Sound Traction Light Power has been appointed district manager of Stone and Webster for the Central Western states. This marks a key role in the company’s field operations.
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Harry T. Edgar
Seattle
Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company
Stone & Webster Company
Stone & Webster
Funeral services for 11 year old Phillip Caughy
Funeral services for Phillip John Caughy aged 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Caughy of 1441 iith ave, drowned in the Elwah river Monday, will be held at 3 pm from the family home. Private cremation at Mt. Pleasant crematory will follow.
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Phillip John Caughy
James A. Caughy
Iith Ave
Elwah River
Mt. Pleasant Crematory
Taft and Wilson tariff fight shapes Republican push
Chas D Hilles new Republican chairman argues Taft will win the coming election. He says the tariff issue drives the race and the demand for protection will favor Taft. In Washington an inquiry is opened into reports four American officers were beaten by native police in Panama during a Met Newport incident.
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Chas. D. Hilles
National Republican Committee
Taft
Wilson
Washington, D.C
State Department
Pacific Mall Company
Met Newport
Panama
Wilson in Pennsylvania trip to speak to farmers
Woodrow Wilson, Democratic presidential nominee, began a campaign stop at Washington Park Pa to discuss farming issues with agricultural voters. Meanwhile in California six bathers in an electric runabout fell into the sea after losing control. the car wrecked after diving under a breaker.
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Washington Park
Feta
Ocean Park
Cal
Local Aviator Charged with Bogus Checks
Elmer E. Spartnell prominent Seattle aviator during Potlatch week arrested in Los Angeles. He passed a $750 check on an aero engine down payment later returned valueless. A second $216 check was passed in Leeton Missouri.
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Seattle
Leeton
Elmer E. Spartnell
Los Angeles
Women Key Figures at Chicago Progressive Convention
At the progressive party convention in Chicago women held a prominent role in Butler hotel discussions. Mrs. Leonia W. Grown urged primaries as the only way women can voice opinions, noting they are progressive voters unfamiliar with caucuses. Mrs. M. Laurie Loomis served as secretary, with Dr Nina J. Croke of Tacoma also speaking.
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Progressive Party
Chicago
Butler Hotel
Leonia W. Grown
M. Laurie Loomis
Nina J. Croke
Tacoma
New Chamber Exploitation and Industrial Bureau Formed
A new department of the Chamber of Commerce named the exploitation and industrial bureau results from a merge of the Senate publicity bureau with the industrial exploitation and convention departments. Labor Day parade faces potential lack of leadership as the Musicians union declines to join the Central Labor council. In a boycott, unions rescind action. they will not be employed Labor Day. Fifty four students from Biltmore Forest School in Biltmore NC with Dr. Charles A. Schenck arrive in Seattle to study lumbering and will proceed to Oregon. Frank L. Crosby of Tacoma named clerk of the U S district court for Western Washington by Judge Cushman, succeeding A W Engle who resigned. A basket picnic is planned by the Seattle Council of Women voters in Leachpark tomorrow. Norman J. Wike, 36, traveling salesman for Schwabacher Hardware Co died at 1622 First Ave W last night. he leaves a widow, mother and two sisters. An auto collision at Fighthoy St last night involved a vegetable wagon driven by BR Tenbouchi, a Japanese gardener of South Park. the driver’s name was not disclosed and they were taken to the Milwaukee hotel and dismissed. Mrs Excite-Oh notes her husband faints when signing checks. doctor advised keeping him from fainting until after signing.
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Musicians’ Union
Central Labor Council
Jae
BR. Tenbouchi
South Park
Fighthoy. S
Milwaukee
Woman Taxpayers League to Quiz Candidates Tomorrow
The Woman Taxpayers League will hold its regular weekly meeting tomorrow at noon at the Good Eats cafeteria on Cherry. A number of candidates will be quizzed.
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Woman Taxpayers’ League
Good Eats
Cherry
Examination for clerk stenographer post by civil service
The civil service commission will hold examinations for a clerk stenographer position on August 28. The new job pays $100 monthly. Applications are available at the commission office in the Triangle building in Irday and Yesterway. The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co will move its headquarters to San Francisco and has recently absorbed United Wireless.
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Commission
Triangle Building
Irday
Yesterway
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
San Francisco
Marconi Company
United Wireless Company
Remarkable Luck and Four Husbands
In Chicago a striking remark about a woman notes her unusual luck in keeping help as she claims to have had four husbands and only one cook. The exchange highlights social quirks and marriage anecdotes from the era.
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