New Orders Lighten Burden of Wedded Men
Draft exemptions may be granted to married men not evading service after President Wilson and Senator Weeks urged relief. Local boards will favor those married well before registering or with extended engagements, with some branch preference for select service. Men will mobilize at Camp Lewis between September 1 and 5 in civilian dress, keeping kit essentials and limited property. police/fire separation allowance may be sought.
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Seattle
Wilson
Weeks
Welford Beaton
Camp Lewis
American Lake
Beaton
Sim
J. J. Sullivan
Thvision
Velvet Returns to Predominate Style
Velvet dominates fall fashion with rich fabrics for coats wraps gowns and hats. The piece notes velvet as the favored material for various garments and accessories, reflecting an ornate, royal look despite political and social debates of the era. It diverges into a historical anecdote about 1847 Venice and Austrians dropping paper balloons by wind.
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New York
Venice
All Seattle Norwegians to Picnic at Woodland Park
All Seattle Norwegians regardless of church or society will gather for a large picnic at Woodland Park on Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Woodland Park
Loggers Hold Key to Lumber Strike and Labor Unity
An editorial review notes the timber workers strike in Northwestern Oregon teeters as camps stay closed. It argues loggers control the strike’s leverage, cites rejected eight hour demands, and contrasts union possibilities, urging organized action and patriotic duty.
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Newton D. Baker
Altho
State Council of Defense
Oregon
Lumbermen's Association
British Columbia
Dr. Suzzallo
Bruce McRae Endures Stage Chicken as Come Out of the Kitchen Opens
Seattle actor Bruce McRae, starring with Ruth Chatterton in Come Out of the Kitchen at the Metropolitan, endures a nightly onstage meal of chicken and other treats. He recalls resisting chicken once, then embracing the routine and dancing after shows to stave off fatigue. The first Seattle appearance was Aristocracy.
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Echo June Zahl
Seattle
Bruce McRae
Ruth Chatterton
Metropolitan
Mr. McRae
Mr McRae
Wilson nominates new aides for agriculture and health
Washington August 17 President Wilson named Clarno Ouseley of College Station Texas and Raymond A. Pearson of Amelia to be assistant secretaries of agriculture. He also nominated Surgeon George M. Magruder as senior surgeon of the Public Health Service and Hugh S. Gibson from secretary of embassy to secretary of embassy Class 1.
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Washington
Wilson
Clarno Ouseley
College Station
Tex
Raymond A. Pearson
Amelia
George M. Magruder
Public Health Service
Hugh
Gibson
Opium Ring Busted by Local and Federal Agents
Federal agents on Friday exposed a large opium smuggling chain operating from British India to San Francisco and Honolulu. Arrested were Morria O'Brien Seattle 68 Frank Koski Berkeley James Fenton San Francisco. Letters found under a stove described shipments labeled potatoes milk coco and the disguising tins called Tuxedos. O'Brien trapped trying to move 2000 worth of opium and cocaine across the Canadian border at Bellingham with agents A. B. Hamer and Paul Watson.
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Morria O'Brien
Seattle
McNeil Island
Frank Koski
Berkeley
Cal
James Fenton
Church St
San Francisco
O'Brien
Olice
Canadian
Bellingham
A. BR. Hamer
Paul Watson
U. S. Treasury Department
Orient
Vancouver
Koski and
Venton
Honolulu
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Liberal Credit Service
Rogers
Herve
Pine St
Beattie
Nkileveath
Taeema
Southeast Corner
First and
Pike
J. R. van Auken
Mgr
United Freee
Tenis Longwell
George Longwell
Mise Malden
Horsford
Capitol
Hamilton Kendall
BY Hamilton Kendall
Amber Workers
LW. W
Etrife
A. F
Lamberman
Houston
Bradbury Suits
Says Webster
OR. L. ER. Clark
Northwest
State Board of Dental Examiners
L. R. Clark
Regal Dental Offices
Third Avenue
N. W. Corner Third and Union
Federal
Pacific Coast
Aug
Paris
Boston
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