Thrift stamp drive plans amid Seattle business activity
Far and Near members of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Commercial club are completing arrangements for a Thrift stamp drive set for September 6. Arrests and local updates include H H Bartels age 45 jailed on an open charge after a Thursday evening stop near Pike Union and Eighth Ninth. John Rielly age 39 injured at Skinner Eddy with a crushed foot, later operated on. Medical and civic items follow, including a regular monthly dance by Company A auxiliary and a Redding's hall meeting for Precincts 90 96 97 100. Five hundred Canadian veterans bound for Camp Lewis booked at Hotel Georgian for Friday night as delegates to educational war propaganda conference received a reception at the YWCA. Beals announces night court to aid shipyard workers. Real estate talks at interstate convention August 29 to be staged at the Metropolitan theatre. Dutton on more homes bureau returns from two weeks away exploring forests and lumber camps.
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Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club
H. H. Bartels
Pike
Union Streets
Eighth
Ninth Avenues
John Rielly
Union Hotel
Washington At
Skinner & Eddy Corporation
161St
U. S. Infantry
Eighth Ave
Pine and
Olive Streets
Redding's Hall
Til Firat Ave
Camp Lewis
Georgian
C. G. C. Beals
Metropolitan Theatre
C. J. C. Dutton
More Homes Bureau
Cobb
Epruce
Lumber Campa
Entertain G. A. R. Men on Trip Over Columbia Highway
Portland crowds mobilize every vehicle to ferry the Grand Army of the Republic, five thousand strong, along the Columbia Highway to Gonneville. Land and water forces join steamers to transport blue clad veterans on the final day of the encampment.
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Columbia Highway
Portland
Grand Army of the Republic
Gonneville
Rent Fight Plan Against Rent Victions in Local Meeting
Anti Tent Profiteering league members appointed a committee at their Thursday meeting to study hiring an attorney to handle rent victim cases. Mrs Reed, facing rent increases from 37.50 to 46, seeks action. Her two sons serve and another works in the shipyards. Several cases show up to 100 percent hikes.
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Anti Tent Profiteering League
Mem
Mra
Cora Reed
Mra. Reed
Canadian War Veterans Visit City Honoring Soldiers
Eight hundred Canadian war veterans arrive in Seattle to be honored today. They travel to Camp Lewis on Saturday to join Grand Army veterans for Veterans Day observances. A transport program allows wounded soldiers to be driven to the camp, with donations of cars coordinated by Mr. Patterson at the Hotel Georgian.
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Seattle
Camp Lewis
Cantonment
Mr. Patterson
Georgian
Elliott
Arctic Flowers Come in Two Colors
A scientific note states that there are 782 Arctic flower varieties and that their color palette is limited to white and yellow.
Guitar Arrives in Europe via Spaniards from Moorish Model
The guitar reached Europe through Spanish traders who copied the instrument from Moorish sources. The note suggests a cultural transmission from Moorish music to the Iberian Peninsula and then onward to Europe.
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Europe
Bpaniards
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