50 Portland Girls to Get Training
Vancouver Wash Aug 25 650 of Port lands prettiest girls clad in khaki marched and countermarched at Vancouver Barracks on the first routine day of the National Service Training Camp for Women Miss Sophia L Rut ley in charge The camp will run until Sept 7 and she previously commanded camps at San Francisco and Seattle
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Vancouver
Wash
Portland
Vancouver Barracks
Sophia L. Rutley
San Francisco
Seattle
Mrs Dawson Injured in Auto Smash Near O Brien
Mrs Anna N Dawson wife of Dr J T Dawson of 733 16th Ave was treated at Providence hospital Friday after an auto accident Thursday evening near O Brien. She was thrown from the family car when it collided with another vehicle the other driver fleeing. Dr Dawson cites blinding lights as cause and could not learn the other driver’s name.
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Anna N. Dawson
J. T. Dawson
16Th Ave
Providence Hospital
O'Brien
Dawson
Hold Final Session On Budget for Sanitarium Buildings
The council budget committee planned a final session Friday afternoon to consider a proposed expenditure of 45,000 dollars for new sanitarium buildings.
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Council
Budget includes twenty thousand for Firlands maintenance
The council plans a budget item of 20000 dollars for Firlands maintenance. The budget will be discussed and likely approved at the September 6 meeting and published after passage.
Cooler Weather Expected After Warmest Day Yet
Old Sol failed to keep up his work Friday as Seattle saw 72 degrees at noon, two degrees below Thursday’s peak. By 4 pm Thursday the temperature rose to 74. Forecaster George Salisbury predicted cooler conditions tomorrow, signaling a temporary relief from the heat.
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Old Sol
Weather Bureau
George Salisbury
Seattle
Old Timers In Their Parishes
Search for the longest tenure of a benefice reveals two clergymen with three score years and ten. Rev. W. W. Wingfield of Guival held his living from 1839 to 1912, and Rev. T. Raymond was rector of Middleton near Sudbury from 1819 to September 1889.
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London
W. W. Wingfield
Guival
Penzance
T. Raymond
Middleton
Sudbury
Suffolk
Arrestee Shallenberger Linked to Whisky Trunk Discovery
Arctic club member J. Shallenberger faces arrest for possessing an illicit amount of booze after Seattle police seized a trunk of whisky received by him at the Arctic club. Mayor Gill and Chief Heckingham say Joe Goldie and Billie Kienert shippered the hooch. warrants await them when they return.
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Shallenberger
Arctic Club
Gill
Heckingham
Joe Goldie
Billie Kienert
Seattle
Stockton
Cal
Goldie
Kienert
Police
Grace Rippe Leads Queen Contest In Seattle Show
Misa Grace Rippe tops the queen list as votes pour in from supporters, with Peggy Standice hot on the juvenile side. The Advertising show program nears completion as Buckley and Joan Finley meet with club committee to plan show week visits and special travel rates for Seattle attendees.
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Misa Grace Rippe
Peggy Standice
Buckley
Joan Finley
Transportation Club
Seattle
Sport Shirt Trend Weaves Through Washington Society
Sir Cecil Spring Rice the British ambassador to the United States is seen in a sport shirt and his wife Mrs Spring Rice approves. Washington society takes up the sports shirt with white shoes trousers and socks pairing.
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Cecil Spring- Rice
United States
Lady Spring-Rice
Washington
Italians Near Trieste as German Lines Tighten
Gen Cadorna’s forces push to within 14 miles of Trieste and advance in the Carso plateau. Italian troops seized Austrian second line trenches and penetrated some positions in the third line near Goritz as heavy shelling continues.
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John H. Hearly
United Press
Goritz
Cadorna
Trieste
Corso
Afalcone
Circus bill posters jailed for license violation
H. L. Burnham and W. Dinan, posters for the Sells Floto circus, were jailed Friday on charges of posting bills without a license.
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H. L. Burnham
W. Dinan
Aeolian Quartet and Spccial Club Play Tracyton Concert
The Aeolian quartet and the Spccial club of Seattle present a concert and dance at Grange hall Tracyton Wash on Saturday evening. Boat departs Colman dock at 6 30 p m for the event.
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Aeolian Quartet
Spccial Club
Seattle
Grange Hall
Tracyton
Wash
Colman Dock
War Game Played Off the Atlantic Coast
Washington reports a naval battle anticipated off the Atlantic coast today with Admiral Helms defending against the Red fleet. Cruiser squadrons may have clashed. main battle squadrons have not yet formed. Marine hospitals are alerted to treat wounded sailors and receive prisoners sent to New York, Norfolk and other navy yards.
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Washington
Atlantic
Admiral Helm
Bere
New York
Norfolk
British Forces Renew Hard Fighting on Somme Front
British troops advanced several hundred yards in severe combat on both sides of the Longueval Fleury Bapaume road. Gen Haig reported the action along the northern and eastern edges of Delville Wood as the fight intensified last night.
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London
Longueval - Fleury - Bapaume Road
Haig
Delville Wood
Germany orders Bulgars to pull back from Greece war front
LONDON Aug 25 Germany ordered Bulgaria to stop advancing into Greece and evacuate Greek lands as Greece faces possible entry into the war. Greek generals reportedly refuse to withdraw from Eastern Macedonia, citing defense of the front and rising public indignation. Rome wireless dispatches, unconfirmed, say Bulgaria retreats but only in Eastern Macedonia. Athens reports contradict evacuation near Ceres.
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London
Germany
Greece
Rome
Macedonia
Eastern
Athens
Ceres
Special meetings announced at Salvation Army hall
Public notices schedule special meetings at the Salvation Army hall located at Fifth Avenue and Washington Street on Sunday August 27.
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Salvation Army Hall
Fifth Ave
Washington St
Preparedness Cost Tops Six Hundred Forty Five Million
AdmaiMUIUN August 25. Ex penditure for sea and land preparedness measures rose to the unprecedented total of 645,476,840.51 as the house concurred in senate amendments to the army appropriation bill marking a major wartime funding milestone.
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Admaimuiun
America
House
Senate
Governor McBride Tours Southwest and South County Areas
Former Governor Henry McBride travels through southwestern and southern counties not visited in earlier campaign stops. After this stretch ends around September 1, he plans to focus the final days of the race on King and Pierce counties.
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Henry McBride
McBride
Pierce
During Hot Weather Horsford Acid Phosphate Delightfully Refreshing
Refreshment claim for Horsford's Acid Phosphate markets a thirst quenching drink said to aid heat exhaustion. Bottle purchase encouraged.
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Horsford
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State Dental Board
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DR. L. R. Cla
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Second Ave
Hotel Butler Building
Mrs. Dawson
Miss Rippe
Grace Rippe
Flossie Stecher
Ruth Noble
Emily Brown
Elsie Scherpf
Anna Klinger
Catherine Wilson
Alicia Blake
Peggy Standiee
Edith Waratow
Nedra Beecamp
Fern McLean
Ellanor Danks
Margaret Saikan
Inez Prime
SIR
Credit Apparel Institution
Union St
Bradbury
Smattie
Soueine Mall
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Bremerton
Oatea
The
Ness At
Coliseum
Salvation Army
Gov. M’bride
Pacific
Tns
Turrell Shoe Co
Marion St
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