REALTORS CONVENTION DELEGATION ARRIVES IN SEATTLE
Delegates arrive for the Inter regional convention in Seattle with 200 representatives planned. Preconvention sessions gather at Cobb building while open meetings are set by the Metropolitan Theatre. President Fred K of Spokane to preside with disputed program and speeches by Governor Lister and Hebberd. A Seattle automobile tour and Army club gathering planned along with a $3,000,000 event.
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Seattle
Cobb Building
Thursby
Metropolitan Theatre
Fred K
Spokane
Army and Club
Lister
Hebberd
Automo
Tacoma Boy Falls to Death in Rainier Park
Aug 28 report states Harry Lyon died while climbing a rocky cliff in Rainier National Park. He slipped and fell into roaring waters as bystanders searched for his body and recovered none by afternoon. A separate Bremerton housing bid of 1.5 million dollars by A W Quist Co. was accepted.
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Tacoma
Harry Lyon
da Faila
Rainier National Park
Young Lyon
Y Gras
A. W. Quist & Co
Bremerton
University of Washington to train officers via students army corps
President Henry Sassalio announces a new university led training plan for war service. Qualified men with at least a high school education join a students army training corps for army navy and marine instruction. Enlistments are said to have ceased pending counterorders, with draft boards assigning those able to qualify.
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University of Washington
Army Training Corps
Army
Navy
Marine
Henry Sassalio
San Francisco
W. T. Patten
Washington
Marines
Suszako
Red Cross Offers Hygiene and Dietetics Classes
The Red Cross announces new elementary hygiene and home care classes starting next week at 4135 Arcade. Miss Margaret Ricela will instruct hygiene with both evening and afternoon sessions. Dietetics courses begin September 3 under Mrs. W. R. Power, with enrollment at 1218 Fourth Ave educational headquarters.
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The
Red Cross
Fourth Ave
Watch the Little Pimples They Are Nature's Warning
Public notice-style summary of a 19th or early 20th century advertisement urging readers to treat skin diseases by purifying the blood with S. S. S. and advising to send a case history to Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta Georgia. It emphasizes that local remedies fail and promotes a vegetable blood medicine.
Liquor Battle Grows Warmer in Senate Fight
Senate supporters of immediate prohibition press experts from the Treasury to back claims no large financial losses will occur. They cite banks with liquor loans and banks holding paper as needing time to settle, while a high official says six months may suffice. The fight over the prohibition deadline likely to be decided this week with July 1, 1919, as a possible fixed date.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Treasury Department
Department
Soldiers at Camp Lewis May Vote If Registered Card Arrives
King county soldiers at Camp Lewis may cast ballots for the coming election if they receive a registration office card certifying their qualification. Victor Zednick, candidate for Justice of the Peace, has declared in an address to railroad men.
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King County
Camp Lewis
Victor Zednick
Justice of the Peace
Slain Seattle Hero Predicted His Death
George J. Rutter son of Mrs W C Rutter of 747 Monroe street was killed in action as advices reached the family home. A letter to his brother reportedly warned that the folks would never see him again and confirmed his death a few days later the notice of death arrived.
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George J. Rutter
Mra. W. C. Rutter
Monroest
Soldiers Relatives to Be Filmed Sunday at Volunteer Park
Mothers wives fathers and sweethearts of Washington soldiers will pass before cameras Sunday afternoon at Volunteer park. Participants must hold Parents' Association membership cards from 326 Lyon building offices to take part in the film to be shown to the boys at the front. Col. Peter W. Davison was noted in recent data as a colonel due for promotion to brigadier general.
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Washington
Movie Camera
Volunteer Park
Lyon Building
Peter W. Davison
Seattle
Alaska
Is This You War Romance Grips This Photo
A photo found by a Beattie boy in an Amex billet travels through The Star offices. The Girl in a black party frock with pearl earrings may be in Seattle or wartorn France, with notes stitched in khaki thread bearing the name C. W. Chulta. The Star asks the owner to claim the photo.
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Seattle
France
James & Merrihew
Dreweed
C. W
Far and Near News Highlights From World War I Era
Edgar Maloney, 20, son of Mrs Louise Maloney, in a French base hospital after a compound fracture from a recent American drive. George Crockett fined 50 for leading 19 Boy Scouts on a perilous Mount Rainier overnight trek. Public speaker Countona Madeline de Pryas to lecture Seattle on war work in France. George H MacMichael and C H Dodd named Dexter Horton bank vice presidents. Pettit named assistant cashier. Beverly MA allows married women to teach if husbands are in national service. Emma W Wood named executrix in Emily Denny estate matter. Russian for business classes planned by Chamber of Commerce. Whitney chorus to perform at Arena Aug 31 and Sept 3. Seattle bank clearings up over 60 percent. building permits up 2756 percent last month. Private Karl W Holton wounded in France with 26th U S infantry. Funeral for George Leslie Cole set at University Undertaking Parlors. Anna Lipken injured by motorcycle crash. John Wallace aquitted of whisky-smuggling charge after barbed wire injury ruled as cause. South Park Labor Day festival proceeds to Red Cross. Judge Clay Allen to speak on German Espionage System in America at Evergreen Hall. Division 12 reorganization planned at West Seattle High School. Sheriff Stringer and Oscar Springer injured at Skinner Eddy plant while aiding labor efforts.
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H. B. Hardt
Seattle
King County
Caroline Furness
Vassar College
Orient
Japan
China
Army and Navy Club
Tacoma
George Crockett
National Park Authorities
Mount Rainier
Committee On Public Information
Ona Madeline de Pryas
France
H. MacMichael
C. H. Dodd
Dexter Horton Bank
FR. W. Pettit
Beverly
Mass
Emma W. Wood
Emily Denny
Denny
Paul W. Wood
Chamber of Commerce
Karl W. Holton
Broadway High
26Th
U. S. Infantry
George Leslie Cole
Anna Lipken
Spruce
21St Ave
Alderst
John Wallace
Auburn
Urquhart
South Park
Red Cross
Clay Allen
U. S
Evergreen Hall
America
Division 12
Council of Patriotic Service
West Seattle High School
John Stringer
Oscar Springer
Skinner & Eddy
Yarda
Freckle and Tan Lotion Made From Lemons and Orchard White
A folk remedy recommends squeezing two lemons into three ounces of Orchard White to make a quarter pint lotion for freckles sunburn windburn and tan. Grocers supply lemons and drug stores provide Orchard White for a few cents. Massage daily for clearer softer skin and possible whitening.
Poslam Promises Quick Heal For Skin Troubles
An advertisement touts Poslam as a potent solution for itching skin diseases and mild eruptions. It claims rapid relief for eczema acne pimples and surface conditions with Poslam products and Poslam Soap for tender skin. Free samples are available by writingEmergency Laboratories in New York City.
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Posium
Mergency Laboratories
W. 47Th St
New York City
Stearns' Mlecs Paste Clears Rats in Homes and Stores
The ad claims rats and mice destroy over two hundred million dollars in food yearly and promotes Stearns' Mlecs Paste as an easy, cheap solution used in U S government campaigns. A small box supposedly purges houses of rats mice cockroaches and waterbugs.
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Stearns
U. S
Seattle War Bond Drive Urges Local Support
Community leaders call residents to buy War Savings and Thrift Stamps and demonstrate Seattle’s commitment to the war effort. Officials warn that local participation will be seen as a measure of the city’s patriotic duty and its contribution to national victory.
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Seattle
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Pranklin
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Whitney Boys
Poslam
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Washington Title Insurance Company
Washington Title Insurance
Republic Theatre
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Eves
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Rhodes Co
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