Benefit smoker raises funds for Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund
Approximately $500 was added to the Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund from a benefit smoker at the Arena Tuesday night. Overall district donations surpass $1,200 with Preamland dame proceeds and other ticket sales still outstanding. The event honored Sammies with 4800 boxes of tobacco produced for them and featured volunteer performances and support from the Metropolitan Bulking Co and Dry Dock band.
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Our Boys In
France
Arena
Star
Sammies
Dan Balt
Metropolitan Bulking Co
Sammies Tt
Wain Steady as Peace Reply Goes
Chicago news reports on August 29 notes President Wilson's reply to the pope regarding peace did not noticeably affect grain trades or market behavior.
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Chicago
Wilson
Twins Tie The Knot In Double Wedding Of Four
Twin brothers Leland and Lorand Tabler of Kansas City wed twin sisters Alice and Gertrude Moore of Adrian in a double ceremony. Roses served as identification tags with one red and one white rose pinning each couple. Brides wore identical dresses as the weddings unfolded in parallel.
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Leland and
Lorand Tabler
Kansas City
Alice
Gertrude Moore
Adrian
Italian Offense Pauses On Isonzo Front As Allies Press
London dispatches report Italy’s rapid advance slowed to a breathing space as heavy artillery struggles to keep pace. The Wainsizza plateau becomes central in Isonzo fighting with Austrians reinforcing Monte Santo and Bush artillery poised for fresh bombardment. Fighting continues south of Balnaizza and on other fronts with artillery duels dominant.
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Wainsizza
Isonzo
Cadorna
Monte Santo Chain
Balnaizza
Theate
Russia
Haig
Paria
Riga
Russians Desert Firing Line As German Forces Advance
Russian troops desert in large numbers, with the war office reporting a whole division quitting the front near Muntcheliu. The retreat allows German units to push forward through the day and reach Russian positions around Varnitza by night.
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Ay United Press
Petrograd
War Office
Muntcheliu
Teutons
Varnitza
Tangle of Roses Unites Bridegrooms in Peru and Ecuador
Bridesmaids and best men could not identify brides at a ceremony. Each bridegroom kept his partner by the arm and pinned a rose to the corsage, one red rose for Leland and white for Lorand. Rev. Charles Coombs led the First Christian church ceremony as guests pondered a playful mix up. In Peru and Ecuador, one white person in 17.
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Leland
Lorand
Charles Coombs
First Christian Church
Strike in Seattle shipyards averted by federal commission
In Seattle a potential strike by twelve thousand Metal Trades Council members was paused as the U S shipping board formed a three member commission to settle wage disputes. Government mediator Parry in Portland eyed an early settlement while yards like Skinner and Eddy had already granted wage increases, signaling possible uniform gains.
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Seattle
U. S. Shipping Board
Metal Trades Council
Executive Council
Shipping Board
C. V. Parry
Portland
C.H. Wiley
Seattle Dry Dock & Construction Co
Dan McKillop
Metal Trades Councill
Wilson
Everit Macy
New York
National Civic Federation
Samuel Gompers
A J. Herris
International Metal Trades Council
McKillop
Skinner & Eddy
Frisco Ship Unions to Vote on Strike
San Francisco unions affiliated with the Iron Trades council asked international headquarters for strike ballots. Members will vote at local meetings on September 13, as the old wake scale agreement with Union Tron Works and other shipyards expires two days later.
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United Press
San Francisco
The
Iron Trades Council Today
International Headquarters
Union Tron Works
Potato sets scarce in Scandinavia causing thefts in Norway
Thomas H. Kolderup, Norwegian vice consul and bank cashier, reports potato sets are so scarce in Norway that crops are sometimes stolen from fields. He notes food is expensive but business is good after a five month stay on the Scandinavian peninsula before returning to Seattle.
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Norway
Thomas H. Kolderup
Guardian Trust & Savings Bank
Seattle
Scandinavian Peninsula
Forest fires rage in western Montana and Idaho panhandle
Fires in western Montana and the Idaho panhandle escalate while crews in Montana near exhaustion. About 6000 firefighters are battling the blazes, with reinforcements to be drawn from Washington and Idaho as fires intensify.
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West
Montana
United Press
Portland
Ore
Washington
Oregon
Idaho Panhandle
Idaho
East Now Studies Western Business Ad Expert Outlines West Coast Focus
American businessmen are moving to study West coast business conditions says J W Sanger of New York who is en route to South America to examine advertising methods. He addressed the Ad club at the Kon Marche dining room Tuesday.
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J W. Sanger
New York
South America
Ad Club
Flying school at Fort Worth to train 600 aviators
Washington August 29. The war department announced a flying school will be established immediately at Fort Worth Texas to train 600 American aviators with English instructors from Canadian schools to teach officers for air service on the Western front. J Fiffer a 48 year old blind news boy at Washington Street and First Avenue South sustained severe bruises after falling into a sidewalk opening at Schwabacher Grocery Co. store Wednesday morning and was hospitalized.
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United Press
Washington
Fort Worth
Tex
War Department
J. Fiffer
Washington St
First Ave. S
Schwabacher Grocery Co
Tip Top Snap Fasteners Card at Bon Marche
Black and white one dozen fasteners on a card three sizes offered on the upper main floor of the Bon Marche store for five cents.
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