Workmen of England Do Not Want War Says James Larkin
James Larkin, Irish dock workers strike leader, told a Seattle audience at Dreamland pavilion that Irish laborers sympathize against the war. He urged uniting unions into one body with a universal wage scale and claimed workers in England and Germany oppose war. He warned of war debt repercussions in the United States and predicted major economic panic after the conflict.
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James Larkin
Irish Dock Workers
Ireland
England
Larkin
Dreamland Pavillion
Seattle
Germany
America
France
Russia
United States
Hollywood Lunch and Soda Fountain Ad at 212 Pike St
An advertisement for the Hollywood Lunch and Soda Fountain located at 212 Pike Street promotes its dining offerings. The brief note highlights the address as the primary visible detail in this historical ad fragment.
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Hollywood
Pike St
Thunder and Lightning Drench City Amid Smoke Clearing
Weather Director Salisbury reports a minor rainfall between Sunday night and Monday morning with 569 percent drops, too small to measure. He forecasts a shower or two Monday afternoon and night, then sun for about a month. Thunder, described as Western Washington style, lasted 1:50 to 2:00 a.m., from a distant siege gun. It was 104 in Walla Walla Sunday.
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Salisbury
Phyllis
Washington
Walla Walla
Dale seeks to reverse vote on Rainier Valley car line
Councilman Dale proposes an ordinance to repeal the May 19 vote approving a municipal car line into Rainier valley. He explains the new measure would let him vote opposite to his earlier position, signaling a shift away from the Rainier route.
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Dale
Rainier Valley
Rainier Way
Waterfront in No Danger of a Strike
Seattle local of the Longshoremen's union says Sunday’s vote against ratification does not mean a general strike. Secretary says the action lays groundwork for negotiation and that workers aim for amicable settlement with employers. Locals must ratify by September 1. wages rise about 12 percent. night work restrictions. priority hiring for union men.
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Seattle
Longshoremen’s Union
Pershing Brings Home Bodies After Presidio Fire
Brig. Gen. John J. Pershing arrives in Ogden Utah with the bodies of his wife and three daughters who died in a Presidio fire while en route to Cheyenne for funerals. His grief is evident as he helps lead the family procession, accompanied by Senator Francis E. Warren and other relatives.
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Ogden
Utah
John J. Pershing
Presidio
San Francisco
Cheyenne
Pershing
Francis E. Warren
Wyoming
Warren
Sen
Mrs. Warren
Frederick Warren
Beattie Expects City to Renew White River Power Offer
Mountain Development Co of Tacoma renews offer to sell White River power site to Beattie for city light needs. Proposal cites bonds funded by earnings, per state utility act, with bulk power at 0.6 cents per kWh and extra power up to 60 000 hp at 0.5 cents per kWh.
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P. H. Hebb
Mountain Development Co
Tacoma
White River
Seattle
Lake Cushman
Beattie
Attie
Citiz
Cedar River
Mountain Development
MER
Ross Advises City to Buy Power Site
In a Monday memo to the council Lighting Superintendent Ross urges purchasing a new power site. He notes the department's rising business and argues private power offers exceed city costs. He dismisses Schwager Nettieton at 1 cent per kWh and warns against closing Cedar River for Stimson Mill unless total charges fall below the city’s fixed costs.
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Ross
Schwager & Nettieton
Portland nurse praises mineral Akos in testimonial
Miss Anna White of 506 Northwestern Building Portland declares Akos the California mineral relieved her decade long nasal catarrh after three months of use. She says her head is clear breath better and she expects complete cure. The advertisement notes Akos is a natural mineral not a patent medicine and is sold by druggists with more information available.
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Anna White
North Western Building
Portland
Miss White
California
Misa White
Labor Leaders to Occupy Pulpits in Seattle Churches
Labor leaders will deliver sermons in about 30 Seattle churches on Labor Sunday. Councilmen Heaketh and Bolton and Street Superintendent Case will preach, under a social creed from the Federal Council of Churches supporting child labor abolition, wage increases, and labor hour reductions. Churches may arrange speakers by calling Secretary James Duncan at Elliott 2424.
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Seattle
Heaketh
Bolton
Case
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
James Duncan
Elliott
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs Mary Helena Wilson
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Helena Wilson wife of 3 P Wilson head of Wilsons Modern Business College were held from Bonney Watson chapel Monday. She died Friday.
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Mra
Mary Helena Wilson
P. Wilson
Wilson's
Modern Business College
Bonney- Watson Chapel
Search for Kelly Babe at Fauntleroy Fades Amid Theories
The disappearance of 18 month old Florence Kelly from Fauntleroy Park beach last Thursday drew police, parents, neighbors and outsiders into a debate over possible causes. Theories range from a wave dragging her to deep water to wandering or even kidnapping. Local witness J H Carse disputes university expert Trevor Kincaid on eagles’ tameness and recalls seeing eagles snatch a lamb and an attempted grab of a boy.
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Florence Kelly
Fauntleroy Park
J. H. Carse
26Th Ave
Stump Blower
Puget Sound
Trevor Kincaid
University
Orcas Island
Turtleback Mountain
German mother of French soldiers dies by gas
Spokane dispatch reports Mrs. Augusta Holz, 64, a native of Germany, took gas and died. Her two sons served in the French army. She had lived in France with them and later moved to America while they remained in Paris. No suicide note was left.
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Spokane
Germany
Augusta Holz
France
America
Paris
Boy Cyclist Injured After Fall Near Home
Ollie Blake, 14, of 15th Ave. W. and West 96th St., was thrown from his bicycle and lay in a ditch for about an hour before being picked up. He was taken to Providence hospital with injuries described as not serious.
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Ollie Blake
15Th Ave. W
West 96Th St
Providence
Von Tirpitz Opposes Quick Peace Talks
Berlin reports that Grand Admiral Von Tirpitz, with Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg and Foreign Minister Von Jagow, favors immediate adjustment of differences with the United States. He does not favor a formal disavowal of the sinking of the liner Arabic and remains doubtful whether friendly relations can be secured only that way.
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Berlin
the Hague
von Tirpitz Beeves
von Bethmann-Hallweg
von Jagow
United States
Germany
von Tirpitz
Russian Army of 300000 Cut Off by Germans
Berlin reports Aug 30 that about 300000 Russian troops face encirclement as Austro German forces pressure the Slav line from Kovel to Lusk. The main army under Grand Duke Nicholas sustains heavy attacks while Galicia, Brzezany, and Vilna fronts see continued Russian retreats.
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Berlin
London
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Kovel
Lusk
Galicia
Brody
Tarnople
Brzezany
Strypa
Vienna
Brest Litovek
Vilna
Unknown speeder injures man in Seattle crash
An unknown speeder knocked T. J. Birchmall of 825 27th Ave into a wagon at Rainier Avenue and Norman Street Saturday. He suffers a badly crushed leg with casualties reported.
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Speeder
T. J. Birchmall
27Th Ave
Rainier Ave
Norman St
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Baeks Eadloeine
Nloe
Nes
Woodhouse-Grinbaum Furniture
Dike Street
Wiliam
Stephenson
KODAK
MR. Mendenhall
Ie Swift
Pike
Albert Hansen
Second Ave
Madison
P.s.navy Yard
Kian
H. B. Kennedy
Colman Dock
Horlick
The
Right Drug Co
Washington St
Pike &J
Third Ave
Third and
Senator Warren
HEBB
Dougall
Southwick
Point Geneva
Brussels
the MacDougall-Southwick Co
Second Avenue and
Pike Street
Akoz
Land
Kelly Babe
Fauntleroy
Francisca Redding CO. Latoyv
Elms
Lois
Land OF Tomorrow
Ober
Dumont
Lady Betty
Monk
Nortonia
Swift
4Th Ave
Joshua Gwen Bidg
Veith Cammack, Co
James St
Bldy
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