Mutual Laundry planned by Seattle union labor party
Six hundred people attended a Friday night fundraiser in Seattle for the Mutual Laundry project. The new two story building on Seventh Ave between Mercer and Broadsts will employ about 75 to start, with plans for expansion and a roof garden. Union leaders and members praised higher wages and better conditions, and a reception committee led by C. W. Doyle celebrated the effort.
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New Mutual Laundry
Seventh Ave
Mercer
Broadsts
Seattle
Union Labor Organized Labor
C. W. Doyle
A. A. Pillar
C. C. Clise KB
Ll. Lanning
Ed Levi
Central Labor Council
T. H. Bolton
George P. Listman
A. G. Brown
PF. A. Rust
Gleon FE. Hoover
D. J. O'Connor
Mra
Manning
Williama
Mae Ranson
Joanna Sillten
Mabel Walah
Mutual
Chicago
C. A. Scott
Labor Temple
Laundry Workers’ Union
W. H. Becker
F. A. Martin
Harry Gardner
Johanna Hilta
Troy Laundry
Olympia
Troy
Johanna Hills
Mangle
True Bite Teeth Promoted By Edwin J Brown
Edwin J Brown D D promotes True Bite teeth described as natural in bite and movement. He denounces false claims about replacing crown or bridgework and urges consulting reputable dentists. The ad also reports opening an optical office in Washington Building with a plan to guarantee work and offer low prices.
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C. T
Nile Temple Grand Ball Dazzles 2000 Shriner Guests
About 2 000 Shriner attendees filled the Hippodrome for the Nile Temple annual grand ball. The evening featured electrical roof effects with the legend Shriners 1915, screenings of pilgrimage movies to Manila and Atlanta, solo by Miss Beryl Lytton, and a maxixe exhibition by Mrs N V Jacoby and Mr Thompson. The gala carried the slogan Smile with Nile and Dance with Nile as the 1916 Seattle gathering loomed.
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Nile Temple
Hippodrome
Shriners
Seattle
Manila
Atlanta
Beryl Lytton
N. V. Jacoby
Battle off Falklands Reported In World News
London dispatch says the admiralty would neither confirm nor deny Buenos Ayres reports of a battle off the Falkland Islands between Admiral Sturdee and Admiral Von Spee. The British statement denies damage and gives no confirmation of sunk ships or Japanese assistance.
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London
Admiralty
Buenos Ayres
Falkland Islands
Sturdee
van Spee
Bride Fights to Save Husband in Mann Act Case
Chicago report details Ada M Cox accusing William Rufus Edwards of breach of promise and social ruin while a separate Mann Act indictment swirls. Edwards’ wife, Mrs. Edwards of St Paul, publicly defends him, describing his collapse to illness and financial strain under the scandal.
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Chicago
Ada M. Cox
William Rufus Edwards
St. Paul
Edwards
Thentigma
Edward A
United States District Attorney
Moses Clapp
Minnesota
Mogg Coal Company
Miss Cox
Mogg
Girl Refuses Boss Marriage Offer and Regrets Decision
In a personal letter a stenographer recounts accepting a job with a kind employer who gradually pressed for marriage. She refused, kept her position but felt diminished trust and later lost status after a hint of indiscretion. Now she questions the wisdom of remaining with her employer. Near sere.
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Sere
Square Up Day Idea To Be Observed In 50 Churches
The movement spreads beyond merchants to 50 Seattle churches with Bull Bros. cards urging members to bury the hatchet and settle scores before January 1 1915 as a square up day. Y M C A Men’s Fellowship will end the year with a square up meeting and Tacoma Spokane Everett Bellingham Olympia towns join in. Commercial Club directors unanimously back the idea, urging members to participate.
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Seattle
Bull Bros
Men's Fellowship Club
The
Tacoma
Spokane
Everett
Bellingham
Olympia
Commercial Club
Admiral Way Improvement Plan Vetoed by Mayor
Mayor Gill Friday vetoed the ordinance for Admiral Way from West Spokane Street to Alki Point a four and a half mile stretch. He objected to the provision allowing general funds to cover part of the expenses and to the general terms of the ordinance.
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Gill Friday
W. Spokane At
Alki Ave
Alki Point
Admiral Way
Bride of seven months swallows poison in Spokane tragedy
Mrs. H. Beck, 17, a bride seven months, took carbolic acid Friday afternoon and died. She was found by her husband, 22, outside their tent at Spokane avenue and East Waterway. She was the daughter of Frank Snider of 2219 57th avenue.
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H. Beck
Spokane Ave
East Waterway
Beck Wie
Frank Snider
57Th Ave
President Approves Dismissal of Lieut Hume of Trinidad
The president approved the dismissal of Lieut. Hume of Trinidad from the army for drinking and taking leave of absence without permission.
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Lieut. Hume
Trinidad
Col
Testimony of Dead Man Admitted in Tape Bribery Case
In federal court before Judge Cushman the government introduced the testimony of Lum Kong, a dead man, as evidence in the Tape bribery case. Kong testified he gave Tape $25 before United States Commissioner Whitlock despite defense objections. Also noted, the wife of former Nevada State Supreme Judge Sweeney files for divorce.
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Cushman
Lum Kong
United States
Whitlock
Tape
Kong
Sweeney
Nevada
Yoghurt Cure Promoted by Yoogmart Co Blaine Wash
An advertisement promotes yogurt as a cure for numerous ailments from liver and kidney issues to poor circulation and nervous conditions. It urges readers to write for information to Yoogmart Co located in Blaine Washington.
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Bacilli
Yoghurt
Yoogmart CO
Blaine
Wash
Souvenir Collectors Hurt by Exploding Shells
The War Office warns against handling German shells found on battlefields as several souvenir seekers in Paris have been badly injured by exploding shells.
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Paris
War Office
Same Company to Get City Hall Job
The Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Co., already building the courthouse, was awarded Friday by county commissioners the contract to add two stories for city use. Fred Scheicher, a farmer, reports a trap in a shed killed Win Hoffman, believed set for tramps.
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Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co
Fred Scheicher
Win
Hoffman
Battle over Warsaw purse in World War I drive
London reports a new Petrograd battle to decide Warsaw fate as Germans and Russians clash with heavy reinforcements. Grand Duke Nicholas redeploys forces while Russians push back German columns near Miana. Austro German siege of Cracow fails as armored cars and automobile transport aid the lines.
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London
Warsaw
Petrograd
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Miana
Exvr
Cracow
Poland
von Hindenburg
Amusements headlined by whirlwinds and McCormack in Seattle
The Moore theatre will show moving pictures then host John McCormack in concert Wednesday night. The Met and Seattle theatres go dark until Dec 27 with Disraeli starting Christmas Day at the Met. Pantages opens with eleven whirlwind beauties and adds Cora Simpson and her company in We Want Our Rights. Ed Curtis' In the Land of the Head Hunters continues at Moore Sunday to Tuesday. Occluded: Disraeli at Metropolitan Christmas Day eight nights with matinees. Arliss in Disraeli at Metropolitan with a strong cast.
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Moore Theatre
John McCormack
Metropolitan
Seattle
Met
Disraeli
Pantages
Cora Simpson
Mme. Rem
Sig. Ballingeri
Baker
O'Neil and Walmsley
Ed Curtis
Moore
Ladies’ Musical Club
George Ariiss
Louis N. Parker
Metropolitan Theatre
Parker
Mr. Arliss
Ernita Lascelles
Florence Arliss
Margaret Dale
Lena Repton
Lilla Campbell
Vincent Sternroyd
Charles Harbury
Henry Carvill
Arthur Eldred
St. Clair Bayfield
Melnotte Twins Headline Seattle Empress Bill
The Melnotte twins return to Seattle next week as Empress billheadliners starting Monday matinee with a new song and dance collection. A ten member Bower of Melody instrumentalists and soloists promises spectacle. Jack Princeton and Agnes Yale perform a comedy sketch titled 600 Miles from New York, with Princeton billed as Daniel Webster of slang. Stanley Warner and Pauline Corbett also perform in the lineup.
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Melnotte Twins
Seattle
Jack Princeton
Agnes Yale
New York
Princeton
Daniel Webster
Stanley Warner
Pauline Corbett
Enver Pasha Spurs War and Claims Destiny
A 32-year-old Turk, Enver Pasha, is described as the Ottoman empire’s man of destiny and mover of a drive to end foreign interference. Now in Egypt, he allegedly dominates the sultan, marries the sultan’s niece, and seeks to consolidate power by harshly treating subjects tied to allied powers in Smyrna Beirut Jaffa Mersina and Alexandretta.
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Henry Wood
Salonika
London
Ottoman Empire
Enver Pasha
Enver Hey
Abdul Hamid
Young Turks
Enver
Constantinople
Egypt
Smyrna
Beirut
Jaffa
Mersina
Alexandretta
Germans Report 1400 Lunatics at French Asylum
German officers in Paris report Von Kluck's army received a message asking for nurses to tend 1400 lunatics. The misidentified asylum looked like a chateau and, upon arrival, officers found over a thousand patients with few attendants as the medical corps assumed control.
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Berlin
New York
von Kluck
France
Johnston Sings at His Old School in Lincoln High Concert
The Lincoln high school's new auditorium hosted a 40 piece school orchestra concert to benefit self supporting students. Theo and Karl Johnston, former Lincoln students, performed featured songs.
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Johnston
Linoln High School
Theo
Karl Johnston
Lincoln
Burglary Suspect Targeted Home Four Times Friday
James Murray reports a burglar entered his home at 2502 20th Ave 8 at 7 p m and returned four times that night. At midnight Murray fired several shots from a rifle at a figure he believed to be the intruder, hoping to hit him.
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James Murray
20Th Ave
Murray
Chiropodists Meet in Seattle Sunday at Savoy Hotel
A special meeting of state chiropodists has been called for Seattle Sunday at the Savoy hotel. Legislative matters of importance will be considered during the session.
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Seattle
Savoy Hotel
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Clive & Sowie Ford
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