Alaska Pacific fair visit boosts 1909 livestock show
Bewater W. HH. Paulhamus returned to the Puyallup & Sumner Fruit Growers' Association headquarters after a three week trip to promote the Alaska Pacific fair and to solicit breeding societies for a showing at the 1909 fair. The 1907 International was the most successful yet with up to 60,000 attendees in a single day, featuring beef cattle and horses except thoroughbred runners and standard bred trotters.
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Star
Puyallup, Wash
Bewater
Chorus girl ends romance with doomed suitor
Robert Patterson sought death by own actions after chasing a romance with Ethel Girvin of The Fascinating Flora company. Miss Girvin visited him at Emergency Hospital and gave a farewell kiss before he fled to Oklahoma. Patterson is the son of Philadelphia broomcorn dealer R I Patterson. his father was contacted to send him to Fairview, Oklahoma.
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Kansas City
Robert Patterson
Oklahoma
Ethel Girvin
Flora” Company
Patterson
R. 1 Patterson
Philadelphia
Fairview
Okla
Maxine Eliott to Star in Under the Greenwood Tree
Maxine Eliott returns from London to headline Henry Bemond's new play Under the Greenwood Tree in Philadelphia then New York and larger western cities. She also manages her own company, a novel step that appears to suit the production and her star power.
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Henry K. Bemond
Philadelphia
New York
Two New Factories Near Ready in City South End
Construction on two large plants advances toward completion in the south end. The Commercial Street Holler Works site on the east waterway at Lander is slated to open by February 1 with a 100 by 190 foot main building for marine boilers. The Stetson and Rose Manufacturing Co. plant, located south of the old tank pen, will begin operations in 60 days.
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South End
Commercial Street Holler Works
Lander At
Stetson & Rose Manucturing Co
Viscount Aoki to sail for Japan from San Francisco
Japanese Ambassador Viscount Aoki will depart San Francisco aboard the Manchuria on January 7 for his return to Tokyo. He had planned to leave from Seattle but altered plans to honor his wife's wishes.
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Washington
Viscount Aoki
Manchuria
San Francisco
Seattle
Special Coat and Suit Stock-Arranging Sale at Frederick & Nelson
Frederick and Nelson offers a mass sale across all women and misses coats and suits under one roof. The Stock-Arranging Sale includes hundreds of garments with deep reductions and no reservations, though an alteration fee of $2.00 applies due to crowded rooms.
Suits at Special Prices Show Various Styles and Reductions
A district offer lists numerous suits with different fabrics and styles from red serge to canary broadcloth. Prices range from 22.00 to 48.00 with features such as buttoned coats, plaited skirts, braid trims, and velvet vests.
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Mack
Hundreds of Coats Offered at Special Prices in Seattle
A city advertisement lists numerous coats including full length plaid, leather trimmed and satin lined options. Prices range from seven to twenty dollars with items such as Nile green broadcloth, Copenhagen blue twill, and crushed raspberry broadcloth evening coats. The note cites Moore Theater’s upcoming opening as a reason many women may buy new evening garments.
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Moore Theater
Seattle
After-Holiday Sale on China and Glassware Items
The store advertises discounts across a broad range of wares including electric lamps domes chafing dishes 5 o clock teas and copper novelties. Ridgway English art pottery is half price and many dinnerware patterns are reduced with selections on tables priced at 50c and 1.00.
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Quaker City
Ridgway English Art Pottery
Jardinieres
China
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