Christmas Day 1919 Shines Through Seattle's Notes of Joy
Seattle celebrates a near perfect Christmas with crowds opening gifts, carols filling streets, and churches ringing. Prisoners and patients receive cheer from Salvation Army, church groups, and hospital Santa Clauses. Public and private hosts, including the Moore Theatre and Woodland Park, spread feast and gifts to soldiers, children, and families.
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Tus
Orthopedic Hospital
Santa Claus
Frank Waterhouse
J. W. Spangler
Waterhouse Kria
Eagle Gorge
Santa Clauses Twain
Woodland Park
Seattle
Gust Knudsen
Mike
Monk
Liste
Beaver
Soldiers’ and Saliors
Col
William M. Inglis
Veterans’ Welfare Commission
Bashaw
Elks’ Club
Santa Claus” Wilkins
Mornon
The
Elks
Avalanches Kill Guests At Davos Hotels In Switzerland
Three Davos hotels were buried by massive avalanches on Wednesday. Five bodies were recovered from Pension Germania with fears of more buried, while another slide at Hotel Excelsior killed a Russian woman and her nurse and left several others seriously hurt.
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Geneva
Davos
Pension Germania
Excelsior
Theatres: On Manila Bay at Palace Hip Opens Christmas Day
A lively Palace Hip bill features the musical comedy On Manila Bay with realistic scenic effects and sea imagery. Teddy McNamara leads with laughs, Ed and Edna Fanton perform on Roman rings, Cleve land and Fay present Oh Doctor, Kathryn's Birthday with Charles Barney, the Devereaux Prim Trio sing and act, and Mary Miles Minter stars in A Bachelor's Wife.
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Manila Bay
Palace Hip
Teddy McNamara
Pollard Opera Company
Edna Fanton
Cleveland
Fay
Frank Gould
Charles Barney and Company
Kathryn
Devereaux Prim
Mary Miles Minter
Translator Wilfred Stevens speaks 33 languages at state department
Washington December 26 Wilfred Stevens a chief translator for the state department in Washington speaks 33 languages though he has never left the United States or attended college. His list includes Chinese Japanese Persian Turkish Armenian Arabian Bulgarian Croatian Russian German Portuguese French Spanish Italian Yiddish Swedish Norwegian Dutch Mongolian Finnish ancient Greek Latin Hebrew Polish Romanian and more. He has created his own universal language and perfected versions of Epe ranto Ido and Ufone.
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State Department
Washington
United States
Harvard Coach Declares Hard Route Ahead For Team
In San Francisco on December 26 Coach Robert T. Fisher warned that Harvard faces a tough path to victory. He said Oregon should not expect an easy rebound and stressed the team is here to win. Harvard’s 22 players and staff are guests of the local Harvard club at the Palace Hotel.
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San Francisco
California
Oregon
Robert T. Fisher
Harvard Football Warriors
Palace Hotel
Harvard
Board of Strategy
J. T. Curan Named Building Secretary
J T Curan will become secretary of the Building Owners and Managers association February 1, succeeding Fred T Dradiey.
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J. T. Curan
J.T. Curan
Building Owners’ and Managers’ Association
Fred T. Dradiey
Mute Held for Murder Identified as Neighbor
Denver police hold Alex Miller a mute farmhand in custody for the murder of Adam Shank his wife and four children last Saturday night Identifications tie Miller to Frank Stephens neighbor who gave him a ride shortly after the shooting A station agent also places Miller as the man who bought a ticket from Plattville to Denver.
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Denver
Colo
Alex Miller
Adam Shank
Gilchrest
Frank Stephens
Shank
Miller
Plattville
Teutons Receive Gold From Seattle
Heavy remittances of money were sent to Germany and Austria this Christmas, according to E. T. Madden, financial agent of the American Express company. Persons with relatives living under the central powers availed themselves of the first opportunity of sending Christmas checks since the beginning of the war.
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E. T. Madden
American Express Company
Central Powers
Seattle Woman Gains 15 Pounds Taking Tanlac
Mrs. A. G. Sekind of 2404 Third Ave Seattle credits Tanlac with restoring her health after years of stomach trouble. She reported poor appetite, gas, bloating, headaches, dizziness, insomnia, and weakness, then says she now eats well, sleeps soundly, and has regained strength and weight. Bartell Drug Stores in Seattle sell Tanlac.
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A. G. Sekind
Third Avenue
Seattle
Wash
Taniac
Tanlac
Bartell Drug Stores
Arbitration Proponent Clashes With Opponent on Settlement
A columnist notes that nearly all sides favor arbitration while one man insists he can prevail without it, highlighting a debate over dispute resolution methods and the risks of avoiding neutral mediation.
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Pike Street
Woodhouse-Grunbaum Furniture Co
Tardave
EL Union St
P. Sloan
Spring St
Seattle General Hospital
Jagge
Beiter
Santa
BY Eddie Boyden
Puyallup
Piccadilly
Skinner & Eddy
Sterling
Jesus of Nazareth
Keven
Hotel de Stringer
Salvation Army
T. J. Doyle
Dagge
Mig
Joe Frank Warren
Brannigan
Beattie
Mra
J. C. Perant
Sunnyside
Mra. L. Reynolda
R. Nelle
Howell
Llewellyn Howard
Rourke
Victor Nelson
John Davis
Stewart St
Gustav Klukas
Madison
Perant
Nelle
Reynolds Domicelle
Howard
Nelson
Davis Igioo
Klukas
Carl Reiter
Moore Theatre
Bill Hartung
Moore
Reiter
Tiny Burnett
Atlantic Jase Band
Pirot
Entral Public Market
Lear Ieee
Satan Eens
Pipe
Union
Central Public Market
First Avenue
Seattle Market
Occidental Avenue
Yester Way
Occidental
Borden's
del Monte
Jemima
Auto Club
Argo Glass
American Fruit Stall
Central Fruit Store
Mons
Florida
Wyonathan
Bae 406
Washington Fruit & Vegetable Company
Nice
Elliott
F.c.ginnever
Wash. Bldg
Wirst Ave
Wary JS SA
New York
Wilfred
Stevens
Ie Dren AS
Third Ave “Cor University
She Rhodes Co
Tricolette
Paulette
Georgette Bukk
Bon Ton
Royal Worcester
Sue Price
Georgette
Teutons
Germany
Austria
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