Star Folk Call for Old Coins for Ryther Home
W A Weary Wilkins reports Seattle Star readers donated Columbia half dollars to the Ryther Child Home campaign. The coins, tied to a 1893 World’s Fair premium, are being sold to support the home and its planned isolation ward with proceeds going directly to the charity.
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The
Star
Columbia
Ryther
Seattle
W. A. Weary” Wilkins
Ruther Child
Tacoma
Ryther Child
Resi Dent
University District
Chicago
Ryther Home
Battery E 146th Field Artillery Formed at Lincoln
The first student and alumni battery for Seattle’s Field Artillery unit will organize at the Armory Wednesday morning. Barrett Herrick will command the battery, with 9 am physical and state exams to filter about sixty candidates. By next week the unit may reach 89 men and uniforms with 75mm shooting irons follow in a month.
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Field Artillery Regiment
Seattle
Lincoln High School
Lincoln
Barrett Herrick
Yell King
University of Washington
146Th Field Artillery
Cable Controversy Declared Practically Closed
Washington officials say the dispute over the British embassy direct contact with Senator Kellogg denying interference with American cable messages is practically closed.
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Washington
Kellogg
State Department
Warning Against Ad Solicitors Posing As Railroad Men
A Chamber of Commerce letter warns the public about two men posing as solicitors for the Year Book of the American Railroad Men's association. The men, now in Seattle, were soliciting advertising with a business manager in Milwaukee at 421 424 Camp building.
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Seattle
American Railroad Men's Association
Chamber of Commerce
Camp Building
Milwaukee
Robbers Loot Spokane Grocery Delivers $100 Take
Three masked men held proprietor J. B. Colbert and his wife in a back room after locking up, then robbed Colbert's grocery store of about $100 according to police. Waiting customers watched the incident unfold as the robbers looted the shop in Spokane on December 28.
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Spokane
J. B. Colbert
Colbert
U S Flag Trampled at Canadian College
Boston date describes an investigation into alleged flag tearing at McGill University in Montreal by undergraduates during a fundraising dinner for a $5,000,000 campaign. The event followed a remark about sympathy for Ireland in the United States, provoking excitement.
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U. S
Canadian College
Boston
Mass
McGill University
Montreal
Ireland
United States
Mother's Gun Found Beside Dead Kiddies
In Youngstown Ohio dec 28 search of a Hubbard house ruin where Mrs Thomas Koehler and her two children died found the children’s bodies and a revolver police say belonged to Mrs Koehler. Neighbor Harry Coler recalls hearing two shots. Mrs Koehler claimed a black man shot her and set the fire.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Hubbard
Thomas Koehler
War over Will towns stand for German grand opera now
Cyrena Gordon, prima donna, seeks to end narrow prejudice as the Chicago grand opera company plans a spring tour to the Pacific Coast. She asks if the war is over and says the Kaiser started the conflict but Wagner wrote the finest music in the world.
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Chicago Grand Opera Company
Pacific Coast
Cyrena Gordon
Wagner
Bear Famed Adventure Ship Quits North Sea for San Diego Base
Coast guard authorities announce the Cutter Bear will likely never sail into the North again. After more than twenty years of Arctic service the ship is reassigned to San Diego as a training vessel for Coast Guard recruits under Commander Schley. The Bear, built in Scotland in 1874, saved lives, aided marooned crews, and delivered provisions to northern shores, earning a storied place in Arctic history.
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Coast Guard
North
San Diego
Schley
Greely
Navy
Revenue Service
Scotland
Kipling
Arctic Circle
F. 8
van Boskerk
Monocle fashion fades for Britons in McCormick claim
London observers quote Medill McCormick saying the monocle fad has collapsed. He notes it began when the army pushed aging officers to retire and nearsighted men wore one glass to dodge the rule. The trend spread, but McCormick predicts the monocle will soon disappear.
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London
Medill McCormick
McCormick
Fugitive Hobbies Are Safe in Canada
A Washington dispatch notes that a husband fleeing to Canada to avoid domestic duties cannot be extradited under the stalled treaty. The Senate Foreign Relations committee rejected the extradition treaty with Great Britain for wife deserters, and the vote was overwhelming.
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Washington, D. C
Canada
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Great Britain
Half of France births die in 1919 census
A census by the French Ministry of Labor reports that about half of the 50,000 babies born in 1919 did not survive. The finding highlights high infant mortality in the postwar period and raises concerns about public health efforts.
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France
Lof
Fashionable trims and fabrics at reduced Greatly prices
Ruffled guimpes with net and lace, round neck and hand embroidery, modesty vestees in Georgette crepe, and velvet trimmed pieces highlighted. First floor offers Sheffield plated dishes at $10 each, satin and chiffon fabrics at discounted yardages, and plain broadcloths with plaid skirtings.
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Georgette
Sheffield Plate
Sheffield
Writing Papers and Envelopes Reduced Prices
Hand decorated writing papers with lined tissue and novelty linings. Boxes slightly sold from display with attractive tints. Reduced to 1.00 and 1.50 per box. Odds and ends of writing papers in one and two quire boxes white and colored. Several grades of correspondence cards. envelopes in varied colors. Seventy five envelopes per box available at reduced prices.
Women’s Knit Underwear Reduced to 95 Cents
Reduced price for cotton union suits featuring high neck elbow sleeves and ankle length in sizes 5 through 9. High neck long sleeve options also offered in sizes 7 to 9. Available in standard women’s undergarment styles.
Hemstitch Pillow Cases Cut to Thirty Cents Each
About 100 bleached muslin hemstitch pillow cases sized 42x36 inches before hemming offered at 30 cents each. Bathrobe blankets reduced to 3.85 dollars. First floor.
Variety of cosmetics and lamps offered at reduced prices
Attractive sets of Talcum, Face Powder, Toilet Water and Perfume, both foreign and domestic, advertised at greatly reduced prices. Toilet waters in glass containers with boxes, oil boudoir lamps with dainty shades also discounted. Novelty puff jars with kewpie and swans down puff. Nickel shaving mirrors in many styles priced to sell.
Velvet and Suede Bags Reduced to 4.95
Purses with metal or self-covered frames and envelope strap purses of grained leather are marked down to 4.95, reflecting a sale in progress.
Broken Lines of Girls Apparel Sale on Second Floor
A group of 80 girls coats in sizes 6 to 16 years is reduced to several prices. Girls serge dresses cut to 14.50 22.50 and 24.50. Silk and satin dresses priced 10.50 19.50 22.50 27.50 87.50. Girls gingham dresses 1.95 2.95 3.95 and 4.95. Navy flannel middies in sizes 36 to 40 priced 4.95. Second floor.
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Serge
Boys' Union Suits Sale Notice
Fleece lined and cotton union suits offered in gray and ecru on the first floor. Sizes 6 to 18 priced from 1.25 to 1.75, broken sizes. Children styles include button waist fleece lined suits at 95 cents and cotton high neck suits ages 2 to 10 at 41.25.
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Children’s Union
Children’s Stockings Reduced to 25c Pair
Stockings of fine gauge cotton with spliced heel and toe in black and white offered at 25 cents per pair. Limited sale noted in local shop notices and ads.
Infants and Boys Garments Slashed in Deep Reductions
Broken lines of infants coats and tub dresses cut to low prices. Hildren s coats for ages 2 to 6 years now 9 75 to 17 50. Beaver and velour hats sizes 2 to 6 years priced 3 95 to 7 95. Tub dresses 2 to 6 years 1 85 to 4 85. Also reduced are boys tub suits infants silk coats baby screens and beds on second floor.
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Hildren
Odd Items of Men’s Furnishings on Sale
A small lot of men’s golf sweaters twenty three in all including imported garments reduced to 5.00 each. A small lot of motor gloves with stiff gauntlets black leather reduced to 1.95 per pair. Four hundred four in hand scarfs reduced to 50 cents each. Four hundred four in hand scarfs reduced to 85 cents each. Four hundred pairs of half hose fiber silk reduced to 3 for 1.00. Broken lines of men’s two piece underwear reduced to 1.00 each.
Odd Items in Jewelry at Reduced Prices
Clearance offers on French pearls 21 to 30 inches priced to 6.95 and 10.00 levels, rings in silver and gold mounts reduced to 1.50 3.00 5.00 and 7.50, frames in sterling silver at 5.00 and 7.50, and notions such as pincushions and sewing boxes cut to 10 cents each.
Beaded and Embroidered Fabrics Cut to Quick Sale
Remnants of laces embroideries georgette crepe beaded all overs metal net flouncings and net top laces priced for quick disposal and sharply reduced in price.
Fur Collars Offered in Various Rich Furs at Discount
On display in the first floor shop are reduced fur collars and capes made from beaver, natural and taupe nutria, black and natural opossum, pongee opossum, squirrel, Hudson and French seal, and gray moufflon. These high grade furs are sharply underpriced for quick sale.
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Shaw
Glace Gloves Sale in Various Colors and Styles
Two clasp Glace Gloves with embroideries in White Mode Brown Gray and Black reduced to 1.85. Strap wrist and eight button length gloves in French suede and Glace finish in White Mode Beaver Brown and Gray reduced to 4.85. Incomplete size ranges only on first floor.
All Fashioned Silk Hosiery Sale Note
Advertisement notes reduced prices on silk hose with lisle heel sole and toe and garter top in Black and White at 1.85 and in Gray and Cordovan at 95 cents per pair. The listing appears from a department store catalog or shop ad.
Omen's Handkerchiefs in Boxed Sets Slashed to 65 Cents
Scalloped edge and embroidered corner handkerchiefs offered in three in a box. Dainty patterns advertised with price reduced to 65 cents per box, part of a promotional sale.
Sale of Handkerchiefs and Shoes in Plain White Linene
Plain white linen handkerchiefs washed and ready for one half dollar. On first floor complete lines of sturdy boys shoes in brown and black calf and black patent leather with hand sewn welt soles. School wear shoes reduced to five dollars per pair on lower floor.
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North Sea
Frederick & Nelson
Fifth Avenue
Pine Street
Price
Ricolette
Plusu
FLOOR
Mt. Rainier
Lsle Union
Ecru
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