New Year Sale Promises Free Hat With Every Suit Purchase
In a storefront pitch the Front Clothing Co urges shoppers to buy suits or overcoats this Saturday to receive a free $2.50 to $3 hat. The text touts drastic price cuts on suits, overcoats, and shoes, with many items heavily discounted and bundled incentives. A separate line notes a hospital delay and a death after being refused admission and transfer to the infirmary.
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First Avenue
Bannister
Stetson
Crossett
Poison cake case marked unsolved in Pennsylvania
The Sterrett poison cake mystery remains unsolved after two months. Mr and Mrs W W Sterrett of Devon ate wedding cake laced with arsenic in a parcel post gift, sending Mr Sterrett to hospital then dying while Mrs Sterrett recovered. Investigators scanned suspects across states, analyzed typewriters, and searched drug stores with no breakthrough. Mrs Sterrett sold her home and returned to her mother’s care.
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Philadelphia
Sterrett
Pennsylvania
Mra
W. W. Sterrett
Devon
Here
Mra. Sterrett
Bryn Mawr Hospital
Youngstown
Ohio
Pittsburg
Mayor Plans Traffic Aid
Mayor E. J. Brown will meet Friday with Police Chief Severynas Lieut Carr public safety chair Henry Landes utilities chief George Russell and municipal railway superintendent Henderson to study relief for downtown congestion on First Second and Third avenues. Russell backs eliminating downtown parking to keep street cars and autos moving amid police strain.
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E. J. Brown
W. B. Severynas
C. G. Carr
Mra
Henry Landes
Council Public Safety Committee
George F. Russell
Public Utilities Department
D. W. Henderson
Municipal Railway
Russell
Brown
Comrades Honor Heroic Fireman in Funeral Procession
Two hundred firemen and police friends of L. P. Hertel, a Beattie fireman electrocuted protecting children from a live wire, marched in a solemn funeral procession from Prie Street to the Masonic Temple for services. The body lay in state at Station 2, Fourth and Battery, before shipment to Watertown, Wisconsin, for burial.
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L. P. Hertel
Beattie
Prie St
Masonic Temple
Watertown
Wis
Gottfried Hertel
Japs Follow Old Customs Say Canadian General
Gen G Ryerson, top Canadian Army officer, returns from the Orient and notes Japanese remain Oriental in thought despite Occidental dress. He argues conversion to Christianity unlikely while ancestor worship persists. Ryerson, an educator and founder of the Canadian Red Cross, served 40 years and was thrice promoted. He and Mrs. Ryerson divide time between Niagara Falls and travel.
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Altho
G. &. Ryerson
Orient
New
Washington
Ryer
Fiyerson
Canadian Red Cross
Ryerson
Niagara Falls
Americans From Chamber Formed in China Aboard
An Associated Chamber of Commerce has been organized in China, with representatives from American commercial bodies in Peking Hankow Shanghai and Tientsin. Seattle chamber officials report the move should aid West Coast trade with the Orient.
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China
Chamber of Commerce
Seattle
Peking
Hankow
Shanghai
Tientsin
Orient
Former Dry Agent Released on Bail in Tacoma Case
James Wood, a former internal revenue agent, was arrested Wednesday night in Tacoma on a liquor selling charge and released on bail from Pierce County Jail. He was convicted in Seattle federal courts six months ago of selling liquor, and his first case is now up for appeal.
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James Wood
Tacoma
Pierce County
Wood
Internal Revenue
Seattle
Man Forgotten in Los Angeles Jail
Frank Bellie an automobile mechanic spent 90 days in jail in Los Angeles without committing any crime as the district attorney and public defenders forgot his detention. The auto theft case was later dismissed after facts were explained. Bellie was eventually released.
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Angeles
Frank Bellle
District Attorney's Office
Public Defenders’ Department
Bellie
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Jane
Frye’s Markets
American Meat Co
Third Avenue
Bay City Meat Co
Ballard Meat Co
Ballard Avenue
Central Meat Co
Olympic Meat Co
Western Meat Co
Western Avenue
Occidental Avenue
Los Angeles
Chantecler
Monsieur Blanc
Palais de Danses
Burnett
Rotisserie
Marion Street
UNIVE
Hayes
Ceansel
Chamber of Commerce Foreign Trade Department
A. J
Love
Shipping Board
Pier
London
Maurice
Earl of Orkney
Cassidy
Wellington
Ballard A & Feed O
Mallard Ave
Sunset
Ballard Transfer Co
Ballard Ave
Bais Greenwood Ave
Oylee & Cold Forage Co
Shilshole Ave
Stone Way
Fairmount Fuel Co
West
Alaska
Freeman-Lambdin Coal Co
Terry Ave
Capitol
Vremont Fuel Co
Kilbourne
Interlake
Melrose
King Fuel Co
Woodland Park Ave
D. W. McNaughton Coal Co
Second Ave. &. and
Charles St
Elliott
Madison St. Wood Yard Rist
K. Madison
Clark Fuel Co
Gibson & Fish
Spokane Strain & Fuel Co
Woodlawn Ave
Kenwood
Milligan & Emt, Inc
Fifth N
Roy St
Garfield
University Coal & Wood Co
12Th Ave. N
Consumers Coal Co
Colorado
Seneeachusetts St
Hay Fuel Co
Inier Bird
Hamner
Nelson Coal Co
Tenth Ave
Continental Fuel Co
Utah St
KB. B. Holmes Co
Greenwood
Northwest Fuel & Supply Co
Ieeters
Puget Sound Fuel Co
Spokane St
Ravenna Lumber Co
N. EK
N. P. By
Molgate St
Western Coal Co
C.rewene
Seattle Lighting Co
Fourth Avenue Main
the Gas CO
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