Strike Delays Plans To Close Out Stock In Seattle Red Front
The Red Front Clothing Co at 1508 First Ave Seattle faces a major stock sale delayed by a general strike. Owner H. M. Rogers, maintaining strict business, slashes prices to clear wardrobe stock as clerks stay at work. Heavy discounts include $18 suits at $6.35 and $25 overcoats at $9.85, with shoes and other items deeply cut. Mail orders accepted and Liberty Bonds traded or cashed.
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Seattle
Red Front Clothing Com
First Ave
H. M. Rogers
Red Front
Adier-i-ka Advertised as Gas Relief For Stomach
An advertisement promotes Adier-i-ka as the remedy for stomach distress and gas. It claims rapid relief from a bottle and cites a testimonial from H. I. Hicks of Ashley I. It describes the product as a buck cascara glycerine and nine-drug mixture sold by Hartell Drug Swift Drug Co and others.
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H. I. Hicks
Ashley
Adlerika
Hartell Drug Swift Drug Co
Hamlin’s Wizard Oil and Liver Whips Advertisement
Penetrating Hamlin’s Wizard Oil relieves rheumatic pains and stiff joints for 10 cents with money back guarantee. Also promotes quick healing for sprains bruises cuts burns bites and stings. Wizard Liver Whips are pink pills 30 cents and guaranteed to satisfy.
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Hamlin
Seattle Firms Embrace Slow-Pay Financing to Build Savings
The text promotes a loan plan that allows borrowers to repay gradually to foster systematic saving. It asserts that prominent Seattle business and professional people borrow from the lender not only for the method but to get out of debt.
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Seattle
Severe Pacific Coast Storm Batter s California and Oregon
A severe southwest gale sweeps the Pacific Coast with heavy rain and strong winds north of Los Angeles and Riverside. Storm warnings posted at Santa Barbara and Fort Bragg. Snow falls in the Sierra Nevada. San Luis Obispo reports 1.76 inches of rain. In Marysville, a gale brings over an inch of rain, totaling 2.16 inches for the storm and 19.61 inches for the season.
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Ban Francisco
Pacific Coast
California
Oregon Coast
Bea. Beals
Los Angeles
Riverside
Santa Barbara
Fort Cragg
Point Reyes
Summit
Southern Pacific
Sierra Nevada Mountains
San Lute Obispo
Marysville
Cal
Danderine Gets Rid Of Dandruff After Few Applications
A classic beauty ad promises complete dandruff elimination after one or two uses. It recommends rubbing Danderine into the scalp with fingertips and notes the product is affordable at drug stores.
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as Calomel Substitute
A nurse or medical advertorial extols Dr Edwards' Olive Tablets as a mild effective laxative that acts quickly on the liver without calomel. It argues calomel harms teeth and gums, promotes laziness from constipation, and promotes the olive tablets as a safer alternative priced at 25 cents per box.
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Dr. Edwards
SUFFRAGE DEFEATED IN SENATE VOTE IN 1920
United Proms Correspondent reports the Senate defeated the woman suffrage amendment a fourth time with 65 voting yes and 29 no. The result dashed suffragists who expected support from Wilson and Southern Democrats, with no crucial ally crossing party lines.
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Senate
Washington
United States Senate
Yeu
Ashurst
Calder
Colt
Culberson
Cummins
Curtin
Fernald
France
Frelinghuysen
Gerry
Gore
Gramma
Harding
Henderson
Johnson
California
Carolina
Jones
New Mexico
Kellogg
Kendrick
Kenyon
Kirby
la Follette
Lenroot
Lewis
McCumber
McKellar
McNary
Myers
Nelson
New
Norria
Nugent
Page
Pittman
Poindexter
Pollock
Ramedell
Robinson
Shafroth
Sheppard
Sherman
Smith
Arizona
Michigan
S&meot
Spencer
Sterling
Sutherland
Thomas
Thompson
Townsend
Vardaman
Walsh
Warren
Watson
Kaird
Hawkhead
Beckham
Morah
Trandegee
Dillingham
Fletcher
Gay
Tinte
Hardwick
Hitchcock
Lolge
McLean
Martin
Virginia
Moves
Overman
Penrose
Pocnerene
Saulebury
Bimmona
Georgia
South Carolina
Swanton
Trammell
Underwood
Wadsworth
Keen Willams
Wolcott
Woman Slain in Hotel Room in Portland
The body of Mrs. Joseph Dowell, 22, was found in a local hotel room with a knife wound to the throat and evidence of strangulation. Police seek a young man Mrs Dowell introduced as her nephew, last seen entering the room Friday night. Her husband died in Stockton, California, in October 1917. another local resident Mrs. Fannie Warner is noted in the report.
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Portland, Or
Joseph Dowell
Fannie Warner
Beattie
Queen Anne Students Plan Valentine Dance at Redding Hall
Queen Anne school students will hold a Valentine dancing party in Redding's hall Friday evening under supervision of Mr. and Mrs. Redding. A sermon titled The Alien in our Midst was delivered by Dr. A Van Der Las at Bethany Presbyterian Church.
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Queen Anne School
Redding’s Hall
Mrs. Redding
BR. A. van der Las
D. D
Bethany Presbyterian Church
German Mood of Defiance Grows in Weimar Report
WEIMAR Germany Feb 9 reports say the government may use the Spartacans to pressure allies in peace terms. Officials warn resignations could hand the country to radicals, risking chaos and Europe-wide Spartacan influence. Military leaders shift from low mood to defiance amid Entente indifference to Germany’s conditions.
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HY Prank
J. Taylor
United
Prena
Weimar
Germany
Europe
Spartacans
Fairbanks Still In Ring Despite Fire Damage
Alaska message from Fairbanks Commercial Club thanks Seattle Chamber of Commerce for sympathy. It notes West half block between Cushman and L Streets and First and Second Avenues burned, but will be rebuilt when weather allows. Most stocks saved. buildings and fixtures damaged, no aid requested.
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Alaska Bureau
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Fairbanks Commercial Club
Fairbanks
Cushman
Ferries Tied Up After Crowley Barge Crashes Pier
Oakland February 10 Crowley barge storm swept crashed into the Oakland pier causing the Key Route ferries to be out of commission for hours. About ten thousand commuters were held up as a heavy gale and rough bay conditions continued. The barge reportedly broke anchor and swept into the pier.
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Oakland
San Francisco
Oakland Pier
German urges peace and justice in postwar terms
Count Brockdorff-Rantzau, German foreign secretary, tells Matin correspondent that reconciliation with the Entente hinges on a peace anchored in right and justice. He defends Alsace Lorraine as an issue of equitable peace and says most Germans seek none of revenge, while France appears to claim German admission of terms.
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Paris
Count Brockdorff-Rantzau
The
Matin
Alsace Lorraine
France
Thrift Stamp Valentine Slogan Deployed in San Francisco
The War Savings division of the 12th federal reserve district promotes thrift stamps for valentines. A sample verse reads To you with lots of love I send this little gift My Valentine I hope you'll be when you see I'm strong for thrift. The note is dated February 10 in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
War Savings Division
12Th
Federal Reserve District
Prediction of Ant Carranza Movement in Mexico Session
Washington circles in close touch with revolutionary factions predict an ant Carranza movement when the Mexican congress meets in special session in April. Carranza has summoned Congress to frame legislation repealing his confiscatory oil decrees of last summer.
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Washington
Mexico
Carranza
Congress
Australian Soldiers Marry Over Six Thousand English Brides
Special report notes Australian soldiers have wed more than 6,000 English girls with over half of the marriages occurring in the past year. A minority have married French brides as well.
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N. BE A
London
Death of L. J. Mueller Furnace Co. manager Frank J. Hannan
Frank J. Hannan, 3, manager of the L. J. Mueller Furnace Co., died last night at his home 1116 19th Ave following an attack of pneumonia at a.&o'clock. He was a longtime local business figure.
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Frank J. Hannan
L. J. Mueller Furnace Co
19Th Ave
Bandits Hold Up Liberty State Bank in Minneapolis
Five armed unmasked bandits robbed the Liberty State bank in Minneapolis early today escaping with 10000 in cash and 15000 in Liberty Bonds. Police pursue the suspects as the heist shakes local confidence.
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Minneapolis
Liberty State Bank
Ten Die From Fire Injuries at Tokyo Rooming House
Ten deaths occurred from a blaze that destroyed the Tokyo rooming house at Sixth Ave 8 and Weller last Thursday morning. The conflagration caused panic and multiple injuries. identified dead include John Doll, miner. Robert Pearson who died in hospital. Andrew Olson from smoke in his room. Charles Forest found in his room. three unidentified bodies. William Hamilton, colored, who died in hospital. B. Macedo and Joseph Fath who died yesterday at hospital.
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Tokyo
Sixth Ave
Weller
John Doll
Miner
Robert Pearson
Andrew Olson
Charles Forest
William Hamilton
B. Macedo
Joseph Fath
Unrest Blamed on German Intrigue by Local Pastor
J. H. Kirtley D. D. acting pastor of the First Baptist church says the present unrest is an outgrowth of German intrigue. He frames the turmoil as driven by external influence shaping local sentiment and actions.
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Grman
J. 8. Kirtley
D. D
First Baptist Church
Mrs Denny Praises Tanlac For Restored Health In Seattle
Seattle resident Mrs Margaret Denny recounts twenty years of indigestion kidney problems and weakness then credits Tanlac with restoring appetite sleep and energy. She reports weight gain and renewed vigor after using Tanlac sold by Bartel Drug Stores under a Tanlac representative.
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Tanlac
Margaret Denny
West Etruria Street
Seattle
Meath
Bartel Drug Stores
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Manion Business
Liberty Bonds
Red Front Clothing Co
First Avenue
Pike Street
Carter
Carter Little Puls
Arter
James J
Washington Mutual Savings Bank
Second Avenue
Orr Raymond R Frazier
William Thaanum
Rollin Sanford
Tru
Aymond
Frazier Ivar Janson Henrykh
William A. Peters James Shannon
Ens Willis
Darrow
Walter J. Ward
Harry Shelton
F. K. Stru William "Thaanum BK. Vilas F W. West
David Whitcomb
Yujene i. Favre
Epanene
L. O. Janeck
Yakima
Dandruff
PISO
Valentine
Main
Frank Hannan
Wenty
Malin
Denny
She Rhodes Co
Aire
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Zibeline
Melton
Kersey
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