Portland Club Piano Seized Soaked Cache of Bottles Sparks Protest
Officers moved a club piano in Portland on February 18 and sold it. Members protested as investigations showed the pianola interior had been used to stash several bottles.
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1916
Page
9
Officers moved a club piano in Portland on February 18 and sold it. Members protested as investigations showed the pianola interior had been used to stash several bottles.
Rushed crowds fill the New Cecil Grill on 1017 1st Ave as a new line of songs and dances draws patrons. The venue offers soft drinks, a table hoté menu, and a popular Merchants' Lunch from 11 am to 2 pm, with rooms available for rent starting at three dollars per week.
The reader is guided through four style options for an afternoon dress up outfit. Each option features a distinct handbag style: white patent leather corded in white kid, black kid with white patent work, a white patent leather triangular bag, and a purple velvet bag with dull silver lace bands.
Speakers at the Employers Association of Washington banquet urged unity to oppose anti piking laws and other measures. They said the main battleground would be the anti picketing law referred to voters in November. Leaders called for registration and voting by members families and workers to defeat what they called oppressive legislation.
About two thousand brewery workers marched to the state house after a mass meeting in Denver on Feb 18 and urged Gov Carlson to provide work, arguing prohibition closed breweries and took away their livelihoods.
Denver February 18 Michael Soden a Colorado pioneer left an estate valued at 10000 to his three sons and nothing to his three daughters He explained My are married and not in need of money in his will The measure follows his assertion that daughters are well provided for by marriage.
Alhambra launches Saturday February 19 at 2 p m with four act vaudeville and Keystone comedies Matinees ten cents Evenings fifteen cents Children five cents Family entertainment advertised with low prices for all ages and performances.
A Chicago barber shop tale tells of a hypnotist reformer with wide baby eyes who supposedly controls patrons and compels them to quit vice. He struck Arthur Heller with a stare and ordered him to discard his cigarette habit, though Heller claimed no strong urge to smoke despite years of use.
On the nineteenth day at 2 p m the program offers real Vaudeville with four acts followed by Keystone comedies. Matinees cost 10 cents. evening shows 15, 10, and 5 cents for children.
A Star Wanted offers to market and sell your farmland or large plots on commission. The service promotes helping owners reach buyers, handle listings, and coordinate negotiations for agricultural parcels.
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