Chamber's New Chief Sets View on Seattle Prosperity
Frank Waterhouse, newly elected Seattle Chamber president, states safeguarding home industries to protect payrolls and shipping is key in 1922. He notes Western output must rise as all-water routes dominate, urges UW support, and backs international peace efforts with a Woodrow Wilson foundation grant.
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Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Frank Waterhouse
Masonic
Arcade
Waterhouse
Beattie
Northwest
Argo
University of Washington
Ira D. Landrith
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Prohibition Party
United States
Woodrow Wilson Foundation For Promotion
C. McGilvray
King County
Famous Newspaper Woman Nellie Bly Dies in New York
Nellie Bly known as Mrs Elizabeth Seaman dies at St Mark's hospital after two weeks of illness pneumonia listed as cause. She previously circled the globe in 72 days setting a world record and surpassing Jules Verne's fictional travel feat.
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New York
Jules Verne
Nellie Bly
Elizabeth Seaman
Notable Seattle Figures Earn Local Praise
A tribute column highlights Lieut. Col. Frederick Mears for converting the Alaskan trail into a railroad as Alaskan engineering chairman. It also lauds Dan Landon for anti Jap legislation support and mayoral bid, George S. Kahin for leading a campaign against con artists, and Robert S. Boyns for a year of dedicated chamber work and Northwest progress.
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Frederick Mears
Alaskan Engineering Commission
George S. Kahin
Better Business Bureau
James & Merrihew
Robert S. Boyns
Chamber of Commerce
Seattle
Northwest
Folly versus fidelity in marriage advice column
A Worried Husband seeks guidance after twenty years of marriage amid a neighbor's infidelity. Cynthia Grey urges decisive actions to restore dignity, warning against permissive behavior and stressing the mother’s responsibility to protect her family. The column also answers a reader about organdie hat trends for summer.
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Cynthia Grey
Miss Grey
Aviation Education Requests by Mail
Star readers requesting information on aeronautic schools textbooks and service entry requirements should mail self addressed stamped envelopes to The Seattle Star Washington bureau 1322 New York avenue Washington D.C. for reply.
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Star
Army
Navy
Air Mail
Seattle Star Washington Bureau
New York
Washington
D.C
School board debates athletes medical exams snag
The board failed to settle on mandatory medical exams for students in sports and referred the issue to the legal department. Dr. Ira C. Brown estimated over 113,000 pupils would need testing, noting two more physicians would be required, while advocates cited legal concerns that exams might be illegal.
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Puplia
Legal Department
Ira C. Brown
Oporta
Brown
Tag Reduction Cometl
Home Protective League
Fight on Sales Taxes Grows in House and Senate
A powerful coalition forms in the House to oppose the sales tax as a means to fund soldiers' bonuses. In the Senate a coalition of Republican independents and Democrats that toppled Harding's cur tax amendment also mobilizes against the tax. Between 76 and 100 Republicans are ready to join the fight, with farm bloc members solidly opposed. The Ways and Means Committee has nearly decided on the tax bill, and a vote down could push a lengthy delay while alternatives are sought.
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Senate
Harding
Representative Frear
Wisconsin
Farm Bloc
Ways and Means
Masonic Club Holds Special Meeting Guests From Lodges
Masonic Club members attended a special meeting Saturday at the clubroom in the Arcade building. William IL. Terry grand master of the grand lodge of British Columbia and John Gifford head of the grand lodge of Washington were guests of honor.
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Masonic Club
Arcade
William IL. Terry
Grand Lodge of
British Columbia
John Gifford
Grand Lodge of Washington
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