Seattle stock sale fuels unprecedented price cutting
The Public reports we bought the stock of the H. & W. Hat Store at Fourth and Pike for spot cash. Mr. Rogers of Red Front Clothing Co. bids sixty cents on the dollar, enabling a record breaking price cut. The H. L. Bartlett stock in high grade clothing shoes hats and furnishings will be sold as bought, at the same terms.
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Fourth and Pike
Mr. White
Mr. Rogers
Red Front Clothing Co
Seattle
Rogers
H. L. Bartlett
Big 60 cent on the dollar sale ad promises big savings
A local store advertises deep discounts on suits, shirts, shoes, socks, suspenders, hats, and more. Prices collapse from 15 dollar suits to 4 95 and men s dress shoes from 3 to 4 50 down to 2 48. Other items include shirts 48c, overalls 38c, socks 9c, garters 6c, and summer underwear 28c. Sale starts Saturday at 9 am at 1510 First Ave near Pike St with refunds and satisfaction guaranteed.
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Boston
Paris
First Ave
Pike St
Substitute for Seamen's Bill Lessens Safety at Sea
Minority criticizes the Alexander substitute for Seamen's bill, arguing it fails to improve sailors' conditions and would reduce safety at sea. The report asserts subsidies are needed to grow an American merchant marine and to attract seamen, with Labor Secretary Wilson backing the same view. The rules committee plans action to advance the bill.
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Washington
Committee On Merchant Marine
Eens Bryan
William RB. Wilson
Louis A. Gordon Stranded After $860 Theft in Chicago
Louis A. Gordon a 28 year old Juneau Alaska merchant who came to Chicago to wed faced abrupt misfortune after a sneak thief robbed him of 860 dollars in a moving picture house. The loss totaled a year’s earnings and left him seeking work.
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Louis A. Gordon
Juneau
Alaska
Chicago
Gordon
Indian curse and first shovel at new courthouse
The piece questions the plan to let Safe Hamilton take the first shovel of dirt for the new courthouse tomorrow. It imagines a dramatic stunt with Safe Hamilton removing his coat, spitting, and starting the dig, expressing concern that something bad might follow.
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Hamilton
Road to Happiness brings William Hodge to Moore stage
Three remaining performances mark the new comedy The Road to Happiness starring William Hodge at the Moore. Seattle fans await his return in this play or any other, noting his long list of crowd pleasing starts. The Spoilers arrives at the Moore for a two week run with afternoon and evening showings. George J. Mackenzie of the Metropolitan theatre launches a journalism school and issues seat awards for critics of University Place productions.
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William Hodge
Seattle
Mr. Hodge
George J. Mackenzie
Metropolitan Theatre
University Place Playhouse
Miller Teeth Refusal Sparks Jail Custody Clash
Judge Glasgow denounces Sheriff Cudihee for denying Peter Miller access to dental care and a photo session. He cites Miller’s battered teeth from police assault and ongoing legal battles, noting parole-related tension as Murphy and Tennant resist the request.
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Cudihee
Joseph M. Glasgow
Peter Miller
Glasgow
Miller
Seattle
Billy
Murphy
Capt. Tennant
Minimum wage set for telephone workers and messengers
In Olympia on July 10 the state industrial welfare commission established a minimum wage of 9 per week for adult telephone girls and 6 per week for those under 18, applying to all female workers in telephone and telegraph lines, with 4 per week minimum for messenger boys under 18. Minors may be employed only between 6 am and 9 pm.
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Olympia
State Industrial Welfare Commission
Minora
Howland Dies After Proposal Refusal in Alaska
Ben Howland, resident of Alaska for 14 years, visited nurse Miss Barbara O Connor at 3 am to seek marriage. She refused. Howland ingested poison and died on the street. Moonlight Excursion and Dancing on Steamer Issaquah on Lake Washington tonight leaving Leading and Madison Park at 8 30 Ady.
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Fairbanks
Ben Howland
Alaska
Barbara O'Connor
Howland
Issaquah
Lake Washington
Leading
Madison Park
Ady
Ford Starts Schoolhouse in His Plant for Language Teaching
Henry Ford creates adult English schools for foreign born workers in his new factory addition. Classes include eleven nationalities with Polish Russian Roumanian Serbian Armenian Hungarian Syrian Turkish Austrian Greek and Slavic speakers. Teachers use animated lessons and practical objects to teach speaking reading and writing. Ford aims to build good citizens and expects many graduates to become daily newspaper readers and informed voters.
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Ford
Henry Ford
Nell
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