Seattle Workers Embrace Autos for Commuting and Shopping
Workers in Seattle increasingly rely on personal autos to reach mills and shops. Wives drive husbands to work then shop or return home while single men pool ownership in apartment clusters. Auto plants report long lines of parked vehicles near shipyards with new garages and guards, reflecting rising thrift and efficiency, says SKINNER of Skinner & Eddy.
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Seattle
Epe Celal
KE. Skinner
Skinner & Eddy
Community classified drive offers five $5 prizes
The Star invites readers to submit printed messages in its classified pages by July 22. Five households will win $5 each for posting the most Sale, To Exchange, For Rent, and overall ad activity. The promotion covers ads in the Seattle Star's classified columns for the week starting July 15.
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The
Star
the Star
Engravers Pledge Loyalty to Wilson at Convention
Northwest Photo Engravers association delegates in Seattle pledged support to President Wilson and the government in a resolution at the Hotel Frye. They discussed rising engravers supply prices and plan to send the resolution to Secretary of War Baker. After the session they embarked on a motor trip to Camp Lewi.
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Northwest Photo Engravers Association
Frye
Wilson
Baker
Camp Lewia
Frank P. Goss
National Editorial Association
Fts
Seattle
Edwin M. Connor
Washington State Press Association
Eb, H. Thomas
W Hh. Jessup
Bremerton
W. J. Cowles
Spokane
Frank L. Serrit
Bellingham
Coconut oil hair cleansing advised as superior
The advertisement promotes using refined coconut oil as a gentle, greaseless cleaner for hair. It claims ordinary soaps and shampoos strip the scalp, while coconut oil cleanses hair and scalp, leaves hair soft, silky, bright, and easy to manage, and is cheap and widely available.
Rumely Held on Charge Tying Paper to German Probe
Dr Edward A Rumely owner of the New York Evening Mall is under arrest in New York on a government charge that he bought the newspaper with 1 361 000 paid by the German government through the Washington embassy The government says the paper was to be used to push German propaganda.
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Edward A. Rumely
New York Evening Mall
New York
Washington
University Man Falls in Airplane Over in France
Phil Henderson a former University of Washington student and first lieutenant in command of the 106th aero service squadron fell with his aeroplane in France killing his pilot and badly injuring himself. He wrote to Herbert Condron at the university describing a terrible fall and his injuries and claiming he would be back at the front in a few weeks.
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Phil Henderson
University of Washington
106Th Aero Service
France
Henderson
Herbert Condon
University
Arrival Then Telegram Then Postcard
A humorous kitchen exchange where a guest explains sending a postcard after arriving and a telegram, highlighting a quirky sequence. The waiter quips about modern questions, noting there is nothing substantial beyond a hungry appetite.
Furniture famine shocks Germany with rising prices
In Stockholm on July 16 reports describe a growing furniture famine in Germany. Second-hand furniture prices have doubled, and many municipalities imposed sales restrictions with ads often forbidden.
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Stockholm
Germany
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