Canadians Await Wayfarer Night in Vancouver Pageant
Vancouver officials promote Canadian night as a major pageant event with The Wayfarer caravan back from the North. Mayor W R Owen invites many Columbia residents to attend and Victoria delegation expected. Gladys Kerrick of Walla Walla chosen as Miss Columbia for July 26 Church Night. Ticket office opens daily 10 am to 6 pm. unreserved seats sold at stadium. crowds form early, police maintain order.
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Wayfarer
W. R. Owen
Vancouver
Sean
Pacific Northwest
Columbia
Wagar J. Webster
British Columbia
Victoria
Gladys Kerrick
Walla
Walla Walla
F. Worthington
City
Have
Flynn
Ave
Corliss St
Mother Hog Champion Despite Small Litter
Merce the champion Berkshire sow produced eighteen piglets last week but six were eliminated due to limited litter space. Deputy County Auditor James Morris notes the sow and her twelve surviving youngsters are thriving at Mountain View sanatorium.
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Merce
Berkshire
James Morris
Pig
Mountain View Santtorium
START BIGGEST DAY LAW DRIVE
Washington reports the largest nationwide push against liquor as 60 000 law enforcement officials join Federal Prohibition Commissioner Haynes in enforcing the Volstead Act. Agencies assist as borders curb liquor flow and rum runner stock accumulates at customs stations.
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Ralph F. Couch
Washington
Mquor
United States
Haynes
Congress
United States Customs Service
Two Sailors Held for Stealing Watch
Two sailors H. P. Morris and P. O. Nutt were arrested in Lesch park Sunday night for allegedly stealing a watch and $10 from W. F. McCue of 1156 Stuart building. The men claimed McCue had given them the watch and money. They are held for investigation.
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H. P. Morris
P. O. Nutt
Lesch Park
W. F. McCue
Stuart Building
McCue
Ladder Fall Injures Local Millwright
Fred Dahlgren a 55 year old millwright was seriously injured when he fell 15 feet from a ladder at 400 Lane Street while repairing the building. He lives at 4034 Bagley Avenue and is hospitalized with concussion and internal injuries after the ladder toppled backwards.
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Fred Dahlgren
Millwricht
Lane St
Dahlgren
Bagley Ave
City Hospital
Washington Candy Makers Protest Freight Rate Cut
Candy manufacturers in Washington protest a rate reduction granted to west bound shippers by the Transcontinental Freight Bureau, arguing the adjustment harms local producers and freight costs.
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Washington
Transcontinental Freight Bureau
To Most of the Seattle Policemen Dear Cops
A Seattle letter to the police defends most officers as good men while condemning a few brutal colleagues. The writer separates the department’s good reputation from the efforts of a small number of “brutes” and urges the public to keep that distinction in mind.
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Seattle
Dear Friends Protest Country Theft and Littering
Farmers report visitors enter orchards and fields without permission to take fruit and vegetables. They compare city theft to stealing backyard produce and urge respect for property. Farmwomen also lament litter left along country lanes by picnickers. CHIEY SEATTLE.
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CHIEY
Seattle
Poor Old Skeleton at Grand Opera House
A lament about the Grand Opera House now a ruined shell. The speaker recalls its former glory as a pride of the city with world famous stars, lamenting neglect after other theatres rose and a fire left it a cheap, charred ruin.
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Seattle
Letter to Weather Man Complains About Heat
A reader thanks George for ending rain and praises balmy salt summer breezes. He contrasts cool nights in his area with the East and South's heat, offering a comic postscript that if rain arrives before publication he retracts praise.
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George
Sallaburyt
Local thrift tale hints at self made fortune
A column frames a humble restaurant man who reportedly inherited 6 million dollars as a self made windfall and contrasts it with a 14 thousand dollar stake that grew 4 000 percent over 98 years. It urges young workers to save and cites missionary work as the payoff. CHIEF SEATTLE comments on transit lights and vacation plans.
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New York
Seattle
Chief Seattle writes to city clerks and party line friends
A pair of humorous missives from Chief Seattle address tobacco store clerks and city party line users. The first letter complains clerks ignore him while praising a friendly tobacconist, promising continued patronage if service remains pleasant. The second urges neighbors to share the line, avoid hogging the phone, and cooperate in streetwise chatter.
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Regarda
Seattle
Early Morning Speedster Cited by Chief Seattle
A reader quotes Chief Seattle admonishing a beardless youth seen speeding on Second Ave at 35 mph with one hand on the wheel and a cigarette dangling from the lip. The note warns that in an emergency the driver could not control the car and calls for safer driving.
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Second Ave
Seattle
Dear Soda Jerkers Warn of War Tax Price Hike
Chief Seattle lectures soda fountain men about wartime price changes. He notes Coca Cola sold for a nickel before the war and that some fountains still charge ten cents while others have lowered to six cents, warning patrons may suspect profiteering or forgetfulness.
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Seattle
Complaint to Home Builders of Seattle From Chief Seattle
A letter signed by Chief Seattle urges builders to limit early morning hammering and late night paint drops to protect neighbors from sleeplessness. He thanks them for energy but pleads for consideration of sleep rights and quieter hours.
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the Home Builders of
Seattle
Yo Ho Girls Dance With Gobs Thursday
Inter-Club council and Seattle Chamber of Commerce organize a large dance at Leschi park pavilion at 9 p.m. Thursday inviting 1000 Seattle girls to entertain 1000 bluejackets. Women’s groups urged to send delegates to match the prior successful event with 500 gobs.
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Inter-Club Council
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Leschi Park Pavilion
Seattle
Leschi
Wanted A Divorce By Wanda Von Kettler
A humorous fragment shows Wanda Von Kettler planning divorce from Casper after two days of marital strain. She meets a bald lawyer on the Alaska building’s third floor who questions her motives and begins taking notes while she jokes about alimony and Casper’s faults.
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Wanda von Kettler
Fanny Way
Cassidy
Ho 1Enl
Alaska
Lawerer
Miss von Kettler
Casper
Ufe
Costa
Casidy
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