Auditorium proposal and convention growth in Seattle
An editorial notes the merchants' convention at Bell street terminal, urging a city auditorium to house large crowds and future conventions, arguing current facilities are insufficient and a new hotel is under construction to accommodate delegates. It laments coal shortages and discusses broader industry analysis and peace principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants’ Convention
Bell St. Terminal
Bell St
Seattle
Doing the Haitians Good Doing the Haitians Good
A state department statement signals possible removal of Marines from Haiti’s island of Maui amid past U S actions in Haiti. The piece condemns previous concessions and land grabs under puppet rule, notes debt and land monopoly, and questions whether land grants will be confirmed as part of withdrawal. It cites Ecclesiastes and Representative McNary to comment on worldly industry and cautions against repeating harms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Maui
Haiti
Wilson
Patent reform would end patent holder monopoly
The piece argues that patent rights should require actual manufacture. It cites profiteering, shelved inventions, and German chemical patents used to block U.S. production. A bill by Senator Ladd would revoke exclusive rights if the inventor does not manufacture, returning the patent to the government for public delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mere
America
Ladd
England and France Debt Talk and Liberty Bond Realities
England debates canceling debt to France while American Liberty bonds finance Europe. The piece argues forgiveness is unclear and warns about who bears the costs when bonds mature, noting quotes from Jean Paul Richter and Romans and reflecting on quarrels and broad responsibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
France
Atte
The Unlearned Lesso A Steel Industry Lesson
A staged panorama contrasts Napoleonic battle tactics with labor union strategy. Scene shifts from Napoleon’s field orders to a 20th century steel plant boardroom debating merged unions, with bosses fearing strikes and workers urged to unite industrially. The piece ends with a warning chorus about radicalism and a closing note on French art.
Renegade Defined as Traitor to a Cause
The entry explains renegade from Spanish rene garo meaning to deny. It notes usage as a noun for a traitor to a cause and as an adjective meaning traitorous. Pronunciation is ren e gad with stress on the first syllable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rene Egaro
Bride recalls first night away from husband
A Birmingham Age-Herald fragment shows a young bride lamenting her first night apart, mentioning her mother and father as the reason for distress and the strain on their marriage.
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Henry
Birmingham Age-Herald
Avridge Mann Letter Contest Winners Announced
Judges Wanda von Kettler Robert B. Bermann and Leo H. Lassen award first prize to Mrs Haidee Somrall of Seattle and second prize to Mrs K Millene of Cascade Laundry Co Seattle The 12 letters chosen for publication will appear in the two weeks beginning August 31 with further prize winner announcements as letters appear.
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Haidee Somrall
Miret Ave. W
Seattle
K. Millene
Cascade Laundry Co
Wanda von Kettler
Robert B. Bermann
Leo H. Lassen
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State of Washington
Cerrier
Wayfarer
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Weather Bureau
Eucclesiastes
McNary
Ore
Creation
Jean Paul Richter
God
ColumBus
By Tom Culverwell
Act
Beene
Armay
Napoleon
Allens
Old Marehal Soult
Soult
Thore
Allent
Rctten
L'Envoi
Jim Marshall
Strassburg
Men
Awvridge Mann
Vporks
Avridge Mann
Sprecicels “Savage” Tire CD
CEE
Spreckels “Savage” Tire Co
East Pike St
Seattle, Wash
Wholesale Tire Distributing Co
Grand Central Garage
Fourth and
Columbia
Thru City
Leoh Lassen
Zach Summer Indian
Aaa
Standard Otl Company
California
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