Alaska Air Fleet to Span Ice Field
An aerial fleet of three gigantic freight planes and two fast service ships will be assembled in Valdez by the Alaska Aircraft Transportation Co. The first craft will depart Seattle in October, with the remainder due early in 1920. The firm expects peak activity in winter when ice seals travel routes, per Tod Date and James P. Holman.
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Valdez
Alaska
Siberia
Alaska Aircraft Transportation Co
Seattle
Tod M. Date
James P. Holman
Seattle Boys Arrested in Salem Runaway Case
Seattle youths Daniel Fuller and Robert Kearns, claiming Seattle origin with address at the Fern hotel 617 Pike Street, are in custody of Salem Oregon Chief P. M. Varney. They are believed to be runaways from Seattle.
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Seattle
Fern Hotel
Pike Sr
Daniel Fuller
Robert Kearns
P. M. Varney
Salem
Ore
Whitworth Reunion Planned at Leschi Park
Former Whitworth College students, faculty, and friends gather Friday at 5 p m in Leschi Park for a reunion event.
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Whitworth
Whitworth College
Leschi Park
Ex Service Men Honor Senators Who Backed Lamping Bill
Twenty one state senators who opposed the Lamping bill, which offered cash recognition to Washington servicemen, are remembered by soldiers. A parade in Everett featured a truck with riders and a sign accusing those officials of misrepresentation and of forgetting the veterans.
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Washington
Senate
Everett
Lamping
Barnes
Bishop
Bollinger
Brown
Carlyon
Cleary
Coman
Cornwell
Cox
Crawford
French
Hall
Kuykendall
Loomis
McCoy
Sinclair
Smith
Taylor
Thomle
Wells
Young
Ferry Rates Up To Board
County commissioners will decide next Wednesday at 10 AM whether ferry rates for passenger cars and freight trucks will stay the same or rise. The board says east shore residents should not face excessive tolls, while transient motorists must pay for service. The note ends with an unrelated line about a barber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Lake Washington
San Francisco Drunks Decrease after Prohibition
San Francisco reports fewer arrests for drunkenness after a month of prohibition, but warns of a rise in narcotics cases and dangerous alcohol substitutes. Auto accidents decline, and water use remains steady as officials note the shift in crime and behavior during the dry period.
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San Francisco
William H. Nicoll
United Press Today
O.E. Clemens
Spring Valley Water Company
Los Angeles Ends Chain Gang as Prohibition Takes Hold
In Los Angeles after 30 days of nationwide Prohibition the chain gang was wiped out with only five prisoners eligible for service. Soft drink revenues surged, totaling 94 366 74 for July, a 1300 percent rise from May and June. Water consumption rose though factors beyond prohibition apply.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Internal Revenue Office
New U S Altitude Record Chalked Up
Roland Rohifs, Curtiss test pilot, set a new American altitude record at Roosevelt Field reaching 30 700 feet in under two hours. His flight ended when the engine chilled at 26 below zero, surpassing Captain R W Schroeder’s 28 900 foot record set in Dayton Ohio on September 18 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roland Rohifs
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
Roosevelt Field
Rohifs
R. W. Schroeder
Dayton
Ohio
Plan to Protect Ocean Air Traffic
Galveston Texas July 31 Lloyds British shipping insurance firm has completed arrangements to protect trans oceanic air traffic. Pilots over water will be listed in Lloyds shipping register as masters of ocean vessels are now registered. Provisions authorize salvaging damaged machines rendering aid to passengers and crew and picketing distressed craft until aid arrives.
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Galveston
Texas
Lloyds
W. F. Beers
Lloyds’ Shipping Register
Boldt's Uptown and Downtown Dining Pair
A note lists Boldt's locations at 1414 3d Ave uptown and 913 2d Ave downtown, inviting patrons to dine at both establishments.
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Boldt’s
Uptown
3D Ave
2D Ave
Boldt
Adler i ka Helps Her
A testimonial states Adler-i-ka enabled a wife to resume housework, with relief from side pain and soreness. The ad claims instant digestion aid, complete cleansing of the alimentary canal, pressure on constipation, and appendicitis prevention, attributed to a buckthorn and cascara mix sold by Swift Drug Co and other druggists.
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Adler-i-ka
W. H. Brubaker
Salina
Adler Ika
Swift Drug Co
Summer Hats Special Friday Sale at 2.50
A grouping of 45 Summer Style hats in various sizes trimmed with flowers and novelties from regular stock. Previously priced up to 15.00, now reduced to 2.50 each. Sale emphasizes a limited time Friday offer.
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Bolivia
Copenhagen
Three Cars In Crash Two Hurt
A runaway West Queen Anne hill street car collided Wed nesday with a Mercer street car causing it to jam into an East Queen Anne car at Fifth avenue North and Republican Street. Conductor BE A Garrett, 36, of 1009 Seventh Avenue West, suffered a fractured leg and was hospitalized. T D Jones, 30, of the Britt Hotel, sustained body injuries. The Mercer street car was demolished. The runaway car had been set in motion by a short circuited controller.
Al Holmberg Fined by Police Judge for Liquor Possession
Albert Holmberg was fined 100 dollars by Police Judge Gordon and sentenced to 83 days in the city jail for alleged liquor possession.
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Gordon
Albert Holmberg
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Alaska Air Fleet
Ice Field
Brooks
Whatcom
Colman Dock
Union City
Puget Sound Navigation Co
Gide
B Snop
Bommela
AROWH
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Conmai
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Nalscuyaenoall
Ahcop
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J. P. Chase
Second
James
Butler Hotel
U. S
Congress
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Ama
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Dolmans
W. Q. Anne
She Rhodes Co
King County
Woodland Park
A. A. Stevens
Wenatchee
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Washington
Wean Lundberg
Rye Free Trial
E. Lundberg CO
Third Ave
MASON
Schram Jar
Doz
Happy Home
Edwin J. Brown
Columbia
Columbia Street
Vicks Vaporal
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