Protective League to Map Western Germany for Aviators
The American Protective League requests Americans to send photographs and view cards of parts of Germany west of Hamburg to its New York headquarters. By assembling the images the league aims to create a pictorial map to guide aviators using distinctive landscape features and landmarks.
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American Protective League
Germany
League
United States
Hamburg
New York
Two Teens Rescued After 30 Minute Drowning Ordeal
After clinging to an overturned canoe for nearly half an hour in Lake Washington Miss Jane Adama 19 Everett and Walter Baker 18 430 Lake Ave Seattle were rescued from drowning Monday off Mount Baker park by rescuers.
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Lake Washington
Jane Adama
Everett
Walter Baker
Lake Ave
Seattle
Mount Baker Park
Hair care advice using coconut oil instead of shampoo
A vintage ad advises using malsified cocoanut oil as a gentle hair cleanser. It says most soaps dry the scalp and harm hair, while cocoanut oil creates rich lather with water only, cleanses dust and oil, dries hair evenly, and leaves it silky and manageable. It notes the product is cheap and widely available at drug stores.
City moves to upgrade water system and issue bonds
The city council began implementing a $3 750 000 plan by authorizing a $500 000 bond issue to convert Swan Lake into an auxiliary importing reservoir. It also approved issuing general fund bonds without a vote for the first time and called for bids on $300 000 Beacon Hill bonds to fund park property condemnations. A resolution by Councilman Lane urging wheat substitute price regulation was adopted.
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Swan Lake
Beacon Hill
W. D L. Lane
Congress
Food Administration
Small Town Editor's Day in Film at the Liberty
The Liberty offers Charles Ray in His Own Home Town and a Mack Sennett comedy starring Mary Thurman and Charles Murray. Also shown are Resurrection with Pauline Frederick and other features across multiple venues, spotlighting a Belgian hero and living American beauties.
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the Liberty
Charles Ray
Jimmy Duncan
Ray
Mack Sennett
Liberty
Mary Thurman
Charles Murray
Star Liberty Weekly
The Eyes of the World at Clemmer and Week at Levy’s Orpheum
The Eyes of the World screens this week at the Clemmer with a tumble scene and a thrill above the trees. Travelogue Today in Samoa by Burton Holmes draws crowds at Levy’s Orpheum theater, while Louise Glaum stars in An Alien Enemy about German intrigue and World War I. Gladys Brockwell headlines The Devil’s Wheel at Mission, and Marguerite Clark appears in Prunella at Strand with Billy Rhodes comedy Her Rustic Romeo. Ruggles of Red Gap features a jar of jam as pivotal, with Taylor Holmes in the Class A role. Colonial begins Edith Story in Treasure of the Sea and Louise Fazenda in Those Athletic Girls.
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Progtiams
Liberty Charlies Nay
Mack Sennett
Liberty Weekly
Clemmem-Mareld Hell Wright
Pathe Weekly Coliseum
Pauline Frederick
Iro Tolstoy
Lourie Glaam
Darton - Holmen
Pranetta
Rockwell
Colonital
Palith Storey
Teyber Holmes
Hed Gap
Erite Clark
Burton Holmes
Samoa
Levy
Orpheum Theatre
Holmes
Louise Glaum
Alfred
Marguerite Clark
Granville Barker
Prunella
Strand
Billy Rhodes
Romeo
Red Gap
Ruggles
Taylor Holmes
Colonial
Edith Story
Louise Fazenda
Give Up Wheat appears as food action by board
A food price publishing board list shows no price changes and reports a statement urging Americans to give up wheat to aid soldiers in France. The document itemizes retailers’ and consumers’ prices for sugar, corn syrup, flours, starches, grains, and cereals across multiple categories and brands.
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Food Price Publishing Board
France
Japan
Prices for staple goods shift with retailer margins
A pasted list details wholesale and consumer prices for rolled oats to herring across products. It notes retailer margins, per can and per pound figures, and includes a brief note: A. A. Davis of Hoquiam elected grand patriarch of the I O O F at the 25th session in Walla Walla.
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Iter
Metallere
Netallers
California
Lée
Washington Co
Choice Lée
Bbc
Washington
Puget Sound
Alaska
Columbia River
Walla Walla
A. A. Dacka of
Hoquiam
Seattle Chamber organizes second panoramic water front excursion
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club will run a second panoramic boat trip from the head of the bay through the lakes on Thursday. The vessel departs Pier 3 at 1 30 p m and arrives at Lake Washington docks at 5 30 p m.
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Commercial Club
Pier 3
Lake Washington
Ward joins Success Shorthand School as adviser
Herbert F. Ward, longtime district secretary for the Eleventh U.S. civil service district covering Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Alaska, affiliates with the Success Shorthand School. He becomes consulting civil service adviser and will lead classes to prepare students for federal government stenography and typing work. The move aligns with ongoing government calls for more qualified clerical staff.
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Herbert F. Ward
United States Civil Service District
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Alaska
Success Shorthand
Ward
United States
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Star-Liberty Weekly
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the Strand
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