Boys Find Big Bond Treasure in Vacant Lot
Eight year old Paul Whiston and a companion unearthed $750 in Liberty bonds a purse full of silver a revolver and a flashlight under bushes in a vacant lot Friday. They buried the loot under a log then informed police. motorcycle officers searched but couldn’t relocate the buried log. S. W. Tandy reports thieves entered his apartment Thursday stealing $250 in Liberty bonds and $95 in cash.
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Paul Whiston
University Boulevard
Liberty Bends
S. W. Tandy
Ith Ave. N
Official Yankee Buttons for War Veterans
War department to issue Victory buttons and replicas of the distinguished service cross and medal to Yankees, as announced by Col. J T. EB. Watson of the Seattle recruiting district. Only official decoration allowed with civilian dress is the Victory button in bronze, with silver for those wounded in action.
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War Department
Yankees
J T. EB. Watson
Seattle
Army
Col Watson
Famed U S Stars to Swim in Paris
Four celebrated swimmers recently demobilized from the American forces will join the American Expeditionary Forces team for the inter allied games in Paris at Jovmiliele pont from June 22 to July 6. Participants include Lieut Norman Rosa of the Olympic club San Francisco Lieut Lady Langer of the Los Angeles Athletic club Lieut Michael McDermott of the Illinois Athletic club and George Cunha of the Olympic club San Francisco and the Hoalini club Honolulu.
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Paris
United States
American Expeditionary Forces
Jovmiliele Pont
Norman Rosa
Olympic Club
San Francisco
Lady Langer
Los Angeles
Alaska Sets Plan for Summer Baseball League
Alaska towns along the Gastineau channel and in Southeastern Alaska are forming a summer baseball league. Juneau, Douglas, and Thorne may field teams with other points likely to participate. Interest in baseball remains strong since early Far North championships at Fairbanks and Dawson under the midnight sun.
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Slong
Gastineau Channel
Alaska
Juneau
Douglas
Thame
Fairbanks
Dawson
Far North
Meeting of Public Works Board Delayed to Monday
The board of public works meeting scheduled for Friday morning was postponed to 10 o clock Monday morning due to lack of a quorum.
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Board of Public Works
Nine Robber Suspects Arrested After Drugging Incident
Police arrested nine suspects including Pete Cassidy and Thomas McGuire in connection with the drugging and robbery of Albert Backlund and Carl Nelson. The victims were found injured along Lakeview drive and Boston street after a night out at the Lexington hotel, with $56, two watches, and a nugget watch chain reported missing.
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Albert Backlund
Carl Nelson
Pete Cassidy
Thomas McGuire
Robert Bomnerville
Robert W. Sigman
H. A. Kelly
L. A. Henry
Edward Johnson
EK. Larada
Ja Groves
Btrand
William Peterson
M. R. Hubbard
Backlund
Nelson
Lakeview Drive
Boston
Lexington Hotel
Prof Meany speaks at Chamber luncheon
The Chamber of Commerce members council luncheon convened in the Masonic club rooms at noon Friday with the civic bureau coordinating the program. Professor KE8 Meany of the University of Washington delivered the principal address.
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Chamber of Commerce
Masonic Club
Civic Bureau
Prof
KE. 8
Meany
University of Washington
J Ray Seeks Mile Record at Meadowbrook Games
Jose Ray aims to break Norman Taber's 1915 mile record at Harvard stadium with a fresh effort at Franklin Field Philadelphia on June 7. Four top milers receive handicaps up to 100 yards and three of four timers will time Ray.
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Jose Ray
Norman Taber
Harvard Stadium
Franklin Field
Philadelphia
Ray
World billiards to stage 18 2 balkline titles fall in New York
World championship tournaments for 18 2 balkline, three cushion and pocket billiards will be held in New York next fall. The winner of each style will hold the title from challenge until the next year’s event. R B Benjamin, manager of balkline champion Willie Hopper, will arrange the tournaments.
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New York
R. B. Benjamin
Willie Hopper
Diamond Rattlesnake Farm Profits In Ozark Hills
The Ozark farm of Misa Rose Ahern and her brother Henry near Indian Creek earns main income from harvesting rattlesnake venom known as crotalin. Doctors and chemists buy the poison after careful preparation for epilepsy and other ailments.
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Kansas City
Ozarke
Misa Rose Ahern
Henry
Indian Creek
Rock
Shipfitter Hurt In Accident At Ames Yard
Michael Buckley aged 22 of 159 12th Ave was thrown from a truck in front of Ames ship yards at 7 30 a m Friday and suffered a broken left leg. He was taken to Seattle General Hospital.
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Michael Buckley
12Th Ave
Ames’ Shipyards
Seattle General Hospital
Officer 18 Injured In Motorcycle Crash At Columbia Station
Police officer Walter A. Wood suffered a badly wrenched back and possible internal injuries when his motorcycle toppled at Columbia station Thursday night. He was rushed to the city hospital for treatment.
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Walter A. Wood
Columbia Station
Wood
City Hospital
Lazy men lie unmourned as unburied forms lie cold
A stark report notes that idle individuals die and go unburied, with the community slow to bury the dead. The line highlights neglect and social apathy toward the deceased.
Patched pants and surprising Liberty loan tale told by McAdoo
Washington column recalls a Liberty bond anecdote about William Gibbs McAdoo when secretary of the treasury. A heckler demands the seat of his pants and the now famous epigram about patched pants surfaces, followed by notes on congressional directories. The piece ends with a jab at a Democratic U.S. senator famed for listing memberships and honors.
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Washington, D. C
William Gibbs McAdoo
Treasury
Tme
McAdoo
Liberty Loan
Congress
Government
Congressional Directory
Conta
Senate
House
Edwin &. Johnson
United States
Mother's Friend Promises Easier Expectant Nursing
Time proven remedy for pregnant women claims to prevent pain and suffering at delivery and reduce prior nervousness all through the months before birth. It is advertised as helping maintain health and good looks, with a booklet offered by Bradfield Regulator Company for more information.
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Bradfield Regulator Company
Lamar Idd
Atlanta
Georgia
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Ms . Perry
Warren L. Gaream
Mary Louise
Roy Barling
HH. B. Barling
Gasvam
Crystal
Miss Gazzam
Barling
Wilke Er
Coxforth
Mill. Madden
Helstad
Givens
Nubuck
Louis
Simoes
Nubuck and Patent
Zaamet LE Shoe Shop
Pike St
MGR
Fortune Founders
THE
Bank For Savings
Pine St
Fourth Ave
U. S
Tyla
Wm.h. Thompson
Yesler
Prof. Meany
Chamber
J. Ray
Shipfitter
Standard
Watstad
Dina Uta
iShid
Tire Company
East Pike Street
Firestone
Fisk
Vitalic
McGraw
Federal
Savage
Pullman
Defiance
Goodyear
Norwalk
Republic
Batavia
Portage Tires
Pike Street
Seattle National Bank and Dun and Bradstreet
Apy
Pital
Milton Bronner
Budge
Karl
Germany
N. BS. A
Berne
Carl of
Austria
Wartegg
Lake Constance
Nyon
Lake Geneva
Little Nyon
Ator
South Dakota
Johnson
Edwin S. Johnson
Yankton
Owen County
Portland
Fifth Avenue
R. L. Taylor & CO
Walrus
North Coast Trunk Factory
N. Becker
Second Avenue
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