Uncle Sam to change styles of silver coins
Frederick M. Kerby reports the question of whether the United States silver coin engravings should be changed. A forgotten law allows changes only once in 25 years with 1891 designs due to be eligible in 1916. The piece notes broader wartime trade context and misconceptions about war orders driving export growth.
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Uncle Sam
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Excursion to Hoods Canal on Potlatch Steamship
The first Hoods Canal excursion of the season sails from Colman dock at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday aboard the Potlatch and returns at 10:30 p.m. The round trip fare is $1 with a half fare for children, and the trip is described as one of Puget Sound routes best.
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Hoods Canal
Potlatch
Colman Dock
Puget Sound
Eagles to aid Joy in Rainier Valley June celebration
Rainier valley business men hire the Eagles 40 piece band and 26 member drill team for a June 25 celebration. The group will be transported to Columbia City in special cars for the event.
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Rainier Valley
Eagles
Columbia City
Rose Show Opens at Commercial Club Embassy Arcade
The second annual Pacific Northwest Rose Society show opened at 1 PM Friday in the Commercial Club Arcade building. The event drew several thousand entries across many rose varieties.
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Commercial Club
The
Pacific Northwest Rose Society
Baby Who Left At Detention Center Baffles Matron
A six week old baby named Baby Who was left in a stroller near Firatave and Pike and cared for by matron Mother Lavery at juvenile detention headquarters. The article suspects a tragedy behind the infant's abandonment and appeals to the mother to come forward through the editor of The Star.
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Levery
Lavery
the Star
Wagnerian Kiss Discussed In Divorce Case
In Los Angeles on June 18 Judge Taft heard Mrs. Fred C. Pierce’s divorce trial detailing an affinity. Arthur Randall testified Pierce gave a Wagnerian kiss described as an intermittent rhapsody. The case cites kiss bites on the husband and a clinging kiss during the alleged affair.
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Los Angeles
Eliasen
Taft
Fred C. Pierce
Here's Uncle Sam's Model for His Two-Dollar Bills
A note asks readers to check a United States two dollar bill for a picture of Miss Rose Marston, a famed model and vaudeville actress in The Claims Agent. The item notes scarcity of two dollar bills and mentions Marston's stage role.
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Uncle Sam
Rose Maraton
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