Seattle Yard Strives to Expand Merchant Fleet Amid War Demand
Seattle shipyards push to build eleven large steel merchant ships as orders flood in while plans emerge for two new wooden vessel yards. Paterson says yard activity remains high despite a steel strike, with seven steel ships under construction and government contracts for three submarines and a torpedo boat destroyer. Local investors back a two week timeline to open a wooden shipyard for freight and passenger vessels costing about 150000 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle Construction and Drydock Co
J. W. Paterson
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Skinner and Eddy Corporation
L. Jacobs
Paterson
Alaska Pishertes Capital
Charles A. Burckhardt
Alaska-Pacific Fisheries
Otto Burckhardt
J. M. Eliott
O. Johansen
Seattle
R. M. Semmnes
Independent Steamship Co
W. FR. Grace & Con
Ecuador
Colombia
Venezuela
North Pacific
Seward
Alaska Steamship Co
M. N. Tracy & Co
New York
Poslam Skin Remedy Promises Quick Eczema Relief
An advertisement touts Poslam as a universal skin cure for eruption and eczema, claiming itching fades and healing begins daily. It promotes Poslam Soap as antiseptic and urges samples via 14 cent stamps to Emergency Laboratories, New York.
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Egarevetes
York City
Boid
Efderugetete
Palm Theatre Opens With Diversified Program
R. Bruce Robbins, former Majestic Spokane owner, buys the Tivoli to show General Film Co productions at the new Palm Theatre. Opening Saturday features Virtue Triumphant and a child-friendly matinee, with Mae Raddeaur to sing.
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R. Bruce Robbins
Majestic Theatre
Spokane
Wash
Tivoli
Palm
Mae Raddeaur
Power firm proposes Deer Creek site sale to city
The Western Power Co offers to develop the Deer Creek site in Skagit County and sell it to the city. The new council will consider the proposal.
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Western Power Co
Deer Creek
Skagit County
Banquet Tonight Honors Mayor Gill and Instepping Admin
The Chamber of Commerce will honor Mayor Gill and the Instepping administration at a banquet at 6 30 Friday evening. The event will take place at the Washington hotel, recognizing their leadership and community efforts.
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Gill
Chamber of Commerce
Washington Hotel
Dead Man's Hill Earns Its Name in Verdun Fighting
London dispatch reports three days of heavy combat on Dead Man's Hill. Thousands of German and French corpses lie on the slopes as Silesians secure a foothold on the northern ridge. Official notices differ, but British and French claims center on recapturing the hill and preventing German advances toward Verdun forts.
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London
Dead Man’s Hill
Douaumont
Vaux
Dead Man's Hill
de Meuse
Republic
Verdun
French Railroa d Builds Sandstorm Resistant Locomotives
The French railroad in the Sahara has built locomotives and cars specially designed to pass through thousand storms with minimum resistance to the metal cutting sand.
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Sahara
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Lillian Gish
Daphne
Robert Louis Stevenson
Willie Collier
Mae Busch
Keystone
Pike
Marie
Doro
St. Patrick's Day
Coliseum Russian Orchestra
Coliseum
Mabby
Harter! Dreg Co
Co. B. Lamont
Northwest
Coe Tee
Palm Theatre
Madison St
R. B. Robbins
Mgr
Couf Bl
Orziortable
Mae Raddeaux
Bulgaria
Rome
Palace London
Sofia
Misa Margaret Collins
Summit Ave
Eighth Ave
Olive
C. B. Ritter
Excelsior
Ninth Ave
Cowen Park
M. P. Angelos
Court Place
Miss Collins
Sloan
Liniment
NEW Movie Theatre
Alhambre
Veudeville
Jane Gall
Henry Alder
Rapert
Clase
Ste Hopkine
Clanmerm
Hebert Edeson
Cotteam
Marie Dore
Celestal
Vivian Rich
Liberty
Pirate
Louisiana
Lillian Walker
Mrs. Dane
Mae Murray
Mary Johnson
Gloria Fonda
Washington
William C. Dowlan
Blanche Bates
Marie Dora
Dora
Eame
William Gillette
Blanche Hates
Empire Theatre
Mary Lunshine
Strand Theatre
Marie Osbhorne
Offer Power Site
Westlake
Lymp Vaudeville
Yvonne
The
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Mabel Spencer
Crane, Mason and School
Matinees
Cherry Eugene Levy
Lillian
Lorraine
Frank
MR. Jack
Hash Magnate
Second
Vames ST
Berean ‘ i
Ome & Yarde
Morocco
New Shepherd
Norfolk
Juliet Styles
Fownes
Dent
Army
Ade
Wright
Deadman’s Hill
Chas. P. Stewart
United Press
George
George W. Hill
King County Central Committee
Republican Party
Charles F. Munday
Hill
Business Men's Association of
Green Lake
Odd Fellows, Modern Woodmen
Masonic Fraternity
Luna Park
Bill
Bill Shakespeare
Frederick Padelford
University English
Seattle Fine Arts Society
Dakota
Glasses
Amethyst
William Crookes
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