Marriage ties unite Seattle and New York figures
By Betty Brainerd Seattle linked to New York as Miss Alice Calmus wed Don Campbell in a Seattle ceremony. Campbell, ex Washington Savings Bank leader, is now a top executive at Mercantile Trust & Deposit Co in New York. The event followed social gatherings and intercity visits, with guests including Maxine Elliott and William Faversham. A separate note mentions a birth, a death from influenza, and a hostess-filled week of society events in Seattle.
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Seattle
Alice Calmus
Don Campbell
New York City
Calmus
New York
France
Ing
Campbell
Washington Savings Bank
Nhow
Mercantile Trust & Deposit Mh
Aus
The
Mercantile & Deposit Co
MS Campbell
Cunard
Harry Whitney Treat
Maxine Elliott
William Faversham
West Highland Drive
Elliett
Peter Rabbit Faces Bear in Quiet Sleepyard Lessons
A playful tale echoes the moral that fear gives way to calm courage. Peter Rabbit, once timid around Buster Bear sleeping in a brush pile, grows bold. He studies the sleeping bear, touches him gently, then sits and dozes near Buster without disturbing him.
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Rabbit
Bear
Peter
Buster
Buster Bear
Er Bear
Mia
Company D Auxiliary Meets Thursday Evening
A special meeting of Company D auxiliary to the infantry will be held in the Chamber of Commerce assembly rooms Thursday at 4 oclock. All members are urged to attend and those interested in giving a reception to the returning boys of Company D are invited.
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Company PD
Lélat Infantry
Chamber of Commerce
Seattle athlete Captain dominates allied army tennis event
Captain Gerald Shannon maintains a splendid record in athletics. Tie was selected to represent his regiment in the allied army tennis tournament at Niece. One man per regiment competed. George Ladd Munn and Gertram Collins were observers at the match.
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Gerald Shannon
Tie
Niece
George Ladd Munn
Gertram Collins
Beattie Headlines Personal Notices From Local Page
Personal notices list residents and visitors: Churchill Peters, Yale unit veteran now en route to Beattie. George F. Hardenbergh returns from Eastern states. Kathryn Wilson of Phoenix Logging returns from California. Dr D M Stone returns from Los Angeles after his sister's illness and Mrs Shoemaker’s death. Mr and Mrs Agen and two daughters depart for New York for months. Mr and Mrs Perkins and Polly depart for three weeks with Witter family in San Francisco. Arminio Compe, New York food administrator, visits Beattie. A F Haynes of Pacific Steamship Co. returns to Seattle from California.
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D. M. Stone
Los Angeles
Fr. Shoemaker
Farmerette Campaigner elevates women in wartime farming
Dr Ida H Ogilvie head of recruiting for the woman's land army of America travels to Seattle announcing with pride that twenty thousand American girls became farmerettes last year. She recalls the Bedford New York camp of 1917 and notes most volunteer workers are college students or teachers. A state volunteer system will recruit, chaperone, and place units from 10 to 120 girls. work runs May to November with two week vacation slots. Payment is by piece work and the program aims to relieve soldiers while expanding farm labor.
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Harvesters’ League
National Volunteer Committee
Washington
United States Employment Service
Dr. Ogilvie
Delia W. Marble
Yeomen duties and citizenship questions in readers notes
A column of audience questions to Miss Grey covers Yeoman duties and postwar work needs, citizenship for Chinese and Japanese in the U S, and reader letters on motherhood, hair care, employment after soldiers’ return, exercise tips, and hand care remedies.
St Jacobs Liniment Ad Claims Pain Relief
A vintage advertisement touts St Jacobs Liniment for sprains pains and swelling. It promises rapid relief without skin burning and claims 60 years of effective use with medals, urging readers to obtain a trial bottle from drug stores and rub away misery.
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St. Jacobs Liniment
Women’s League Elects Officers
New officers were elected to the Women’s League on Tuesday. Ruth Slauson of Portland was chosen president, Doreen Kennedy vp, Anith Close secretary, Beatrice Dunn treasurer, Priscilla Smith senior representative, Vivian Kellam junior representative, and Miriam Gardner named chairman of the executive committee. Sophomore representative race deadlocked between Margaret Burpee and Margaret Rogers will resume Thursday.
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Women's League
Ruth Slauson
Portland
Doreen Kennedy
Anith Close
Beatrice Dunn
Priscilla Smith
Vivian Kellam
Margaret Burpee
Margaret Rogers
Miriam Gardner
Baby Boy Arrives in Hughes Family
Mr and Mrs H J Hughes of 2413 Yesler welcomed a baby boy born Tuesday at the family residence The Star cashier Hughes receives congratulations from fellow employees The newborn weighs pounds and both mother and child are doing well
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Hughes Family
H. J. Hughes
Yesler
Hughes
The
Star
Wrigley offers Catalina island for U S naval base
Los Angeles March 19 Thousands of acres on Catalina island bought by William Wrigley Jr have been offered to the government for a permanent naval base The tract lies at the island west end with protected deep water coves and harbors suitable for all types of war craft
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Los Angeles
Catalina Island
William Wrigley, Jr
Mr. Wrigley
Alaska Eskimos Form Be nevolent Order of Reindeer
In Juneau on March 20 the Eskimos of Alaska begin forming the Be nevolent Order of Reindeer as a new fraternal group aimed at charity and community service across regions.
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Alaska
Eskimos
Juneau
Eskimos of
Benevolent Order of Reindeer
Needs of the Jumble Shop expands fundraising plea
The Jumble Shop seeks donations of all kinds to replenish empty shelves. The effort, tied to Ted Crom activities, has proven a strong money maker and continues after the war. Seattle is urged to give generously to help supply essentials and spread the benefit of charitable giving.
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Ted Crom
Beattie
Seattle
Fake aspirin tainted by talcum sold in Brooklyn
Fraudulent aspirin tablets circulated by a Brooklyn manufacturer were mainly talcum. The warning urges buyers to insist on Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in the genuine Bayer package with proper directions and labeling.
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Brooklyn
Bayer
Bayer Crom
Treasure Rugs Reveal a Heart Tragedy in Certels room
In Certels private suite, luxury rugs dominate a room spared from decor. A framed portrait of the narrator in the gifted photograph exposes a past love, revealing Tony Certels’s ardent but hidden devotion and a crime of emotional strings. The narrator flees before noon as smoke thickens and valuables await recovery.
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Dr. Certels
Certels
Certela
Certeis
Certeia
Tony
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Catherine
Fred Hudson Baxter
Sunset Club
Bruce Somer
Irving Bogardus
Jas. A. Sheehan
James A. Sheehan
Chicago
Sheehan
Washington Apartments
American
Thornton W. Burgess
T. W. Burgess
Peter Rabbit
CO. D Auxiliary
Pape’s
Diapepsin
Sivan
Seattle Star
Circulation Dept
Seattle, Wa
Churchill Peters
Yale
United States
George FE. Hardenbergh
Kathryn Wilson
Phoenix Logging Company
California
John FR. Agen
Arminio Compe
A. F. Haynes
Pacific Steamship Company
Farmerette
Helen Spaulding
Dr Ida H. Ogilvie
Woman's Land Army of America
Ida H. Ogilvie
Cynthia Grey
Yeomen
Mise Grey
Miss Grey
Mies Grey
Kighuteben
Lear Mien Grey
Wingle
WM. A. B
Mins Grey
Irene
St. Jacobs
Nu-Bone
Second Avenue
Elliott
Viexs Vaporub
SOF
Women’s League
Wrigley
House of Commons
F. F. Gearheard
Northy
Seaboard
Royal Worcester Corset Company
Geary Street
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