Birthday cheers and odd regional notes from across the nation
The column notes William turning 48 and Locke’s fame, a DAR reception in Seattle on April 7, a West Seattle Pickwick club house bid, a Kodak literary club at Broadway High, and plans for Sound trips. It also cites the Pacific Lumber Trade Journal, a Y M C A lecture in Victoria, a Seward mining boom, Bakersfield labor unrest with deputized militiamen, a post office robbery suspect in Enid, a Beltway police update in Bellingham, Kansas centenarian John Gilliland farming in Willow Springs, and Mary Ann Brown’s parole after 34 years for murdering her husband.
Paris Duelling Center At The Big Wheel
In a famous Paris site known as La Grande Roue the base of the wheel hosts the worlds dueling center. Over the last decade about 500 duels occurred with two principals two seconds and a physician involved totaling about 4 500 participants in the pastime under the shadow of the wheel.
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Paris
Richard A Ballinger to Receive Royal Welcome Friday
Richard A Ballinger, former secretary of the interior who found the job unhealthy, will be greeted with a royal welcome Friday night by friends connected to Cunningham claims and other Alaska development efforts.
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Richard A. Ballinger
Secretary of the Interior
Alaska
Aid for Symphony Launches $40,000 Annual Fund Drive
A campaign to raise a guarantee fund of 40,000 dollars per year for two years begins. The Seattle Symphony Orchestra trustees urge Seattle pride to support the organization, calling for donations via phone at Main 414 or in person at 1406 Second Ave.
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Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra Society
Seattle
Seventh Pop Concert at Moore Theater Features Herod
The seventh pop concert at the Moore theatre yesterday showcased Henry Hadley’s Herod written for Richard Mansfield. The favorable reception led to an encore of Hadley’s Fascination. Principal soloist was Mrs. Annabelle Macintyre Dickey with Clarence Whitehill slated for the next concert on April 6.
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Herod
Henry Hadley
Richard Mansfield
Moore Theatre
Coyotes and wildlife killed for state bounty in Baker County
A Baker County record shows 2,494 coyotes killed with state pay totaling 2591 dollars. In the same period 111 bobcats were killed, and only three cougar pelts were brought in for bounty.
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Baker, Or
Baker
Virginian Offers Modern Furnished Rooms Near Weathlake Ave
Budget furnished rooms advertised at the Virginian. Call for low prices and details, located near Weathlake Avenue the Virginia address. Multiple rooms available at reduced rates.
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Virginian
Virginia #t
Weatlake Av. Eee
Old Judge Dies in Los Angeles After Washington Career
Joseph R. Lewis a leading Washington territory figure for about twenty years and a former supreme court justice died suddenly in Los Angeles where he had lived since 1894 He served as chief justice for five years after becoming a justice in 1873 He enforced the law strictly and later built a law practice and real estate interests in Seattle and Yakima County
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Joseph R. Lewis
Washington Territory
Los Angeles
Supreme Bench
Lewis
Seattle
Yakima County
Baron de Constant Seeks Peace Tour Across America
Haron d Estournelies de Constant, a Hague peace court officer and French senator and Nobel laureate, arrives in New York to lecture on peace. His three month American tour spans 20 000 miles to argue against war and promote moral and material progress.
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New York
Haron d Estournelies de Constant
America
Hague Peace Court
Principal Kitne Walks 22,000 Miles Teaching in Monterey
Hagerstown Md March 260. Prof J C Kitne principal of Monterey school notes that during 36 years of teaching he has walked about 22 000 miles to and from school. The distance is nearly the earths circumference.
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Hagerstown
J. C. Kitne
Monterey
Silk Dresses Offer at $15 In Cadet Blue and Navy
An assortment of well made dresses in taffeta mes salin silk and foulard designs. Waists feature three quarter or elbow sleeves and Dutch necklines with lace or yoke options. Skirts include straight and flounced styles with over drape in colors from white to navy.
Attractive $1.00 Lingerie Waists With Embroidered Allover Lace
The advertisement highlights fine lingerie waists selling at $1.00 each. Designs feature eyelet embroidery with cotton Cluny or imitation Baby Irish lace, offered in high and Dutch-neck models for a special value.
Brother of Evelyn Thaw Coming Here
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw is in Canada in contact with her husband at Matteawan and hopes for his release. Howard Nesbitt heads to Seattle to sail for Alaska to seek Yukon mining luck. The Ladies' Aid society of Gilman Park M. B. church plans an entertainment titled Songe of the Century next Friday evening in the church.
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Portland, Or
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Canada
Matteawan
Howard Nesbitt
Seattle
Ladies’ Aid Society of
Gilman Park M. BE
Young returns to marry sweetheart after 20 years apart
Greensburg Pa March 20 William Young after an absence of two decades from the Alaska gold fields reunites with Myra Kamerer of Pittsburgh who became his wife at her mother's home. He had promised to return and wed when fortune favored him and they have remained true since he left.
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Greensburg
Alaska
William Young
Myra Kamerer
Pittsburg
Young
Boy Arrested After Capturing Two Teens at Dawn
Priest D Brabook a 19 year old schoolboy claimed he caught Herbert Thompson 24 and Emmet Croak 18 trying to open a bundle of newspapers. He marched them to police headquarters and later released them saying they had been punished enough. Abe Ruef comments on penitentiary life.
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Herbert Thompson
Emmet Croak
D. Brabock
Bra
Brabook
Thompson
Croak
High Grade St Gall Embroideries At Special Prices
St Gall embroideries offered in transparent Swiss and sheer nainsook and cambric with firm edges. Special 35c yard for Embroidery Edges in eyelet floral dot and scroll, 12 to 17 inches wide with matching bands. Special 65c yard for Edges Insertions and Bands in Venise Irish and Cluny lace effects. Special $1.25 yard for Venise Lace Embroideries in fine batiste. Special $200 yard for Fine St Gall Embroidery Flouncings 18 to 40 inches wide with Grecian and Van Dyke designs in 414 and 5S yard pieces.
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St. Gall
Women's Kid Gloves Special at $1.35 Pair
Ladies gloves offered in glace kid leather with two clasp style and rich back embroidery. Available in black white tan gray pearle and cream, advertised at 1.35 per pair. Sale note references Piret Ween.
Veils and Veilings in New Parisian Mesh Styles
New Paris selection offers broad mesh veils including hair line sensen spider and novelty styles. French lace veils in black and colors and lustrous chiffon veils in varied colors are among recent arrivals from Finest Fleer.
Bedding Specials from Pequot Manufacturers
Special offers on Pequot Sheets 81x90 inches from the seconds line at 75 cents each. Pequot Pillow Cases 45x36 inches, seconds, at 1 dollar each. Heavy White Hemmed Crochet Bedspreads in Marseilles pattern 72x88 inches, special 1.25 dollars each.
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Marseilles
Spring Showing of Carpet-Size Rugs
A spring display of Domestic Floor Coverings showcases over 400 rug patterns and colors. The range includes Tapestry Brussels Wilton Velvet Axminster and more with sizes from 4x6 to 10-6x18 and dozen shades. Rag Rugs feature about forty patterns in greens blues tans pinks. Hodges Fibre Rugs offer sanitary odorless options suited for bedrooms. Crex Grass Rugs appear in green brown and blue with Grecian key borders. Third Fiber.
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Tapestry Brussels
Body Brussels
Wilton
Axminster
Hodges
Crex
New Arrivals in Popular Silks and Dress Goods
Silk and dress fabric offerings headline new arrivals. Satin de la Reine in plain and Jacquard weaves, 40 to 43 inches wide, priced $2.00 to $2.25 per yard. Bengaline Lumineaux, mohair Sicilian and striped mohair, plus Imported Novelty Tailor Suiting, all with varied lively colors, on first floor.
Foreign and Domestic Wash Fabrics
An advertised selection of fabrics features Voile Lisse in lavender tan pink and light blue with stripe patterns. Bordered Silk and Cotton prints with tiny dots in various colors and 3 inch borders. Robes and Dupienne Silk fabrics offered in multiple widths and prices. Seco Silks in 27 inch width in silk and cotton mix at 25 cents per yard. Firet Floor.
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Seco
Crepe Gowns and Combinations
Crepe gowns priced at 1.50 in slip over style to the floor with round neck and short puff sleeves, trimmed with linen pattern lace and ribbon. Two piece crepe combinations at 1.50 with corset cover circular drawers, attractively trimmed with ribbon and linen lace on second floor.
Special Values Offered in White Goods
Batiste de Opera a 31 inch sheer white dress fabric for clearance 15c. Mull finished White Tasserine Lawn 29 inches wide clearance 15¢ yard. India Lawn closely woven white material 31 inches wide special 25¢ yard. Chamois finished Long Cloth 36 inches wide excellent for undergarments 12 yards $2.35. White Crepe soft wash fabric 29 inches wide 20c yard. First Floor.
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Batiste de Opera
India
Lace Allovers and Bands in Various Lace Patterns
An assortment of Lace Allovers and Venise Net and Cluny Bands offered in ecru cream and white designs. Yokes sleeves and waists use these at 1.00 to 7.50 per yard. Venise Net Cluny bands in widths and patterns suitable for panels knee bands coats and waists priced 0.35 to 7.50 per yard. Black Chantilly and Oriental Lace Bands available in broad designs and widths at moderate prices.
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Fleer
Ecru
Pattern Table Linen and Napkins at Clearance
Table Cloths and Napkins offered in multiple patterns and sizes with prices per yard or per dozen. Items include fifty seven inch and seventy inch linens, Nova patterns such as Fleur de Lis Iris chrysanthemum and Pansy designs, with clearance pricing on slightly soiled or rumpled stock.
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Pacific Lumber Trade Journal
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Sapotin
Baron DE Constant
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