Plan to Make City Spotless Campaign in Seattle
Bio week from April 7 to 12 organized by the civic bureau of Commerce and Club to enlist 30 000 students and parents in a crusade to make Seattle the cleanest city in the United States. The slogan Paint up spade up guides the effort as the school garden army begins and the fire department is to be commissioned to burn rul as spring creas up. The national spring campaign is staged in Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Bureau of Commerce and Club
Seattle
United
My Garden A Story Of Quiet Home Economic Gain
A family moves to a yard with a garden and poultry to cut costs. They study gardening, grow vegetables all summer, can and store for winter, and save at least two hundred dollars on food. They find health and happiness in the garden and promise more to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leta
Bobby
Husband
Alec
$20 Gold Piece in Stomach Kills Man
Reuben Cook of Woodland died at 48 from stomach trouble traced to swallowing a $20 gold piece during a sleight of hand trick twenty years ago. An autopsy will be held to confirm the cause. Cook was a distant relative of Get T. Grant and a nephew of Chicago publisher David Cook.
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Woodland
Reuben Cook
Get T. & ‘Grant
David
Cook
Chicago
Woman Seeks Divorce After Alleged Husband Abuse
Mrs John B Street testifies in superior court that her husband, a shipyard worker, pulled her hair knocked out her front tooth and left bruises on her arms and face. She seeks divorce citing severe domestic abuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Street
Superior Court
Trench Brotherhood Seeks Cooperative Projects Across Canada
Canadian veterans led by 200 men known as The Three Hundred envision a cooperative farm system financed by individual loans for land, cattle, equipment, and facilities. They urge amended Soldier Settlement Act and establish community administration for farming, housing, schools, and utilities nationwide.
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Vancouver
B&b. C
Vimy
Passchendale
Canada
Asia
Community Trust
Ottawa Land Settlement Board
Comedies vs Grotesque Movie Magic Lift Spirits
A reflective note on why comedies amuse during blue moods. The author likens a funny film to a dog chasing a goldfish, bringing chaos and laughs that snap readers out of despair. After a single screening, one leaves smiling and ready to face life again.
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Sar Hill
Zowile
Y. M. C. A. Plans Rural Boys Convention at Yakima
The Y M C A will organize to aid rural and country town boys and hold a convention in Yakima on April 8 and 9. The event will conclude with a large banquet honoring army and navy service members as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima
Army
Scandinavians to Buy Wooden Steamers
Local shipping men say the United States Shipping Board will sell most wooden steamers built on the Pacific coast to Scandinavian countries. Of 50 to 75 wood steamers now moving railway ties to the Atlantic coast, few will return as the fleet is diverted overseas for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Shipping Board
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Coast
Railroad Administration
Steamer Iria Heads to San Francisco With 350 Recruits
The United States Shipping Board vessel Iria sails Monday for San Francisco carrying 350 merchant marine recruits to complete seamanship training. The Iris will then return to Seattle for a new class of apprentices.
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United States Shipping Board
Iria
San Francisco
Iris
Seattle
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Gancal Ordnance
Washington
Joe Herring
Lia
Cuum
Brakdenstein & CO
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Trench Brotherhood
Jack Jungmeyer
N. BE. A
Frederick & Nelson
Fifth Avenue
Pine Street
Sixth Avenue
Green
Nottingham
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