Boy to Don Dresses For Patriotic Fund Playlet
Eleven year old Mabel Hawkins and four year junior Sydney Smith will perform in The Little Princess a benefit playlet for The Star smoke fund at Laker temple hall Saturday evening Sydney plays a spoiled baby girl to aid the cause and Mabel dances while a cast of 24 entertains under Mia Maud Smith. Admission is 25 cents.
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Mabel Hawkins
Sydney Smith
Laker Temple Hall
Sydney
Akirta
Mabel
Mia. Maud Smith
Star's
Japanese appoint Baron Goto foreign minister
Japanese press hails Baron Goto as foreign minister replacing Viscount Motono. Editorials praise a non diplomat as foreign policy change is not expected. A Vatican notice says Monsignor Dougherty named archbishop of Philadelphia succeeding Archbishop Farley.
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Tokio
Baron Goto
Viscount Motono
Japan
Rome
Monsignor Dougherty
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Vatican
A Word to Grip Sufferers and Blood Building Pills
The grip shortens life with difficulty in blood thinning digestion and nervousness. It can lead to pneumonia if strength is not rebuilt. Dr Williams Pink Pills are promoted as the best blood builder to restore color appetite and health with prices 50 cents per box or six for $2.50. order from Dr Williams Medicine Co. Schenectady NY and request the booklet Building Up the Blood.
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Lowell
Mass
Bakers Say They Ought to Charge More for Bread
Seattle bakers say higher prices are needed to break even on production. They propose one pound loaves at 13 cents and one and a half pound loaves at 20 cents. Increases reflect higher wages around 55 percent and costs for substitute flours fuel gasoline and tires. Prices will be set after Master Bakers submit sealed cost bids to the food control committee for readjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Master Bakers Association
Food Control Committee
Seattle Elks stage Pirates of Penzance at Metropolitan
Seattle Lodge No. 92 BP0E presents Pirates of Penzance at the Metropolitan Theatre Friday and Saturday nights. The production features an 85 member cast with a 75 voice chorus and 10 leaders. The harmonic orchestra members provide the music.
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Seattle
Metropolitan Theatre
Philharmonic Orchestra
Standard Oil Raises Crude Oil Price by 25 Cents
In San Francisco on May 1 an increase of 25 cents per barrel for crude oil took effect under Standard Oil Co changes. The lowest grade fuel oil now costs $1.23 per barrel, adding about $25,000,000 to annual gross income for all producers. Gasoline price hikes are expected soon.
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San Francisco
Standard Oil Co
Spreckels Banned from Yonkers Sugar Plant
Walter Spreckels nephew of Claus Spreckels the sugar magnate has been barred from entering the Yonkers sugar factory where he served as manager for 16 years. Federal authorities declare him an enemy alien for not yet naturalizing after 30 years in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Walter Spreckels
Claus Spreckela
Yonkers
Walter Spreckéla
Altho
National education conference opens at federation meeting
In Hot Springs Arkansas on May 1 the fourteenth biennial convention of the General Federation of Women's Clubs opened with Dr Mary KE Parker of Western Reserve University presiding. The educational conference will run three days.
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Hot Springs
Ark
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Mary KE. Parker
Educational Committee of Western Reserve, University
Conservative Dutch Papers Against Allies
Milton Bronner notes Dutch press divisions amid World War I neutrality. He describes liberal and conservative papers in Holland, fears of Belgium’s fate, dependence on German coal, and debate over which side Holland might join. He cites Telegraf's pro allies stance and Nieuws van den Dag's rebuke.
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Holland
Belgium
America
Pres
United States
England
Europe
Telegraf
Entente
Nieuws van den Dan
Dodgson Praises Tanlac After Weight Gain Tale
Jacob Dodgson of Seattle relates his recovery from severe indigestion and weight loss after taking Tanlac. He details stomach distress, loss of appetite, headaches, and a seven and a half pound regain, claiming Tanlac restored energy and normal weight. The ad notes Tanlac is sold in Seattle by Bartell Drug Stores.
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Jacob Dodgson
34Th Avenue Weat
Seattle
Wash
Dodgson
Mays
Eves
Bartell Drug Stores
Tanlac
Reports on German POWs Cite Spanish Camp Inspections
Washington reports from Spanish prison camp inspectors say Germany is not starving prisoners or denying basic needs though water is abundant in at least one camp allowing weekly baths. Official statements to the U.S. government claim American inquiries find prisoners well treated, but authorities suspect distortion and misinformation.
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Washington
Germany
Spain
Gerard
Nine nurses graduate from Minor hospital school
Nine nurses were graduated Tuesday night at the Minor hospital school of nursing Exercises were held at the First Baptist church Rev Hugh Gordon Ross and Maj Chas Betts U S medical corps addressed the class The graduates include Caroline E Parker Bremerton Esther N Joslin Juneau Alaska Addie M Algiers Olympia Eva N Sohneson Port Orchard Elizabeth E Blakistoge Ruth E Metcalfe Ruth M Clegg Charlotte Jones and Inez S Davis of Seattle The event notes their wartime employment in war gardening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Hugh Gordon Ross
Maj
Chas. Betts
U. S. Medical Corps
Caroline E. Parker
Bremerton
Esther N. Joslin
Juneau
Alaska
Addie M. Algiers
Olympia
Eva N. Sohneson
Port Orchard
Elizabeth E. Blakistoge
Ruth E. Metcalfe
Ruth M
Elman Concert At Met Tonight
Violinist Mischa Elman headlines the Metropolitan Theatre concert on his seventh Pacific coast tour in nine years. The program opens with Con certo Minor by Vivaldi and Nachez arranged by Philip Gordon on piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
Mischa Elman
Metropolitan Theatre
Vivaldi Nachez
Philip Gordon
Russia
Romanoffs
Help Make This the Last Battle of the War
A brief exhortation urges readers to support the war effort by buying thrift stamps, framing it as a step toward ending the conflict and contributing to morale.
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Otto KO
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Laugh Trust
Erner
Emple
Dacky
Steve Stevens
Frank Colby &O
Daisy
Harcourt
Kitty Gordon Ean
Purple Lily
Patriotic Fund
Goto
Edith Cavell
Seattle Elks
Standard
Mechanics
Third Ave
Spreckels
Bellingham Chemical Co
Bellingham
Drugeiat
Hollywood
Lasky
Mary V Pickford
Milton Bronner
Little
Taniac
Taniae
COR. First
Pike ST
Sterling Dentistry Office
Muurs
She Rhodes Co
Liberty Bonds
Bonda
Bte
Walst
Slyrware
Marvelfit’’ With
U.S
Elman
MET Tonight
Peptiron
Liberty Loan
Northwest Trust & Savings Bank
Second
Union
Miller
Rica
Beecham’s
Kfchant the Gallows
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