Officials Pick Flaws in City County Building
Around the Town with Maxwell surveys Seattle’s King County courthouse raising questions about design and cost. Critics point to wasted floor space, random switch outlets, paired elevators, lack of mail slots and chutes, poor acoustics, and ventilation issues. Architect Gould says advisory committees overruled his recommendations.
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King County
Court House
Edward Payson Weston
Enery
Seattle
A. Warren Gould
Citizens’ Advisory Committee
Gould
Citizens’ Committee
British Knew Rebellion Plan Witness Testimony
May 18 report from London states Lieu- Coleone Nathan, serving for Ireland, provided testimony as a witness about a rebellion plan the British authorities allegedly knew of. Details are sparse in the fragmented OCR.
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London
Lieu- Coleone Nathan
Ireland
Brownatone Hair Dye Promises Quick Natural Look
An ad touts Brownatone hair tint as a fast acting dye that changes faded or streaked hair to golden brown black or medium shades. It claims to be undetectable rub proof and long lasting with reapplication only as hair grows. Available via Kenton Pharmacal Co Covington Kentucky and Ow Drug Co for 19 cents sample offers. Also reports under royal inquiry Irish revolt details and German aid claims with rebel force estimates and arms supply.
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Oper Road
Kenton Pharmacal Co
Pike #t
Covington, Kywale
Ow! Drug Co
Pacific Coast
Royal Investigation Committee
Nathan
Sir Roger Casement
May Special Promises Discounted Dental Work
The ad offers May discounts on pyorrhea treatment and full denture courses. Low prices are advertised for upper and lower sets with guarantees, and a phone number and address for Dr Edwin J Brown are provided for appointments. A separate feature introduces Ford Maxwell and a new Seattle Star cartoon series titled Around the Town with weekly installments.
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Aleo
First Ave
Pioneer Drug Store
Mails to Iditarod to go by aeroplane
The post office department announced May 18 that Earl L. Dyers of Iditarod Alaska may carry mails by aeroplane semi weekly between Seward and Iditarod for 49600 a year. The arrangement could save the government 35000 annually and reduce winter Seattle Nome time by 20 days.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Earl L. Dyers
Iditarod
Alaska
Seward
Dyers
Seattle
Nome
Authors Consider Joining Labor Federation
New York May 18 The Authors league of America weighs affiliating with the American Federation of Labor sending a representative to lunch with Hugh Frayne the federation’s general organizer. Churchill is president Roosevelt vice president and several noted writers including McCutcheon Adams Beach Butler Buchanan have voiced approval of joining the union.
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New York
American Federation of Labor
Authors’ League of America Today
Hugh Frayne
Winston Churchill
Authors’ League
Theodore Roosevelt
Eric Schuler
George Barr McCutcheon
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Rex Beach
Ellis Parker Butler
Thompson Buchanan
Senate to Approve Army Reorganization Bill Report
Senate after an all day session approves a conference report on the army reorganization bill without a roll call. The House is expected to approve the report in a few days.
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Senate
House
Olympia delegates condemn history crediting Henry VII as founder
Resolutions condemn school histories for crediting King Henry VII with founding the Church of England. Delegates to the Episcopal diocese of Olympia passed the condemnations late Wednesday. Henry is described as notorious for ventures in matrimony and not a proper head of a church.
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Henry VII of England
Church of England
Olympia
Henry
Battle in Western Trentino a clash of Italian Austrian forces
Thousands killed and taken prisoner in a battle between Italian and Austrian forces in Western Trentino. Italians driven back.
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Trentino
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