Alumni Return Week at Washington University Campus
Alumni across the country are invited to the University of Washington for Homecoming Week events. The program includes a Maynite pageant, reunion dinners, Meany hall assembly, balcony access changes for sophomores, moving up to junior and senior seating, and the Alumni Association ceremonies led by EB Arney Jr. A canoe val and lake canal activities follow at 9:20 with canoes, rafts, and shell races against the University of California. The alumni banquet, officer elections, and a Class of 1915 reunion circle cap the event with a mixer and stunt program in the University Commons.
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Bandrea
Meany Hall
Sophs
EB. Arney, Jr
Lake Canal
Mt Glee Club
Denny Field
Alummntl
Three Die In Gas Tragedy In Portland
In Portland on May 19 Mia Sarah J Posner 61 turned on gas ending her life and that of her grandsons Fred Kraemer 4 and Sam Kraemer 6. Edward Kraemer found the bodies when he returned home. The deceased woman’s daughter and Miss Nellie D Lloyd 60 also died, with Lloyd passing at her sister’s home. Funeral services set for Thursday.
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Portland
Mia
Sarah J. Posner
Fred
Sam Kraemer
Edward B. Kraemer
Nellie D. Lloyd
Mra
Matilda Crockett
37Th Ave
Health tonic ad echoes old chaise breakdown metaphor
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and related remedies as cures for liver trouble indigestion catarrh and chronic coughs. It claims renewed strength and blood building benefits and offers trial packages by mail from Buffalo New York with testimonials from Mrs Caroline Boles of Beaverton Oregon.
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Dr. Pierce
Invalids
Buffalo
N. Y
Beaverton
Oregon
Don’t Experiment with Catarrh It Often Leads to Consumption
Catarrh is a blood condition not cured by sprays or douches. Local treatments waste time and allow the disease to reach the lungs, risking consumption. S S S is promoted as the remedy attacking the disease in the blood with satisfactory results even in severe cases. S S S is sold by all druggists and the Medical Department offers expert advice at Swift Specific Co Atlanta Ga.
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Ihs
Medical Department
Swift Specific Co
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta, Ga
Master Crook Directs Gang in Tele-Phone Box Heists
Rupert Boone, a new gang member, allegedly confessed to police that a highly organized scheme robbed public telephone coin boxes for over $1,000 monthly. He learned the methods at the White House pool room and was instructed to recruit others and keep 25 percent. The ring reportedly operated in downtown stores, hotels, the post office loop, and basement poolrooms.
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Rupert Boone
Boone
J. B. Orser
Poliee
T. J. Mason
Seattle
Crook
White House
Fourth Ave
Pike «T
Hophead
Post Office
Governor Denies Return of Booth to State on Grand Larceny Charge
In Sacramento on May 19 Governor Stephens denied Washington’s petition to return H. T. Booth of San Francisco on grand larceny charges. The governor found the evidence insufficient. Booth was wanted in Okanogan County for passing a debt on a company after severing ties, alleged to have occurred three years ago.
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Stephens
State of Washington
H. T. Hooth
San Francisco
Booth
Okanogan County
Authorize Purchase Farm Loan Bonds
Washington May 18 The house has passed a joint resolution authorizing the secretary of the treasury to purchase farm loan bonds to the extent of one hundred million dollars A postponement of the supreme court decision on the constitutionality of the farm loan act has made males to private industries impossible
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Washington
House
Secretary of the Treasury
Supreme Court
John Barton Payne Named Director General of Railroads
United States Interior Secretary John Barton Payne was appointed director general of railroads in a White House announcement. The change places Payne in charge of federal railroad oversight and policy.
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John Barton Payne
U. S. Rail
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
White House
Opening of Upstairs Shops in McDermott Building Celebrated
The Fourth and Pine McDermott building opened with a pomp, hundreds attending as fern and flower decorations filled the halls. Seattle's top orchestra played while a tiny dancer, Hetsy Anne Hisle of 6273 19th Ave N E, performed several dances from the Myrtle Shop.
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McDermott
Seattle
Hetsy Anne Hisle
19Th Ave. N. E
Cocoanut Oil Shampoo Keeps Hair Soft and Clean
Pure molsified cocoanut oil shampoo is recommended over regular soaps and shampoos due to alkali in most products. Wet hair, rub in a small amount to create a rich lather that cleanses hair and scalp, removes dust and oil, and leaves hair silky and easy to manage. Available cheap at drug stores for family use.
Sailor Leaps To Death From Freighter Weat Katan
A 19 year old sailor named Marvin, a welder on the freighter Weat Katan, slipped from a wet railing and drowned after striking his head on the Lander dock. Witness A Warnock alerted crew but Marvin's body sank. recovered two hours later. Marvin, a native of Oakland, had recently joined the Weat Katan as an engine wiper.
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B. Marvin
A. Hh. Warnock
Marvin
Oakland
Cal
West Katan
Danderine Claims Hair Stops Falling and Beautifies
An advertisement asserts Danderine prevents hair loss and dandruff after application. It promises each strand gains life, vigor, brightness, and color with increased thickness, and claims only a few cents are needed for the product.
Professor Arrested on Bigamist Charge in Austin
Professor William Hawkes a noted Arctic explorer and former University of Texas professor was arrested in Austin on a bigamy charge brought by Milwaukee wife Mrs. Morence Case Hawken. She says Hawkes claimed divorce in Washington during the war while she supported three children in Milwaukee. Hawkes allegedly lived with Wife No. 2 in a Texas cottage. inquiries proceed in Washington.
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Austin
Texas
William Hawkes
University of Texas
Ile
Miorence Case Hawken
Milwaukee
Ecame
Og University of Texas
Hawkes
Wife No
Washington
Oklahoma
Milk Plant Sale Reshapes California Dairy Industry
Neatys Food of New York buys California milk plants in a multistate deal worth millions. Nestle acquires Alpine Evaporated Cream plants at Hollister Gonzales and Coburg and Carpenter Milk plants at Salida and Tulare, prompting a shift of Western offices from Portland to San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Tive
California
Neatie
S* Food Company of
New York
Portland
Nestle Company
United States
Canada
Alpine
Hollister
Gonzales and
Coburg
Carpenter Milk Company
Salida
Tulare
San Joaquin Valley
Salt Lake City's Census Shows Large Population Gain
Washington report reveals Salt Lake City Utah records 118110 residents in 1920, up 25323 from 1910, a 27.3 percent increase. The note closes with a remark about few unhappy marriages and their later impact.
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Washington
Salt Lake City
Utah
Death Probe in Street Car Worker Titus
Coroner C C Tiffin orders investigation into the death of Charlies W Titus street car mechanic found unconscious between two cars at the Premont car barn early Tuesday His skull fracture and death at City hospital prompt investigators to suspect the blow could not have come from a fall Titus lived at 123 Bowdoin Place.
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C. C. Tiffin
Charlies W. Titus
Titus
Premont
Bowdoin Place
Noted Astronomer John Blackwell Dead in Cleveland
Dr. John Nelson Blackwell, 84, noted astronomer once linked to discrediting Dr. Cook’s North Pole claim, died in Cleveland late yesterday.
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Cleveland
John Nelson Blackwell
Cook
North Pole
Confesses to $10,000 Great Northern Express theft
Albert T ue Gert, arrested in Yakima, confessed to taking part in the Spokane Great Northern Express office robbery last Friday in which $10,000 was secured. He alleged accomplice Hi A Peterson, a Spokane night express agent, and two others unnamed. McGert had $990 when arrested.
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Yakima
Albert T.ue Gert
Great Northern Express Company
Spokane
MecGert
Hi. A. Peterson
Night Express
McGert
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University of California
White Sewing Machine CO
415 Union
Master Crook
Sacramento
G.C
O.G.C
C.C. Chemical Company
Ernest
Tiffin
East
Mancaner
Vinel
Ole Ae Noles
OWL Drug CO
ID Eiver
Tron
Actecien
Congress
Committee OF American Ship Builders
J. W. Powell
H. A. Evans
A. C. Pessano
J. W. Mason
H. B. Taylor
J. F. Duthie
Church Street
New York City
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Ltd
Bethlehem, Pa
Baltimore Drydock & Shipbuilding Co
Baltimore
Great Lakes Engineering Works
Detroit
Mich
Western Pipe and Steel Co
William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Bidg. Co
Philadelphia
J. F. Duthie & Co
Seattle, Wash
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