Getting There Chauncy Wright the Seattle restaurateur
The profile covers Chauncy Wright, a Seattle chef and entrepreneur who built a string of restaurants after early immersion in the family business. It details his hard work, roaming experiences in major cities and on ships, and his philosophy of right buying to cut costs. Wright notes his habit of constant work, serving customers regardless of payment, and turning initial risk into enterprise. He emphasizes understanding public tastes and efficient purchasing as keys to his success.
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Wall Street
Chauncy Wright
Wright
Augustine & Ryer
Chauncy
First Ave
Madison School
Old University
Russell House
Firat Ave
Yester Way
Seattle
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Right
Hubby
Wifey
Becos
Johny
Perfect Wife System Hint and Oddball Notes
A quirky cut of clippings notes a fictional professor claims a man can pick a perfect wife while a woman’s cake proves the test unreliable. Bits about a married couple, a narrow post office door, and stray questions about novelty acts and politics fill the page in a playful, period voice.
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Max Baff
Referendum Petition Drive Targets Initiative and Recall Powers
A call to sign Referendum Petition No. 3 argues the legislature aims to curb the peoples initiative and referendum by forcing long lines for signatures and seeks to block recall and direct primaries. Measures 4 7 8 9 are described as restricting political rights and empowering monopolies or ports, with warnings about a fake budget system and limits on municipal ownership.
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Public Service Commission
Olympia
Vacation School And Orcas Island Camp Offer Big Prizes
Uncle Jack announces a Star contest inviting Seattle boys to win spots at the YMCA summer school and Orcas Island camp. Essays on How Vacation Study Would Benefit Me win full or partial scholarships valued up to 16 50 and 10 days camp. Contest closes Friday June 11 with results June 12.
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Jack
C. W. Metsker
University Heights
Seattle
Orcas Island
Ileges
Uncle Jack
Clara Barstow Wins Buffalo Limerick Prize
Clara Barstow, 14, of 1524 Tenthave, wins the Buffalo Limerick contest for the Seattle Star Circle feature. Her entry praises Uncle Jack and the Circle, capturing the Circleites’ spirit with jingles and poems from Seattle’s boys and girls aged readers.
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Uncle Jack
Circleites
Clara Barstow
Clara
Seattle
Adele Ayers Reads Circle Opinion On Space
Adele Ayers of 1514 Boren Ave writes about the Circle series first installment. She says she enjoys Circle but wishes the space were larger and fuller for activities.
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Boys and Girls of the Circle
Adele Ayers
Boren Ave
Adele
Y. M. Boys Banquet Opens Farewell to Club Season
Last Saturday the boys of the Y M C A boys department held a supper closing the club season. The youths invited their parents and gave the departing year a rousing farewell.
How I Like the Circle Enthusiasm for Circle contests and weekly content
The writer praises the Circle for providing talents like drawing and short story writing a chance to shine. It notes that careful answers win prizes and that the weekly articles foster member interest. A larger space is desired, while noting President Wilson feeling better after illness.
Kids Stage Meet Sets New Pacific Northwest Glider Marks
The second annual Pacific Northwest Model Aero club contest on Harbor Island saw P. La Your break the 900 foot distance record with 2,120 feet while William Dettman surpassed the duration record with 86 seconds. Judges were Herbert Munter and Bruce Rose.
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Pacific Northwest Model Aero Club
Harbor Island
P. la Your
William Dettman
Herbert Munter
Bruce Rose
Royalty on the Firing Line When Italy Enters War
Rome reports Italy will mobilize top ranks for war with King Victor Emmanuel and Prince Eugene lineages guiding a fighting tradition. The article notes Duke of the Abruzzi commanding a fleet of 28 000 ton dreadnoughts, key generals like Duke d Aosta, and strong mobile and territorial reserves totaling millions. Italy has 376 aircraft and a $1 million US ammunition order fulfilled while American food supplies flow in and exports halt.
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Rome
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
House of Savoy
Prince Eugene of Savoy
Charles Albert
Humbert
Duke of
Genoa
Naval Board
Duke of the
Abruzzi
America
Taranto
Katherine Elkins
Senator Elkins
Billy” Hitt
Albania
Austria
Duke d'Aosta
Naples
Bor
Der
Count
Turin
Udine
Postoia
United States
Find Her Guilty Bobbie White Awaits Sentence
Bobbie White awaits sentencing after conviction in federal court for Mann Act violations. She was arrested in Dearbornet during one of Prosecuting Attorney Landis's vice clean-up raids shortly after the verdict. Floods and high winds kill 18 across Kansas Western Missouri and Oklahoma.
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Bobbie” White
Federl Court
Landis
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
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Rothing
The
Seattle Star
Moe
Wash
Dawson
Broke
Occidental Ave
Third Ave
Sid
Sidney Hocks
Hamburg Patern
N. Gay
Feur
D'Tor
Board of Education
Joe Jackson
Cleveland
Tay Papa
Santa
Claus
Santa Claus
Port Commission
Prexy Wilson
Star Circle
L Y. M
BY Adele Ayers
Wilson
Kodakers
Jacobs ” Photo Shops
P.1
Bida
Dreamland Dancing
Beecham
Daley
Durham
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