Auto News and Notes from the Wil lard Storage Hattery
Auto business buzz as H Starr notes Beattle Spirit drives nonstop work while Grant Harrin boost camp morale with Maxwell trucks delivering apples to Camp Lewis. John and Baisden send 2400 phonograph records to soldiers. Doc Stork celebrates a new baby girl. Mike’s Market raises prices. Washington Oakland offers showroom for charity to aid soldiers in France.
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H. Starr
Willard Storage Hattery
Eave
Beattle
Maya Starr
Grant
Harrin
Beattle Automobile Company
Camp Lewi
Maxwell
Kent
Auburn
Camp Lewis
Seattle Automobile Company
Auto tags readable at speed proposed by split numbers
Traffic policemen and country constables struggle to read license numbers on fast autos. A proposal suggests dividing the digits into hyphenated sections to aid legibility, as illustrated in the accompanying diagram.
Hamburg Breast Tea for Cold Relief
Advertises a vegetable tea called Hamburg Breast Tea available at pharmacies. Claims a tablespoon steeped in boiling water, strained, and drunk relieves congestion, loosens bowels, and breaks a cold quickly. Described as inexpensive and harmless.
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Hamburg
Monument to a Midlands Tavern Keeper Stirring Traveling Fund
Southern traveling men raise funds for a monument to Capt. PP Matheson later Till of Wilcox County Alabama. He was not honored for military or public achievements but as a humble Snow Hill country tavern keeper whose skill drew sorrowing guests and inspired a campaign to celebrate his hotelkeeping.
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Matheson
Wilcox County
Alabama
Snow Hill
United States
Slow with hammer caution for auto repairs
Care in using a machinist hammer is essential for amateur auto repair. A misdirected blow can damage valve push rods or other components and create expensive trouble. Use a block of wood, light taps, and avoid sledgehammer blows. be sparing and precise in every strike.
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H. B. Fowler
Fowler
What Waiter Is a Self-Starter in Kansas City Sign
A Kansas City restaurant sign proclaims we pay the waiter a living wage with a blunt message to patrons. It invites patrons to buy him an automobile if they wish, reflecting bold wage advocacy and personal incentive.
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Kansas City
Local Agent Warned of Spies in War Supply Network
Howard P Wright of the Seattle bureau of investigation received a letter from chief A F Bielaski urging protection of all large quantities of fuel clothing and war supplies due to German agent activity across the country.
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Howard P Wright
Seattle
Italy Struggles With Severe Shell Shortage And War Strain
In Washington, Italian officers warn of a critical lack of shells as German offensives press Italy. Gen Mackensen leads the assault while Italy has soldiers and artillery, but munitions and coal shortages threaten the front. Allied artillery reinforcements arrive, yet shells remain the decisive bottleneck.
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L. Harper Leach
Washington
Clermany
Tialy
Massa
Galicia
Poland
Constantinople
Mackenzen
Italy
Macken Ven
France
Britain
United States
Count Lucerna de Campegtion
Lloyd George
Europe
Nainsiems
Lsonze
Munsia
Germany
Art Works and Relics to Be Sold at Girls' Bazaar
Donated art works and relics will be auctioned at the Seattle girls relief bazaar to be held at the Arena on December 1722. Items include Martha Washington’s handkerchief at Frederick Nelsons, a bronze statue by Albert Hansen, a Japanese print from Mrs. Z D Lowman, and a handkerchief by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. All items stay at headquarters rooms 1215 Fifth Ave.
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Seattle
Arena
Martha Washington
Frederick & Nelson's
Albert Hansen
Z. D Lowman
Woodrow Wilson
Fifth Ave
Griffiths to Speak to Taxpayers' Club
The Taxpayers league and Federated Community clubs will hold a joint meeting at the Good Eats cafeteria Thursday noon. Austin EK Griffinithe will discuss The issues of the Coming Municipal Campaign and is expected to announce his mayoral candidacy.
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Griffiths
Taxpayers’ Club
The
Taxpayers’ League
Federated Community Clubs
City
Good Eats
Austin EK
Griffithe
Griffitha
Mexican Exile Weds Beauty in Far Away Union
Miss Maria de la Luz Zubleta, 20, called Mexico's most beautiful girl and daughter of the late Chief Justice Zubleta, travels from Mexico to wed Victor Jose Velasquez, 26, an exile with a notable pedigree. He once served as secretary of the Mexican legation in Paris and Tokyo and studied at the University of Paris.
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United Press
New Orleans
Maria de la Luz Zubleta
Mexico
Zubleta
Supreme Court of Mexico
Victor Jose Velasquez
Lochinvar
Velasquez
Carranga
Porfirio Diaz
Gen
Porfirio Diag
Republican Party
Young Velasquez
Paris
Toklo
University of Paris
Wheatless meals mark Seattle first meatless day
Seattle completes its first meatless Tuesday with high compliance across restaurants. FB C Beck, newly elected to the state restaurant committee, urges a Thursday meeting at the Arcade Ma sonic club to address war time food issues with Miss Mary Rausch speaking. King County reports only 9 000 signed Hoover pledge cards received and 280 precincts left. County officials approve billboards at the city building and Pioneer Square to advertise food campaigns.
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Seattle
FB. C. Beck
United States Food Administration
Hoover
Beck
Masonic Club
Arcade
Mary Rausch
State University
King County Council of Patriotic Defense
King County Commissioners
Park Board
Pioneer Square
Examination Notice for Clerk Position in Seattle and Tacoma
The United States civil service commission announces an exam for the clerk position with experience in field service to be held in Seattle and Tacoma, Washington on November 23, 1917.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Seattle
Tacoma
Wash
Portland Strike Turbines at Crown Willamette Mills
Portland workers report strike breakers operating the Crown Willamette paper mills in Portland while the company keeps Camas Washington facilities idle amid an ongoing labor dispute.
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Portland
Crown Willamette Paper Mills
Altho
Camas, Wash
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