Useful Buying Campaign Aims to Boost Christmas Sales
Seattle stores push useful buying with stocked departments ready for holiday demand. Ready-to-wear furniture and dress goods cater to all pocket sizes as buy-early stock fills small shops. An estimated 16 percent rise in Christmas buying is forecast, with retailers aiming for even higher. Festive decorations appear across leading stores as Beattie trees join evergreen displays. Contractors prep greens and displays over the weekend.
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Seattle
Retail Trade Bureau of the Biananes of Commerce
Howard T. Lewis
University of Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Will Ford and Unions Lecture by John C Kennedy
John C Kennedy formerly of the labor party will give a lecture titled Will Henry Ford Make Unions Superfluous at the Labor temple in Seattle. The talk is part of Seattle Labor College Open Forum with free admission. The college also offers Marxian Economics and Evolution classes at 3 and 4 PM.
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John C. Kennedy
Labor Party
Eddreeas
Henry Ford
Labor Temple
Seattle Labor College
Aeronautical Leaders to Speak at Northwest Aero Meeting
Maj. H. C. K. Muhlenberg of the University of Washington and P. G. Johnson of Boeing Airplane Co will address the Northwest Aero gathering at 8 p.m. The session is open to two persons interested in aeronautics.
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H. C. K. Muhlenberg
University of Washington
P. G. Johnson
Boeing Airplane Company
Northwest Aero
Beattle
Scientists Plan to Study Sun Eclipse at Christmas Island
Official from the Greenwich Observatory will study the next year's total solar eclipse from Christmas Island south of Java. A 14 inch astrograhic telescope will be used for observations.
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Batavia
Greenwich Observatory
Christmas Island
Java
Puncture-Proof Tire Tube Promises Extra Mileage
Chicago dealer D M Coats claims a puncture proof inner tube tested 500 times without leakage. He advertises mileage gains from 10 to 13 060 miles and offers the tube at price no higher than an ordinary tube. Address 333 West Be Chicago for agents.
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D. M. Coats
Chicago
Pat. Ry & Dow
Coata
West
22 Year Old Genius to Open Symphony Season
Tescha Seidel, a 22 year old Russian violin prodigy, will be soloist at the Seattle Civic Symphony season opener on December 3 at the Metropolitan Theater. Critics praise his technical mastery and sincere interpretation as he performs Techaikowsky and other works with the orchestra conducted by Madame Davenport Engberg. Season tickets are on sale and the 1922 1928 season features renowned soloists including Caroline Lazeart Guiomar Novaes and Lois Cassil.
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Metropolitan Theater
Tescha Seidel
Seattle Civic Symphony Orchestra
Seattle
London
New York
Chicago
Boston
Seidel
Steppes
Teehatkovsky
Caroline Lazeart
Metropolitan Opera Co
Guiomar Novaes
Lois Cassil
Madame Davenport Engberg
Bureau of Missing Relatives notices in The Star
The Star asks readers to help reunite separated relatives. Listings include H M Launsdowne telegram about a death in Glendale, Stewart Hall telegram from EB P Walshe in Abilene, and Lillian Hauger seeking her daughter in Seattle. Names, addresses, and telegrams are held at the Western Union main office for contact.
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H. M. Launsdowne
H. M. Launedowne
W. Graham St
Glendale
Western Union Telegraph Office
Stewart Hall
EB. P. Walshe
Hall
Abilene
Texas
Lillian Hauger
C. W. Hauger
Buffalo
N. Y
The
Star
Lillian
Seattle
School Children to Get Reduced Rates in Seattle Concerts
The Seattle Civic Symphony plans a reduced admission for five concerto concerts for Beattie public school pupils. The season rate for students is set at $2.60. Tickets are available at 266 Empire Building.
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Seattle Civic Symphony Orchestra
Beatties
Empire Building
Oregon to receive federal aid for highways
Oregon will gain federal aid for its highway system under a new agreement. Seven percent of the state’s 40 000 miles, about 3 000 miles, will be funded by the federal government. Of these, 1 254 miles are primary roads and 1 673 miles are secondary roads linking population centers.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Klan Members Plan To Attend Church Service
A terse note informs that fifteen hundred Ku Klux Klan members will attend a church service tomorrow evening at Columbia Congregational Church on 50th Avenue. Pastor George V. McClure expresses uncertainty about delivering a sermon to the Klansmen.
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Ku Klux Klan
George V. McClure
Columbia Congregational Church
S0th Ave
Mr. McClure
Delinquent Tax Auction Planned for County and City Parcels
Auction sale of about 2700 parcels for delinquent tax recovery will be held next Saturday. In the past week 300 parcels scheduled for forced sale were redeemed by owners.
Light earnings in Tacoma on boom for 1922
Tacoma reports light department earnings nearing 1.25 million dollars for 1922 after surpassing 1 million in the first ten months. Officials anticipate reaching the higher total before year end as rates and demand stay strong.
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Tacoma
Tacoma Lighting Department
Seven Story Seattle Office Building Planned by Eastern Outfitting
Construction of a $290,000 seven story office building is slated for the northwest corner of Fourth Ave and Pine West by the Eastern Outfitting Co. The project follows a property transfer to A. Shemanek, head of the firm, from the Boston Drug Co., for a nine year period.
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Fourth Ave
Pine Wt
Eastern Outfitting Co
A. Shemanek
Boston Drug Co
Chaplin Rumored Engaged to Pola Negri Again
Gossip in Cal about Charlie Chaplin and Pola Negri says the pair are linked in engagement rumors. Chaplin neither confirms nor denies. Minas Neer reportedly has no comment. Neeri has kept interviews away while Chaplin has accompanied Negri to social functions.
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Lob Angiolios
Cal
Chartie Chaplin
Pola Negri
Chaplin
Minas Neer
Gosip
Peggy Joyce
Claire Windsor
Mae Collins
Mins Negri
Mins Neert
Naval Arms Treaty Won’t Be Quashed
President Harding stated at the White House that the disarmament conference work, shown by the naval limitation treaty, will not be undone. If France rejects it, the pact may be rewritten among the United States Great Britain Japan and possibly Italy.
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Washington
White House
Harding
France
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Italy
Orphans' Festival Jazz Program At Arctic Club
University of Washington students provided a music program at the Orphans' festival held in the old Arctic Club building at 609 Third Ave. The evening featured coed dancers and their cavaliers, who lifted spirits through lively dancing as the University quartet performed for the Sacred Heart, the festival’s goal.
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University of Washington
Arctic Club
Third Ave
University
Sacred Heart
Hatupin Investment Reports Strong Seattle Activity This Week
J Hatupin Investment Co based at 215 Yale Building says business is good in Seattle after three real estate deals this week. The firm sold a garage for 6500 dollars a grocery store for 1200 dollars and a lot at S5th Ave W and Greenwood for 1200 dollars.
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Seattle
J. Hatupin Investment Co
Yale
S5th Ave. W
Greenwood
Open Door Policy Demanded at Turko Allies Peace Parley
Ambassador Washburn Child, observer for the United States, demanded open door policy and commercial equality in territorial settlements. The conference reached its first agreement in Commission No 1 establishing a 40 kilometer demilitarized zone along the Turkish frontier from the Black Sea to the Aegean with Bulgaria granted access to the waters.
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Laubanne
Prichard Washburn Child
Rome
United States
Aegean
Bulgaria
Huge Steel Merger Announcement in the East
Bethlehem Steel will absorb Midvale Steel and Ordnance, creating a larger steel power. Eugene G. Grace of Bethlehem and W. E. Corey of Midvale announced the merger. The consolidation raises Bethlehem’s annual capacity to 7,600,000 tons.
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East
New York
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company
United States Steel Corporation
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem
W. E. Corey
Midvale
Wilson Denies Packing Merger Report
Thomas B. Wilson president of Wilson and Co. denies reports that the packing firm plans a merger with another company. He authorized his Washington office to deny the speculation after government officials received the reports.
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Washington
Thomas B. Wilson
Wilson & Co
South
Graveure Arrives in Seattle for University Concert
Belgian baritone Inuis Graveure arrives in Beat tle to perform at Meany hall under the University of Washington Women's League. He stays at the Washington hotel and discusses music and jazz with friends, noting jazz as a stepping stone to broader harmony.
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Inuis Graveure
Criti
Europe
America
University of Washington Women's League
Seattle
Graveure
Meany Hall
Washington Hotel
Fir Company Given 10 Days to Prepare Answer
Evidence in the federal case against Douglas Fir and Exploitation Co. to fix lumber prices and curb competition was completed Friday. The firm received a 10 day extension to prepare its answer and gather counter evidence. The trial will reconvene in Seattle and proceed to Portland and San Francisco where hearings have already taken place.
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Stade Commission
Douglas Fir & Exploitation Co
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
Noted artist visits Seattle praised for golf fondness
The writer recalls the performer who has visited the Pacific coast five times and sung in California and Portland. Though living in New York near the East and Europe, he enjoyed Seattle claiming it has the most beautiful golf links he has observed, admitting he is a golf hound while resting before a concert.
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Seattle
Pacific Coast
California
Portland
New York
Europe
Graveure
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