Meet on Basin Plans Tuesday
Trustees of the Columbia Basin Irrigation league set a Seattle meeting for next Tuesday to discuss the Washington bureau expansion from one to three men, the Portland situation, and Basin advertising efforts. The Spokane post office will issue the Columbia Basin canceling stamp as 2,906,000 pieces of advertising go nationwide, and 3,153,000 mail pieces passed the canceling machine in September.
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The
Columbia Basin Irrigation League
Seattle
League
Washington
D. C
Portland
United States
Columbia Basin
Spokane
Government liquor house robbed in Abbotsford
In Abbotsford British Columbia a government liquor house was robbed of a considerable quantity of goods during the night. The items were carried away by an automobile.
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Abbotsford
B. C
Girls Save $11,000 as Confessed Thief Nabbed in Seattle
In Vancouver on October 6 two young stenographers Mary Nash and Jane Colbourn saved their employer F. B. Lewis from a $11,000 loss. Alfred Smith, a confidential clerk, took the cash and bonds to Seattle as temporary bonds for a Chinese theatrical company. Smith was halted on a Great Northern train in Seattle while attempting to disappear with the money. He confessed but gave no motive.
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Vancouver
B.C
Mary Nash
Jane Colbourn
F. BR. Lewis
Lewia Tally
New York
Alfred Smith
Smith
Seattle
Canada
Great Northern
Orphans to receive $170000 from Vancouver estate
In Vancouver B C ten years after Thomas Magee died the widow inherited real estate and upon her death the funds were to go to Vancouver orphanages. Executors reported she liquidated the estate leaving $170000 in cash. The court ordered newspaper ads to locate orphanages and allocate funds by per capita share.
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Vancouver
B.C
Thomas Magee
Newer Form of Iron Promises Strength and Energy
An advertisement by Dr James Francia Sullivan extols Nuxated Iron as the best way to enrich blood, claiming it strengthens heart and kidneys and cures fatigue. It urges two weeks of use with a money back guarantee if health improves are not seen, listing Bartell Drug, Owl Drug, Swift Drug, University Drug, and G Guy as local sellers.
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James Francia Sullivan
Bellevue Hospital
New York
Westchester County Hospital
Bartell Drug O
Owl Rug Co
Swift Drug Co
University Dre Co
Guy
Broadway’s New Queen Capt. Rhena Crawford Charms Times Square
Hortense Saunders profiles Capt. Rhena Crawford the Salvation Army captain who headlines Broadway by day directing traffic on the street and by night drawing crowds with her showmanship. She prides herself on not joining films and keeps focus on street performance and audience psychology.
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Capt
Rhena Crawford
Salvation Army
Times Square
Capt. Crawford
Broadway
Crawford
Ziegfeld
Eva Tanguay
The
Seattle Woman Grows Large Potatoes In Back Yard
Mrs. A. Bingham of Beacon Hill raised two Irish Beauty potatoes weighing two and a half pounds each in her Seattle backyard. She notes no secret to good potatoes, simply hoeing and irrigation during dry spells.
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A. Bingham
12Th Ave
Beacon Hill
Prunella Skirts Arrive For Fall and Winter Wear
Our Women’s Apparel Department introduces Prunella Skirts in brown navy and black stripes. These skirts offer a splendid weight suitable for fall and winter wear and are attractively priced at 4.65 each.
Women and Infants Bargain Hour Catalog Preview
Mercier lisle hose in black cordovan and white with sizes up to 10 percent stock varying by color. Handkerchiefs numbered from 160 in assorted imported prints Swiss embroidery and hand block sport designs. Infants shirts in silk and wool for up to two years. Former prices 1.60 to 2.00. Cretonnes priced at one third off, in the Drapery Dept. Rubber goods including hot water bottles and sun Gries Dept. merchandise on sale this hour.
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Rubens and Vanta
Sale on Kaynee and Tom Sawyer Boys Blouses at 69c
The Boys' Department offers 4 to 85 blouses of Kaynee and Tom Sawyer lines in blue white and pink white checks. Sizes 2 to 6 years not all colors in every size. Includes Pidgie Panty Dresses for the little tote. Special for this hour in the innate Dots ST 49.
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Kaynee
Tom Sawyer
Hodgdon Proposes Ballot Declarations On Tenure Of Day
G N Hodgdon democratic hopeful for the 42nd district urges compulsory declarations from all candidates on tenure of the day. Hodgdon, a 1919 legislature veteran who once belonged to the populist ranks elected in 1897, makes a political comeback in old age.
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G. N. Hodgdon
Hodgdon
Saves Grandson But Injures Himself
PORT ANGELES Oct 6 Herman Simdare saved his four year old grandson Royden Smith from possible death when their team ran away. He leaned over to drop the lad gently but was run over himself and injured. Royden is the son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Smith of Sequim and was unhurt.
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Port Angeles
Herman Simdare
Royden Smith
Simdare
Royden
Lloyd Smith
Sequim
Bethany Baptist Plans Morning and Evening Services
The Bethany Baptist church will hold a morning service titled The Supreme Service of the Church and an evening talk on The Bible and the Near East Problem.
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Bethany Baptist Church
Fingerprints Broadcast in Northwest Manhunt for O’Hare Attacker
The Northwest Association of Sheriffs and Police released printer accurate fingerprints from a lamp at the O’Hare home near Olympia. They describe the Sept 7 assault and urge the public to report sightings to Luke May in Seattle or Sheriff Roy Hoag in Olympia.
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O'Hare
Olympia
Northwest Association of Sheriffs and Police
Luke
Lyon Ridg
Seattle
Roy Hoag
Five Seattle Ships Bid To Barde Industrial Corp
Five steel freight and passenger ships bids opened by the shipping board in San Francisco are expected to be sold to the Barde Industrial Corporation of Seattle. L. B. Barde, president, wires from the South that his bid appears successful.
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Seattle
Shipping Board
San Francisco
Barde Industrial Corporation
L. B. Barde
South
Monks Prevalent Across Siberian Families
In Siberia the monastery presence is high with about one monk for each family and a large number of clergy.
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Siberia
Contest For School Boys In National Journalism
Schools in Seattle and Washington districts invited to enter a national journalism contest announced by American Boy magazine. Best news stories and articles from student papers or individual students may be submitted with many prizes. Mail for full information to American Boy editor Detroit Michigan.
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Seattle
Washington
American Boy Magazine
Star Today
American Boy
Detroit
Mich
Grasshopper Eye Count Report From Alberta Soil
A historical note reports up to 2,000 grasshopper eyes found in a single square foot of soil in southern Alberta last year, indicating extreme insect density in the area.
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Alberta
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