Nome Disaster Relief Efforts Underway In Nome
Nome faces a harsh winter with 500 destitute residents. Mayor Jones reports outside aid will arrive and relief supplies are pledged. Seattle and Portland chambers raise funds with Seattle steamer expected next Tuesday. The Commercial Club will send cash contributions directly to Nome.
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Nome
Jones
Portland, Or
Portland Chamber of Commerce
Seattle
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Commercial Club
Foster Residents Form Civic League in Rainier Valley
Residents of Foster met last night to organize a civic league and plan a follow up meeting next Tuesday to perfect the group. L. M. Dimmitt chaired with Mrs. Frank Downey as secretary. a bylaws committee was named to draft the organization rules.
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Rainier Valley
Foster
L. M. Dimmitt
Frank Downey
D. A. Morrison
L. H. Chase
The Girl in the Taxi at Seattle Theatre
A newspaper critic briefs showgoers on The Girl in the Taxi at Seattle Theatre. Despite mixed reviews some praise the light, lively production, noting packed crowds and strong matinee audiences. Ticket prices are 50 cents for first floor, 30 cents balcony, 10 cents gallery.
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Seattle
Third Ave
Cherry St
Dear Abby style advice column echoes in old page
Readers ask about romance and propriety in relationships with letters to Miss Grey. Questions cover courting, divorce, social clubs, gifts, and etiquette with blunt responses offering caution, guidance, and practical tips from the columnist.
Hyomel Offered as Relief for Catarrh and Breathing Ailments
An advertisement promotes Booth's Hyomel as a natural remedy for catarrh bronchitis and related breathing disorders. It claims immediate relief with no stomach dosing and money-back guarantees through pharmacists or the manufacturer. The complete outfit costs $1 with stockists nationwide.
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Booth
Hyomel Co
Buffalo
Strangers Claim Fake Piano Deals Mislead Buyers
An old adage about the piano trade rings true as fake sales artists push bogus factory and quitting sales. They claim slashed prices, but the method shows a $250 piano rising to $450 then cut to $275, deceiving customers.
We Are Not Having a Sale Piano Firm Ad
An ad asserts a Seattle piano company offers personal service and lifelong local presence. It claims expertise in making tuning polishing and repair and promises better value than “fake piano sales” with no branch stores. The copy urges customers to investigate to see why they can get more for their money.
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Seattle
Beaux
Europe
Mins Grey
Mise Grey
Aoewer
Lonesome
Blof
Wus
Tax Rate Debate Prompts Seattle Tax Reform League Meeting
The Commercial Club hosts a discussion on tax burdens and reform with speakers including T. D. Rockwell Col. J. M. Hawthorne and Hugh C. Todd. The program argues for constitutional change to base taxes on ability to pay and invites public questions and participation. The session begins at 8.
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Seattle
Commercial Club
Tax Reform League
Hugh ©. Todd
John C. Rathbun
League
Star
T. D. Rockwell
State Tax Commission
Col
J. M. Hawthorne
Hugh C. Todd
J. C. Rathbun
State
Bragg Trio Given Suspended Sentences In Burglaries
F E Bragg aged 19 and cousin C F Bragg pleaded guilty to multiple burglaries in Everett and Seattle. The younger received a suspended sentence of one to 15 years in reform school. The older brother was sentenced to four to 16 years at Walla Walla.
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F. E. Bragg
C. F. Brags
Pverett
Seattle
Wos
Reformatory
Walla Walla
Miller to Wait in First Degree Murder Case
Peter Miller's murder in the first degree case was continued by Judge Gilliam to October 27. The date was moved from October 20 because a large condemnation case leaves the court unable to proceed on the Miller matter.
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Peter Miller
Gilliam
Miller
League To Visit Seattle Upholstery Plant
The Home Consumers' league will visit the Seattle Mattress and Upholstery Co on Sixthay Friday afternoon. The group will depart from league headquarters at 2 o clock and offer a direct factory trip via the South Park car at Second and Yesterday for 2 10, with a drop at Holgatest. The invitation welcomes Seattle women to join these weekly excursions.
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Seattle Mattress and Upholstery Co
Home Consumers’ League
League
Arcade
South Park
Holgatest
City Proclaims Friday Panama Canal Opening Celebration
Acting Mayor Hesketh issued a proclamation urging residents to celebrate the Panama Canal opening. He invites bells to ring, cannons to fire, flags to be raised and similar demonstrations at a later announced hour.
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Hesketh
Panama Canal
Cannona
Celebrate Columbus Day Dance by Italian Knighthood Club
Columbus Day events at Broadway hall feature a film program on the landing of Columbus from 7 30 to 9 00 pm. A dance by the Italian Knighthood club will follow immediately after the screening.
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Knighthood Club
Broadway Hall
Broadway
Madison St
Officials Re‑elect Seattle Ad Club Officers
The Seattle Ad club re elected all officers from last May with the election date moved from May to October. Joseph Blethen will continue as president until next October.
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Seattle Ad Club
Joseph Blethen
Balboa Sinks in Newport Bay. 20 Rescued
Balboa sank in Newport Bay. Twenty passengers wore life preservers and floated until rescue.
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Newport Beach
Cal
Newport Bay
Dredge South Bay Sinks After Tug on Harbor Jetty
The dredge South Bay was driven onto rocks at the harbor jetty in Long Beach California by high tides and sank. Loss estimated at 25000 dollars.
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Long Bach
Cal
South Bay
Millionaire's Son Fatally Injured in Derrick Fall
Lambert, son of a San Fernando rancher, was killed when he fell from a derrick into an 80 foot well in Los Angeles. The accident occurred in October, authorities reported. the case focuses on the fatal fall and its immediate circumstances.
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Los Angeles
Otte Lambert
San Fernando
Address of Tom Mann at Dreamland Sunday October 19
Workingmen should not miss the labor leader Tom Mann speaking at Dreamland on Sunday evening October 19. The notice urges readers to attend and notes the ad as a promising sales prompt.
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Tom Mann
Dreamland
Adv
Women's Walking Boots Show Two Prices at $3.50 and $4.00
On the second floor a display lists patent Colt button boots and dull calf button boots with medium round toes or receding toes. Prices run $3.50 for most models and $4.00 for versions with dull kid or cloth tops.
Butterick Embroidery Book Promises Holiday Craft Ideas
The new Butterick Embroidery Book offers endless Christmas fancy work ideas and novel trimming patterns for lingerie, dresses, children's wear, and draperies. Priced at 25 cents including one pattern, on the first floor.
Inlaid Linoleum Ya A Splendid Rug Selection
A display of inlaid linoleum and tapestries includes Brussels rugs in 83x10-6 and 6x12 sizes with many Oriental designs in soft rich shading. The 8-8x10-6 rug is priced at 15.00 and the 9x12 at 16.50. Fourth Floor.
Household bargains and hardware specials from a historic ad
A period advertisement lists heavy galvanized laundry tubs with wringer, five foot hardwood step ladders at 2.75, four foot ladders at 2.25, three foot ladders at 1.75, Old Dutch Cleanser cans, Absorbo Dustless Floor Mops, extra heavy wash letters, Fels Naptha soap seven bars for 2.75, sanitary garbage cans at 1.95. Regular prices accompany each item with special sale prices.
Cyprus speed on trial voyage near Vashon Island
On Tuesday off Vashon Island the yacht Cyprus owned by Col. D. C. Jackling reached 18 knots with a party aboard during a trial run. Commercial Club officers were elected with George F. Murphy and Fred W. Bert Jr as first and second vice presidents and four others named to the board of directors. J Stitt Wilson spoke for the Socialist party at Dreamland on Sunday October 12 with reserved tickets at 517 Pike St.
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Vashon Island
Cyprus
Col
D. C. Jackling
Commercial Club
George F. Murphy
Fred W. Bert, Jr
Robert F. Boyns
Charles Cowen
Ernest Carstens
Fred Sylvester
J. Stitt Wilson
Socialist Party
Dreamland
P. m
Pike
General convention opens at St John the Divine
The Protestant Episcopal Church meeting in New York discusses divorce laws uniformity health certificates for couples and the potential name change to American Catholic Church or American Church as the convention begins at St John the Divine.
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New York
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States
Seas
Church of St. John the Divine
Colds Cause Headache and Grip
Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets claim to relieve cold symptoms by targeting the headache and grip. The label notes only one active Bromo Quinine with the nature of BE and features the name BE. W. Grove on the box.
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BE. W. Grove
Cost per vote in 1912 primaries and general election figures
Figures from local businessmen in conference with the county commissioners show the cost to taxpayers was $1.04 for every vote cast in the September 1912 Republican and Democratic primaries. The general election in November lowered the average cost per vote to just over 50 cents.
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Mrs. Barrett
Mala
L. R. Clark
D. DO. S
Regal Dental Offices
Civic League
Stearns’ Electric
Stearns’ Electric Paste Co
Chicago, Nt
J. W. Bullock
East
Yacy
Third
Tom
Henry
Mies Grey
Beng Heth
Hte
Billy Jones
Billy
Club House
Margaret
Miss Grey
Stranger Than Fiction
Rosquist, Killen Co
Pike and
Pine
McDougall
Southwick
Potts
Second Avenue and
Pike Street
Coats
The
Greater Seattle Cloak & Suit Co
Senate
Washington
Oct
John Randolph Tucker
F. M. Saxton
Second District of Alaska
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