Allies Desert Serbia and Dardanelles Setback
British report admits campaign failures at the Dardanelles and inability to reinforce Serbia this year. Turkish, Bulgarian, and Austro‑German advances tighten around Serbia while French report captures Ecce and W antipades. Bulghas occupy Pirot as suffrage slides reach 80 theatres in Philadelphia
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London
Serbia
Constantinople
Suez Canal
Egypt
India
Ellis Ashmead
Bartlett
Dardanelles
Britih
Balkans
Germany
Philadelphia
Moving Picture Theatres
Detroit musician offers learn piano or organ in hours
A Detroit inventor markets a system that supposedly lets anyone, even a child, learn to play piano or organ in an hour or two. Readers are urged to mail name and address to receive a free guide and three sheets of music from Numeral Method Music Co. at 126K Trussed Concrete Building, Detroit Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Numeral Method Music Co
Mich
Anniversary Sale Gives Half Price Silks and Dress Goods
Eight thousand dollars in cut lengths of silks velvets and dress goods are reduced to half price after an anniversary sale. Includes Crepe de Chine Crepe Charmeuse Crepe Meteor printed crepes fancy silks chiffon velvets broadcloths gaberdines suitings and serges among others.
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Charmeuse
Meteor
Unemployment problem on the coast serious
Washington reports a bureau of labor statistics study showing 43.1 percent of Pacific coast and mountain city workers either unemployed or earning part pay in June and July 1915. Portland has 20 percent unemployed and Ogden 4.5 percent, with remedies urged including public works and opening lands to workers.
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Gilson Gardner
Washington
Congress
Bureau of Labor Statistics
U. S. Department of Labor
Pacific Coast
Butte
Los Angeles
Oakland
Ogden
Portland
Sacramento
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Spokane
Tacoma
Ore
Utah
Walsh Industrial Relations Commission
California Creamery Operators Convene At Expo
San Francisco reports a three day convention of the California Creamery Operators Association attracting hundreds of dairy men to the exposition today with discussions likely to shape regional industry practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California Creamery Operators’ Association
Pretty Wavy Curling Hair Without Hot Iron
A promotional advertisement claims a simple method using plain liquid alum to create pretty natural looking waves. Apply at night with a toothbrush from a drugstore, and in the morning hair is fluffy and wavy with no grease or gummy residue. The ad touts the method as harmless and a good hair dressing.
Anniversary Merchandise Sale Sets Record Low Prices
A promotional feature touts deeply discounted Anniversary Merchandise for Remnant Day. It emphasizes record low prices due to minor defects or handling wear, framing the sale as a chance of a lifetime and urging readers not to miss the event.
Wholesale Jewelry Clearance at Local Shop
A local jewelry shop advertises a wholesale clearance offering hair ornaments, silver novelties, buckles, scarf pins, beauty pins, and sterling silver items including bead necklaces and slipper buckles. Prices range from 10 to 50 cents and up to 1.75 dollars.
Jewel Box Lot and Accessories Auction Finds
In this lot a variety of Jewel Boxes Nail Brushes Cuff Links etc values 1.00 to 2.25 Including Jeweled Combs Sterling Novelties Fancy Bags etc values 1.50 to 55.00 First Floor.
Smuggler Faulkner Arrested With Opium At Pier 1
U S customs officials arrested R M Faulkner and Jose Rose as they stepped off the Princess Charlotte at Pier 1. Concealed in Faulkner's clothes were 12 taels of opium valued at 60 dollars each totaling 720 dollars. They are held at the city jail.
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U. S
R. M. Maulkner
Aline Jose Rose
Princess Charlotte
Pier 1
Faulkner
Jal
Unlucky for Ed Edward Miller Faces Another Break
On October 27, Edward Miller of this city again broke his left ankle while crossing Yesler Way. Nine years earlier on the same date he broke his right ankle, leading to amputation of his foot and part of his leg.
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Edward Miller
Yesler Way
You Can’t Brush or Wash Out Dandruff
A vintage advertisement promotes liquid arvon as a guaranteed dandruff cure. Applying four ounces at night allegedly dissolves dandruff completely after a few uses, stops scalp itching, and leaves hair fluffy and glossy. The claim emphasizes inexpensive availability at drug stores.
100 Trimmed Hats Offer Value in Velvet Sailors and Furs
Hats in fur trimmed velvet sailors plush and felt styles reach $2.95 with new colors and small shapes. Most hats are black but a range of colors is offered. Ad notes prices from $5.00 to $10.00 and asserts these are among best items.
Cluny and Torchon Prices for Rompers
Cluny and Torchon usually list at 8 cents and 10 cents respectively. The note mentions about 150 Rompers available.
Basememt Clean-Up Deals in a Local Sale
A vivid sale ad lists kitchen and household items with bargain prices such as 5c and 10c utensils, 15c folding lunch boxes, 12e to 25c heavy funnels, 45c vegetable strainers, 25c vented pot covers, and a $3.00 spice rack. The fragment suggests a basement sale with wide variety and low charges.
Marabou and Ostrich Accessories Bargain Sale
On the First Floor a sale offers marabou neckpieces at 1.95 and 4.95 with other values up to 15.00 including stoles capes muffs and fancy neckpieces. Ostrich pieces priced from 50 cents to 1.50 in black white and a few colors. Tomorrow only.
Anniversary Dresden Patterns In Various Colors
New stock features strong anniversary items with white and pink schemes and pleasing Dresden motifs. Cre tonne trimmed pieces included. Spira Floor offers these patterns in multiple finishes.
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Dresden
Crepe de Chine Waists at 1.95 in many styles
Twelve styles of crepe de chine waists offered for 1.95 each. Tucked, pleated or embroidered designs in flesh or white with collars that can be worn high or low. Unusual value at this price on the second floor.
Bargain Cloth Goods Sale Includes Flannel Pajamas
A local sale advertises Outing Flannel Pajamas sizes 8 to 16 at 85 cents, Outing Flannel Gowns sizes 6 to 14 at 45 cents, Tapeless Blouses 39 cents, All Wool Caps 50 cents, Boys Raincoats with matching hats from 3.50 to 4.50, and Remnant Day at 2.95.
Overcoats Go On Sale for Boys and Young Men
Odd size coats originally up to 20 dollars now priced at 5.95 and 9.95 reflecting a store sale aimed at families shopping for children and teens.
Arrests in German plot hint at higher officials
A U P report says five men detained in the German bomb conspiracy case only scrape the froth from the affair. Eighty detectives from the port collector's office labored for weeks to uncover links to higher ups than Robert Fay, a former German officer and confessed plotter. Fay claims instructions came from the head of the German secret service.
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New York
United Press
Robert Fay
Fay
Secret Service
Teachers Hold Key To Human Personality, Says Suzzallo
President Suzzallo warned that teachers bear the heavy duty of shaping human personality for every social aim. He spoke on The Woeful Weaknesses at a banquet for 150 Washington Education Association representatives at the Commercial club.
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Suzzallo
University
Washington
Teachers Seek Stricter Certification Standards
Washington Educational Association council sessions opened with record attendance forcing split meetings at Plymouth Congregational and First Presbyterian. The council voted to push a bill in the next legislature raising scholastic requirements for teacher certificates due to overcrowding in the field.
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Washington Educational Association Council
Plymouth Congregational
First Presbyterian
Home Burglars Sought After Gus Brown Loot
Police seek burglars who robbed the home of Gus Brown at 1426 16th Avenue. Jewelry and silver toilet articles valued at 900 dollars were taken.
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Gus Brown
16Th Ave
Veterans Reunion At Westinghouse Site In Pittsburg
Veterans and former Westinghouse Air Brake employees gathered in Pittsburg for the 28th annual reunion. Many attendees later became notable figures in industry, sharing memories of career beginnings and company history.
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Pittsburg
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
Zemo Promises Quick Dandruff Cure
An advertisement touts Zemo as a fast dandruff solution. It claims the product kills the dandruff germ, nourishes hair roots, and stops itching without staining. The copy argues soaps and shampoos are harmful and promotes Zemo as pure and inexpensive from Cleveland.
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Zemo
Cleveland
Seattle Vessel H. C. Henry Sunk by German Submarine
Pacific Creosoring Co. reports the steamer H. C. Henry Capt. William Lowrie was torpedoed and sunk on October 6 in the Mediterranean. No lives were lost. The ship, named for Seattle millionaire H. C. Henry, was two days out of Alexandria en route to Europe, built for creosote trade between Puget Sound and Europe, and was flying the British flag in admiralty service carrying fuel for battleships.
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Pacific Creosoring Co
H. C. Henry
William Lowrie
Mediterranean
Alexandria
Egypt
Henry
Puget Sound
Europe
Admiralty
New Jersey Utilities Association Formed In State Convention
About 160 public service corporations from New Jersey organized the New Jersey Utilities association and will meet in its first annual convention in Asbury Park on October 28.
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Asbury Park
N. J
New Jersey Utilities Association
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England
Kaiser
Ljubicevac
Brsa Palanka
Bulgare
Turkey
Salonika
Athena
Ecce
Strumnitza
Uskub
Argyl
Scotland
Baltic
Petrograd
Pirot
Nish
Sofia
Frye
Olympic Market
Pike St
Third Ave
Western
Western Ave
Westlake
Westlake and Mine
Occidental Ave
Ballard Market
Ballard Ave
Dougeau
Outhwick
Serges Poplins
Hee Eo Eocatene
Butter and Egg
Cluny and
Torchon
Madras
Dandruff
Ceasty Building
Carman
Second Ave
Spring St
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