First Contingent of Drafted Men to Parade in Seattle
Seattle plans a major farewell for the first drafted men with a 7:30 p.m. parade through the business district followed by a large Arena reception and a Hippo drome dance. U S uniformed servicemen and their partners enter free. a 267 piece Lombard band and Hoodies Jazz band provide music. Col. Wm. Douglas leads the parade.
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Arena
Hippodrome
U. S
Lombard
Charles Lombard
Hoodies
Washington
Bert Swezen
Wm. Douglas
Second Washington Infantry
First Ave
Stewart
Blanchard St
Red Cross
Second Aves
Second Ave
Blanchard
Seattle
Third Ave
Lenora St
Virginia St
Seattle Triangle Lot Sells For 250000 To Boston Drug Co
The property between Westlake and Fifth Ave and Pike Street in Seattle sold for 250000, the highest price per square foot on record. John Graham formerly owned the lot. sale handled by West & Wheeler for the seller and Calhoun Denny & Ewing for the buyer.
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Seattle
Triangle
Westlake
Fifth Ave
Prie St
Boston Drug Co
John Graham
West & Wheeler
Calhoun, Denny & Ewing
2000 Officers Join Army and Navy Club
Handsome new club rooms opened in the New Washington hotel for officers of the United States army and navy. More than 2000 membership cards issued to officers in the state for club membership.
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Washington
United States Army
Navy
Theo Karle Stars In New Film With Fiance Mise Lenore Christof
The Star Liberty weekly covers Theo Karle and his fiance Mise Lenore Christof in a four day Liberty Sunday run. Karle appears visibly confused on camera unlike his prior stage persona. The piece also notes Monte Cristo branch of the N P railroad and King County Democratic club picnic scenes.
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Theo Karle
Mise Lenore Christof
Star-Liberty Weekly
Liberty
Monte Cristo
N. P
Cascades
Park Board
King County Democratic Club
Woodland Park
City Health Department
George Rebanie
Kathryn Williams
George
Wall Street Defeats War Profits Tax Drive in Senate
Washington reports Wall Street influence and the appeal of family interests are blamed for stalling a higher war profits levy. Supporters push to raise the tax from 31 percent and glare toward a final decision as Senate debates amendments and the revenue bill.
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Washington
Wall Street
Senate
Johnson-Borah
LaFollette
Block extension of Ballard street railway eyed by council
Councilmen R H Thomson and Will H Hanna plan to force a vote Tuesday on blocking the expansion of the municipal street railway from Ballard to the city limits. The public utilities and finance committee favored Erickson’s ordinance to issue utility bonds repayable from railway earnings to extend from Leary and Market to 85th street. Hanna and Thomson seek indefinite tabling and will file a minority report.
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Ballard
R. H. Thomson
Will H. Hanna
Public Utilities and Finance
Hanna
Thoma
Pay Personal Taxes on 8 107 Time Pieces
County tax records show overall personal property valuation rising to 35 957 574 this year up 2 938 018 from last year. There are 8 107 taxable watches valued at 116 880 and cabs hacks carriages total 47 430 while poultry reaches 56 770 and band instruments phonographs violins total 143 120.
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Frank W. Hull
Greig Bust to Be Unveiled at University of Washington
A bronze bust of Edward Greig, Norway's master musician, will be unveiled at the University of Washington Monday at 2 20 PM. The statue, the first on this side of the Atlantic, is a gift from prominent Norwegians of Seattle and the Pacific Coast gathered for their annual sangerfest.
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Edward Greig
Norway
University of Washington
Atlantic
Seattle
Pacific Coast
Trapper Is Trapped In Bunco Plot
Squire J. Smith was arrested after arriving by boat from Vancouver RB C carrying coin moulds strapped to his body. Federal authorities will hold him for trial with bond set at $500. Smith claimed two bunco men planned to meet him to buy the moulds and intended to trap them, but the supposed criminals instead alerted police at the dock.
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Squire J. Smith
Vancouver
RB. C
U. S
McClelland
Smith
Trade groups map postwar alliances across Europe and US
European groups and American business interests arrange post bellum trade alliances. France Italy Russia and Switzerland join in agreements with no government backing. Wilson opposes government restraints and warns against a postwar trade war unless Germany is defeated or autocracy ends.
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United Presse
Washington
Wilson
Vatican
France
Italy
Russia
Switzerland
Germany
Lord Cecil
Superior Court Reopens Tuesday With 80 Cases Planned
The superior court resumes conduct on Tuesday after a three month recess. Presiding Judge Kenneth Mackintosh lists eighty civil and criminal cases to be heard in September.
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Superior Court
Kenneth Mackintosh
Close Alki Beach seals season after mild swim spell
Alki Beach closes for the season following the lightest bathing season in memory. The four lake beaches will reopen on pleasant Saturdays and Sundays.
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Alki
Today's Programs at Liberty Coliseum and Clemmle schedules
Liberty lineup features Jorge Heban in Leet in Traneit and Coliseum presents Do Cohan in Seven Keys to Maldipate. Ken Jack Gardeer stars in The Kenge Noes. Mereld Lockwood appears in The Hidden Spring. Clemmem NM Alice Dayce and Mary Morey perform Within the Law. Drewgian Pairbankse headlines Deuhis Treatie. Class A Holbrook Miinn offers Mutterfly on the Wheel.
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Liberty
Jorge Heban
Traneit
Coliseum
Trorge
DO Cohan
Ken Jack Gardeer
Kenge Noes
tMereld Lockwood
Clemme
Alice Dayce
Marry Morey
Sthant Drewgian Pairbankse
Deuhis Treatie
Holbrook Mlinn
Mutterfly On the
Chief Fires Cop Who Wounds Boy in Street Shooting
Frank Wilson, a newly appointed patrolman, was discharged after firing seven shots at a group of youths at the corner of Broadway and Harvard. Arthur Smith, 18, was struck in the hand when he and four others ran after being ordered to halt.
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Frank Wilson
Steal Five Autos Reported In Seattle Area
Automobile thieves purloined five cars in Seattle Sunday. The owners named include John Payne and several neighbors at 810% 14th Ave S, Charles MacDonald at 3707 Densmore Ave, R Payner at 2217 18th Ave S, Mrs Russell Hodge at 1616 Be Howell St, A Friedman at 1191 18th Ave N, and J A Miller at 2503 41st Ave S W.
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Seattle
John Payne
14Th Ave. S
Charles MacDonald
Densmore Ave
R. Payner
18Th Ave. S
Russell Hodge
Howell St
A. Friedman
18Th Ave. N
J. A. Miller
41St Ave. S. W
Sourdough George Kyrage Dies in Greece Home
After years of harsh Alaskan winters, George Kyrage known as sourdough dies at his residence in Greece. The obituary notes his enduring standing among both humble residents and the wealthy, marking his passing with respect.
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Alaska
George Kyrage
Greece
Nature of Selfishness and Trade in Apparel
Fragmentary verse on human selfishness across nature and love, contrasting personal gain with wider social behavior, and ending with a sales pitch for SUIT COAT DRESS and HAT. The fragment mentions saving you more on each fall and suggests a retail angle.
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Driss
Hat
Middies on Sale With Colored Collars and Piping
Fifty all white Middies imperfect at factory with lowered belt leaving a small cut hidden by belt. Sizes 34 to 46. Formerly priced 1.75 and 1.95. Reduced to 1.10. Peeweeeeee.
Millinery Reduced for Tuesday Sale Ad
Hats in white satin black velvet and satin combinations offered with trimmed bands ribbons and ostrich novelties. Prices dropped from 5 to 7.50 down to 3.95 with many styles marked for Tuesday sale.
Hosiery Sale Promises Tough Wear for Children’s Hosiery
A local hosiery sale advertises Misses and Boys hose in multiple weights and colors. Listings include fiber silk, silk lisle, and cotton options with prices such as 25 cents, 35 cents, and multi-pair deals. The notice targets children’s wear, noting black and white options and varying weights for daily rough wear.
Mercerized Cotton Petticoat at Tuesday Reductions
The Women's Ready-to-Wear selects from regular stock a dainty floral Persian design cotton Petticoat on white. It features seamed flounces and a fitted elastic top in all lengths, valued at 4 dollars. Tuesday sale at Mins Sees.
Confessions of a Wife and the Quest for Love
Paula reflects on how small experiences shape desires and urges asking for love. She recalls Jack Van Renssalaer’s engagement to Charlotte, family money pressures, and her view of Jeff Perrygreen as the only honest man. Tom Perry and Alma face hardship while Alma works in America and Tom endures sorrow. Music, dancing, and dinner at Hotel Butler close the passage.
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Jack
Ritz
Mrs. van Renssalaer
Charlotte
Paula Newton
Jeff Perrygreen
Margie
Jeff
Tom Perry
London
Tom
Alma
America
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Grand Army of the Republic
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C. D. Stimson
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H. W. Treat
Robert Proctor
J. L. Lowman
A.S. Taylor
Frank Gates
D. BE. Skinner
B. A. Strout
A. J. Rhodes
A. B. Stewart
L. Willett
Nathaniel Paschall
Homer O. Campbell
Frank McDermott
Harold Preston
J. F. Douglas
George T. Hood
J. A. Swalwell
D. B. Trefethen
Army and Navy Club
Nantasnet Beach
Bride
Star’s Weekly At Liberty
George Beban and
Robbie White
Lost In
Wall ST
de Leh Outfitting G
Second Avenue
Trapper
Alki Beach
Fatty Arbuckle
Jeck Gardner
Broadway
Onni Hawnie Reame
George M. Cohan
Anna Q. Nilsson
Mr. Coban
Harold Lockwood
Clarice BO Kelland
Mr. Lockwood
Donald Keeth
Ruth King
Emanay's
Western Company
Hoss
The
Rex
Bayard Veiller
Douglas Fairbanks
Strand
Holbrook Blinn
Viviah Martin
Nature
Plorench
Rhodes Co
Mackinawe
Norfolk
Kodaks
Peeweeeeee
Children's School
Osiery
Mar
Paula
Wilkes
Pine
Laber
Phoebe Hunt
New York
Miss Hunt
Michele Bros
Palace
Nina Gilbert
James Guy Usher
Amond
Southland
Pacific Coast Coal CO
Railroad Avenue
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