Seattle Fifth City In Tobacco Fund Donations For Soldiers
Seattle ranks fifth in US contributions to the Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund with $80,100.70 collected by newspapers and magazines by Sept 18. Additional $2,976.58 came via headquarters, total $32,477.28. Star readers alone provided $2,600 enough for about 10,400 troops for a week.
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Seattle
United States
Our Boys In
France
Providence
R. I
Chicago
Cleveland
San Francisco
New York
U. Wete
Star
Joe Schermer
A Dance
STAR SMOKE FUND Aids Local Contributors List of Donors
A list of donors contributes to a star smoke fund includ ing Alice Mitchell a 9 year old West Woodland pupil who gives 1.00 and mentions her brother Roy in the army. Other contributors span towns from Omak to Milwaukee with sums such as 1.00 or 5.00 and note locations like 9th Ave N W and 15th Ave.
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Mise Alice Mitchell
Seveoth Ave
N. W
Rosas Brown
Payette
K. W. Andersen
Chimacamwe
Excell
Hotel
Michelton
McKee & Melds
Omak
Wash
Guy Everett
A. N. McCaskell
J. Finegan
Omak Cou
Courtwright
W. Lamoreaulx
Onakes
Mies Eitte Whitney
A. HM
McDermott
Joe Whiting
Charles Cowen
Cowen Park
Harold Lingbloom
Her
Selah
Norma Strang
Alki Ave
Ae Lieyd
15Th Ave
Arthur A
Clear Lake
Helen Kennett
Lakeside
A. L. Pinkerton
Three Lakes
Gottlieb Kiemle
Three
Alice Mitchell
Seventh Ave
West Woodland School
Roy
America
John Lavender
Sellec, Wash
Seattle Described In Leslie’s Weekly Preview
The publicity bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club announces Leslie’s Weekly will publish a descriptive article about Seattle soon. The feature aims to highlight the city’s commercial vitality and civic attractions.
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Leslie's
Seattle
Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club
300 More Men Are Called by Division No 10
Seattle mobilization drives for the third contingent of the national army set for Camp Lewis on October 3. Division No 10 to begin examinations Thursday. 300 men summoned to join 104 needed by October 3, with 600 aliens discharged and over 800 Japanese registered.
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Seattle
National Army
Camp Lewise
Walfred FE
Marker
Division No. 3
Altho
Camp Lewis
Fort Lawton
Division No. 6
Board
Julius Aamodt
Frank Cambra
James C. Lasley
Michael Clancy
Otto A. Nelson
John A. Bjork
William R. Hodgins
Robert B. Hopkins
Gust Samea
Chamber Trims 105000 From Budget Amid Rise in City Valuation
The city faces a 3,000,000 increase in property valuation for 1918 while the tax levy is expected to rise to about 25 mills from 21. The tax budget committee meets Tuesday at 2 p m to review the levy and the Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club proposal to cut 106,000 from the proposed budget.
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Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club
Night schools offer English to foreign born residents
The Seattle night school opens October 1 with English classes for foreign born residents from Europe and Asia. Courses will be taught at Ballard Queen Anne Lincoln West Seattle high schools and Chinese Japanese instruction at the Main Street school. The night sessions mirror day school courses to improve citizenship.
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Seattle
Ballard
Queen Anne
Lincoln
West Seattle
Main Street
Seattle Falls to Sixth Seaport Rank in U S
The Seattle port district drops from fourth to sixth among U S seaports due to limited shipping facilities and Siberian port closures. While Seattle's 1917 trade rises from 357 million to 376 million dollars, Baltimore and New Orleans surge to fourth and fifth on war-related gains. San Francisco slips to eighth.
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Seattle
United States
Altho Seattle
Baltimore
New Orleans
Foreign Trade Bureau
Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club
San Francisco
Congressional inquiry probed over von Bernstorff slush fund
Chairman Flood and the House Foreign Affairs Committee met to gauge support for a possible congressional inquiry into the Von Bernstorff slush fund for peace. Democratic critics Heflin and Howard failed to produce evidence of corruption, and timing shifts push for adjournment next month as suffrage and revenue issues loom.
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United Presse
Washington
Flood
House Foreign Affairs Committee
von Bernstorff
Lansing
Congress
Heflin
Alabama
Howard
Georgia
General Greene to attend Seattle dinner at New Washington Hotel
Maj. Gen. H. A. Greene, commanding officer at Camp Lewis, will be guest of honor at a Seattle dinner Monday night. The event is sponsored by President A. J. Rhodes of the Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club along with executive committees of the chamber’s national affairs and Industrial bureaus. Mayor Gill, city council members, and Seattle representatives from the King County council of patriotic service and the state council of defense will attend, with Gen. Greene and staff officers in tow.
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H. A. Greene
Camp Lewis
New Washington Hotel
A. J. Rhodes
Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club
National Affairs and Industrial Bureaus
Chamber
Rhodes
Gill
Seattle
King County Council of Patriotic Service
State Council of Defense
Questa
Greene
Women to Hear of Red Cross Relief
The Woman's Roosevelt club will hold an open meeting at Mrs. Frank A. Steele's home 815 38th ave on Tuesday at 2 30. Reports from Armenian relief and the Red Cross auxiliary will be heard with Lawrence Booth speaking. Members are urged to come prepared to contribute to Red Cross efforts.
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Woman's Roosevelt Club
Frank A. Steele
38Th Ave
Committee of Armenian Relief
Red Cross Auxiliary
Lawrence Booth
Red Cross
Pressmen and Union Printers Locked Out
Three large printing shops and several smaller ones closed after typographical workers and pressmen refused nonunion bookbinding work and were locked out. The union bookbinder girls are striking for higher wages.
Linen Damask and Textiles Featured at Bon Marche Store
Linens take a part in Housefur nishing Week with damask and linen items. Featured are Heather Linen 70 inches wide satin finish with floral patterns, Linen Crash and Linen Damask in various widths and prices. Lower Main Floor Bon Marche.
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BON Marche
Home Cheerful Housefurnishing Week Highlights
The Bon Marche Fourth Floor promotes home comfort with items from a Mahogany Silk shaded lamp to rose shade fringe priced at 15.50. A Blue Bird Rose Jar with two covers, $1.00, keeps fragrance contained. Brass window baskets, fern-friendly, 2.25. Fancy flower pots with inside liners for plants. Majestic Electric Heaters modern, one or two-burner, 7.50 or 12.50.
Fill Your Larder Here Tuesday-Grocery Day Bon Marche
Grocery special ad lists coffee 144 pounds for 50 cents and oats 5 pounds for 5 cents. Carolina head rice three pounds 27 cents. Gold Dust washing powder large 25 cents. Creole Dinner three cans for 25 cents. Shredded coconut a pound 22 1/2 cents. Italian prunes extra large pound 16 cents. Mixed pickling spice pound 35 cents. Mustard seed pound 35 cents. Whole stick cinnamon pound 56 cents. Pure cider vinegar Town Talk gallon 45 cents. Town Talk vinegar 24 ounce 12 4 cents. Fourtil floor Bon Marche.
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Fourtil Ploor
BON Marche
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Star Smoke Fund
Joe
Seattle Star
Cnty
Carry Seattle
The
Green's
Third Ave
Arctic Club
Pursley’s
Second Ave
Seneca
Keiter & Bernbaum's
Keiter & Bernbaum’s
Clemmer Theatre
Spring’s
First Ave
Pike St
Mecca
Ginnold & Mink
Union St
Frye’s
Third and
Union
Bert Rideout
Central Building
Butch’s
Bon March
Bargain
Serge
Billie Burke
Copenhagen
Madras
General Greene
Tacoma
Union St. Side
Axminster
Nottingham
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