Opening of New York House Rialto Building Draws Crowds
Crowds gather for the opening of The New York House in the Rialto Building. The elegant estate houses aim to set a Northwest standard with 40 branches and a cash only policy, no deliveries, and Seattle headquarters under Mr. Lewis Hammer. Paul Franke represents the firm based in New City.
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New York House
Rialto
Frederick
Western
Lewis Hammer
Seattle
Paul Franke
New City
Prince of Wales Opens Cowichan Fair in Duncan
The Prince of Wales opened the Cowichan fair in Duncan British Columbia on Friday. He addressed the townsfolk congratulating them on their wartime efforts and then inspected the fair exhibits before departing on his special train.
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Prince OF Wales
Duncan
B. C
Orenence Upstairs Store Fall Suit Coat Dress Hat Sale
A promotional note from the Orenence Upstairs Store urges readers to save on fall apparel including suits coats dresses and hats. The ad emphasizes intelligent use of the brain and nourishment, then pivots to a sales pitch for clothing at Second and Union.
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Orence
Sugar imports here doubled in August this year
Sugar imports into Seattle in August 1919 totaled 50 722 sacks or 5 072 200 pounds, more than double August 1918’s 30 700 sacks. Dealers puzzled by a sugar famine despite higher imports while housewives canned less fruit and grocers limit sales to regular customers.
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Seattle
Food Administration
Belgian Veteran Becomes Citizen
Alote Bossuyt, a Belgian veteran with the 65th Coast Artillery, underwent naturalization proceedings before Judge Jeremiah Neterer on Saturday. His discharge papers were read as he enlisted in the Argonne San Mihiel Meuse Verdun fronts. Full papers granted.
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Alote Bossuyt
65Th Coast Artillery
Jeremiah Neterer
Bossuyt
Alda Bossuyt
Argonne
San Mihiel
Meuse
Verdun Front
Foret de Logis
Convinced of City’s Worth Prompts Chamber Luncheon Talk
Robert C. Fay advertising manager of the Chicago Paper Co. urged Chamber of Commerce members to persuade outsiders of the city’s true value during a Friday membership luncheon.
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Robert C. Fay
Chicago Paper Co
Chamber of Commerce
Murderer Not Yet Captured in Beattie Hotel Shooting
Coroner plans an inquest Saturday into the Beattie Beattie hotel shooting of Mrs Edla Siltanen and chauffeur John Loback. Police believe a thief robbed the victim of 300 dollars after the attack and are pursuing a mysterious partner named Oscar Johnson. Loback’s condition improves and he gives a cautious account while another suspect Tony Anderson remains jailed on an open charge.
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C. C. Tiffin
Edla Siltanen
la Clad
First Ave
John Loback
Loback
Wiliam Kent Sald
Mra. Siltanen
Mra. Siliana
New Clarendon Hotel
Fourth Ave
Ilis
Tony Anderson
Mile
Oscar Johnson
Anderson
Johnson
Hoquiam
Beattie
Redwood Forest Fire Halts as Encircling Work Advances
In Redwood Park California the forest fire near the China grade has been encircled by workers, reducing spread toward the Pescadero headwaters. Back firing is harder due to the burn area and a shifting light wind that later died down.
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Redwood Park
Cal
Redwood Forest
China Grade
Pescadero
Father’s sect clashed with surgeon over amputating foot
In Honolulu on September 27 Joseph Peters, who belongs to a belief that mutilated people cannot enter heaven, refused a doctor’s first plan to cut off his mangled foot. The doctor persuaded him that angels would not welcome decayed flesh and proceeded to remove tissue just before the decay. Peters remains in danger of losing his foot.
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Honolulu
Heaven
Joseph Peters
Peters
Californians Pray for Rain and They Get It
Californians in Pomona prayed for rain to quell nearby forest fires and their wish was granted as heavy seasonally unmatched rainfall began late Thursday night. The downpour continued through the night and reports indicate it is rapidly diminishing the last active firefronts in the region.
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Angeles
Cal
United Press
Pomona
California
Read to push law to drive bedbugs from city
Dr. J. M. Read, city health commissioner, urges council action to curb bedbugs and cockroaches. He says an ordinance making it a misdemeanor to harbor them would push landlords to remove infestations, if newspapers amplify the campaign.
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Council
J. M. Read
Nehan
Dr. Mead
City Health Office
Bedbug
Dr. Read
Water use patterns differ east and west in Sept
The article notes eastern cyclone areas require ample water with residents using 20 gallons more per day than Angelenos. It highlights regional consumption differences between the Mississippi region and Los Angeles as of September.
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Los Angeles
Mississippi
Seattle Street Car Purchase Delay Costs Taxpayers
A 30 day delay in Seattle street car system purchase would cost taxpayers about 200000 in taxes. The total 2024 levy on the lines exceeds 400000 with Puget Sound Traction paying about 100000. State board valued the system at 5640000 for assessment purposes, half the value of 11280000, while the city paid 15000000 for the system.
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Seattle
Frank W. Hull
State Board of Equalization
State Supreme Court
Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co
Whisky seized in San Francisco mislabeling case
Police seized 95 bottles labeled Gold and Black Whisky in San Francisco. The contents proved to be gasoline, fuel oil, lysol and water, raising questions about labeling and safety in a dubious shipment.
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San Francisco
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