Nearly Murdered By Man He Befriended
A man known as Scotty, living at the Michigan Hotel, was brutalized with a beer bottle and cut with a knife by an unknown companion he had invited in after meeting on the street. Mrs. Munson forced the assailant and Scotty from the hotel, Scotty jailed after medical treatment, while the victim lies injured and the attacker at large.
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Scotty
Tening
Michigan Hotel
M. A. Maneon
Michigan House
Frank
Beatty
David Livingstone
Bids Sought for Centralia Post Office Building
Robert H. Barclay, post office inspector, announces proposals for furnishing a leased post office site in Centralia Washington. Bids due September 18 1921 for space at least 3408 square feet with rent, water, furniture and equipment, within eighty miles of railroad depots and near the business center. Diagrams of the proposed room with dimensions and windows must be submitted. The right to reject any proposals is reserved.
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Robert H. Slavelay
Centralia
Barclay
Wath
Washington
Business Center
Robert H. Barclay
Monse Meeting Plans Weber and Fields Burlesque Show
The first meeting of the Monse group was held to read the manuscript of a Weber and Fields burlesque musical. It calls for twenty four girls and twelve men, with rehearsals starting Thursday at 2 PM in the Moose lodge hall over the post office.
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Weber & Fields
Moose Lodge
Emperor Franz Joseph faces court intrigue over succession
Vienna reports a fraught royal scene as Emperor Franz Joseph I nears end. Archdukes Charles Francis Joseph and Ferdinand clash with the aging monarch over dynastic plans, including marriages and succession rules. The palace factions, Morganaic wife Elizabeth Chotek, and archduke delays at foreign courts deepen the family rift amid the Emperor’s deteriorating health.
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United Press
Vienna
Francis Joseph I
Austria
Hungary
Wirfire
Francis Jozepi
Charles Francis Joseph
Archduke Francis
Ferdinand
Elizabeth Franced
Francis Ferdinand
Sophie Chotok
Franc
Mally
Chorek
Elizabeth Francis
Mer
Pricess Zita
Parma
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
London
Francia
Chotok
Inada
Three Arrests in Two Days Rock Lincoln Lumber Worker
Simon Hill of Lincoln Greek Lumber Company faced three arrests in two days for intoxication and profane language. After initial arrest and $20 bail, he forfeited the bond by missing court, paid a later fine, then insulted officials leading to re-arrest. He was to appear before Judge Hoss for a third time that afternoon.
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Simon Hill
Lincoln Greek Lumber Company
Hill
Hogs
Chiefoberts
Gue
Hoss
Labor Day Plans Progressing in Centralia
Plans for a grand Labor Day celebration organized by city labor unions are advancing. Committees for reception, sports, and finance are shaping the program, with expectations the event will rival the Fourth of July in scale. Invitations will go to unions in nearby cities and several thousand visitors from the surrounding countryside are expected.
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Centralia
Kellogg and party reach Mt Rainier summit
A Chron icle report says R B Kellogg superintendent of city schools and his party climbed to the summit of Mt Rainier on Thursday. Kellogg notes the ascent was worth the effort while he spends time at Paradise Valley with his family and will return Monday. George Kendall and George Williams went to Paradise Valley today per Kellogg's letter.
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Chronicle
R. B. Kellogg
Mt. Rainier
Kellogge
Paradise Valley
George Kendall
George Williams
Kellogg
Unusual Potato Crop Grows On City Ranch
Aug 18 report notes Fred Mock of Cheriilis city planted eight acres in potatoes within city limits. Mock shows extraordinary crop success and may yield about 100 bushels per acre when harvested. Mock is a well known resident of Chehalis and Cheriilis, having long ties to both communities.
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Fred Mock
Cheriilis
Mock
Chehalis
Fish tale rivalry sparks Toledo angling debate
Two Toledo anglers claim extraordinary catches with boastful figures. Bin Moachim asserts 167 fish over two days while Willard Carpenter reports 73 fish last Sunday. The men face skepticism over a ban limiting daily catches and whether they would oppose the rule if law knowledge changed.
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Toledo
bin Moachim
Willard Carpenter
Prowasa Ag
Railroad pact not dissolved says Northern Pacific
Tacoma Aug 19 Judge Reid legal counsel for the Northern Pacific denied a report that the joint track agreement with the Oregon Washington Railroad and Navigation Company had ended. He said no termination order exists and cited a contract showing the Oregon Washington road pays 326000 annually and that a 998 year term remains. The dispatch had claimed eighteen months notice was required and had been given.
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United Press
Tacoma
Judge Reid
Northern Pacific
Oregon, Washington Railroad & Navigation Company
Portland
Oregon- Washington Railroad
Woman injured as horse runs away in Lincoln Creek
Myrtle Cameroun of Lincoln Creek, sister of Clarke Davis, was seriously injured when her driving horse bolted on First Street near the Skook Nimchuck bridge. She suffered numerous cuts bruises and a nervous shock. She was taken home to rest as authorities note prior runaway incidents with the same animal.
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Myrtle Cameroun
Lincoln Creek
Clarke Davis
First Street
Skooknimchuck Bridge
Camjaron
Honda
Taft Signs Campaign Publicity Bill Limiting Expenditures
President Taft signs a campaign publicity bill requiring full disclosure of campaign expenditures for candidates in both the House and Senate before election. The measure sets a limit of ten thousand dollars for House candidates and ten thousand dollars for Senate campaigns.
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Washington
Taft
House
Senate
Jini
Fire wipes out Bay Center center in South Bend
United Press report from South Bend Washington says Bay Center near here was nearly destroyed by a morning fire. The loss is estimated at 75000 dollars as several homes and the business district center burned while a high wind drove flames through the area.
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United Press
South Bend
Wash
Twenty ninth Annual W C T U Convention Planned
The nineteenth annual convention of the Womens Christian Temperance Union will be held in this city on Wednesday and Thursday August 24 and 29. An entertaining program is arranged and it is predicted many members from Lewis County will attend. R A Wilson, president of the W O G F U, will open the convention and Mrs. Mary M Wade of Seattle will lecture on one of the days.
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Nneteenth
The
Womens Christian Temperance Union
Lewis County
R.A. Wilson
W. OG
F. U
Mary M. Wade
Seattle
Testimony on Land Values Before Thurston County Court
Individuals from Gentralia and Chehalis were summoned to testify in Thurston County Superior Court in Olympia regarding land values in a Northern Pacific Railroad dispute. The case involves a right of way strip through John Bannie’s ranch four miles north, tied to a recent railroad double tracking and straightening project between Contrada and Tonino.
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B. Rees
Gentralia
Albert Schoolay
Chehalis
Superior Court
Thurston County
Olympic
Northern Pacific Railroad
John Bannie
Rannse
Thia Ranch
Northaro Pacifa
Contrada
Tonino
Toledo Day at Southwest Washington Fair
Enthusiasm runs high in Toledo as residents prepare exhibits for the Southwestern Washington Fair. Local merchants offer separate prizes for stock and produce to attract strong entries. Toledo merchants push for a designated Toledo Day extending to Winlock Napavine and Little Falls.
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Toledo
Little City
Winlock
Napavine
Little Falls
Coal Prospects Found South of Toledo by Brothers
A. Rind and B. P. Badger, two brothers living on a ranch south of Toledo, report surface indications of a rich coal strike on their property. They are prospecting this week and, if indications hold, expect to find coal in paying quantities. They also plan to commercialize clay deposits on the ranch once a market develops.
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A. Rind
B. P. Badger
Toledo
Thait Ranch
Young Forger given three year pledge release
17 year old Workman, arrested for signing his father's name to an $8 check and cashing it at a Littel butcher shop, was arraigned in Chehalis. Judge Beaufort released him on a three year pledge and weekly reports to the prosecutor, with costs paid. Witnesses wondered why the saloon keeper who supplied alcohol to the minor was not pursued.
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Ek Workman
Littel
S. A. Wilson
Court of Justice
P. C. Beaufort
Chehalis
Workman
Re-Arrest Likely After Term Expiration for Local Swindler
W J Murray chief detective of the Great Northern railroad met Sheriff Urquhart in Chehalis to plan rearrest of R R Boyer the hat check swindler whose county jail term ends September 1. He faces charges for short changing a ticket agent and for using counterfeit checks on a Great Northern train. Authorities believe he had accomplices and intend to detain him upon release to ferry him to Tacoma for trial.
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W. J. Murray
Great Northern Railroad
Chehalis
Urquhart
R. R. Boyer
Boyer
Tacoma
Great Northern
Murray
Portland
South Bend Opens Three Game Series in Chehalis
The South Bend team arrived in Chehalis this morning to face the Proteges at Miller Field this afternoon in the opener of a three game set. Big crowds are expected as Chehalis battles to overcome South Bend’s pennant lead. Rumor says Green has been released for salary issues, weakening the River Rats lineup. Frinke will start for the Proteges on the mound.
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South Bend
Chehalis
Miller Field
Chehailis
Fays
Cimbers
Green
River Rats
Frinke
Testifies At Counterfeiters Hearing In Tacoma
Sheri Urquhart returned from Tacoma where he testified before a federal grand jury concerning Lawrence Pilliner and Mariel Stark the two alleged counterfeiters arrested for passing bad dollars in the city and Chehalis. The men confessed after arrest and Urquhart will be required to testify when their trials are finally called.
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Sheri
Urquhart
Tacoma
Lawrence Pilliner
Mariel Stark
Chehalis
Pilmer
Stark
Urqunart
Moose Gather in Detroit Ahead of Loyal Order National Meet
Loyal Order of Moose delegates from 668 lodges prepare to converge on Detroit for the 23rd annual national convention set to open Monday. About 15 000 men are expected to march in the parade as officers are elected on Tuesday and installation occurs Thursday.
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United Press Leas
Detroit
Mich
Order of
Moone
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Franz Joseph
Ang
Ta Lea
Bay Center
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