Duncan Case To Go To The Jury Today
In Bellingham April 2 the defense for Richard Duncan rested after a short presentation in the murder case of Mrs. Sarah Margeson killed February 15. The state’s circumstantial evidence includes Duncan’s footprints at the scene and testimony of bad blood between them. Jurors are expected to retire tonight. Witnesses included former Seattle mayor George F Cotterill and Otis Gutmann of Hudson Bay Fur Co.
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Bellingham
Richard Duncan
Sarah Margeson
Duncan
George F. Cotterill
Seattle
Otis Gutmann
The
Hudson Bay Fur Co
Smoked Smelts and Sewing Room Q and A Notes
Readers share a fish recipe for steaming smelts and layering with onions and spiced oil. The page also includes homemaking tips on lace starching and ironing, plus letters on kissing norms and gender equality.
The Double Squeeze Opens on Page Four
A teaser notes romance and baseball as the star player is missing before the World Series starts the next day. The feature blends love and excitement with the sport in a page four romance-and-baseball piece.
Japanese loses underwear as spy code mystery deepens
British officials could not decipher Japanese ideograms and confiscated M. Ono’s underwear bought at Mitsukoshi in Tokyo, fearing a hidden message. They also seized his diploma printed in German, adding to diplomatic tension during the Liverpool visit.
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Tokio
M. Ono
Switzerland
Liverpool
Mitsukoshi
Tokyo
Mr. Ono
Unique Official Gill Praised by Anti Saloon League Leader
Superintendent Geo B Conger labeled Mayor Gill the most unique official in liquor law enforcement history as he spoke at Queen Anne Congregational church. He declared only the ax could remove bootlegging druggists and noted Seattle now drinks about one twentieth of pre prohibition levels. Conger also welcomed Gill's not guilty verdict in a federal conspiracy case.
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Gill
Geo. B. Conger
Anti-Saloon League
Queen Anne Congregational Church
Conger
Seattle
Theo Karle Concert Sparks Seat Rush
A rush for seats formed for the joint recital by Theo Karle and Dent Mowrey on April 10 under the Ever ett Ladies' Musical club. Karle will perform with the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra on Thursday and Saturday this week as the box office opened on Monday.
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Theo Karle
Dent Mowrey
Everett Ladies’ Musical Club
Karle
Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra
Fashion to Allow Women Comfort in Spring Styles
London fashion writers declare peace between Dame Fashion and Nature as Paris and London unveil a spring trend. Wasp waists and steam rolled fronts fall out, busts drop, waists go natural, enabling fashionable comfort without shaping the figure.
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London
Mall
Mother Eve
Dame Fashion
Dame Nature
Paris
British Isles
Europe
Points West
Milady
Gov Lister Quits Olympia Mansion for Apartment Move
The state executive mansion is deserted as Gov Lister and his family relocate to an Olympia apartment. A caretaker remains, with policies totaling 10000 on the building 5000 on furniture and 3000 against burglary to guard the house.
Regard Interview as a Peace Offer
Amsterdam reports a German socialist paper views the Czernin interview as a peace offer. German dispatches say most papers approve the Austrian foreign minister’s view that the Entente can end war honorably at any time and that the central powers’ offer remains open. The Vorwaerts ties Ambassador Penfield’s departure to the Czernin interview, backing the peace offer theory.
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Amsterdam
Vorwaerts
Czernin
Austria-Hungary
Penfield
Transmission Speeds in Air Water and Steel Wire
The report notes sound travels 60 feet per second in dry air and 240 feet per second in water, while in steel wire it moves at 17 120 feet per second. The figures illustrate how medium affects sound propagation speeds.
American slang in London paper shocks readers
London readers confront a bold American slang trend amid a London newspaper debate. The piece notes English readers struggle to parse phrases soon after the German crisis announcement, illustrating cross Atlantic language clash in journalism.
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London
England
Sick folks counseled to seek bargain care
The notice urges those ill to choose the offer claiming best treatment at savings. It emphasizes affordable care and strong value for patients. A quoted passenger Alex Q. Jones from Detroit is mentioned in a breezy aside about wartime travel and public attitudes.
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Alex Q. Jones
Detroit
Wilson
Congress
Germany
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Cleopatra
Rene
Dorothy Dalton
Pike
Keystone
Chas Murray
Louise Fazenda
Harry Booker
Wonrttrzer
Eal
EEL Pictures
Albert Hansen
Seweler and Gilversmith
Madisor
Ohi Dentsey Geaite Beaner
Pase Ce
Miss Grey
Lees
Ernest Lister
LR. A
Man
Cynthia
Tom
Harry
Wells
W. J. Bryan
William Co. Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
Secretary of State
Irving Wiles
New York
Rankinco
Aerolux
Sanittary Leonard
Grote-Rankin Sealed Record Service
Vietor
A. B. Gas Range
Grote-Rankin
Pike St
Fifth Ave
Columbia Records
Go To the Right Drug Co
Washington St
Washington
Tanner
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