Gill Discusses Liquor Raids and Dry Law Enforcement
Mayor Gill spoke on enforcing the dry law and water front disputes at the Good Fats cafe. He accused some citizens of involvement in whisky rackets and urged electing a sheriff and prosecuting attorney to tackle Billings county crime. and praised city cooperation with local outlets amid ongoing liquor troubles.
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Epworth So. Christian Endeavor
Oe Young People’s Union
Gill
Good Fats Cafe
Renton
Iiw
Hersford's Acid Wheephate: a tonic for insomnia and fatigue
A fragment notes a tonic named Hersford's Acid Wheephate claimed to combat insomnia mental exhaustion lassitude and stomach upset. The readable portion hints at a patent remedy era claim without corroborating details.
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Hersford
Gold Medal Ilem O11 Capsules Offer Quick Recovery
Advertises Gold Medal Ilem O11 Capsules from Holland claimed to restore strength after overwork and poor living. Promotes three capsules daily to combat acid poisoning kidney stone and other derangements with a money back guarantee and druggist sales.
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Holland
Haarlem
Drug Co
Nelson Becomes Regal Booster for Painless Dentistry
A dental office advertises painless dentistry led by graduates of the state dental board. It claims Novo-Cain anesthesia and modern equipment to guarantee painless operations. Patients are urged to visit for a thorough examination and cost estimate.
Calories decide wars and wage gaps in Europe
The Star correspondent argues calories drive war outcomes, noting German living costs rose 139 percent while wages lagged as 2,200 daily calories were the basic standard. He warns German workers, burned by scarcity, are growing restless and may pressure peace or regime change as shortages intensify.
Lemon Pies for Hughes Made by Seattle NP Experts
Candidate Charles Evans Hughes will be treated by Northern Pacific staff with lemon pies bearing his name and large baked potatoes. Dining car supervisor H J Titus and David Tobias arrange gifts for the traveling party as Hughes heads toward the Pacific coast. Seattle welcomes him with a 100 pound fruit cake featuring a flag and sugar eagle display.
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Hughes
Seattle N. P
Charles Evans Hughes
St. Paul
Pacific Coast
H. J Titus
David Tobias
Leutenant
Northern Pacific
Titus
Seattle
Billingsley gang blamed for liquor law violations evidence
Sergt Putnam accused railway and steamship firms wholesale druggists and outside bootleggers of aiding illegal liquor activity linked to the Billingsley operation. He cited six storehouses and a solicitor network as part of the scheme. A July 24 shooting of two police officers at a Billingsley warehouse was attributed to whisky influence and talkers. The meeting backed strict city liquor law enforcement and a mass gathering at the Arena.
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Netro
Roth
Sergt. Putnam
Ptate
Boese
Billingsleys
Mquor
Bllingsley
Auto rolls down bank as father hurt. boy uninjured
Charlie Giovani, 4 year old son of Carlo Giovani, escaped injury when a car driven by his father collided with a milk wagon and rolled down a 11 foot embankment at Georgetown Tuesday night. The father sustained compound fracture of the arm and internal injuries, Dr W H Corson attended him.
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Chariie
Carlo Giovani
Georgetown
W. H. Corson
Wickersham Returns as Independent In Alaska Convention
Delegates met for the Republican divisional convention in Juneau to nominate the legislative ticket. It is believed no nomination will be made for congress due to dissatisfaction with Delegate Wickersham. Wickersham will run as an independent, and Charles Sulzer as a Democrat.
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Juneau
Repubican
Congress
Wickersham
Charles Sulzer
Auction to sell Kitchener letter for war fund
A never before published letter from the late Lord Kitchener excoriating slackers is set for auction to benefit a war fund. Also a London report says trench rats, though detested by soldiers, sometimes warn of poison gas approaching trenches.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Judge Lindsey Backs Wilson in Campaign
Denver report says Judge Ben B Lindsey of the juvenile court pledged cordial support to President Wilson in the impending campaign. Capt E L McNoble, six years with Pacific Coast Steamship Co in Seattle, will join Admiral line as marine superintendent with offices in San Francisco.
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Denver
Ben B. Lindsey
Juvenile Court
Wilson
E. L. McNoble
Pacific Coast Steamship Co
Seattle
Admiral Line
San Francisco
House Accepts Huge Army Bill
Washington Aug 9 The House accepted the conferees report on the army bill providing 267 million dollars for national defense on land. It lowers enlistment age to 18 in the regular army and National Guard and allows service of under 21 without parental consent. Senator La Follette urged a bill to bar such enlistments and criminalize misrepresentation by recruiters. The president indicated he would sign the measure.
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Washington
House
National Guard
United States
Regular Army
Guard
la Follette
Northwestern sails to Nome and St Michael with 1000 ton cargo
The Alaska Steamship Co steamer Northwestern will depart Sunday at 9 a m for Nome and St Michael carrying a 1000 ton cargo via the inside passage. It will stop at Southeastern and Southwestern ports before heading to the Far North. The return voyage will go by open sea via Prince William Sound and Cape Flattery.
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Alaska Steamship Co
Northwestern
Nome
St. Michael
Veansel
Prince William Sound
Cape Flattery
Red Cross Training Moves to State Armory
Fort Lawton Red Cross volunteers win Gen. Maurice Thompson approval to continue drills in the Armory New recruits will join a program studying hygiene first aid stretcher drill military drill and rifle practice Mrs Kathlene S Crawford has opened quarters in the Armory as captain
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Fort Lawton Red Cross
Maurice Thompson
Mra
Panic After Transmission Box Blows on New Haven Train
A transmission box blew on a New York New Haven & Hartford train near Van Ness, causing panic among passengers and injuring one woman. Ambulances from three hospitals rushed to the scene. traffic resumed in 15 minutes with the authorities deeming the accident not serious.
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New York
New Haven
Seattle lifeguard Fred P. Tuite valued for life saving record
Fred P. Tuite of Seattle Dry CT and Construction Co. saved C. G. De Merritt at Alki beach on July 30 and is being urged by fellow workers to receive a Carnegie hero medal. He has saved four others, aided in saving one more, and failed in two rescues. A veteran swimmer with army and navy service, he began lifesaving as a boy of 12.
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Berlin
Munich
Coblentz
Brunswick
Osnabruck
Colonne
Aachen
Charlottenburg
Fred P. Tuite
Seattle Dry CT and Construction Co
C. G. de Merritt
Alki Beach
Tuite
Army
Navy
Wake Up Save Money Wake Up Save Money
A promotional notice offers free prescriptions from a government physician for any disease to any store patron. An eye ear nose and throat specialist makes the same offer. The ad emphasizes no limits and questions what more customers could want.
French Airmen Bombard Rothwell in Night Raid
Paris reports French air squadron crossed the Vosges and the Black Forest to bomb Rothwell on the Neckar river. The 200 mile mission took 205 minutes and caused a large fire with intense explosions. Additional successful bombing operations were noted last night.
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Paris
Vosges Mountains
Black Forest
Germany
Rothwell
Neckar
Barber George Moyer Charged Over Marked Ten Dollar Bill
Portland report states barber George Moyer was jailed on charges of taking a marked ten dollar bill from George McTarnahan who was seated in the chair with his face wrapped in towels. McTarnahan had earlier reported losing forty dollars under suspicious circumstances and marked the note before seeking police help. Detective Snow claims the marked bill was found with Moyer.
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Portland
George Moyer
George McTarnahan
McTarnahan
Snow
Moyer
Germans Lose 200 in Allied Air Raid on Metz
By August 9 authorities in The Hague reported about 200 German soldiers killed or injured in the Allied air raid on Metz Lorraine. The raid damaged the station and barracks while the German war office said only some damage was done.
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The
Hague
Metz
Lorraine
War Office
Douglas Family Returns to Grand Theatre With Fresh Vaudeville
The Douglas family reopens at the Grand on Wednesday with brand new songs jokes and dances. Acts include Clerise Grogan Duo Booth and Booth Ted Uhimark Williams and Wilson and Abram and Johns. Special attractions feature Tun Chin troupe and the photoplay The Secret of the Night with Selig-Tribune news pictorial.
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Grand Theatre
Clerise Grogan
Booth
Ted Uhimark
Williams
Wilson
Palace Hip
Rawson
Clare
Abram
Johns
Hubby
Roth Brothers
Jas. F. MacDonald
Tun Chin
Selig-Tribune
Girls to Compete as Bill Posters at Ad Club Show
Four women and four men will post on 12 sheet boards at the Arena Exhibitors' night September 6. The contest will showcase suffragette life themes with cash and silver cups awarded to the top posters.
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Can & Woman
Soldierettes to Perform Minstrel Show at Fort Lawton Benefit
About 30 soldierettes who entertained the camp at Fort Lawton will stage a minstrel show Thursday night at the Cornish School of Music to benefit the settlement school. Mrs Eliza Ferry Leary will appear as an end man.
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Fort Lawton
Cornish School of Music
Eliza Ferry Leary
Protests Rise Over New Transcontinental Freight Tariffs
In Washington state firms protest the soon to take effect freight tariffs. Kelley-Clarke Co. cattle firm is among those arguing the higher rates would demoralize business.
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Washington
Washington State
Kelley-Clarke Co
Villistas Slay Gen Aguilar on Durango Line
Reports say General Aguilar commander of Carranza guard and several soldiers and passengers were killed when Villistas attacked a passenger train at Noria station on the Durango Torreon line. About half of the 20 attackers were killed in the clash. unconfirmed rumors suggested Torreon might be captured.
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EL Paso
Aguilar
Carranza
Villistas
Noria Station
Durango- Torreon
Chihuahua City
Torreon
Booze Detective Beaten at Washington Street Bar
C. W. Olson, special investigator for the dry squad, was assaulted while seeking evidence at a Washington street soft drink bar. D. Crenna was arrested after Olson identified him. City officer C B. Peterson recovered Olson after the attack. Proprietor John Cicoria obtained a restraining order via Attorney George Vanderveer to calm city officials.
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C. W. Olson
Dry Squad
Washington St
D. Crenna
Olson
C. B. Peterson
Ciry Squad
Crenna
John Cicoria
George Vanderveer
Frisco strikers barred from picketing Hofbrau case
A temporary injunction prohibits Culinary Workers Union members from picketing in front of the Hofbrau case in Frisco. Union representatives must appear in court on August 18 to show cause why the injunction should not become permanent.
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San Francisco
Union of Culinary Workers
Hofbrau
Hunt
Brothers Tie Double Wedding In Alaska Promise
F G Marcus of Redwood City and his brother Henry C Marcus of San Francisco fulfilled a lifelong pledge to wed together. Henry C Marcus announced his engagement to Hetty Matthew of Santa Rosa, followed by Frank Marcus to Helen Walker of San Francisco. The double wedding occurred yesterday as they traveled to Alaska with their brides.
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San Francisco
F. G. Marcus
Redwood City
Henry C. Marcus
Alaska
Henry
Hetty Matthew
Santa Rosa
Frank
Helen Walker
Hughes introduces new campaign greeting in Chicago
In Chicago on August 9 a new greeting from Candidate Hughes supplants T R's famed line. Hughes said to newcomers I am glad to see you and now the phrase is spreading publicly.
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Hughes
Chicago
T. R
Here’s Why Her Clothes Cost So Much This Season
Chicago reports explain rising dress costs due to fabric prices and war impact. Fall styles feature long full skirts for party gowns, with materials at 21 dollars per yard and four yards needed, pushing dress goods to about 84 dollars plus trimming. Navy blue dominates, with yoke waists and rear collars noted.
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Chicago
Bismarck Gardens
Fourth Annual Merchants and Manufacturers Industrial Fair Expands
The committee for the fourth annual Industrial fair seeks extra space as Stuart Henry White HQs fill up. Washington products makers clamour for exhibits and windows in empty stores may showcase wares. August 15 is set as industrial preparedness day with speeches by Mayor Gill and Gov. Lister. Families of Company D members bring jellies and magazines to the Armory for shipment to the border.
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Merchants’ and Manufacturers
Stuart-Henry-White
Maden- Washington
Gill
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