Escaped Yanks Vanish After Brush Fire Run
Deserters Robert Glanville and Kenneth Rayhill fled into woods near Fort Lawton while suppressing a brush fire. Guard member Charles Laughlin reports both men vanished behind a tree after dropping gunny sacks and escaping into heavy cover.
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Fort Lawton
Robert BE. Glanville
Kenneth Rayhill
Glanville
Rayhill
Seattle
Playbill
Missoula
Mont
Adjutant General
Karl Luts
Charles D. Laughlin
Laughlin
Lutz
Canadian Expeditionary Forces
United States Army
Family Party Ends in Rock Throwing Battle
A peaceful Sunday gathering at Alex Matson's home escalated into a rock throwing fight over geese. Matson says Nick Hill, his wife, Carleon, and their spouses joined in, leaving minor bruises and leading Matson to press assault charges.
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Alex Matson
Nick Hill
Matson
Hill
Carleon
Army Truck Train May Come Up Here
Army motor truck train crossing the continent to San Francisco may visit Seattle as local advertising efforts by the Chamber of Commerce and Col. O W Farr recruit office lead to a stopover. The convoy includes more than 60 trucks currently in Wyoming.
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Army
San Francisco
Seattle
Chamber of Commer
Col. O. W. T. Farr
Army Recruiting Office
Wyoming
San Francisco writer's wife linked to Pittsfield murder case
Mrs Gladys Courvesier Dunn, serving a year in Pittsfield for killing her 3 year old son after a jealous quarrel with her husband, J Allan Dunn of San Francisco. She is connected to prominent art and literary circles through her father and former marriages.
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Gladys Courvesier Dunn
Pittsfield
J. Allan Dunn
San Francisco
Harry Lafler
TAHAN'S DAUGHTER
A reflective reminiscence on Native American women, honoring their role in family life and warrior courage. The narrator recalls Apaches in New Mexico, respect for mothers and daughters, songs of encouragement for defenders, and encounters with native hospitality and chivalry.
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Warmeon
Sho
Ula
New Mexico
The Ideal Woman and Lydia E Pinkham’s Remedy
The article cites Napoleon on the ideal woman as one in middle age in good health. It promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for headaches backaches sleeplessness and the blues, claiming forty five years of use restoring women's health.
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Owl Drug Com- Drug Company
Packanes
Nate O
Napoleon
Lydia E. Pinkham
Buy Coal Now Is Inspector Plea
A serious coal shortage may result this winter as production this year has been below normal, according to James Bagley state mine inspector. He warns that prices may rise and urges all who can to buy their winter coal now.
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James Bagley
Renton Fill Plan Gets Indorsement
The plan to fill a 40 acre Lake Washington front tract north of Renton won endorsement from the Renton city council on Tuesday. A Chamber of Commerce group urged forming an improvement district to boost Renton property values for commercial use.
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Lake Washington Front
Renton
Chamber of Commerce
Col Mears to Arrive in Seattle Ahead of Alaska Visit
Col Frederick Mears newly appointed chairman of the Alaskan Railroad commission will reach Seattle Wednesday night from the East with his wife and party aboard the Milwaukee. He recently returned from overseas and will depart Thursday on the Alameda for Alaska accompanied by Assistant Secretary of the Interior John W. Hallowell.
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Frederick Mears
Alaskan Railroad Commission
Seattle
Milwaukee Railroad
Col. Mears
Alameda
Alaska
Secretary of the Interior
John W. Hallowell
Heroin Found Hidden in Candy Sent to Writer in L. A.
San Francisco to J. G. James, a scenario writer, carried 1500 dollars worth of heroin hidden in the middle layer of a chocolate box. The box was delivered to the wrong recipient, leading to James's arrest for drug law violations. The seizure occurred in Los Angeles on August 13.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
J. G. James
James
Pleads Guilty to Burglary Charge
Tony Callao also known as Francisco Antonio Callas pleaded guilty to second degree burglary in the Ty Sugal residence at 210 Fourth Ave. 8. before Judge Mitchell Gilliam and was sentenced to one to 15 years in Monroe Reformatory.
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Tony Callao
Francisco Antonio Callas
Ty Sugal
Fourth Ave
Gilty
Mitchell Gilliam
Monroe Reformatory
Sergt. W. H. Pike Returns to Seattle Home
Sergeant Wendell H. Pike son of Mr and Mrs A G Pike 4514 18th Ave N E is back in Seattle after 21 months overseas service. In his final four months in France he attended the French university at Caen.【This paraphrase matches the readable facts: name, relation, address, service duration, location Caen.】
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Wendell H. Pike
Mra
A. G. Pike
18Th Ave. N. KE
Sergeant Pike
France
Caen
Rotary Speaker Fred Everett Addresses Average Man of Affairs
Fred Everett vice president of the Rotary club spoke at a Wednesday noon luncheon in the Masonie club on what Rotary will do for the average man of affairs.
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Fred Everett
Rotary Club
Masonie Club
Rotary
Renton Delivers Petition for Free Lake Port
A Renton club delegation presented a petition to port commissioners on Tuesday urging the creation of a free port on the lake front at Renton.
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Renton Club
Port Commissioners
Lake Front
Renton
Walker Cleared of Serious Charge
Clarence Walker a truck driver connected to the death of Herman Fergan head porter at the Frye hotel near Fort Lawton is believed by police to face at most a drunk driving charge. An autopsy cites internal hemorrhage from work as the cause of Fergan's death. Walker is free on $100 bond.
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Clarence Walker
Herman Fergan
Frye Hotel
Fort Lawton
C. C. Tiffin
Fergan
Walker
Liberty
Naval Buildings on Campus to Be Sold
Bids to buy the naval training station buildings at the university, built during the war for 250000 dollars, will be opened by Dean Herbert T. Condon on Friday August 15. Twenty five structures may be sold individually, in lots, or as a whole based on bids.
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Naval Training Station
University
Herbert T. Condon
Kent's Fire Siren Has a Loud Voice
Kent adopts a new fire siren to replace the old fire bell. Residents say the bell could not be heard over interurban and train bells. The siren is claimed to be audible for 11 miles in normal weather and nine miles with a headwind.
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Kent
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