Police suspect slow murder of 10 year old Joe in Washington
The 10 year old boy Joe Wilford Johnson found in a dark room at Nora Johnson's home faces maltreatment charges against the woman. Maj. Sylvester calls the case a deliberate plan by the boy's mother a prominent society figure to cause his death. Police guard remains over Joe as detectives scour the Johnson home for clues and link letters to the mother.
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United
Washington
Joe Wilford Johnson
Nora Johnson
Nora
Maj. Sylvester
Joe
Delancey
Juvenile Court
John
Theatres This Week At Major Houses
Several venues announce listings this week including Moore-Dark and Metropolitan circuit shows. Orpheum and Pantages present vaudeville while Grand and Clemmer offer vaudeville and photoplay programs in Melbourne and Louisiana Lou shows.
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Moore
Metropolitan
Louisiana
Lou
Orpheum
Empresas
Pantages - Vaudeville
Grand
Clemmer
Vauwdeville
Melbourne
Colorado Supply Co liquor licenses seized and dumped
In Grand Junction Colorado the Arkansas river saw liquor seized from Colorado Supply Co stores and dumped into the stream as authorities ended the booze run. In Los Angeles fires sparked by children playing Indian burned over 100 acres near Sycamore Park with two fire crews on site overnight until containment.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Arkansas
Colorado Supply Co
Los Angeles
Sycamore Park
The End of the Experiment by Fred L Boalt
The tale follows Bum as he seeks work on the east side of Beco and Madison, facing rejection due to ragged clothes. He depicts his efforts to fit in with “glad rage” and “sad rage,” but ends up drunk and rootless, while a philosopher watches Bum’s fate and concludes the coat does not make the man.
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Kelly
Beco
Avenue
Madison
Second Avenue
Bam
Ram
Bum
Desirable Textile Lot Offers Wide Range of Verdure Patterns
An unusually good lot features excellent designs and well printed colors. Several patterns resemble higher priced lines in regular stock. Verdure motifs appear in browns and blues with subtle shadings similar to French and English varieties. Widths range 32 to 36 inches. Thursday price 25 cents per yard.
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Cheney
Sement
30 Inch Colored Batiste Special 8c Yard
Basement Salesroom offers 30 inch colored batiste at 8 cents per yard and 27 inch white lawns at 10 cents per yard. Sheer firmer striped and barred lawns with cord effects suit waists dresses and underwear. Unusual value for households shopping basement sales.
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Batiste
Seattle Star Subscribers Urged to Report Delivery Issues
Readers urged not to accept substitutions and to call Main 9400 for delivery problems. A separate note reports a hat sale incident in South Bend, and Seattle Commercial Club warns about proposed Kirkland ferry rate increases affecting two manufacturing firms planning sites nearby.
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Seattle Star
Seattle Commercial Club
Kirkland
Dresses for Children in Percale and Gingham Fabrics
Advertises dresses for 6 to 14 year old girls in washable percales and gingham, featuring checks stripes and dots with self and contrasting piping. Priced as a clearance sale at 75 cents. Basemest Saieremm.
Odor dispute era resolves as chickens prevail in Portland
In Portland Municipal Court, after odor expert testimony, Green’s chicken yard was deemed smellier than Rankin’s autos, ending the complaint between E A Rankin and Conrad Green. Meanwhile, a 17 year old pedestrian was injured by an East Queen Anne car on 2nd Ave and taken to Wayside Emergency Hospital with leg bruises.
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Portland
Ore
E. A. Rankin
Conrad Green
Green
Rankin
Municipal Court
Reginald Burrows
Galer
2Nd Av
Thomas
Wayside
Woman Shot by Suitor Dies in San Francisco
Mrs. Helen McAndrews was shot Monday by Nicholas Sopotinos after she refused to abandon her husband and children for New York. Sopotinos then killed himself.
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San Francisco
Helen McAndrews
Nicholas Sopotinos
New York
Sopotinos
Great Northern Plans Ballard Beach Route Construction
Great Northern prepares to install a new line along the Ballard Beach route. Five structures will be erected to house workers on the project.
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Great Northern
Ballard Beach
Hudson Charged with Grand Larceny in Horse Carload Debt
H. L. Clark accuses G. H. Hudson of borrowing $30 to pay a freight bill on a carload of horses and then absconding with the money. Clark claims the carload never existed and Hudson misappropriated the funds.
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G. H. Hudson
H. L. Clark
Clark
Hudson
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ENTY
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Hopkins
Vashon
Capt. McMillan
Kirkland Ferry
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Georgetown
Mise Tai Tanioka
Tokyo
University of Pennsylvania
Board of Foreign Missions
Alaska Steamship Company
Admiral Sampson
Freeman
A. P. Costaloupes
A. P. Spiropoulous
6Th Av
Union St
Atlantic City
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Absecond
Milan
Women’s Union Suits
Omen’s Union
Lisle
Welles
Vuvan Uve
Russia
Progresse Velt
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