Jennie the Elephant Set for 215th Birthday Celebration
A Ringling Brothers elephant named Jennie, aged about 215, will celebrate with a white cake and 213 candles. She belongs to the Ringlings and has a long show history from London to Rockford to Chicago, famed for gentleness and strength despite age.
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Aureday
Jennie
Beattle
Abe
Ringling Brothers
Jooale
Doc Kealey
London
Iiverpool
Jerry Foes
Kveneth Howes
United States
Aeveries
Rockford
Ringlings
Charles Andress
Chicago
Andress
Elephant
Polly of the Circle Alhambra and New Vaudeville Review
Moore’s Polly of the Circle Alhambra plus The Witching Hour and Ship Ahoy headline a Seattle Anita the Singing Girl and Orpheum vaudeville lineup at Star Pantages Lois New Vaudeville the Polly of the Chews and The Circus tale drawaudiences. The review lauds Polly’s moral focus, critique of fanatical religion, and Ferris Hartman acts while noting strong crowds and general satisfaction with the program.
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Alhambra
Seattle
Anita
Girl” & Orpheum
Pantages
Polly
Moore
Aiden
Frason
Perbage
Laon
Stolen Cadillac Baffles City Officials
Josiah Collins, director of ceremonies at the exposition, reported a Cadillac owned by Col Mina Collins stolen last night from the street in front of the Col tina residence at 1206 University. Collins planned to drive to the waterfront to meet friends arriving by boat. The car vanished as Mrs. Collina left the house, though it had been in the street moments before.
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Josiah Col Mina
Col Tina
University
Mra
Collins
At & O'Clock
Thirsty thieves caught by guards at exposition grounds
J A Whitney and T W Went electricians on the exposition grounds were arrested for stealing beer from the Agricultural building basement. Whitney was caught in the act by guards and implicated West and others. Authorities hold the men at the exposition grounds amid claims the theft had continued for some time and involved over a dollar worth of beer.
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J. A. Whitney
T. W
Clauston Brewing Company
Whitney
West
Exposition Ground
Ima
Boeing Seattle car crash injures few aboard
A Boeing Seattle automobile crashed into a vegetarian restaurant on Union St between Second and Third Aves in Seattle. The runaway vehicle carried 15 passengers. three women escaped with minor injuries, and no one was seriously hurt. Owner James Hagoff operated the car from his stand on Piret Ave.
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Union St
Second
Third Ave
Tolon At
James Hagoff
Piret Av
Vancouver bar owner accused of assault in court
Theodore Dahler, a bartender, sues Rees Heycock of 7 W Washington St for $1,000 in the superior court claiming Heycock enticed him into the Vancouver saloon and beat him August 14. The case alleges intentional harm and seeks damages.
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Rees Heycock
Vancouver
Washington St
Theodore Dahler
Dehler
Meycock
August Blanket Sale Brings Big Discounts In Seattle
Seattle shoppers await the midsummer sale featuring St Marys blankets and various wool and cotton options. The event promises low prices on Indian and Oregon wool blankets, Buckland and Ohio fleece blankets, and more, with special buys and stock adjustments emphasized.
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Seattle
St. Mary's
St. Mary’s Mills
ST. Mary's Gaxony
Oregon
ST. Mar
Ohio
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Ater
Arthur Seward
Loughney & Lonelowe
People's Savings
Hank
Sam Tos
Ringling Circus
Polly of the
Cir
Frere Hartman
Col Sith
Lapseson
Parniels
Ferris Hartman Company
Ieee Ie
Ieee
Treen Shoe Co
Sheena Aee
Val
Aiko
Josiah Collins
Dreamland
Bode Millanery CO
Fenple's Hank Hids
Tars Sample Shoe Co
Ake Elevator
E. W. Way
Bailey
Waterfront
Splendid
Knabe
Everett
Willard
Johnston
Mehlin
Sella
Schubert
Wheelock
Seattle's Musical
Ellers Music
Third and University
Johnston CO
Sea Island
Buckland
YALE
T. Mary's
Saxony
Axmington Hogs
Wehat Avawat Ina
Hlnck
Tan
Russia
Washington
Estone
Guniversity
Fisher
Suede
Dorothy Dodd
Birmingham
Beattie
C. D. Hillman
Pacific Coast
Puget Sound
Green Lake
Hillman City
Ed. J. Wolff Co
Third and Pike
Fourth Ave
Pike and
Union
Dow
Stiko- Inc
Ecru
Ladt Howe
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