Primaries near as voters show mixed enthusiasm
Three weeks remain to the primaries as candidates ramp up in King County and across Washington. Voters increasingly ignore politics while campaigns heat up with four Republican contenders and a growing Progressive lineup seeking nominations for senator and other offices.
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Ole Hanson
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al Lundin
Frank E. Green
Fred C. Brown
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Horr
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Superior Court
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Renton
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Macy Price Cut Offer for Health Treatment
An advertisement declares a price cut by Or Macy promising fifty cents saved per dollar on beet treatment. It invites readers to consult any physician or practitioner for examination at no charge, then switch to Macy for treatment with a dollar earned by the provider.
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Electra-Vita
Bay
Sam Kats
Sam. Katz
Michigan Av
Chicago
III
The Human Slaughter House War Scene Reimagined
A vivid battlefield scene depicts German soldiers advancing through a green wood. Machines and rifles wreak havoc as courage clashes with mechanized slaughter, leaving youth and heroism to fade beneath relentless metal. The narrator recalls a subaltern’s charge and the grim horror of war.
Russian Cavalry Crosses Frontiers in Early War Skirmishes
Russian cavalry operated several miles inside the German and Austrian frontiers today. Skirmishes occurred with heavy losses on both sides. Russian mobilization was nearly complete as of August 18 in St. Petersburg.
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Petersburg
The Violin of M'Sieur at Colonial Theatre
The Colonial features The Violin of M Sier a two part Vitagraph drama with Clara Kimball Young showing amid other listed attractions. Also highlighted are Hearst Selig News Pictorial items and a variety of short features across several theatres with a mix of dramas comedies and newsreels.
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Colonial Theatre
M'Sieur
Vitagraph
Clara Kimball Young
New York
Chicago
Private Bunny
John Bunny
M’sieur
Vitaraph
Billy
A. M. Anderson
Hearst-Selig News
Theaters Advertise Weekly at Pleasant Hour and Home Until Wednesday
Listings show three part drama Allah 38311 All at Sea at Home Until Wednesday. Pleasant Hour until Wednesday presents The Two Gun Man James Lee's Wife Mike and Jake Going Fishing. Thousands read STAR WANT ADS nightly seeking profit.
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Alhambra
White Water
Animated Weekly
James Lee
Mike
Jake
Star Want
Chinese fear Japanese move to colonize Kiauchau area
Shanghai reports Chinese concern over Japanese and German tensions at Kiauchau. The fear is that Japanese forces controlling the Shantung coast could expand influence across Manchuria and northeastern China, aiming to establish governance and a subject race under Japanese rule.
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Shanghai
Kiauchau
Shantung
China
Germany
Manchuria
Japan asks China to push peace and evacuate Kiaochau
Shanghai Aug 18 Japan formally requested the Peking government to persuade Germany to evacuate Kiaochau peacefully and transfer the territory to China.
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Japan
China
Shanghai
Pekin
Germany
Kiaochau
Italy Afraid to Enter War in European Crisis
London August 18 It was believed Italy would soon join the war though the government fears anti militarist threats and a revolution if neutrality ends. Diplomatic opinion holds the international danger of staying out may outweigh domestic risk if Italy acts.
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JR Eubaltern
Lilliencron
London
Italy
Police Move Targets German Residents in Britain
London reports that as of today phones in German residences and businesses were disconnected by government order. Germans remaining in the country were ordered to report their movements to police, while public buildings were guarded and the post office protected by wire netting against bomb threats.
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London
Great Britain
Peek-a-boo waist May appear pert in Memphis note
A fragment from the Memphis Commercial-Appeal hints at fashion critique describing a peek-a-boo waist and a man in a hard-boiled shirt, suggesting a light cultural observation from the era.
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