I long for Silversand Lake and a life of luxury
Dorothy writes in a chatty Missive from Bentaville noting her desire to marry well amid flirtations with Jimmie Rows and Tom Benedict. She recalls towns, hotels, and shopping, contemplates travel to Silver Sand Lake, and plans a weekend trip with friends while avoiding Jimmie and Captain Wallis. Tom returns to New York in refined dress, prompting envy and vanity.
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Joan
Jimmie Rows
Dike
Walker
la Belle Paris
New York
Main St
Randy Lewis
Hare
Tom Benedict
Commodore
Tom
Chicago
Bentsville
Silversand Lake
Nina Benedict
Woman Aids Thief In Seattle Grocery Heist
Seattle police seek a thief aided by a woman and dressed in a soldier’s uniform who entered Mrs. H. Ota’s grocery at 629 11th Ave and stole a large quantity of tobacco. The woman distracted the proprietress while the thief helped himself and left with groceries still unpaid.
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Seattle
H. Ota
11Th Ave
Hen Found Setting on Moonshine Still
Spokane police raided Steve Dahlen's chicken house and found a hen setting over a four gallon moonshine still. Dahlen paid a $150 fine in court for his moonshine operation.
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Spokane
Steve Dahlen
Dahlen
Peter Interrogates a Millionaire for Money Tips
Peter Palmer visits Mr. Ramsey, the rich man, on his lawn to learn how to make money. Ramsey shrugs it off saying hard work and staying private, noting he never married. Peter leaves with a hopeful remark and fades away. Helen Carpenter Moore.
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Papa
Peter
Mr. Ramsey
Rameey
Mr. Rameey
Peter Palmer
Millonaire
Mr. Ramacy
Helen Carpenter Moore
Teachers Fear High Room Rates Near Seattle Schools
Seattle teachers arriving to begin duties report room rates from eight to twelve dollars a week in the residential district seem steep. The school board housing bureau faces a challenge placing teachers near their future schools while many cannot afford full room and board. A board member appeals to local residents to show generosity.
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Seattle
Housing Bureau of the School Board
Pioneer Woman Elizabeth Teeh Dies on Redmond Homestead
Elizabeth Teeh 77 pioneer of Washington died at the family home near Redmond after a lingering illness. Born in Ireland 1861 she came to the U S and lived in Dilinola and New York before moving to the Northwest in 1875 with her husband Adam Teeh. Survived by husband five daughters and one son Funeral at Redmond Methodist Church Wednesday at 2 30 p m.
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Elizabeth Teeh
Washington
Redmond
Ireland
Dilinola
New York
Northwest
Adam Tesh
Dp, M. Dingwall
John Sullivan
Seattle
George Davin
Edith
Agnes Teeh
Robert Toh
Methodist Church
Insurance Leader to Speak at Seattle Dinner
Jonathan K. Vowdell of Baltimore Md president of the National Association of Life Underwriters will arrive in Seattle Tuesday night and be guest of honor at a 6 pm Wednesday dinner at the Masonic club Arcade building hosted by the Puget Sound Underwriters association all insurance men invited to attend.
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Jonathan K. Vowdell
Baltmore
National Association of Life Underwriters
Seattle
Tueday
Masonic Club
Arcade Building
Puget Sound Underwriters’ Association
Cuckoo Returns Rousing Old Orchard Tale
In Thornton Burgess’s Old Orchard tale, Peter and Kitty discuss Cuckoo’s bad name, defend the bird, and watch the Yellow billed Cuckoo feed on tent caterpillars near a hairy nest, revealing a quiet, observant moment before the story shifts.
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Peter
Cuckoo
Kitty the Catbird
Sally
Kitty
Sally Sly
Farmer Brown
Woman 70 with five degrees seeks another at Wisconsin
Mrs. Ellen A. Copp, 70, a grandmother and UW summer session graduate, pursues eugenics studies toward a doctor of philosophy. Already holding five degrees, she has authored books and was among early coeds at Pennsylvania State College. She has taught in Evansville and earned a bachelor of laws in 1910 at Wisconsin.
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Madison
Wis
United Press
University of Wisconsin
Ellen A. Copp
Evansville
Badger University
Wisconsin
Copp
Hillsdale College
Belgians Honor Martyrs Memory in Dia de Remembrance
In Dinant Belgium five years after German killings 600 residents are commemorated. Paul Deschanel delivers praise for Belgium’s role inWorld peace Cardinal Mercier offers prayers. The town plans annual ceremonies at the martyr wall.
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Dinant
Belgium
United Press
Paul Deschanel
Climber of Deputies
Walle
Cardinal Mercier
Eskimo woman Marie Smith Ketchtee dies in Montana
Marie Smith Ketchtee an Eskimo girl died alone in a county hospital in Butte Montana after telling federal authorities her story of marriage to Kost a Greek man who lured her from Alaska to Seattle and Butte. Her tale led to the arrest and deportation of Peter Rost on a statutory charge.
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Butte
Mont
Alaska
Marie Smith Ketchtee
Marie
Peter Rost
Rost
Arctic Circle
Kost
North
Seattle
County approves road bonds sale for MacDougall project
County commissioners sold 140000 dollars of five year bonds to John BE Price and Co to fund the MacDougall and Donahue road project. The bonds carry 5 percent interest and finance completion of the road work.
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John BE. Price & Co
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Peplomasincest
Sinier Gal
Zoe Bockle
Jimmie
Wallis
Lively Beach
Dorothy
P. S
Viragos
Union
Lana
United Painless
Elliott
Thornton W. Burgess
T. W. Hurgess
Cuchooo
Aunt Grace
Brother bin
France
Jim Lansbury
Fleet Housing Committee
Lansbury
Commercial
Frederick & Nelson
Fifth Avenue
Pine Street
Sixth Avenue
Boldt’s
Uptown
3D Ave
24 Ave
Ohio
Dentists University
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