Woman Sues Doctor for Breach of Promise in 1914 Engagement
Miss Mattie E. Baker, 32, former Prank Waterhouse bookkeeper, files for $40,000 against Dr N Maxey Seattle physician. She alleges Maxey promised marriage on November 15 1914 and postponed repeatedly then repudiated vows August 2. An art instructor Miss Maude Kearns is named as the other woman.
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Mattie BE. Baker
Prank Waterhouse Company
N. Maxey
Seattle
Miss Baker
Trousseau
Maxey
Dr. Maxey
Woman Harris Murder Trial Breaks Amid Hysteria Scene
In Oakland on August 26 the preliminary examination of Mrs. Virginia Clark, accused of murdering her husband Chester Clark, halted as she fainted during the photo introduction. The courtroom drew a large crowd and resumed after the outburst, with a second fainting delaying further proceedings until tomorrow.
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Oakland
Cal
Virginia Clark
Chester Clark
Samuels Day
Clark
Whales Seen Off Alki Point Near Stockade Hotel
A school of thirty 15 to 25 foot Bruco-like whales surfaced near Alki Point by the Stockade hotel yesterday afternoon. Dr. Miracle said the creatures swam in a close, frolicking pattern, drawing crowds as they moved toward Tacoma. Whales have not been seen off Alki Point for years.
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Stockade Hotel
Miracle
Frarer
Tacoma
Dr. Miracle
Death note warning over Cork lord mayor hunger strike
Mary MacSweeney sister of Corks lord mayor warns Prime Minister Lloyd George in Lucerne that he will be held responsible if Terence MacSweeney dies in Brixton prison from a hunger strike. King George replies appealing for clemency while demonstrations erupt outside the prison.
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Mary MacSweeney
Sweeney
Cork
Lloyd- Cheorge
Lucerne
Home Office
Helmeond Howard
John Redmond
King George
Mac Sweeney
Peor
Brixton
Terence Mac Sweeney
England
Ireland
MacSweeney
L Lloyd. George
Redmond Howard
Redmond
Soviet reply to note on Polish armistice terms discussed
The article describes Soviet objections to an Anglo Italian ultimatum over Poland and a civil militia of workers. It notes Russia would withdraw objectionable conditions to seek peace, while reproving the Entente for its tone and signaling talks with Poland, with Tchitcherin signing the reply and Kamanoff meeting Labor leaders.
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Webb Miller Landon
Poland
Great Britain
Italy
Russia
Tchitcherin
Arthur Balfour
RED
Lloyd George and Giolitti
Lucerne
Kamanoff
London
Adamson
Parliamentary Labor Committee
Skylight Room vignette of Mrs Parker and room hopes
An excerpt describes Mrs Parker’s rooming parlors with a double set of parlors on each floor and a skylight room. A prospective tenant endures tests by Parker and her maid Clara, meeting Mr Skidder and Miss Leeson as they tour the cramped spaces and observe lambrequins.
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Nevermore
Clara
Miss Leeson
Hetty
Mr. Skidder
Mrs. Parker
Misa Leeson
Anna Held
Campaign halt for Governor candidate after tree fall injury
Senator George Lamping, the gubernatorial candidate, suffered serious injuries when a tree fell on his car en route to Aberdeen for a campaign speech. Doctors report he may be bedridden over a week and have barred campaigning until his condition improves.
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George Lamping
Aberdeen
Cadore and Miller Lead Wrist in Philadelphia and Cincinnati
Fragmentary sports note lists Cadore and Miller at Philadelphia and Vaughn Bailey and O'Farrell at Cincinnati with unclear events. The text references CRICABO and WOON but lacks complete details on teams, scores, dates, or outcomes.
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Cricabo
Cadore
Miller
Vaughn, Bailey and O'Farrell
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Ruth Gets 44th But Yanks Lose
The White Sox crushed the Yankees 16 to 4 in New York opening a series, pushing Chicago three and a half games ahead of Cleveland and four clear of New York. Ruth hit his 44th home run into the right field bleachers in the first inning, scoring Pipp. Ed Colling stole home in the eighth as Chicago piled up 17 hits to New York's 10.
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Huggins
Mogridge
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McGraw
Dick Kerr
Gleason
Sox
Ed Colling
Portland arrests on white slave conspiracy charge
Very latest Portland report shows Angeli Ralph Edward Canole and Mayme Featherstore Kauser sent back to U S authorities after complaints sworn on conspiracy to violate the white slave law. Deputy U S District Attorney Connolly cited no further details in Seattle. Poland answers U S note on Bolshevik war frontier.
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Portland
Ore
Angeli
Ralph Edward Canole
Mayme Featherstore Kauser
United States
Connolly
Seattle
Widow Sues for 30000 in Car Death Case
Mary Schwallen, widow of Joseph Schwallen, sues for 30000 after his death from an automobile collision in December 1917. Frank Roy, driver for W P Fuller & Co, and Fuller & Co are named co defendants in the suit filed on Wednesday.
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Mary Schwallen
Joseph Schwallen
Frank Roy
W. PB. Fuller & Co
Schwallen
Roy and Fuller & Co
Radical Demos Lead in Montana Primary Returns
Butte Montana August 26 with about two thirds of 1552 precincts reporting indications show the radical wing of the Democratic party carried most of the state ticket in Tuesday's primaries except for a western district congressman.
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Radical Demos
Montana
Butte
Mont
Democratic Party
The Seattle letter that broke a brother’s silence
Ernest Farmer, a Burke building solicitor, ignores frequent Texas family letters until a Christmas package finally moves him to write. After years of unopened mail and returned gifts, he pens a public appeal via The Star to locate the missing man and reconnect a sister and elderly parents with hope.
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Uncle Sam
Burke Building
Texas
Ernest
Ernest Farmer
Farmer
Christendom
Seattle
Star
Italy seeks trade with Russia in reply to U S note
In Lugano a dispatch says Italy’s ambassador handed Colby a verbal reply stressing Russia’s commercial potential and the need to resume relations. Polish forces were reported entering Grodno, a Bolshevik main HQ in Russian territory, as the Russian fourth army sought escape near Chorzele on the eastern Prussian frontier.
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U.S
Russia
Paris
Agence Radio
Lugano
Washington
Colby
Poland
Grodno
Matin
Warsaw
Chorzele
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