Loot From Sunken Princess Sophia Safe Revealed
In Juneau Alaska Receiver Harold Post opened the safe of the sunken Princess Sophia. Divers recovered gold dust worth four thousand dollars a treasure box with twenty pounds of gold dust. The rest was cash and negotiable bonds. Jewelry and passenger property also found.
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Juneau
Alaska
Harold Post
Deep Sea Salvage Company
Murray
Seattle
Salvage Company
Jennings
Polish-Russian Front Shifts Amid Armistice Talks Reported
Reports from Berlin dated August 26 describe ongoing Polish offensives against Russian forces and a tentative Russo-Polish frontier. Bolshevik delegates resist changes to armistice terms while Red troops reportedly cross into East Prussia and surround remaining Russian units.
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Poland
Prussia
Berlin
United Press
Nie
Warsaw
Miava
Race on among apeman in Congo described by missionary
Dr Leonard J Vanderberg states a race of ape men in the Congo is on the move amid claims of lying, stealing and polygamy being unknown. The description paints the group as near missing links in a sensational travelogue tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leonard J. Vanderberg
Congo
Woman Hit by Car Loses Jewels At Frye Hotel Crossing
Seattle police search for an unidentified woman who backed into Mrs. H. M. Middagh outside the Frye hotel as she crossed Second ave and Spring st. A ring and two pearl earrings were torn from her bag in the collision. The driver gave a fictitious name I. Smith and claimed a false address. Witnesses report the license number.
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Seattle
H. M. Middagh
Frye Hotel
Second Ave
Spring St
Freight Rate Increase Lifts Coal Prices in Region
Twenty five cents per ton added to Washington coal and Utah coal up by 1.50 dollars under new freight rates effective today. Harold N. Moore, secretary of the Seattle Retail Merchants' Association, cites record monthly coal sales as context. Some artists know little about a work of art as they do about the art of work.
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Washington
Utah
Harold N
Seattle
Yel Merchants’ Association
Moore
Night float to Fletcher Bay hosts Moonlight dance party
A 70 foot Pike street steamer named Argo departs for Fletcher's Bay carrying a Moonlight dance party under the Young Men's Hebrew Association. West Sidewall California and Admiral Way West Seattle organize a King County Women’s Republican club candidates ball inviting all G O candidates.
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Pike St
Argo
Fletcher's Bay
Oung Men's Hebrew Association
West Sidewall
California
Admiral Way Weat
Seattle
King County Women's Republican Club
G. Oo
Blaine to Speak on Irrigation at Club Rooms
Friday event at Neon-Masonic club rooms in Arcade building features F F Blaine discussing an irrigation congress. George e Cielian of Honolulu Chamber of Commerce will present on behalf of his group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Club
F. F. Blaine
Georgee Cielian
Honoa
Racing Pigeon Identified in Washington Search
J F Fordon of the Seattle Racing Pigeon club identified a exhausted carrier pigeon found by Cyrus T Gates of Deming Wash as belonging to Joe Bush of Van Aasselt station. The bird had been in a race from Salem Oregon about 186 airline miles to Seattle with 62 birds starting the race. Forty five to fifty reached the destination five hours later and the pigeon likely returned toward home or was lost in the forest fire smoke.
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J. F. Fordon
Seattle Racing Pigeon Club
Nooknack River
Cyrus T. Gates
Deming, Wash
Joe Bush
van Aasselt Station
Forton
Salem
Ore
Seattle
Rce
Tam
Rush
Fordon
Woman Hit by Car May Die in City Hospital
Mrs Katie Kalk 37 of 118 16th Ave lies in critical condition at City hospital after being struck by a Mt Faker Street car on Jackson Ave between 16th and 16th Aves Wednesday around 5 PM. She suffered a fractured skull leg and hand with neck and shoulder bruises. A second car hit her as she stepped from a street car. Police were not yet notified by the street railway department as of Thursday night.
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Mr. Skidder
Myrtle Delorme
Miss Leeson
Billy Jackson
Miss Longnecker
Gamma
Billy
Clara
Katie Kalk
16Th Ave
City Hospital
Mt Faker
Jackson At
Ayes
Kalk
Withensen
Mra. Kalk
It Wasn't Much of Downfall but a Tiny Rainfall
Government weather bureau measurements today show yesterday's ruin amounted to precisely 1-100 of 1 per cent of 1 inch. The minimal fall barely drooped straw hats, affected a few umbrellas, and caused minor issues for Henrys teetering on corners.
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Government Weather Bureau
Four year old mishears cook speaking broken English
Pilizabeth, aged four, tells her father that the new cook speaks broken English and cannot talk plainly, a child's innocent misinterpretation of language. The quote captures a domestic moment highlighting language and communication gaps in a family setting.
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Pilizabeth
Brother of Cork Lord Mayor MacSweeney speaks on hunger
Peter MacSweeney, in New York a decade, recalls his brother Terence MacSweeney near death from a hunger strike in Brixton prison. He denounces British policy as murder and says Irish freedom is the world’s focus. Davan Duffy appeals to France for intervention.
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New York
Kis
Terry
Peter MacSweeney
Terence MacSweeney
Cork
Brixton
Peter
Ireland
Sinn Fein
Paris
Davan Duffy
Paria
Millerand
France
18 Year Old Negro Boy Lynched Near Graham
Burlington, N C August 26 An 18 year old black youth named John Jeffries was lynched near Graham late yesterday afternoon for an alleged assault on Mary Lee Rudd, a white girl aged one year. Authorities reported the mob action occurred after the incident.
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Burlington
N. C
John Jeffries
Graham
Mary Lee Rudd
Fire damages rooming house on 1eth Ave and W 67th
A fire at EB Larsen's rooming house at 1eth Ave NW and W 67th St caused $500 damage when a burning flue collapsed Wednesday night. Firefighters arrived promptly and contained the blaze to the structure.
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EB. Larsen
N. W
W. 67Th Et
Corduroy Room Robes and Breakfast Coats
The catalog lists Corduroy Room Robes and Breakfast Coats for travelers and home wear. Descriptions include a Brocade Corduroy Room Robe with one-button fastening, fur collar, wide cuff, novelty lining priced at 18.50. a rose or Copenhagen version with contrasting lining at 18.50. and a wide-ware Breakfast Coat with corded flounces, sailor collar, and wide cuffs in Rose Copenhagen and Pansy priced at 17.50.
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Rose
Copenhagen
Pansy
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Allenstein
Kotno
Pursau
Carl D. Groat
Minsk
O. Henry
Minx Leeson
Mins Leeson
Mr. Hoover
Mr. Evans
Miss Longmecker
Cassiopeia
Evana
Coney Sunday
Debonair
Arepa
Mia Parker
H—L
Whiisen
Dellevue Hospital
No. 49
East Street
William Jackson
Macsweeney
M’sweeney
Harold D. Jacobs
Frederick & Nelson
Fifth Avenue
Pine Street
Rialto
Children’s Rialto Union Suits
Misses’ Rialto Union
Rialto Union
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