Furth Bankers Could Face Delayed Trial After Supreme Court
If the supreme court reverses Jacob Furth's conviction in the Schricker bank failure case, the Seattle banker and several bank officials may avoid immediate trial. W Ankeny cashier, E W An president, and Daniel Kelie attorney and director of Seattle National Bank are likely to be held in abeyance until the court rules, delaying proceedings until late winter or January if the ruling sustains the conviction.
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Supreme Court
Jacob Furth
Seattle
Con
Schricker Bank
Laer
W. Ankeny
E. W
Daniel Kelie
Se. National Bank
Furth
Sucoort
Government Seizes Stramoline Under Pure Food Act
Washington reports a first enforcement under the amended Pure Food and Drugs Act. A patent medicine branded Stramoline was seized in Denver and destroyed for being falsely marketed for consumption. The act makes false interstate advertising an offense.
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Washington
Denver
What’s Here What’s Here Dream Until Saturday Night
A listed lineup of films and travel features showing at Melbourne theaters through Thursday to Sunday. Includes two reel dramas such as The Water Rat and Branded for Life plus comedies like Her Wooden Leg and On the Dumb Walter and serials in Pathe and Kalem.
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Grand Canyon of
New York
Walter
Life
Gaumont Weekly
Theatres This Week Show Polar Expedition In Films
The program lists Moore Scott Polar Expedition and a mix of vaudeville and photoplay attractions across venues including Metropolitan Dark Seattle Dark Orpheum Emprese Pantages Clemmer Melbourne Alhambra with sequential film and stage offerings.
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Moore
Metropolitan
Seattle
Fire rescuer crawls to save doctor’s burned child
Artesia New Mexico August 27 a lineman named C H Hudson crawled face down through a burning room three times to rescue the 3 year old son of Dr A L Taylor during a house fire. A hose protected him from the heat as he returned the child from a closet but the baby died shortly after being removed.
Menace of the Movies and Upcoming Film Features
The September American magazine discusses motion picture growth and its impact on big theaters, noting 20 million potential viewers and a rise in drama houses. The Class A program at Ambrosia showcases The Life of Dante with notable dissolves, plus The Phantom Crook's History and The Beaten Path at the Alhambra with stories of rich entanglements and sacrifice.
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Walter Prichard Eaton
Motion Picture Proprietors of America
Eaton
Actor Crane Wilbur Reveals Duplex Film Technique
The Pathé Frères star discusses filming with his on screen double in duplex exposure. He explains two distinct roles in one scene, needing 18 costume and face changes, and performing within half the usual space to keep the two parts separate.
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Crane Wilbur
Pathe Freres
Wilbur
Jekyll and Hyde
King's Fate Foretold by Cards in Bulgaria Tale
Paris dispatch recalls a 1903 reading for Prince Ferdinand by M Mancini of the French legation at Sofia. The card reading predicted a meteoric rise in 1912 and blank years after, with disaster in 1913, though Mancini later admitted fear of revealing the prophecy.
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Paris
Bulgaria
Ferdinand
M. Mancini
Sofia
Eckstein Elected to Succeed Judge McDonald at School Board
Nathan Eckstein vice president of the Schwabacher company was yesterday elected by the school board to succeed Judge F A McDonald. He will formally accept this place at today’s meeting and may seek the full three year term in December. Modern rooms at Virginus Hotel offer transient and weekly rates.
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Nathan Eckstein
Schwabacher Company
F. A. McDonald
Eckstein
Commercial Club Demands Probe of Steamboat Inspectors
The Commercial Club adopted resolutions condemning U S steamboat inspectors for a secret investigation of the California wreck, calling for a local service probe. A club representative may go to Washington to urge Congress to guard Alaska channels adequately.
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Commercial Club
United States
State of
California
Washington
Congress
Alaska
Reporter Held by Mexican Rebels Near Black Butte
Bernard Levy a San Francisco newspaper man is held by Mexican rebel troops near Black Butte 30 miles south of the border on suspicion of being a federal spy J O Baker an El Centro newspaper man with Levy escaped and carried the news to Calexico where American cowboys organize to go to Levy s rescue
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United Presse
EL Centra
Cal
Bernard Levy
San Francisco
Black Butte
International Boundary
J. O. Baker
el Centro
Levy
Calexico
Swedish Business Men's club to Initiate Eighteen Live Wire Members
The regular monthly meeting of the Swedish Business Men's club will be at the Swedish club hall on Tuesday evening. Eighteen new members will be initiated into the Live Wire degree, said to turn applicants into boosters for the club and Seattle.
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Seattle
Victoria Carries Supplies to Nome
The steamship Victoria of the Alaska Steamship company sailed Tuesday night for Nome and St. Michael on its fourth voyage of the year. It carried a large winter supply shipment including potatoes eggs bacon ham apples and canned goods.
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North
Victoria
Alaska Steamship Company
Nome
St. Michael
Moving Picture Men Fight Forest Fire Near Santa Monica
Ten square miles of forest land are already devastated as about a hundred Indians and cowmen employed by a motion picture concern battle a forest fire in Topanga canyon, fifteen miles north of Santa Monica, California.
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Los Angeles
Topanga Canyon
Santa Monica
Lost articles usually found by Star want ads
In the Lost and Found column readers are directed to check Star want ads for locating missing items. The column advises placing notices and following up with Star listings to increase chances of recovery.
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Star
Parachute Test Saves Aviator as Plane Crashes
Paris reports aviator Pegoud made a dramatic parachute descent from 900 feet, the parachute opening promptly and lifting him safely to land while his plane fell and was smashed. The device, invented by M. Bonnet, is designed for use when aircraft become unmanageable. L. J. Bricker and N. P. immigration staff arrived in Seattle from St. Paul.
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Paris
Pegoud
M. Bonnet
L. J. Bricker
N. P
Seattle
St. Paul
Every Woman Knows That Health Promotes Beauty
An exhortation to women to seek natural health and vitality rather than blemished skin or sallow appearance. It notes common ailments such as headache backache nervousness languor and low spirits as signals to try healthier living.
Pearl finding sparks mass search along White River
Springfield Missouri August 27 The discovery of a purple pearl by Cullem Combs a Taney county farmer who earned 200 has stirred Hollister and Branson residents to comb the White river banks for gem filled shells The pearl weighed twelve grains and would have been worth over 1000 if color had been white or pink It was bought by a Kansas City traveler after a Springfield banker offered 250 was refused
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Springfield
Cullem Combs
Taney County
Hollister
Branson
White River
Kansas City
Combs
Peg-Top Skirts and Knee High Slits Signal Autumn Fashions
Paris cables forecast next autumn will feature peg top skirts with cuffs resembling men’s trousers. Slits will rise to the knee in front, with extreme versions buttoned for radical looks. Tight lower skirts drape from the hips into peg tops, while short hip-length jackets, fur trims, and Japanese-inspired suits and coats dominate. Green along with purple and gold tones appear, with dyed fur trims and kimono-like sleeves. Hats scale to medium or small, in green purple red or black.
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Paris
Reward for Telepathy Proves Costly Luck in Bedrock
A Bedrock businessman offered £1000 for proof of thought transference and kept his money after no proof emerged. The English Mechanic's editor recalls a bank-note in an envelope kept for months awaiting a medium who could state the number.
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Bedrock
English Mechanic
Buttonhole Watch for George Ade Comes from Berlin
George Ade brings back several buttonhole watches from Berlin. He plans to gift friends in Brook Indiana and hopes neighbors won t be offended. Ade longs for a wrist watch but fears Hoosiers see it as a sign of senility. The watch peeks through the lapel with a tiny face, inconvenient when in front of New England women.
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Berlin
George Ade
Brook
Ind
Ade
New England
Mountain Lion Disturbs Two Boys While Camped in Cow Canyon
Ontario, Aug 27. George Knox of Ontario and Harry Broderick of Garden City Kansas woke to a mountain lion beside their bed at 2 am while deer hunting near Cow canyon north of town. Knox fired as the animal crouched for a spring. the lion fled, but was not found.
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Ontario
George Knox
Harry Broderick
Garden City
Kan
Cow Canyon
Knox
Blood and Nerve Tonic advertised by German Specialist
An advertisement touts Blood and Nerve Tonic as a cure for nervous disorders, epilepsy, blood purification, and many chronic diseases. It claims system-building properties, cleansing poisonous matter, and a month’s treatment per box at $1.00, with sales through Seattle drug outlets and testimonials inside each package. The German Pharmacal Co. directs inquiries to Market and 24th Ave in Seattle.
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German Pharmacal Co
Seattle
Quaker Drug Co
First Ave
Giles Drug Co
Jackson St
24Th Ave
Ballard
Wash
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