Pantages Bill Headlines New Pan tages and Empress the Emphatic
The New Pant ages opens with a matinee featuring Little Miss U. S. A. a musical comedy act with many girls and music. Ober and Dumont South American dancers appear on tour. Lady Betty the monkey is a third drawing card. Other acts include Bert Wheeler and Betty Gray Tom Kennedy and Ethel Burt Will and Kemp and more. The Lois presents The Land Treasure and a 12 person company with The Pike a dramatic sketch never seen here. Du Nord and Floy La Page sing. Comedy pictures finish. Empress week adds Honora Mile LaToy LeRoy and Cahill Billy Roder and others plus E lks convention film. Pa Burton new Orpheum manager. Public reception held. New price schedules may come but standards rise.
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Pantages
Ober
Dumont
Lady Betty
Bert Wheeler
Charlie Chaplin
Betty Gray
Tom Kennedy
Ethel Burt
Will and
Kemp
Land Trelease
William Thorne & Co
Pike
du Nord
Floy ‘la Page
Comedy Pictures
Orpheum
Burton
Iowa
Des Moines
O. K
Suit Seeks Refund Over Circus Program Rights
Charles Ives files in superior court a suit against L G Stonehouse also known as Al G Barnes of the Barnes Circus. Ives says he paid 175 for selling programs and spent 125 for engraving and 710 for printing. He alleges a contract for exclusive privilege was violated in Seattle Tacoma and Portland.
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Superior Court
Charles Ives
L. G. Stonehouse
al G. Barnes
Ives
Stonehouse
Seattle
Tascoma
Portland
County Overseer Seeks Opinion on Treasurer Bennett Cashing Warrants
Prosecuting Attorney Lundinll will be asked by county commissioners to rule if Treasurer John A. Bennett is within the law in refusing to cash road and bridge warrants signed by Lafe Hamilton. District No. 2, supervised by Hamilton, shows a deficit of $13,973.10 per Auditor Byron Phelps. A balance of $272.73 remains in Knudsen’s District No. 3.
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Lundinll
John A. Bennett
Lafe Hamilton
Dstrict
Hamilton
Byron Phelps
Knudsen
Hollywood Lunch and Soda Fountain on Pike Street
A listing for the Hollywood Lunch and Soda Fountain located at 212 Pike St. appears in the adv category. The entry notes the street address and type of business, suggesting a local dining venue from a periodical page.
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Hollywood Lunch and Soda Fountain
Pike St
Wife Sues Singer Husband for Desertion and Arrest
Mrs. Lee accuses Oscar Lee, tenor of the All-Star Trio, of deserting her after five years of marriage and turning down her requests for support. She says she gave him $6400, that he drank and failed to work, and that he now earns with a Spokane cafe. Sheriff Hodge said he would issue a warrant if Deputy Prosecutor Hesell does not act, promising protection for the wife.
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Hodge
Spokane County
Oscar Lee
Alhambra Theatre
Lee
Hessell
Justice ‘of Peace
Councilman to push insuring Firlands tuberculosis hospital
Councilman Bob Hesketh plans to introduce a bill Monday to insure the Firlanda tuberculosis sanitarium buildings, arguing the property should be exempted since it lies beyond city limits and fire protection. He cites a possible 80 percent of value insurance for three years at about $5,000.
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Bob Hesketh
Firlanda
Hesketh
Firlands
Gill Back Says Party Caught 100 Real Fish
Hale hearty party returns from Lake Kirkley fishing trip near Electron. Mayor Gill estimates total catch at 100 with every fish exceeding six inches, as Bob Hesketh, two day mayor, is dethroned after the outing. Other officials praised efforts and labor on the trip.
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Hiram
Plan to Safeguard Homes From Fire
San Francisco Aug 28 The government will erect new residence buildings on the Presidio to prevent a repeat of the deadly fire that killed Brig Gen Pershing s family. Secret Service operatives probe for incendiary causes as Gen Pershing travels to San Francisco from El Paso and is due to arrive Sunday. Senator Warren of Wyoming, father of Mrs Pershing, will also arrive Sunday.
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San Francisco
Presidio
Pershing
United States Secret Service
Gen. Pershing
el Paso
United States
Warren
Wyoming
Perashing
Wrist watches duel. jeweler’s guild to decide fate
New York August 24 The jeweler association faces a pivotal decision on whether men will wear wrist watches or continue using pocket alarms. The debate has eclipsed other wrist watch issues as the group meets to settle the fate of this male decoration today.
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New York
Jeweles’ Association
Seasion
Policeman Veitch Found Not A U S Citizen
John Veitch a Seattle detective learned in court he is not a citizen of the United States after 20 years of voting and affidavits of citizenship. Born in Ontario Canada he took first papers in Minneapolis and hoped to complete naturalization. Judge Jeremiah Neterer denied his citizenship bid citing years of misrepresented facts. Veitch aims to pursue final naturalization.
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John 8
Veitch
Seattle
United States
John Speed Smith
Althe Veltch
Aay
Ontario
Canada
Minneapolis
Jeremiah Neterer
English Coast City Attacked by Submarines
Berlin reports a German submarine attacked Harrington England on August 16. It destroyed benzol factories and a warehouse where explosives were made for British artillery. The same submarine was attacked by a passenger steamer which used its cannon for attack, not defense.
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Berlin
Harrington
England
Divorce Filed Over Gambling and Failure to Support Family
Mrs. Edna Nay files for divorce from Thomas I. Nay an employee at the Waterfront Meat Market alleging persistent gambling and failure to provide food and clothing for their daughter Louisa Marie four. She states the strain forced her to move in with her parents in April.
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Edna Nay
Thomas I. Nay
Nay
Louisa Marie
Hildur Ellison Wanted to Contact Brother Norma Ellison
A brief notice seeks Hildur Ellison to urgently communicate with his brother Norman Ellison of Minot North Dakota. The Adv. notice marks the urgency and location for the contact.
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Hildur Ellison
Norman Ellison
Minot
North Dakota
Gerber Custody Fight Escalates As Wife Flees With Daughter
In a heated guardianship dispute, Dr. Rudolph H. Gerber of San Francisco seeks custody of 10 year old Areal. Dorothy Gerber flees across Lake Washington with the child as Judge Frater denies habeas corpus and sets a Monday custody hearing.
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Rudolph H. Gerber
San Francisco
Dorothy Aiden Gerber
Gerber
Lake Washington
Yoga Cult
Beaux Arts
Isona de Bit
Ralph M. de Bit
Yoseas
Frater
Bankers Trainloads Headed for Seattle Convention
Two special trainloads of bankers travel from the East to Seattle for the American Bankers Association convention September 6 to 10. The Wisconsin group will tour Yellowstone Park en route, while the New York party visits Glacier National Park the Canadian Rockies and Salt Lake City.
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Seattle
American Bankers’ Association
New York City
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Yellowstone Park
New York
Glacier National
Canadian Rockies
Salt Lake City
Slugged Robbery Targets Auto Washer Near Midnight
William Conover, of Waterhouse Sands Automobile, was washing a car on Broadway when a hand with a blackjack struck him. a merchant patrolman found him unconscious. The thief took $125 from Conover’s pockets and he faced a home payment due Saturday morning.
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William Conover
Waterhouse Sands Automobile Company
Broadway
Conjover
Roosevelt Tut-Tuts Col Roosevelt in Plattsburg Speech
Washington Aug 28 Col Roosevelt was tut-tutted by Secretary Garrison who said he would not let the colonel's defense of Gen Wood in the Plattsburg speech affair affect Wood and the war department. He added a pointed remark on buffoonery and declared the case closed.
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Washington
Col. Roosevelt
Garrison
Gen. Wood
Plattsburg
Wood
War Department
Christian Anderson
University of Washington
Boise
Idaho
L. & Booth
Seattle
American Association of Title Men
Teddy
Oregon Public Service Comrbission
Art Smith
Des Moines State Fair Grounds
Smith
Painter James Bondy Dies From 4000-Volt Fall on Lincoln Bridge
Falls into the runway from the Lincoln bridge after grasping a 4000 volt wire while painting. James Bondy, 25, a painter, died today from the injuries sustained yesterday afternoon. The accident occurred on the bridge involved a 100 foot fall.
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Tacoma
James Bondy
Lincoln Bridge
Transfer property in Juneau Alaska sale to BE Heller
Property of the Alaska Treasure Consolidated Mines Co of Nevada creek transferred from N A Bishop United States marshal to BE Heller for 374 500 50. Sale the result of judgment of Union Trust Co of San Francisco.
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Juneau
Alaska
Alaska Treasure Consolidated Mines Co
Nevada Creek
N. A. Bishop
United States
Heller
Union Trust Co
San Francisco
Taft Elected President of Unitarian General Conference
William Howard Taft is elected president of the general conference of Unitarian churches in San Francisco. A 2,000 woman parade is planned in Spokane to show the strength of women's organizations. Residence of F. J. Hagan, two miles north of Silverdale, destroyed by fire.
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William Howard Taft
General Conference of the Unitarian Churches
San Francisco
Bpokane
F. J. Hagan
Sliverdale
United States Emerges as Top World Exporter
For the first time in history the United States leads as an exporter with $2,768,600 in goods shipped for the year ending June 30. The report lists numerous incidents and notes from coast to coast including major accidents, arrests, and official statements, highlighting industrial activity and public concerns.
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United States
University of California
John M. Keith
John Kibbey
Centralia
Alaska Northern railway takeover sought by government
The Interior Department referred a query to General Counsel Cotton from Seward and Chairman Edes of the Alaska Engineering Commission asking if the Alaska Northern railway can be taken over. The government paid an initial $500,000 on Thursday.
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Awashington
D. C
Department of the Interior
Cotton
Seward
Edes
Alaskan Engineering Commission
Alaska Northern Railway
City Merchant and Pioneer Clothing Leader Dies in Seattle
Paul Singerman, 70, president of Singerman & Sons and longtime Seattle clothing merchant, died at his home after a short illness. He founded Seattle’s first clothing store on Commercial Street, then First Avenue, and hosted a Thanksgiving dinner for Seattle’s blind for 15 years. He leaves two sons Isadora and Louis and a daughter Mrs Louis Friedlander, all of Seattle. his wife predeceased him.
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Paul Singerman
Singerman & Sons Clothing Store
Pioneer Clothing Merchant
Seattle
15Th Ave. N
Isadora
Louis
Louis Friedlander
Why It’s So Smoky In Seattle Today
The wind now blows from the north after days of west winds, driving smoke from Whatcom county toward Seattle. Forecasters predict light and variable sephyrs and no rain soon, with Fire Warden Joy and officials noting the persistent smoky conditions and uncertain weather outlook.
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Seattle
Weather Bureau
Whatcom County
Joy
Treth Pulled Freer Demonstration in Morning Hours
A fragment notes a daily 8:30 to 10 period labeled as Treth Pulled Freer. The entry suggests a demonstration of a painless meth related procedure or product, though details are unclear and the context remains obscure.
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Treth
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Oregon Public Service Commission
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