Heliga preacher’s wives scandal shocks Seattle families
A Seattle woman recounts how Rev Albert Dahlstrom, a preacher of the Heliga group, used scripture to pressure girls into polygamous marriage. He faces Mann White Slave Act charges in Tacoma with 32 alleged wives. Martha, his legal wife, prepares for divorce as more Seattle women come forward.
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Tacoma
Martha
Seattle
St. Paul
Albert Dahlstrom
Dahlstrom
Everett
Edna Englund
Fresno
Cal
Panic disaster at Red Jacket hall claims many lives
In Calumet Michigan on Christmas Eve a false cry of fire at Italian hall caused a deadly rush down a stairway. Seven hundred attendees, many children, perished or injured as a drunken shouter triggered the crush. Authorities seek the culprit amid vows of funerals and relief.
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Calumet
Mich
Copper District
Italian Hall
Red Jacket
Red Jacket Town Hall
Geo Ous
Aaron
Copper Country
Santa Claus
Anna Clemens
Woman's Strike Auxiliary
James MoeNaughton
Heela
Western Federation of Miners
Tide lands stake prompts port commission meeting
A special Seattle port commission session is called to discuss a Bridges introduced resolution to recover tide lands. The property is valued around 75 million dollars. Bridges will report on California decisions and urges halting new tide land purchases until the Washington suit is resolved.
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Port Commission
Bridges
Seattle
California
Sea Steels
Bridges WI
Port Commissioners
Preston and
Thorgrimson
Supreme Court
Washington
Commission
Deputies Chip In For Meyercamp Family
Deputies in the county sheriff’s office collected funds to aid the family of G. W. Meyercamp, jailed for a statutory charge. The mother and three young boys at 5308 Wallingford have faced destitution, with charitable groups already helping as Meyercamp awaits trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Meyercamp
Sheriffs Office
Wallingford
Divorce suit filed in Reno by Mrs Kelly against Kelly
S Foster Kelly, formerly employed by a Seattle bank, has filed a divorce suit in the Reno courts. Mrs Kelly, in a separate filing here, sues for separate maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Foster Kelly
Seattle
Reno, Ney
Mra. Kelly
Kelly
Legal Wife Reveals Plural Wife System of Cult Leader
Martha Dahlstrom, wife of the preacher, recounts how he sought girls who believed his doctrine and claimed it was the Lord's will. She describes ceremonies of giving and baptisms as he connected wives, with Ella as his only other legal marriage and a child born to one plural wife dying in an asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Secon
Albert Dahlstrom
Dahlstrom
Martha Dahlstrom
Ella
Minneapolis
Seattle Quake Shakes City On Christmas Morning
A local shallow earthquake struck Seattle at 6 40 am lasting about 90 seconds. Citizens reported beds rocking dishes rattling and ceilings cracking while Edmonds and Kitsap County felt stronger effects. University of Washington seismograph data showed a minor surface disturbance with wider damage outside Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Washington
Seattle
Edmonds
J. Bonner Bartlett
Henry Landes
School of Sciences
University
Seattle jubilee mass meeting honors currency bill passage
Seattle will hold a jubilee mass meeting Monday evening to celebrate the currency bill passage. Gov. Lister notified civic and banking groups he will attend, with plans for recognition of the administration and discussion of securing a regional reserve bank for Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Lister
Train Kills Boy in Seattle Truck Accident
Ray Pierce an 18 year old helper on a Milwaukee truck died after a Milwaukee train backed into the vehicle at Fourth Avenue and Spokane Street. The truck was demolished and Pierce was hurled to the tracks with internal injuries and a crushed hip. Harry Hagen another driver was uninjured.
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Ray Pierce
George Pierce
Vine
Seattle Brewing & Malting Co
Spokane St
Georgetown
Harry Hagen
Ninth No
Pierce
W. H. Everetl
Tacoma
Ing
Big Doings at Hotel de Gink Sit-Down Dinner for Hoboes
Six hundred hoboes ate a sit-down meal at noon in the old Providence hospital building converted into a hobo jungle by the Migratory Workers' union. Frank Cotterill, mayor's brother, oversaw the dinner as Seattle National Guard units prepare a New Year's Eve military ball at the Armory.
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Hotel de Gink
Providence Hospital
Migratory Workers’ Union
Frank Cotterill
Seattle
National Guard
Armory
New Pennant Coupon Billie Burke Poses
The Star begins an Art Series pennant with a coupon offering a pennant at The Star office or branches for 20 cents plus the coupon. Mail order price is 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie Burke
Star
Congressman Lafferty Attacks United Press In Congress
Lafferty accused United Press and Associated Press of being capitalistic and conspiracy against him. The Portland News and Scripps papers are cited. United Press defends its square divisible policy, independence, and fair pricing, noting new papers in Seattle and other Northwest cities rely on its service.
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Lafferty
Congress
United Press Association
United Press
Associated Press
Portland News
Scripps
Thwest League of Newspapers
News
United Pres
Star
Tacoma
Portland
Apokane
New York
Scrippa
United Press Service
Seattle
United States
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Colony of Jesus
McCormick
Meyercamp
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W. T. Beeks
W. 66Th St
Woodland Park District
Alaska
T. H. Nelson
W. 55Th Sat
Landeale
Kitsap County
Eric Coleson
74Th St
Train
Hans Larson
George C. Newell
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