Dreamland Christmas for chimney kids fills Dreamland with gifts
A glittering tree, Santa Claus, and Wagner's 40 musicians hosted 3,000 chimney children at Dreamland. Police and volunteers guided crowds as 1,500 dolls and two tons of candy were handed out. Cynthia Grey matched toys to recipients, including Ruth Murphy who received a large doll. Mayor Cotterill and Dr. William A Major praised The Star's generosity as Mique Fisher vowed to repeat the event next year.
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Chicago & Milwaukee
Cascades
Dreamland
Santa Claus
Black
Ostume
Fifth Av
Mique Fisher
Wagner
Titian
Ynthia Grey
Stetson
Fire Department
Cotterill
William A. Major
Bethany Church
Fred A. Bennet
Cynthia Grey
Manning's
Ruth Murphy
Cynthia
Ruth
Woman proposes plan to curb vice in cities
New York reporter Mary Goode urges the creation of a civic commission to regulate vice, arguing vice can be cured when put under strict control. She proposes removing houses from police hands, exposing trafficking, and keeping underage girls out of the districts while minimizing graft and scandal.
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Mary Goode
New York
Vice Trust
Liquor High
Ission
Guest Falls Six Floors at Plaza Hotel
William Devite of the White Sewing Machine Co. crashed through an open stair shaft and fell six floors to the Plaza Hotel lobby. He suffered a fractured skull and crushed chest and is in the hospital in critical condition. Night clerk R. A. Kellard heard a cry as Devitt fell.
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Banketers
William Devite
White Sewing Machine Co
Plaza Hotel
Fourthay
Westlake
R. A. Kellard
Devitt
Plaza
Aide
Logger Hangs Self in Mattson Hotel Room
A logger named Eli Toby, 50, was found dead in a Mattson hotel room at 12:30 today. The chambermaid reported Toby dangled from a strap fixed over the door, a chair overturned nearby indicating suicide. authorities say he was broke and despondent.
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Mattson Hotel
Av. m
Eli Toby
Toby
Revolver Duel Between Husband and Wife in City
A quarrel between Morton Free and his wife led to a morning revolver duel from behind telephone poles near 14th Street. The couple fired at each other eight times, forcing police to intervene as Motorcycle Officers Follrich and Sequa detained the man and woman, both about 35 years old.
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Morton Free
Manhattan Club
Jackson
Freeman
Star's Party Affair Ended With Gunfire Confusion
Fred Curtis returned home from a trip to find his wife missing and a taxicab from the Milwaukee hotel with Mrs Curtis and her sister inside. A shooting followed with Mrs Curtis wounded in the hip and Curtis denying involvement while investigators sought a confession amid conflicting accounts of a street fight and an attempted getaway.
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Fred Curtis
Pike
Pital
Curtis
J. W. Patterson
Aurora Street
Milwaukee
Young Wife Shot in Taxi in Renton Mine Strike Context
Curtis, 29, claims a drunken altercation with his wife led to a taxi shooting as he returned home to the Motor Apartments. He says Miss Patterson and a chauffeur deputy attacked him. no weapon found on arrest. Police note a prior shooting incident involving Curtis near Miss Polet, who did not prosecute.
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Mise Patterson
Curtis
George Boyd
Renton
Gregory
May Polet
Mise Polet
Friedman Held Back By Fear Of Fakirs In Cure Release
Berlin dispatch reports Dr. Frederick Franz Friedman delaying a decision on how to release his tuberculosis cure. He cites caution after seeing Ehrlich's 606 serum hype and fraud where doctors charged high prices without possessing the remedy.
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DR. Friedman
United Press
Berlin
Frederick Franz Friedman
Friedman
Ehrlich
Whirich
America
Christmas Gifts Still Arriving Through Week
Postmaster Russell expects mail delays from the East to clear by Saturday as gifts from distant relatives continue arriving. The local post office reports record mail volume this year and notes continued deliveries over the next two days.
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Santa Claus
Russell
Weather forecast for tonight and Friday
Rain or snow is expected tonight and Friday with increasing southerly winds. Noon temperature reported at 43 degrees.
Real estate dealer Bergeon found dead in hotel room
F F Bergeon a 465 real estate dealer of 1608 21st av was found dead in a McFarland hotel room with a bullet wound to the left temple and a large dose of strychnine nearby. Police say he registered at 10:30 last night and died within 10 to 12 hours. His wife and three married daughters survive.
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F. F. Bergeon
21St Av
McFarland Hotel
Bergeon
Foolish Qs and Silly Answers From A Saucy Page
A quirky item presents humorous Q and A exchanges with absurd guidance on smoking ham and roasting turkey. Names appear as playful replies such as PORKY PEGGY and MABEL, with a tease to study electric sign boards for story ideas. The tone mimics a light feature column in a vintage newspaper.
How to Pull the Stumps Is the Problem
An article highlights land clearing stumps as a barrier to turning thousands of acres into farms and presents the Pacific stump puller as a claimed solution. It notes The Star’s want ads reach over 40,000 readers daily and urges inquiries via Main 9400 Elliott 44 or 229 Union St. Souvenir and Curio Shop.
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Pacific Mfg. Co
Star
Pacific
Elliott
Union St
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Sone
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Patterson Residence
Motor Apartments
Porky Peggy
Mabel
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