Classified Ads Seem to Flood Seattle Star Pages
Odd clippings show classified rates and listings for jobs, remedies, and goods. Mentions include help wanted lines offering weekly earnings, watch and jewelry repairs, portable houses, coal, doors and windows, and furnishings for rent or sale in Seattle.
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Beacon
Vietrola
Sunset Fuel Co
ATRO
Ogre
Everae Mer
Union
Otis Forest Woon
Rost Sain Sidney
Orphan Annie Comes Alive in Hoosier Story
Greenfield Indiana reports on Mrs. John Wesley Gray once called Mary Allee Smith, the real life inspiration behind James Whitcomb Riley's Little Orphant Annie. The tale traces her orphan past, travels with Riley, and a plan to share her story in schools.
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Greenfield
Ind
James Whitcom
Riley
Annie
Hoosier Hamlet
Philadelphia
John Wesley Gray
Gray
Mary Allee Smith
Allie
C. C. Power
Mrs. Gray
Indiana
Orphant Annie
C. P. Power
Moose Orchestra Performs at King County Hospital
Members of the Moose Orchestra led by A Presho and J N Inge visited King County Hospital Saturday night with Prof H V Dudley and singer Eva Erion. They entertained patients with Christmas music as walkers gathered in the hallway and ward doors were left open for those unable to join.
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Moose Orchestra
A. Presho
B. V. Phelpa
J. N. Inge
V. Dudley
Eva Erion
King County Hospital
Opera Offers Student Rate for Mermaid at Masonic
The Russian Grand Opera company touring the Orient reaches Seattle and will perform The Mermaid at the Masonic Temple Monday evening. High school and university students receive a special rate of 50 cents for the opera.
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Russian Grand Opera Company
Seattle
Orient
Masonic Temple
Los Angeles Man Denied Parcel Post Home for New Year
A Los Angeles man asked the post office to mail him parcel post to Dallas so he could spend New Year with his wife. The department refused the request due to insufficient funds and did not reveal his name.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Los Angeles
Dallas
Texas
French Secretary Resigns Over Bank Scandal Ties
Paris dispatch reports Secretary of Foreign Affairs Berthelot resigned amid criticism of his brother linked to the scandal surrounding the Industrial Bank of China. Berthelot said such connections weakened his effectiveness.
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Paris
Berthelot
Bank of China
U. S. Fleets Cancel Joint Pacific Atlantic Maneuvers
Secretary of the Navy Denby announced that a shortage of funds has led to the cancellation of the planned joint naval maneuvers by the Pacific and Atlantic fleets in Panama scheduled for February and March.
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U. S
Washington
Pacific
Atlantic
Panama
Prohibition Stills and Moonshine Seized in City Raids
Police raided multiple locations uncovering two complete stills and 450 gallons of mash at J. H. Dickinson’s home 4010 48th Ave S. John Swister was found with 70 gallons of mash at 1307 1st Ave and held for federal officials. Parts of a still were found at 8051 15th Ave NW with five gallons of grape. An escapee from the Federal Hotel led to seized moonshine and serving glasses.
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J. H. Dickinson
Mary
Prohibition
48Th Ave.s
Dickinson
John Swister
1Sth Ave
15Th Wave
N. W
Federal Hotel
Indian War Vet Dies After Revel at Auburn
August James, 28, a retired Indian War veteran, died from acute alcoholism after a drinking revel on Sunday night. An unidentified Indian man was found near Auburn and believed dying. James was taken to Seattle for the county morgue. Relatives are not located.
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James
Auburn
Seattle
Russ Hostile to Americans
Moscow dispatch says speakers at the All Russian congress are hostile to America despite a famine relief resolution honoring the American relief administration. One speaker noted the U S spends a dollar a month for each famine infant while the government spent four dollars daily for each Archangel soldier who died fighting Russians.
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Edwin Hullinger
Moscow
Congress
America
American Relief Administration
Archangel
Vanity boxes reveal ancient Egypt custom in 1800 B.C.
Philadelphia dispatch notes the University museum received a vanity box from Tahun Upper Egypt dating to about 1800 B.C. The tomb alongside shows an image of the deceased with a rod and staff, recalling the biblical phrase Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me, a detail not fully understood.
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Philadelphia
Egypt
University Museum
Tahun
Upper Egypt
B.C
Commodore Ned Denby Demonstrates Naval Gun Mount
Commodore Ned Denby, with his father Secretary of the Navy Denby, inspects the Washington navy yard and demonstrates mounting a gun in a staged display for the crowd.
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Ned Denby
Navy
Denby
Washington Navy Yard
Once a Pauper Asks Millions
Mrs. George S Murray, claiming to be Christine Nilsson's daughter, says she will sue for the singer's entire fortune estimated at 15 million dollars. Boston attorney John S Leahy reports the claim. Murray, wife of a General Electric employee, spent early years in a destitute home.
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Worcester
Mass
George S’. Murray
Christine Nilsson
John S. Leahy
Boston
Murray
General Electric Company
Household Drudgery Cited as Cause of Insanity
London report from Hastbourn asylum visiting committee blames the strain of housekeeping for the majority of female lunatics. The official statement notes stress, weariness, and constant drudgery as the underlying factors contributing to mental illness among women.
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London
Hastbourn
Five Hurt On Christmas In City Hospital Casualties
Five men were admitted to the city hospital on Christmas night with injuries from fights and accidents. R. B. Rhodes says he was stabbed in the face by a man demanding money near 12th Ave S and Jackson St. Frank Madison, a Tulalip farmer, suffered severe wounds in a drunken quarrel. Ralph J. McCay required head wounds after a restaurant fight. KE Adams sustained severe lye burns while washing dishes. A. W. Swigert injured fingers in a trap at his home.
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R. B. Rhodes
12Th Ave. S
Jackson Sr
Ralph J. McCay
KE. Adams
Cook
EB. Harris
Adams
A. W. Swigert
Night Watchman
First Ave
Swigert
Mob Hangs Black Man For Talking In Sioux City
A mob escorted Sam Jones, a member of a Black lodge, to a bridge at night and bound his hands and feet. They placed a clothesline noose around his neck and threw him over the rail, but the line broke and he landed waist deep in the water.
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Sioux City
Towa
Sam Jones
Jones
Head on Crash Injures Passenger in Avalon Vance collision
A head on crash Sunday night on Avalon way at Vance street left Nate Carr of W Willow street with serious injuries. Carr, a passenger in Ralph P Bale’s car, was hospitalized at Columbus sanitarium. Bale’s statement claimed Carr grabbed the wheel and shouted We go this way. Police note Carr had been drinking and the other driver is unidentified. License 94253 belongs to C W Wiehle of 324 John street.
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Avalon Way
Vance St
Nate Carr
W. Willow Sr
Ralph P. Bale
W. 65Th St
Carr
Columbus Sanitarium
Balo
Lcense
C. W. Wiehle
John St
Threatening Wife Arrest Leads to City Jail Hold
George A. Wood, 36, a mechanic, was held in the city jail on an open charge after being arrested Sunday night by Patrolmen F. A. Holmes and G. C. Jensen. They found Wood in his wife's apartment at 1614 Terry Avenue threatening her with a revolver. Mrs. Wood plans to file charges on Monday.
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George A. Wood
F. A. Holmes
G. C. Jensen
Wood
Terry Ave
Mrs. Wood
Rebels Sentenced by Wholesale in Bombay
Summary courts after the Malabar uprising have sentenced 1,634 rebels to two years in prison. More than 1,200 remain awaiting trial. Deposit of white marble, said to rival Italian quality, found near Transvaal.
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Bombay
Transvaal
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Darnall Dickey Industries
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Shank
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Huestes
Alaska
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Anchorage
Atacien Building
Chester Medienl Co
23Rd Ave
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Firet
Urar
Sime
Patehe
London Jewelry CO
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Farm Mtg. CO
Dante
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John F McMullen
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Dark i. Turner
Racor
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P. J. Givnan Electric Co
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Tiafactor Orm Society
Empire Building
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Puget Sound Marble & Gran
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Optician
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Examiner
Lyon
Billott
PRY Howe IN & CO
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Hoboken
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