Star Book Club and crime raids in Seattle area
Fragmented Tribune notes describe a Seattle Yacht Club ladies smoker, real estate ties of H S Turner, and a sprawling police raid report alleging raids on Main Street brothels tainted by anonymous tips, extortion allegations against officers, and 1920s social gossip.
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Omigosh
Seattle Yacht Club
the Star
Searing
Hana Damm
Main St
May Curtia
Ratte
Neg Beeen
Colm Deugles
Mra
Curtia
Damm Han
Camm
Star
Yealer Way
Mountaineers Waver in Rainier Attempt
Jean and Jacques Landry and Jacques Bergue postpone Rainier summit bid amid uncertain weather. Park officials say the summit climb requires dawn departure from Camp Muir. the party shows little urgency. A Camp Lewis signal corps member suffered a minor ice slip. wire crew completed Anvil rock line.
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Paradise Valley
Camp Lewis
Anvil Rock
Camp Muir
Park Su
Clarence P. Erickson
Thief Sets Fire After Suspected Murder in Chicago
Police search Chicago for a Black servant suspected of murdering employer Mrs. Morria Cheenberg and stealing 3000 dollars in jewelry before setting the home ablaze to hide the crime.
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Chicago
Morria Cheenberg
Rail link cut as Union Pacific washed out near Caliente
More than 200 feet of Union Pacific track washed out eight miles north of Caliente Nevada severing Salt Lake City to Southern California rail service. Warm rain and melting snow created Clover Leaf wash as railroad officials fear further damage with flood conditions worsening in Southern California and several San Gabriel River bridges washed away.
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Los Angeles
Union Pacific Railroad
Caliente
Nev
Salt Lake City
California
San Gabriel River
Mrs Stella Sawley Dies at 91 in Seattle
Stella Sawley 91 died at home 4302 Sixth Ave marked. Survived by husband A O Sawley and two sons Clifford and Warren. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Stella Sawley
Sixth Ave
A. O. Sawley
iClifford and
Warren
School Spanking Case Shakes Woodinville Court
Eight year-old Howard Hoffman testified that his teacher Miss Swigert struck him with a blackboard pointer and he would rather be spanked by his mother. The court fined Miss Swigert and Mrs. E. Meacham for beating the boy and clashed over the discipline methods used in the rural school. Judge Dalton lamented the flogging of young pupils while upholding the need for classroom control.
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Howard
Mamma
BE. Meacham
Costa
Mies Swigert
Miss Swigert
Mia. Meacham
Meacham
Frederick Allen Self
C. A. Self
35Th Ave
City Hospital
Altho
Shoppers in The Star Advertisements Highlight Savings
Saturday shoppers are urged to read The Star ads for a rare list of economies. Food clothing shoes and children's apparel are advertised with savings promised to buyers tomorrow daily.
Girl of 23 May Be Governor of Kansas
Helen Pettigrew, a former Springfield shop girl turned anti war activist, enters the Republican race for governor of Kansas with a three word platform No more war Her candidacy gains attention as the field grows with 25 to 30 contenders and Governor Allen plans no reelection primaries in August.
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Kansas
Miss Pettigrew
Henry J. Allen
Ulster Forces Expand as 3000 Reinforcements Join Frontier Patrol
In Belfast on February 10, about three thousand Ulsterites joined five thousand constabulary patrols along the Ulster frontier. Sinn Fein extremists who raid Ulster still hold many captives, heightening security concerns across the region.
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Belfast
Ulster
Sinn Fein
Republicans in War With Constabulary Clash in Tyrone
Fighting broke out today in Cladystrabane and County Tyrone between special police and troops of the Irish Republican Army. One constable was killed and at least one Republican soldier severely wounded. The battle was reported to be considerable.
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Dublin
Cladystrabane
County Tyrone
Irish Republican Army
Trains in Ireland Seized by Strikers
Cork railway men refused to accept a strike settlement proposed by the provisional government and took possession of local railways today, planning to run the trains themselves tomorrow.
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Cork
Liner Bessie Dollar Damaged in Gale Near Cape Whattery
The steamer Bessie Dollar en route Vancouver to Manila was damaged by a storm and is returning to port. The bridge was carried away, the captain injured and the steward killed, with the vessel 700 miles off Cape Whattery at 8 p.m. last night. A wireless report from the Bearfort confirmed the peril and motive for the return.
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San Francisco
Vancouver
Manila
Bearfort
Cape Wlattery
Bonus burden on people as Congress taxes for soldier bonus
Washington reports that Congress plans to raise 300 million of the 350 million annual soldier bonus cost via taxes on gasoline, autos, real estate transfers, theater admissions, cigars, tobacco, and legal documents. Farmers, bankers, and dealers protest the plan as unfair and impractical. the measures go to the full Ways and Means Committee for approval before Senate review and the president.
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Washington
Congress
House Ways and Means Committee
House
Ways and Means
Republican
Senate Finance Committee
Harding
Missing dope suspect targets Taylor murder case
Los Angeles February 10 1920 new evidence centers on five suspects in the William D Taylor murder case narrowing to four men and a woman. Deputy sheriff Nolan returns from Hollywood with a lead as investigators probe dope connections and past ties to the dead director. Mabel Normand denies reports she demanded Taylor surrender letters in a case that still unsettles the Famous Players Lasky circle.
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Frank H. Barthol
Los Angeles
Cal
New York
William D. Taylor
District Attorney's Office
Joseph Nolan
Hollywood
I Amon
X—m
Forces of Law
Derer
William Desmond
Taylor
Lor
Motion Pil
Thomas Lee Woolwine
Doper
Mabel Normand
Woolwine
Miss Normand
United Press
Miss No
Famous
Players-Lasky Company
Comedienne
Man Held in Topeka on Los Angeles Cash Theft Charge
Walter Scott Underwood, claiming to be a cashier, was held in Topeka Kansas on Feb 10 as a suspect in a $1,100 theft from the Pacific Electric company. He awaited Los Angeles officials to arrive for extradition and hinted knowledge of a murder.
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Topeka
Kas
Walter Scott Underwood
Los Angeles
Pacific Electric Company
Underwood
Wile
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Star Book Club
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Howard Hoffman
Price & Carter
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