America's 80 Million Widow Chooses Husband in Society Shock
Philadelphia widow Anna Weightman Walker worth about 90 million dollars wed Frederick Courtlandt Penfield of New York after selling her Philadelphia mansion and shipping furnishings to New York. Penfield, 50, ex vice consul general, has French Legion of Honor and Panama canal links. Walker later pledged gifts totaling 1.0 million to relatives and charities while rebuking critics who challenged her father's will.
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Philadelphia
Mra
Anna Weightman Walker
Frederick Courtlandt Penfield
New York
St Patrick's Cathedral
William Weightman
Four Mer
Manhattan
Penfield
London
Egypt
Panama
Freyptan
Gifta
Aista
Seattle Theatre Amusement Schedule This Week
Herbert Kelcey and Effie Shan star in The Walls of Jericho at Moore tonight. Bridge runs tomorrow night and Saturday with matinee and evening shows. Parcalfal and Huster appear at Grand and Seattle venues. No Mother to Guide Her closes Seattle week. A Royal Slave and The Undertow headline Lois. David Harum and Jingo's Daughter also feature at respective houses. Eight vaudeville acts headline Coliseum with Young Buffalo and Vera de Has.
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Herbert Kelcey
Effie Shannon
Walls of Jericho
Moore Theatre
Seattle
Young Buffalo
Vera de Has
Vaudeville Lineup At Local Theatres
The Fiereng troupe of European acrobats headlines Pantages with a varied vaudeville bill. Cartiale's Dogs and Ponies lead the Star theatre lineup this week. The Stick Mr. Quick tops the Family bill a lively musical comedy with a bright chorus. Orpheum features Mr and Mrs Danny Mann the Two Dots and Willard Herman the magician.
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Pantages Theatre
The
Star
Cartiale
Star Theatre
Mr. Quick
the Family Theatre
Danny Mann
the Two Dots
Willard Herman
Five Cent Star and Movies Shine at Five Cent Stay
The Orpheum patrons are treated to The Five Cent Star, Movies pretwner, and noveltien at the Five Cent Stay theatre this week, offering entertainment for local audiences.
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Pretwner
Noveltien
Five Cent Stay
Wenatchee Starts New Water System Amid Growth Plans
State news notes Wenatchee moves on a new water system as Eb lensburg business rises and a profitable year is predicted. James Shepperson, a noted western politician from Roslyn, has been granted a divorce. Olympia to see work on the governor mansion while San Juan County reports a tide drop. Tacoma sewers discharge into the water supply. railroad man Frank Huntley killed near Bellingham by a steam shovel accident on the Great Northern Hel HnghandSumas cutoff. Government to investigate logged off lands, focusing on western Washington.
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James Shepperson
Roslyn
Olympia
San Juan County
Tacomas
Frank Huntley
Dellingham
United States
Washington
Campaign Against Dirty Bakeries Begins in Spokane
Spokane inspectors find bake shops with holes in floors used to dump garbage accumulating beneath the buildings. The campaign aims to clean unsafe conditions exposed by the findings.
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Spokane
Literary and Musical Program by Plymouth Church Group
The Young People's association of the Plymouth Congregational church will present a literary and musical program Friday evening at the Seamen's Institute.
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Young People’s Association of
Plymouth Congregational Church
Seamen's Institute
Australian tailor asks to join chain gang at relief camp
A 22 year old Australian tailor Bam Levinne told Officer Spler at police headquarters he was sent to the relief camp at Younay town with other destitute men but cannot work enough. He pleaded to be placed in the chain gang saying he dislikes loafing and would rather work with a shovel.
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Bam Levinne
Australia
Spler
Levinne
Younay
Wald
Paris Chicago to Pacific coast race riders reach Chicago
The French and Italian cars in the New York to Paris race arrived in Chicago last night aboard the Thomas American. They will depart for the Pacific coast to complete the route. The passage notes a cross country journey and upcoming leg toward the west coast.
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New York
Paris
Chicago
Pacific Coast
House
Senate of
Ohio
Grocer Refunds Customers If They Skip Schilling's Best
A local grocer offers a money back guarantee promising refunds to customers who do not ske Schilling's Best, emphasizing a bold buyback policy to boost sales.
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Schilling
Navy Yard Tour Spotlight Ships and Facilities
A travel notice invites visiting the U S Navy Yard to see battleships Oregon Wisconsin and cruisers Colorado Pennsylvania and the training ship Philadelphia. Includes dry docks torpedo boats and the prison ship Nipsic with Nebraska arriving this week and around a dozen ships expected soon. Round trip from Pier 2 at Yealer Way six daily trips, fare six shillings.
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Oregon
Wisconsin
Colorado
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Mammoth Dry Docks
Nipsic
Nebraska
Hoats
Yealer Way
Soc. Cor
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