Sale of Harper book on marriage halted by police
City police ordered the sale stopped and warned Harper pamphlets may face penalties under obscenity laws. The pamphlet titled Marriage Monstrous criticizes "holy" wedlock and defends free love, asserting harsh accusations about marriage and society.
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Harper Book
Vince Harper
Loe 7
Ai i Guthier
Wanenetein
Htef
Newa
Harper
Ani
Harpers
A. Adama
Den Keepers Slink Into Hiding Amid Drug Den Scandal
The Star reports on the alleged drug dens run by Curly Conley and his network. Police close the dens as distraught residents and business owners react. The Western Union removes call boxes in the restricted district. Harry Messenger Co offices are shut by order of Chief Heath and Heath is warned. George Hewitt, 18, testifies against Conley after admitting he sold cocaine with him. He claims Conley visited his drug store seeking 10 cents of cocaine last November.
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Ian
Geome
Western Union Telegraph Company
Ita
Harry Messenger Com
Cihief
Arthur Heath
Heath
Ward
George Hewitt
Curly” Conley
Hewitt
Conley
Petiole Gold Mining Company Offers Stock Sale
A fragmented prospectus touts interests in the Peticle district near the Pilot mine. It promises ore values, high dividend potential and rapid development with limited non treasury stock at 11 cents per share, aiming to attract investors to offices for details.
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Poticie
Eyo- Gobiar
Petiole
Ite Inerita
Albert Anner Dies in Paulebe Heart Trouble
Albert Anner longtime steamer Monticello officer died at his Paulebe home from heart trouble. He was a veteran of the Geo, and Starr and Puirhaven fleets, well known in the sound fleet.
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Albert Anner
Monticello
Paulebe
Anner
Sound
Geo, & Starr
Puirhaven
Merchant files demurrer in National Brokerage case
Seattle commission merchant Robert Merchant charged with handling assets of National Brokerage filed a demurrer to the information. Judge Morris set January 17 for the hearing. Merchant remains at large on $3,000 bond as objections claim multiple crimes were charged.
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Robert Merchant
Seattle Commission
National
Ths Morning
Morris
Man Plotting Drug Delivery Recounted in Court Testimony
A witness describes a Curley involved plan to supply morphine and cocaine via a messenger boy. He alleges the culprit called a branch drug store to arrange the delivery and then alerted his own office to meet the courier at a corner. Police were notified immediately.
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Curley
Jane
Marriages Births and Obituaries Chronicle Seattle Records
Licensed to wed entries list Raynes Reynolds and Ida Grace Reynolds of Seattle. Campbell Redd and Florence J Redd of Georgetown. Minatetani Sayematea and Teuru Marita of Japan. Births note several children born to Brown Barrett Darning Powell Murphy Lind Larson Raynor and Kelley families with dates and addresses. Obituaries mention Agnes Herbert of Indiana and interment plans.
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Raynes Reynolds
F. H. Raynes
Seattle
Ida Grace Reynolds
Campbell Redd
Fred C. Campbell
Georgetown
Florence J. Redd
Sayematea
Minatetani
Tappinish
Wash
Teuru Marita
Japan
Tillman Attacks President on Brownsville Affair as Lynching
Senator Tillman denounces the Brownsville case as a lynching and questions the president’s stance on race mixing referencing Booker Washington. He contrasts 1861 social realities with current policy and asks if the president would permit mixed marriages in his own family.
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Scripps Special Service
Washington, D. C
Tillman
Brownsville
Booker Washington
Norton linked to burglary case ends in Seattle arrest
Joe Norton, once tied to several burglary and safeborrowing claims, was brought to Seattle from Chehalia by Detective Barbee after being found with dynamite components. He is now viewed as a possible explosives crank and not connected to the earlier offenses. Passengers escaped unharmed when a collision at First Ave and Cedar St damaged two cars, with car No. 158 hitting car No. 207 which had the right of way.
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Joe Norton
Seattle
Chehalia
Barbee
Norton
First Av
Cedar St
Kinnear Park
Cedar At
Denis
Electric Company
John Murphy Celebrates Golden Wedding in Seattle
John Murphy aged 73 and his wife Mary Martin marked fifty years of marriage with a simple gathering at their Fremont home. The Star carriers, calling him Dad, presented a purse in appreciation of his years selling the paper, as neighbors recall a life of steady work and family devotion.
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Seattle
John Murphy
Newaboy
Seeoeey
Mary Martin
Mr. Murphy
Leroy
Folke
Mary
Evanston
Fremont
Star
Murphy
Board Adjourns After Dispute Over Wiretapped Counsel
City Engineers decision to not recognize Welters or Maloney as counsel caused the Board of Public Works meeting to be canceled. With no quorum, Chairman Thomen adjourned the session until Tuesday, as Walters objected to the action.
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Gineer Thomson
Welters Or
Maloney
Board of Public Works
Thomeon
Nagley
Walters
Youngs
Thomen
Thomson
Antil
Seattle man leaves city to handle brother's death arrangements
A. T. Moetcheok, brother of the deceased Melody Choir, departed Seattle to settle his brother's body. He did not specify a return date and left the Renney-Watson undertaking company to care for the remains until arrangements for disposal are made.
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A. T. Moetcheok
Dead “Melody Choir
Seattle
Onet
Mr. Melchoir
Thatrue Tiene
Renney-Watson Undertaking Company
Mail wagon collision injures driver. wagon demolished
Mail wagon No. 4 led by L. D. Cameron collided with a car at First Av and University St last night. The wagon was demolished, the driver was thrown to the street but not injured. Evangelical services led by Frank Mc Carty and wife to be held at Haven Methodist Episcopal Church next week with afternoon and evening sessions.
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L. D. Cameron
First Av
University St
Haven Methodial Episcopal Church
Howard Av
John St
Frank Mc.Carty
Russell Improves After Wound At Providence Hospital
A. T. Russell's condition at Providence hospital is steady and improving slowly. Doctors say recovery will take longer than initially expected due to the nature of the wound.
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A. T. Russell
Providence Hospital
Skroupa May Live After Shooting At Reavensdale
Mike Skroups who was shot by Lawrence Polsnik at Reavensdale Monday night has regained consciousness at Providence Hospital. Attendants say he showed sight improvement during the night and now stands a bare chance for life.
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Mike S@kroups
Lawrence Polsnik
Reavensdale
Providence Hospital
Ife
Trolley Wires Fall At Crowded Corner In Snowbound City
Beattle endures record snow as six to twelve inches fall. Beattie Electric plows lines all night but multiple cables rupture. A Green Lake trolley car wrecks wires, almost trapping Denis and horses. City wires down, trains blocked, system offline for hours.
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Beattle
Weather Bureau
Beattie Electric Company
Ines
James St
Seventhay
Virginia
Stewart Sts
Queen Anne Hill
Green Lake District
Tatoosh
Straits
Carl Dents
Yeaterway
Seconday
Ireen Lake
New Officers Sworn In For County Posts Next Monday
Justice of the Peace P. Davia will turn over the office to John E. Carroll next Monday and cease to be a justice of Beattie. Judge-elect Carroll will occupy offices adjoining Judge George in the New York block. Al Retherford will be sworn in as county commissioner to succeed P. J. Smith and T. A. Parteh will be sworn in as assessor to replace J. W. Peters.
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Justice of the Peace
P. ¥. Davia
John E. Carroll
Beattie
Carroll
Judge George
New York
al” Retherford
P. J. Smith
T. A. Parteh
Assensor
J. W. Peters
Detharige Sentenced for Entry of Another Man’s Home
Louis Detharige, a teamster, was sentenced to 36 days on the chain gang and fined $100 for entering a Free Methodist church back room and sleeping in another man's bed. He pleaded not guilty before Judge Gordon but failed to offer a satisfactory excuse for trespass.
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Louis Detharige
Detharige
Gordon
Three Die in Idaho Fire at Cottonwood Residence
Three people died and a child was badly scorched when a blaze destroyed the home of M. F. Fuchs in Cottonwood Idaho last night. The victims were Mias Weathoff and two others, with the third unidentified in the report.
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Idaho
Scripps Telegraph Service
Lewiston
M. F. Fuchs
Cottonwood
Mias Weathoff
Kid Barker Evades Pursuing Hounds
Kennewick bandit Kid Barker and horse thief R C Bere broke jail and escaped the hounds at pursuit. Bere seen in Rattlesnake district seeking Clement Moser. deputies chase Bere and Barker west toward Nevada. Sheriff McNeill expects capture but warns it may take time as bloodhounds return from Spokane and relatives post bail for Fred Thomas.
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Sunnyside
Bere
Rattlesnake
Barker
Dep
Uties
Hal Jack
Cady
Nevada
Jake Lake
Kennewick
Lake
Harry Draper
Spokane
McNeil
Fred Thomas
Johnson City
Tenn
Fire traps family as it engulfs room
A house fire during the night trapped a mother and two younger children inside while she fled through flames with the two youngsters to safety. Misa Westhoff and two other children were asleep upstairs and were cut off from escape, origin of the blaze remains unknown.
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Ant
Fuchs
Misa Westhoff
Jackson Street Regrade Plans Completed
Engineers finalize plans for the Jackson street regrade from Fourth to 12th avenues and Main Street to Weller Street. The project includes cuts up to 70 feet and fills up to 40 feet near Lieth and King, with a petition to widen Jackson Street 80 feet on both sides to make it a foot street.
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Jackson St
Main St
Weller St
Lieth and
King
District to Move Tenderloin From Current Locale
A large district is described as practically useless to business and officials expect moving the tenderloin from its present locality would be more desirable, signaling a shift in urban planning priorities and economic impact.
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Maensger A. T. Wet
Corley
The
Harry Messenger Company
Coeur d’ Alene District
Sleven Clairae
Walene
Hunker Hill
Sulliven
Pitet
Bank
Ouri
Dhe
Opm
Ite
Phil Austin
Pres
WED
Eee
Jan li
S. M. Brown
Barrett
Adrien Barrett
Darning
F. J. Darning
Powell
Thomas Powel
Jamese E Murphy
Pine
Lind
Lare
Boren Av. Larson
Lars J. Larson
Metropolitan Hospital
Pene Ee Kamae Kew
Astai Ww. Raynor
Kelly
Clarise B. Kelley
J. EB. Keatley
Butterworth & Sons
Herbert
Agnes Herbert
F. H. Merbert
Indiana
President Roosevelt
Madison
Myrtle Boyd
Bigamist
Morrie
Frank Wad
Charles
Neenak Reener
Lettore
Missouri
Russell
Skroupa
Rx Ba Alba
Kohler & Ghase
Second Avenue Arcade
Mall
Alaska
Seattle, U. S, A
Kid Barker
E. L. Boardman
Yesler
Renton
James DD
Cuahater
Union Savings & Trust Co
Ge Belding
Salta
Wak
Miss de Voin
MR. Raymond Lehr
Cornet
Stars and Stripes
Sousa
Grimm
the Strollers
Englander
Columbia
Raymond Lehr
Rollinson
DeKoven
the Giggler
Waldteufel
Haines
McCarthy Dry Goods Co
Second Avenue
Pike and
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