Packet of 250 letters reveals tragic love case
Freeport New York July 4 A tale of love at first sight and tragedy unfolds from a packet of 250 letters. Edythe Lavoy 22 was shot in Freeport. William Creasy Covington Ky claims suicide by gun. Police charge him with murder.
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Alexander Herman
Freeport
N. Y
Edythe E. Lavoy
William Creasy
Covington
Creasy
Miss Lavoy
Tupper Lake
Kentucky
Cashes
Comic Fragments and Local Notes From an Early 20th Century Page
A collage of quirky exchanges, captions, and notices. It teases readers with jibes about napkins, pickles, a giant cracker, and the Poison Ivy Club. Mentions Mayor Peter C. Foley in Olean and Doom Bros. funeral home, plus drift of dock humor and ongoing auto race at Tacoma speedway.
Celebrated Patent Medicine Man Dead
Lowell Chamberlain, once of Des Moines and a leading patent medicine maker, died suddenly at his Pasadena home last night.
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Pasadena
Cal
Lowell Chamberlain
Des Moines
Child of Ole Larson 4th Victim Fatally Burned by Firecracker
Olive Larson six year old daughter of O S Larson former Tacoma bank president was badly burned when a firecracker set her dress ablaze as she played outside 1414 Seconth ave W. A passing motorist with a Wenatchee plate extinguished the flames and sped away, leaving witnesses to believe he was injured in the scrape. Doctors fear she will not survive 24 hours.
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Olive Larson
O. S. Larson
Pera
Peggy
91 Fires Here in Ten Hours on Fourth of July
Seattle saw a rapid rise in fires and fire alarm calls as Fourth of July festivities peaked. By noon, total losses reached four figures with many blazes caused by firecrackers and rockets. Firemen faced double workload amid vacant homes and risky roofs. a home at 1153 West 57th Avenue burned about 454 dollars in damage.
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Seattle
Whittier
W. 57Th At
A. Burt
Third Ave
Ideal Weather Forecast for Fourth of July
The weather man promised no rain will interfere with Fourth of July festivities and temperatures will stay cool. He forecast a daytime high near 76 and a low around 70 after Monday's heat, with the Hoge building thermometer showing 86 indoors and street readings around 100.
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Hoge Building
Fourth of July Parade Lights Seattle Celebration
The city marks Independence Day with a monster parade led by sailors from the fleet soldiers from Camp Lewis and Fort Lawton veterans and fraternal groups. Mayor Brown and Chief Justice Emmett Parker will speak at Woodland Park during a patriotic program for hundreds of youths.
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Camp Lewis
Fort Lawton
Fourth of July Parade Stuns Seattle With Massive Turnout
Thousands of uniformed marchers and hundreds of floats filled Second Avenue as Seattle staged its largest Fourth of July parade. Mayor Brown and Police Chief Severyne led the procession, with the Pacific fleet sailors and veterans receiving loud applause. A World War II veteran's salute to a resting mother captured the crowd's warmth before the parade looped back to its start.
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Seattle
Prie St
Second Ave
Brown
W. B. Severyne
Mias Liberty
80Th Regiment
U. S. Humanity
Becond Ave
Pine
Yesterway
Pacific Fleet
Arizona
Pennsylvania
California
Idaho
Tennessee
University St
Yester Way
Third Ave
Two Women Attack Alleged Murderer in Berlin Court
In Berlin on July 4 two women victims of Grossman the alleged butcher attacked the accused man in court. Court attendants intervened to save Grossman as the women screamed he had attacked them and rushed him with pina and fingernails. Police recounts say Grossman initially assaulted and then killed several women, dismembered bodies, and sold flesh in his shop. court was closed due to the disturbing disclosures.
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Berlin
Grossman
Fourth of July Program With Parades and Fireworks
A detailed schedule lists a 10 a.m. parade of 10 000 marchers along Second Avenue to Yesler Way and Pine and Fifth streets, with a reviewing stand at Fifth and Stewart. From 1 to 7 p.m. sailors tour autos, 2:30 p.m. Americanization ceremony at Woodland Park with Miss Liberty, 7 p.m. University Stadium program including speech by the mayor, ladder-climbing, bagpipe contest, and a $12 000 fireworks display. Open houses for sailors and officers at multiple YMCA and club locations. ship visits allowed 10 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 4:30 p.m.
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Second Ave
Yesler Way
Third
Pine
Fifth
Stewart
Virginia
U. S Cavalry
Montfaucon
Fourth
Madison
Seamen's
Western Ave
Knights of Columbus
Harvard Ave
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Third Ave
Railway Exchange
Rainier
Arctic
Valera Shot In Flight As Dublin Clash Rages
Reports from Dublin say Eamonn de Valera was wounded by free state shell fire during assaults on the Hammam hotel district. Rebel holdouts, many with white flags, surrendered or were driven from Sackville Street as Free State forces pressed a crushing attack with armored cars and bayonets. Fighting spread to Drogheda with renewed clashes between free state troops and rebels.
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Dublin
Eamonn de Valera
Free State
Hammam Hotel
O'Duffy
Sackville St
Sackville
Ireland
Jed
de Valera
Belfast
Drogheda
County Louth
Royalists Plot Assault on Berlin Amid Monarchy Clash
Berlin reports say armed royalists prepared to march on the city as communists and workers rallied for the republic. Maximilian Harden, editor of Die Zukunft, was stabbed and beaten by two assailants near his home. one suspect was arrested. Harden, a fierce monarchist foe, had attacked imperialists and submarine warfare, and his real name is Witskowski. He previously worked as an actor before journalism.
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Carl D. Groat
Berlin
Germany
Maximillian Harden
Harden
Grunewald
Walter Rathenau
Rathenau
Association of National Minded Soldiers
Die Zukunft
Kaiser
America
Wilson
Witskowski
Speed Demons Vie for 250 Mile Tacoma Showdown
Tacoma July 4 speedway crowd awaits a record tumble as 11 top racers converge for a 250 mile event. Each driver has earned a renowned name in racing and is a strong contender for victory in the oval track showdown.
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Tacoma
Tacoma Speedway
$200,000 in Mail Loot Discovered
Detectives found a gunny sack buried at Silverlake Long Island containing $200,000 in bonds from Eastern mail robberies. Edward Brice, arrested last night, supplied leads and is charged with involvement in the $2,000,000 postal robbery last fall.
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New York
Silverlake
Long Island
Edward Brice
Europe Disarmament Plan Outlined by Lord Cecil
Paris July 4 Lord Robert Cecil of Great Britain outlined to the League of Nations disarmament commission a plan for naval military and aerial disarmament. Nations joining would sign pacts to protect each other from aggression under the proposed framework. Leather coins were used in northern Europe in the seventeenth century.
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Paris
Lord Robert Great Britain
League of Nations
Nations
Lord Cecil
Gression
Northern
Europe
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Sailor Boy
Billie
Darling Boy
Edythe E. Lavey
Billy
Edy
Galbraith Dock
Bobby
Army
Navy
Steamship Times
Pete
Peter C. Foley
Olean
Boonville
Doom Bros
New Carlisle
Billy Brent
Flello
Bainbridge
Ole Larson
Tiny Ladyfinger
Wimbledon
Suzanne Lengren
Mias
Elizabeth Ryan
United States
Jim Egan
James W. Egan
Beattie
Second
Virginia Street
Second Avenue
Westlake Avenue
Olive Street
Woodland Park
Emmett Parker
State Supreme Bench
E. P
Chalcraft
Valera
George Macdonagh
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