Letter to Cynthia Grey on vice and class in Seattle
Agnes writes to Miss Grey criticizing Seattle's crusade against vice and exposing the economic and social roots of prostitution. She argues conventional marriage misses the point of livelihood and raises her child, noting wealthy women live differently while the underworld remains driven by money. She seeks reform and gratitude for Grey's help.
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Seattle
Red Light District
Miss Grey
Agnes
Outlaw Horses and Buffaloes Arrive for Seattle Round Up
Three carloads of outlaw horses three carloads of steers and one carload of buffaloes were due in Seattle for the Western Stampede and Round Up opening Saturday at Madison Park. Buffaloes are a new feature and promoters expect an impromptu city street round-up if animals misbehave.
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Seattle
Madison Park
Seattle Electric Co
5. E. Co
Jackson St
Madison
W. W. Kleinert
Missoula
Mont
Nile Temple tunes spark Seattle festival with big summer plans
Noble Woods and J R Hager unveil a new march The Red Fez praised as top work for conventions The city hosts week of park concerts at City Hall Pioneer Place Hell Street Recreation Pier and Woodland Park massed bands 600 players Lone dancers and tailgates. watermelons from Texas pineapple serves by Miss Honolulu and other festive entertainments headline the event
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Erybody
Noble Harvey J. Woods
Nile Temple
J. R. Hager
Nile
Rosella Durrant
Hatasu Temple
Carl Eppert
Seattle Fs
City Hall Park
Pioneer Place
Hell Street Recreation Prier
Recreation Pier
Woodland Park
Speeders Targeted by Tom in Police Court
Several people lost their lives in auto accidents over the Fourth as a score of speed ordinance violators appeared before Acting Judge Mc Mahon. He fined them all, and the police court docket shows the entry now $200 richer.
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Mc.Mahon
Join the Clean-Up Club to Kill Off Rats
Health authorities urge rat eradication due to health risks and property damage. The ad promotes Stearns Electric Paste priced at twenty-five cents, claiming a two ounce box kills rats and mice within one night with instructions in fifteen languages.
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Stearns Electric Paste
Stearns
Hollywood Lunch and Soda Fountain at 212 Pike St
A readable fragment notes a lunch and soda fountain business located at 212 Pike Street with local advertising. No further events, owners, or dates are provided in the fragment.
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Hollywood
Pike St
Navy warns liners of Holt bomb threat to England bound ship
Washington dispatch reports the Navy Department sent wireless alerts to the steamers Philadelphia and Saxonia warning of a bomb threat by Frank Holt targeting a New York Liverpool liner expected to sail July 1 with a possible sink date July 7. Holt claimed the device was aboard a New York origin ship. Mrs Holt gave the letter to Texas authorities and it reached Secretary Lansing.
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Holt
Europe
Washington
Navy Department
Philadelphia
Saxonia
Frank Holt
England
New York
Dallas
Lansing
Jose. E. Cockrell
Attor
Leaps to Death in His Cell in Mineola Jail
Frank Holt, who shot J P Morgan, killed himself in his cell by leaping from the top of the cell, his head crushed. He admitted not building the Washington bomb as claimed, and a cottage near Hicksville was found with bomb making gear. Authorities identify Holt as former Harvard professor Erich Muenter via a gold tooth. Holt’s wife Mia Holt is under a doctor's care in Dallas.
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Misa Grey
Acci
New York
Frank Holt
J. P. Morgan
Mineola
Holt
Capitol
Washington
Hicksville
L. L
Morgan
Tage
Egan
Bureau of Combustibles
Cambridge
Erich Muenter
Harvard
T. Smith
T. W. Hillyer
Muenter
Smith
Dallas
Tex
Mia Holt
Holt Identified as Muenter by German Prof in Chicago
Cheaster Nathan Gould assistant professor of German at the University of Chicago positively identified Frank Holt as Professor Erich Muenter, the former Harvard instructor wanted in Boston for his wife’s murder. Gould said he first recognized Holt last November at Cornell and recalled Muenter’s peculiar speech and manner. He noted Holt sought him out repeatedly while in disguises and paranoia, but found no evidence of poisoning.
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Chicago
Cheaster Nathan Gould
Chicago University
Frank Holt
Erich Muenter
Harvard
Boston
Gould
Muenter
Holt
Cornell
A. L. Andrews
Fife
Poisoned Himself At 40 Warns Kidney Trouble Remedy
Urgent tale warns of slow poisoning from kidney trouble with early signs like back stiffness and frequent urination. Gold Medal Haarlem Ol Capsules claim quick relief and money back guarantee, imported from Holland and sold by The Owl Drug Co with prices 2hc 60c and 1.00.
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Haarlem
Holland
Owl Drug Co
Writ Issued To Compel Evelyn Nesbit Thaw in Sanity Trial
Justice Hendrick of the New York Supreme Court ordered a body attachment to compel Evelyn Nesbit Thaw to testify in the Harry K. Thaw sanity case. Deputy Attorney General Cook said she left New York without permission, after a doctor’s note cited nervous strain. The judge ruled the reasons insufficient and Thaw was expected to testify this afternoon.
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New York
Justice Hendrick
Supreme Court
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Cook
PLAN DRIVE TO END WAR
Paris dispatch reports Germany preparing a major Alsace offensive and rail withdrawals as a prelude to new drives in Galicia and Poland. Authorities say Berlin aims to isolate Eastern Galicia, drive the French from Alsace, finish the war soon, and seek peace overtures while at a peak position since the Marne.
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Paris
Alsace
Belgium
France
Germany
Galicia
Poland
Warsaw
Marne
King Victor Emmanuel Observes Italian Victory at Goritz
In Rome on July 7, reports say Austrian defenses around Goritz were breached by continuous bombardment and a general Italian assault. King Victor Emmanuel witnessed the capture of Crosis peak near Selz as Italian troops advanced and took about 700 enemy soldiers, later congratulating the victors.
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Rome
Goritz
War Office
Victor Emmanuel
Crosis Peak
Selz
Adriatic Reported Near War Zone Amid Attack Rumors
New York July 7 The liner Adriatic, rumored to be marked for submarine attack, was expected to enter the war zone today unless her course changes. Rumors of torpedoing circulated after she sailed, but Cunard line officials dismissed the reports as unfounded.
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New York
Cunard Line
French Casualties Reported by French Relief Society
An appeal issued for the French Relief Society notes casualties to June 1 totaling 1.4 million with 400000 killed and 700000 wounded. German losses cited as 200000. The report marks a French day to raise funds for the French Red Cross led by the Duchess.
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London
French Relief Society
Duchess of Relief Organization
Red Cross
Sultan Improves After Gallstone Operation
The sultan, who underwent gall stone surgery, is reported improving, despite rumors last week suggesting his death. Official statements today confirm the operation and rising health.
Seven German Subs Reported Near Dardanelles
Berlin dispatch says British and French alarmed by reports that seven German submarines have reached the Dardanelles. If true, the subs could force warships to withdraw to shorelines of the Gallipoli peninsula, leaving land forces unsupported.
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Berlin
Dardanelles
Athens
Gallipoli
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