Grand Jury Demands Prison Reform At McNeil's Island
Tacoma federal grand jury upholds charges about conditions at McNeil Island Penitentiary. Recommends a health inspector, segregation for plague victims, health charts for each inmate, new complaint forms, and better warden accountability. Convict 2146 praised for prompting this comprehensive report.
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Star
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Oriental Health Counsel Warns of Japanese Social Rules
The piece summarizes a set of health guidelines attributed to Japanese authorities, stressing outdoor living, daily meals with limited meat, ample sleep, rest days, quiet environments, restrained emotion, and moderation in substances. It concludes with a remark that rule seven is a "peach" and rule eight "isn't slow."
The Angel of Brooklyn Seeks Mercy in Unjust Verdict
In a Brooklyn boarding house a tired woman died by her own hand after a life of charity. Once living in luxury, a secret divorce and scandal followed, yet she earned the nickname The Angel among neighbors for kindness. The man involved faced no recorded consequence, and memory may sting his conscience, yet his life was not altered.
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Brooklyn
Marked Down Statesmanship and Political Ironies
A column critiques Mulhall revelations showing politicians and ward aldermen selling influence for small gains. It calls for genuine democracy, notes two days remain before Hyas Tyee and Potlatch strings unfastened, and covers varied items from Secretary Daniels in Seattle to Turkish and Balkan tensions and mumps in Joey Tumulty’s family.
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Mulhall
The Adorable Misadventures Of Ma And Maudie Grace
A lighthearted column of vignettes and jokes about domestic life and social antics. It features Ma and Maudie Grace with suitors, Willy and fraternity pals, Mrs Newwed and a playful exchange about a sleeping husband, and humorous poems and sketches like The Golfer's Lament and Doctom and Rheumatiarm.
Editor's Mail on loafers and war memory from The Star
In Editor's Mail readers discuss young men who loaf and rely on others, noting their flashy clothes and fear of work. A. K. Gordon from Pike Street criticizes loafers near Third and Union and their ease with law enforcers. A. W. reflects on Gettysburg casualties and the blue and gray memory.
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Gettyeburg
Guaranteed Rupture Holder Test Offers Free 60 Day Trial
An advertisement touts the Cluthe Automatic Massaging Truss as a guaranteed rupture holder with a 60 day trial at no cost. It claims the device outperforms ordinary trusses, requires no belts or springs, and promises protection from operation by continuously holding the rupture. It references wartime medical opinion and mass market use, urging readers to request the "World's Greatest Rupture Book."
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Cluthe
Slastic
Epring
Jeanie on Rock Strikes Starr Rock in Fog
The steamer Jeanie from down Sound points ran onto Starr rock early today while searching in fog for Bellingham Bay Lumber Company's dock. Damages are not expected to be heavy as the ship struck near low tide. The Santa Ana, a sister ship, previously ran aground on the same rock and is now in dry dock in Seattle.
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United Press
Bellingham
Jeanie
The Colonel and His Friends at Moore Theatre
Socialists present The Colonel and His Friends at the Moore theatre on July 27. The three act comedy mimics the Blethen trial with acts dated April 20 1912 May 1 1912 and June 26 1914. Cast includes Blather Wilcox Nordek Jarvie Gadler and others with roles from editor to jurors and reporters.
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Moore Theatre
Humpty Dumpty
Hulet Welle
Chas. Wilcox
Erne Nordek
Wintlow
Kate Gadler
Eeeren
Joseph Jarvie
Fulton Walter
Peele
Callender
Suspensions at California State Normal Over Movie Scene
A motion picture showing Kathryn Body and J. H. Orago sitting together on a rustic bench in Hazel park led to their definite suspension on the eve of graduation at the California State Normal School.
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Hazel Park
Kathryn Body
J. H. Orago
State Normal School
Car Collision Injures Four in San Francisco Run
Charles P. Doe president of North Pacific Steamship Co faces arrest as four people in a San Francisco traffic incident suffer injuries after an automobile crashes into another vehicle at Van Ness and Kearny. Two injured women are identified as May Feeley of San Francisco and Gertrude Pyle of Santos.
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Unsung Mothers Seek Pension Reform in Star Letter
A reader argues for broader Mothers Pension coverage to assist deserted mothers and children left by absent or nonresident fathers. She details personal hardship, noting her family cared for three children plus an unborn, with low wages and medical strain, urging public support and a change in policy.
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