Ground Up by Greed and a Crushed Baltimore Conductor
Former BA conductor James B. Wilson testified before a Chicago jury about being forced to work three days straight with minimal rest. He described a third day fall between a car and a piece of metal, losing a limb and becoming crippled, and winning a $7,800 judgment from the company while the broader cost remains violence of profit over human life. The speaker argues such injuries reflect a daily human sacrifice to greed in industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Wilson
Baltimore and His Railroad
Chicago
Wilson
Hos
Belasco
Yous for Health and Preventive Examinations in Insurance
The piece argues large life insurers now allow policy holders to consult company doctors remotely for examinations, claiming early checks save funerals and benefit both sides. It questions broader government use, likening health screening to agricultural pest programs and urging health as a public good.
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Mpany
Sam
Worth-While Test or Test of Democracy in New York Senate Race
The piece portrays Jimmie Wadsworth of Geneseo as a British squire type entering the New York Senate race. It argues his aristocratic lifestyle and patronizing views clash with democracy, predicting a test where plain folks may determine the outcome despite his charm and strong social standing.
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York State
Jimmie Wadsworth
Geneseo
Wadsworths
Jimmie
Cape Cod canal ends coastwise tolls and saves sailors
Private waterway promotes safety and reduced voyage miles from Buzzards Bay to Barnstable, 66 miles saved, 25 feet deep at low tide, 16 miles long. vendors plan to sell reclaimed waste for manufacture. public enterprise slow. mention of new tolls and mileage graft in Congress.
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Cape Cod
Buzzard’s Bay
Barnsta
Laugh Department and Oddities From The Fiction Deck
A collage of jokes and light items from The Seattle Star includes a playful exchange about engagements and poetry puns, a tale of Little Lottie on a train with Aunt Kate, and jokes from “What Everybody Knows” about patience and bait. It also features humorous vignettes like eugenic marriage petitions, a wine and wind anecdote, and Mr Cynthia Grey’s Household Hints with quirky tips.
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Lottie
Katie
Lottle
Kate
Several World and Local Updates Spill Across Regions
News items report diverse events from across the globe and U S states including court actions births and marriages health department tallies and infrastructure plans. Notable notes cover weather damage in North Carolina and Louisiana political moves on suffrage and primaries a naval incident in Alaska and legal actions involving firms and officials.
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North Carolina
Wisconsin
Wilson
Louisiana
Elva Fowler Seeks $50,000 Breach of Promise
Miss Elva Fowler of Frank Woodford Boise Idaho asks damages of 50000 for breach of promise to marry. She alleges Woodford proposed in March 1912 in Los Angeles and left for Boise to prepare for the wedding but returned with a wife.
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Los Angeles
Elva Fowler
Frank
Woodford
Boise
Idaho
The Spoilers at Moore Theatre Draws Big Crowds
Press agent touts The Spoilers as a sensational motion picture at the Moore theatre. It runs daily through next week with two performances daily and boasts a strong cast and capacity crowds.
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Moore Theatre
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Automobile Slams Into Lipinsky Run Dairy Lunch
An auto crashed into H. Lewis's restaurant at 824 Maynard Avenue yesterday and stopped at the lunch counter. A. Lipinsky attempted to steer the car around a corner and was arrested.
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H. Lewis
Maynard Av
A. Lipinsky
Lipinsky
College romance ends in divorce bid
Erna O Bush wife of George P Bush former U of W student says he withheld support and they clash. She petitions the superior court for divorce. He is son of the late George S Bush head of a customs brokers firm.
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Erna O. Bush
George P. Bush
U. of W
Superior Court
George 8S. Bush
Company of
Customs Brokers
City Chemist Escapes Explosion at Tacoma Home
Tacoma July 15 City Chemist G L Pitchford awakened by his bull dog chased the dog from a window and narrowly escaped a mysterious explosion that wrecked and set his home afire. He knew of no chemicals that could have caused the blast.
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Tacoma
G. L. Pitchford
King County Plans Elimination of Hazardous Crossings
FR L Van Epps state public service commission engineer reports Riverton crossing near where Dr E B Rininger was killed will be eliminated within a year. The plan aims to remove all grade crossings in the county.
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King County
FR. L. van Epps
State Public Service Commission
Riverton
EB. M. Rininger
Preacher Dahlstrom Sentenced to Five Years
Albert Dahlstrom a preacher convicted under the Mann white slave act was sentenced to five years at McNeil Island penitentiary. He was released on a $6000 bond pending appeal which has elapsed with neither government nor attorney C F Riddell able to locate him. if he does not appear by September the bond will be forfeited.
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Albert Dahlstrom
McNeil Island Penitentiary
Dahlstrom
C. F. Riddell
Auburn City Marshal Captures Suspect After Quick Chase
City Marshal McCumber of Auburn won a sprint race against Ed Johnson along a railroad track and rearrested him after a dash for liberty at Seattle interurban station. Johnson faces a 20 day jail term for selling liquor to an Indian.
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McCumber
Auburn
Ed Johnson
Lberty
Seattle
Johnson
Loggers Busy Everett After Fourth of July Shutdown
Everett reports many logging camps have resumed operations after the Independence Day break. Medications are an unusually heavy season expected to follow as crews continue work amid renewed activity.
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Everett
Club Probes Rise in Seattle Tacoma Interurban Rates
The Seattle Commercial Club will investigate the increase in interurban rates between Seattle and Tacoma. The inquiry follows a resolution by O J C Dutton. A separate resolution by J Y C Kellogg urged city purchase of the White River power site.
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Transportation Committee
Seattle Commercial Club
Seattle
Tacoma
O. J. C. Dutton
J. Y. C. Kellogg
White River
Public Utilities Committee
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United Press Association
Seattle, Wash
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Star Publiishing Co
Society
Mare
Smith Building
Seattie
Congress
Wkccarron
Cherry ST
1St Ave
Union
Madison
Seattle Star’s Laugh Department
Iist
Labrarian
Everett True
Merrie
England
Lady Militants
Tommy
Mr. Cynthia Grey
Ponto
Cascadea
Mon Smith College Club
Crystal Springs
Bertha Board
Lincoln High
Health Department
Tug
Manila
A. W. Reinhart
Woodinville Bothell
Hollywood Roads
Richard Gaxe Jones
Chas. Riddell
Party of Chicago
A. A
Glacier National Park
Alaska
Arkansas
Aero Club of America
Empress Eugenie
Paris Park
F. K. Lane
McReynolds
Larton
Eastman Kodak Co
Hall Camera Co
Virgina
United State
Peru
French
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Bundy Cole
New York
Nicaragua
Porte
America
San Francisco
U. S
Hancock
Haiti
San Domingo
Princeton
Tutuila
Samoa
Pure Food Board
Mole
James Bailey
Lake Cormorant, Miss
Sir Thomas Lipton
Elva
Main
Q. A
Crown Cleaners
Villa Dee Uko
Spinning’s Cash Store
Preacher
Right Drug CO
Washington St
Second Ave
Aeeneabend
Morey Stationery Co
First Ave
Columbia St
Ners Ae
Skagway
Alert Bay
Prince Rupert
Ketchikan
Wrangell
Juneau
Canadian Pacific Railway
Second Avenue
Binyon Optical CO
First Avenue
Seneca
J. R. Binyon, JR
DR. G. Marcum
Dana
Bald Mountain
Diana
Mr,ches, T'Ul
MR. Rushes
Coop
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