Six Maiden Revels In Dawn Park Dance
Officer Gauntlett finds six barefoot maidens dancing in a park at four in the morning near Capitol Hill. They describe mythological figures in filmy robes and sing a mysterious chant as sunrise bathes the Cascades in amber light. The officer scolds them for after hours music, and they explain their ritual. No police record exists of the incident.
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Fred L. Boalt
Gauntlett
No. 122
Av. N
Cascades
Lake Washington
Gauntiett
Salaam
Atlanta
Capitol Hill
Pennants Offer From The Seattle Star
Clip four consecutive coupons from The Star numbered 1 to 4 and send with 15 cents to The Seattle Star for a 65 cent pennant. Washington State Pennant now available. Pennants mailed for 5 cents extra each. Bring or mail to The Seattle Star 1307 Seventh Avenue near Union Street.
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Star
Washington State
Seattle Star
Seventh Avenue
Union Street
Mean Creditors Spoil Romance
John Barrel a rancher borrowed 15 dollars to elope with Miss Edna Hague. Creditors blocked the plan by uncovering the attempt and Barrel was sentenced to 60 days in the county jail for obtaining money under false pretenses. The elopement was postponed.
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United Prese
Fowler
Colo
John Barrel
Edna Hague
Barrel
Jilted Girl Dresses as Brother to Win Fiancé From Rival
Jessie McIntyre an 18 year old North Wheeling girl learned of her fiancé Harry Pendleton’s engagement to Henrietta Aiken of Bridgeport Ohio. She cut her hair and wore her brother’s clothes to Bridgeport where she met Aiken, posing as Lawrence Dessing. On a Bridgeport porch Pendleton confronted the rival and was dismissed. The ruse was exposed yesterday when McIntyre revealed her disguise.
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Jessie McIntyre
North Wheeling
Harry Pendleton
Miss McIntyre
Bridgeport
Miss Aiken
Creditors of Missing Man to Act
At a meeting attended by 17 creditors of the Modern Bungalow company a search was ordered for George C. Brandon 28 president and treasurer who disappeared about 10 days ago He reportedly had about 200000 with him The last contact was a message to his wife a week ago Wednesday from Spokane and he did not return A receiver Harry Warner was appointed by the superior court to manage the company offices at 808 Thirday and its affairs are in a tangled state Brandon had previously lived in California and Montana.
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Modern Bungalow Company
George C. Brandon
Brandon
S Brandon
Spokane
Harry Warner
Thirday
Bryan May Go to Mexico City as Mediator
Washington July 24 report says William J. Bryan may lead an American commission to Mexico City to mediate between factions. Chairmen Flood and Bacon discussed the idea. Bacon neither denied the plan nor a telegram to Bryan.
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Washington
Wm. J. Bryan
Mexico City
Flood
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Bacon
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Bryan
Witness vanishes amid Bixby delinquency case
Cleo Helen Barker, key witness against Geo H. Bixby, has disappeared. Probation officers confirm her absence and police work is underway to locate her before the September 11 trial date in the long Beach case of contributing to a delinquent act.
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Los Angeles
Cleo Helen Barker
Geo. H. Bixby
Long Beach
Bixby
British Officer Counts 1200 Atrocities At Doxato
Commander Cardale of the British navy confirmed Bulgarian atrocities at Seres and Doxato. He personally counted 1,200 corpses, including many children with bayonet wounds, implying they were tossed and speared by attackers.
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Athens
Seres
Doxato
Cardale
Wealthy Girl Takes Job as Clerk in Store
Miss Florence Lord a Smith college graduate and wealthy girl from Chicago New York and Washington has taken a counter job selling chiffon in a Los Angeles department store to study sociological conditions. The article notes she is forgetful of her wealth and club and suffrage affiliations as she pursues this inquiry.
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Florence Lord
Los Angeles
Cal
Chicago
New York
Washington
Smith College
Settlement Nears as Shingle Weavers End Strike
The Ballard strike ends on promises by mill owners to adopt the union wage scale. Officials say resumption hinges on delivery of promises. Strikers return to work and may accept the old wage schedule temporarily.
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International Shingle Weavers’ Union
Ballard
Mothers Pension Day in Judge Frater's Court
Tomorrow in the juvenile court Judge Frater will hear the first 26 applications for mothers pensions and sign initial county treasury orders for needy mothers and children left destitute. The law limits relief to legally married mothers or those with deserted or abandoned husbands. unmarried mothers and divorced spouses are ineligible unless desertion lasts over a year or the husband is unavailable due to imprisonment insanity or death.
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Jefferson
Calumet in Hands of Armed Mob Amid Copper Strike
Reports say Calumet is controlled by a mob of about 500 armed men with business halted. Hundreds of strikers, many foreigners, head to the town, while a clash left many deputies injured as miners push to run workers in the machine shop. Governor Ferris seeks militia intervention as Brigadier General Abbey heads toward Lansing.
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Calumet
Landing
Mich
Kalamazoo
Mid
Abbey
Michigan State Militia
Lansing
Ferris
Firefly Chemical Sparks Brightness Beyond Electric
From Morgantown to Chicago and Newport to Chicago dates July 24 reports note Thornton Flowers claims a secret chemical process makes fireflies glow brighter than incandescent lights. Flowers says his firefly lighting method lights a horse lantern.
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Morgantown
Thornton Flowers
Flowers
Plumes Pay for Self in Paris Court
In Paris on July 24, the court granted Count de Kergerlay a $200 rebate on a motorcar because the low roof damaged the long plumes on his wife's hat, prompting a dispute over the vehicle’s condition and compensation.
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Paris
Count de Kergerlay
Dentist Loses Eye After Enamel Speck Flight
Chicago July 24 A speck of enamel from a patient’s tooth flew into dentist Larry Kerr’s eye while drilling and deprived him of sight in that eye.
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Chicago
Larry Kerr
Refugees Flee to Mexico Under German Flag Captain Says
In Los Angeles on July 24 Captain Maryisen of the steamer Jason tells how he sought asylum in Mexico believing the Stars and Stripes offered no protection. The Jason returned from Guaymas with several refugees aboard.
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Los Angeles
Mexico
Maryisen
Jason
Guaymas
End of Mulhall Probe Near as Senate Hears Lobby Debate
The Senate investigative panel pressed the Mulhall examination with the cross examination to be done by written questions. N A M attorneys faced a decision on contesting the rule that questions must be submitted first to the probes. The Myatt Powell s Business School shows growth from endorsements by its more than 2,800 ex students.
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Washington
M. M. Mulhall
Senate
Myatt- Fowells Business School
Atudenta
Myatt-Powells
Adve
Blast Levels Old Colony Basement in Daniels Block
A gas explosion at 11 this morning ripped walls in the Old Colony basement at 615 Borenau. Manager Henry A. Holbrook and his wife were badly injured, shaken loose from their feet, and many tenants fled in panic as surrounding buildings trembled.
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Old Colony
Borenau
Henry A. Holbrook
Holbrook
Riot of Seattle remembered in Potlatch week satire
A reflective verse recounts Seattle’s Potlatch week riot, blaming chaos on misinformation and intoxication. It cites figures like Kernel and Cotterill, naval chief Daniels, and local officials, ending with a moral that riot inciters bear the blame.
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Seattle
Cotterill
Josephus Daniels
President Will Act as Peacemaker in Mexico
President Wilson plans to mediate between Mexico's federal government and the constitutionalists after a conference with Henry L. Wilson and Secretary Bryan. He will brief Senate and House leaders at the White House and seek support for a settlement aimed at ending brigandage and restoring order.
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Mexico
Washington
Wilson
Henry L. Wilson
Bryan
Senate
House
White House
Veith-Cammack Store Clears Out In Semi Annual Sale
The Veith-Cammack store announces a full semi annual clearance with extensive details in the large display ad on page 2 of today’s paper. Shoppers seeking savings on first class clothing are advised to consult this ad for opportunities.
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Veith-Cammack
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