Kitty fines upheld in Los Angeles poker case
In Los Angeles on July 25 Judge Gavin W. Craig upheld a $100 fine against F. Bullock and a $75 fine against William Schultz for draw poker activities. The court stated the fines were within statutory provisions, and players may need a kit ty to cover fires or risk losing winnings in the future.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Draw Poker Hertabouts
Gavin W. Craig
F. Bullock
William Schultz
Whittier
Police Chief Discovers Gamblers in Vacant Room 408
Cincinnati July 25. Night Chief Kirgan learns Room 408 is vacant. He ascends to the room and finds many men with poker chips, cards and gambling equipment, confirming an active gambling operation.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Kio
Gan
Kirgan
Defoe’s Old Home Declared Unfit for Habitation
The Croyden magistrate ruled that Tooting Hall in Mitcham once occupied by Daniel Defoe is unfit for human habitation. Caretaker George Wignell and his family were ordered to vacate the dwelling.
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London
Tooting Hall
Mitcham
Daniel Defoe
Croydon
George Wignell
Rich Man Never Talks of Being Poor, Poor Man Dreams
A saying contrasts fortunes, noting that the poor man muses on wealth while the rich man does not dwell on poverty. The line highlights attitudes toward wealth and self perception across social classes.
Lenroot Critiques Wilsons Fourteen Points in Peace Treaty
Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin argues in the senate that only six of Wilsons fourteen points are complied with in the peace treaty while four are violated and four undetermined. He notes open covenants and freedom of the seas are breached and criticizes the Shantung transfer to Japan as a violation. He calls some points vague or pending frontier decisions with Italy and Austria.
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Washington
United Press
Wilson
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Senate
Germany
Shantung
Japan
Belgium
Alsace-Lorraine
Italy
Austria
Boost Prices When Miners Pay Jumps
Butte Montana July 25 a general rise in food prices by local merchants accompanied a $1 wage increase for miners triggering probes by state county and city officials The state efficiency trade commission was summoned by the governor to examine the matter The mayor opened a free produce market and the city council dropped the peddler license requirement
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Butte
Mont
State Efficiency Trade Commission
Prophetic Society warns dire 1927 doom at Zion College
London reports from the 47th conference of the Prophetic Society at Zion College reveal dark hints that 1927 could bring stupendous events. The masses are in darkness about a world on the verge of bursting into catastrophe and a sleeping church.
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London
The
Prophetical Society
Zion College
Tear Down Stockade: Salvage Underway Before Con demnation
City workers salvage materials at the stockade as condemnation orders from Dr. H. M. Read, health commissioner, trigger the demolition. Prisoners were moved to the city jail and Kent farm. council plans a new sanitary stockade at Kent with votes expected next Monday.
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H. M. Read
City Health
Kent
Cider Seized as Seven Drink Stands Raided
Dry squad raids target seven soft drink establishments seizing cider. Propri etors named include W. H. Tapley at 1225 Harrison, G. Peterson at 1 Yesterway, CC. M. Mayer at 227 Pine, 8. Neces at 419 Yester way, T. Bostick at 12303 First Ave, James Elliott at 1137 Denny Way, and Harry Herring at 119 First Ave.
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W. H. Tapley
Harrison St
G. Peterson
Yesterway
CC. M. Mayer
Pine
Neces
Yester Way
T. Bostick
First Ave
James Elliott
Denny Way
Harry Herring
City theater censor seeks control over advertising
Seattle's board of theatre censors asks Mayor Hanson to urge the council to pass an ordinance granting the board authority over lobby displays and movie billboards. Miss Alice M. Lord also urges measures to protect the public from misleading advertising in theaters and lobbies.
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Seattle
Board of Theatre Censors
Hanson
Board
Censors
Alice M. Lord
Rotten plank collapses under worker on Latona bridge
George Perry a 33 year old boilermaker of 3315 Fuhrman Ave fell twenty feet when a rotten plank gave way on the old Latona bridge Thursday and struck his head. He was removed to Columbus Sanitarium Friday with a severe concussion and scalp lacerations.
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George Perry
Fuhrman Ave
Latona Bridge
Columbus
Perry
City approves pipeline repair funds and street railway vehicles
The utilities committee approved 22500 dollars for repairing the Cedar River pipe line between the old and new dome. It also approved 8391 dollars for trucks and an automobile for the street railway division.
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Utilities Committee
Cedar Rivers
Street Railway
Fined for cursing in public in Woking
London July 25 Frederick Webb of Woking was fined five dollars for cursing in public. He handed the clerk two one pound notes saying an extra for luck. Magistrate Graves ordered the money to be placed in the poor box.
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London
Frederick Webb
Woking
Graves
Perkins the Stoker Millionaire Navy Croesus in Texas Ranch
Perkins serves as a stoker on the U S 8. Imperator and is a millionaire earning nearly 500 000 yearly and rising. He bought a Texas ranch, worked it before joining the navy, and his father struck oil there. Now he is Croesus but remains in service for two years five months.
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Perkins
U.S
Imperator
Texas
Navy
Croesus
Nurses Return to Seattle After World War I Service
The last of base hospital 50 nurses who served in France arrived in Seattle Thursday. Welcomed by friends, the group includes Miss Mary Sheady of Blaine, Miss Maida Beals of Corvallis, Miss Agnes Anderson of Tacoma, Miss Minnie Calkins of Bremerton, and Miss Margaret Murphy of Seattle. Miss Sheady is a Providence hospital graduate. others graduated from Seattle General Hospital school. They departed for France in August 1918.
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Base Hospital
France
Mary Sheady
Blaine
Maida Beals
Corvallis
Agnes Anderson
Tacoma
Minnie Calkins
Bremerton
Margaret Murphy
Seattle
Sheady
Providence Hospital
Seattle General Hospital
Stabbing Injures Alvin White in City Neighborhood
Alvin White of 5184 King Sr was stabbed in the shoulder by an unidentified man Thursday night after a confrontation near his residence. Authorities are investigating the assault and seeking witnesses to identify the attacker.
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Alvin White
King Sr
Dispute at King Street Pool Hall Over Player Identity
An argument at King Street pool hall centers on a man named Smithers who cannot provide his address. He reportedly has oral stitches in his arm and investigators are examining the incident as part of a larger inquiry.
Change of Life Relief Promised by Vegetable Compound
Mrs. Alexie C Nangle of Galatia Illinois credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash with ending five to six years of misery from change of life. She reports relief from hot flashes dizziness and fatigue and urges other women to try the remedy. The Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts offers forty years of experience in such cases.
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Turing
Lydia E. Pinkham
Alexie C
Nangle
Galatia
Lydia FE
Pinkham
Mass
Tobacco Habit Dangers Warned By Dr Connor
Dr Connor former Johns Hopkins hospital official warns thousands of men suffer from ill health due to nicotine. He promotes Nicotol tablets as a simple cure and offers refund if not reading the ad. The announcement urges readers to quit tobacco now before serious harm occurs.
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Dr. Connor
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dru
Connor
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