Family of Five Can Live Upon 418.46 a Year
State Labor Commissioner Olson at Olympia reports a budget for a family of five covering food and fuel, excluding clothing, rent and incidentals. In Seattle the annual cost averages 415.44, Spokane 424.03, and Tacoma 431.57, with Southeastern Washington at 405.93, Northwestern 416.82, and Eastern 428.94. Fuel costs are higher in Eastern Washington.
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Seattle
Spokane
Tacoma
Olson
Olympia
Washington
Thinks Rabbit Foot Saved Him From the Noose
Ervin Pope of Birmingham Alabama, five time murder convict, claims a rabbit’s left hind leg saved his life by charm despite seven execution dates. His case returns to the supreme court for review for the fifth time. He was tried for the 1909 murder of J B McClurkan in Calhoun county and witnessed gallows being built twice.
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Birmingham
Ala
Ervin Pope
Supreme Court
Pope
J. B. McClurkin
Calhoun County
Aviator-Reporter Fractured Vows in America Flight
A chaotic interview with Geo Hallet and Lieut Porte reveals defiant pilots planning to fly the America without life preservers to prove resilience. Hallet wants to survive to attempt the voyage again, while Porte vows success or death, detailing improvised gear and escape plans if the craft sinks.
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The
Star
Hammondsport
N. Y
Geo. Hallet
America
Lieut. Porte
Hallet
George Hallet
In Wolf's Clothing and Local Film Notes at Close A
Carter Gordon plans marriage to Daisy Brooks while Dick Worth hides his love for Alice Joyce in a two part Kalem feature In Wolf's Clothing at Close A theater this week Alice Joyce and Tom Moore star Also on screen The Virginian with Steve and The Double Reward a Warners three parter at the Odeon King Baggot Jr birth Barbara Tennant profile and five Colonial subjects including Footprints detective tale and a missing necklace mystery
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Wolfs
Alice Joyce
Maurice Contello
Bedison
Carter Gordon
Daisy Brooks
Tom Moore
Dick Worth
Frame
Brooks
Alice
Carter
Worth
Gordon
Daisy
Warners
Odeon Theatre
Telephone Operator Rescued After Poison Attempt
Miss Rose Bowman, a telephone operator at the Assembly hotel on Ninth and Madison, swallowed lysol tablets in a suicide attempt. She was rushed to City Hospital and, by late forenoon, had recovered enough to go home, with ill health noted as the probable cause.
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Rose Bowman
Assembly Hotel
Ninth and
Madison
City Hospital
Mine workers meet to fix wages under UMW district resolutions
A committee of mine workers conference with mine operators on a new wage schedule in line with United Mine Workers district resolutions adopted at yesterday's convention. The Seven Sisters and the Clayton anti trust bill were endorsed.
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United Mine Workers
Seven Sisters
Tiny revolver for nervous women highlighted in ad copy
A vanity bag revolver touted as the smallest of its kind. It measures about three inches from hammer to barrel and fires a steel bullet roughly twice the size of a pin head.
Moonlight Excursion and Dancing on Steamer Issaquah
A Moonlight Excursion and dancing party sails tonight on the steamer Issaquah on Lake Washington. The boat departs from Leschi and Madison Park at 8:30.
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Lake Washington
Leschieee
Madison Park
The Confessions of a Wife Seeks New Start After Letter
Dick receives a plea from Harry in Germany to stay in his house until Eliene returns. The narrator argues they must move back to independent living, facing debt and future plans, while Dick resists as he vows to spend his own money. The piece ends with the promise of continuation tomorrow.
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Harry
Germany
Eliene
Margie
Kiene
New York
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Fifth Ave
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First Ave
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OXY
Ohio
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University
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Seer Seeene
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Right Drug CO
Washington St
By Phil D. Rader
Ocean
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Margaret Gibson
Western Vitagraph Company
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Wheel of “America
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Heart-Selig News
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the Duchess Diamond
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Porte
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Steve
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