Working Girl Sues Wealth Claims Over Ceremony
Kansas City July 27 A 23 year old stenographer Mixa Landis Grout sues a millionaire businessman for 60000 for breach of promise alleging she was shunned for being a working girl. She says an engagement ring and car were bought and a church wedding planned but called off due to social prejudice. She argues democracy requires equality and hopes the case aids working girls nationwide.
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Kansas City
America
Mixa Landis Grout
China
Miss Grout
Miners claim victory as rail talks continue
Washington and Philadelphia dispatches report progress toward ending the rail strike. John L. Lewis declares miners won the strike and refuse wage cuts while Harding pursues a peace conference plan with leaders from the railway executives and shopmen.
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Lewis
Harding
James T. Kolbert
Washington
T. de Witt Cuyler
American Association of Railway Executives
Bert M. Jewell
Cuyler
Cuyher
Eastern Rail
Railroad Labor Board
B. M. Jewell
Weather, wind, and local chatter from the coast
A fragmentary column notes calm seas halting a yacht race due to no wind. It mentions inviting Dee Brown to contests, references Timothy James Dufresne Metreth and Mr. G. L. Feelgood from Tacoma visiting, and mocks flappers in Los Angeles carrying items in vanity cases.
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Dee Brown
Los Angeles
Campaign Slogan and Court News in A Town Column
A Star paper column blends cheeky campaign quips with court news as DeWolf Hopper’s fifth wife sues for divorce. It also teases joke items about jelly expertise by Maude Sweetman and whimsy on a Montana mountain named for President Harding.
Wayfarer Draws 16 000 Fans in Seattle Stadium Run
The Wayfarer drew about 16 000 spectators with gates ready to be forced open Thursday for a capacity crowd of 20 000. Wednesday night surpassed Tuesday in smoothness and timing, while new vocalists and a dramatic air show enhanced the performance. Three spectators fainted and one woman sprained a knee amid the rush, with Red Cross aid in the rear of the stadium. About 10 000 fans waited at the gates for seats as 20 injured Pacific Meet caretakers from Bremerton joined the audience. Army Navy and Veterans night is planned for Saturday as the run ends in Seattle and nationwide acclaim.
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Flanders
Wayfarer
Frank Tiffany
Misa Lola Wiley
R. D. Bradley
Frederick Whederrecht
Bremerton Naval Hospital
F. M. Willie
Rainier Noble Post
American Legion
Joshua Green
Dorothy L. Wood
Red Cross
Army, Navy
Veterans
Seattle
Nation
Boy Drowns After Fall From Steamer Volante Near Hood's Head
A 13 year old Seattle Boy Scout, Jack Wreglesworth, fell from the Volante while walking a ledge aboard the passenger steamer near Hood's Head and disappeared. He was among 40 Scouts returning from Camp Parsons Hood Canal. Rescue efforts continued as authorities notified his mother Mrs Florence Wreglesworth.
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Puget Sound
Jack Wregienworth
Seattle
Hood
Volante
Jack Wos
Camp Parson
Hood Canal
H. C. Thompson
Florence Wreglesworth
Stewart Hotel
Bonney Will Distributes Fortune to Lonney Heirs
The will of Lyman W. Lonney Seattle undertaker filed for probate in Superior Court allocates 138800 to relatives. Dora Presley Bonney receives 10000. a 10000 monument is to be erected on the burial plot. Lonney died July 18.
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Lyman W. Lonney
Seattle
Superior Court
Lonney
Dora Presley Bonney
Unfaithful Wife in Jail Faces Slain Affinity Funeral
New York July 27. John Relaler a noted sportsman plans the funeral for his slain companion Miss Bertha Kats. Relaler’s wife Minnie Heisler remains jailed charged with killing Bertha. She declares I did right and blames the victim for her husband’s alleged infidelity.
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New York
John Relaler
Bertha Kats
Minnie Heisler
Bertha
Reinler
Baker Murdered Near Everett Found With Robbery Clues
Peter Karas 34 owner of an Everett bakery was found slain with three bullet wounds in a gulch on the Mukilteo highway near the city limits. Robbery evidence included two empty pocketbooks and a bank book. Sheriff and police pursue several clues as they investigate the murder.
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Everett
Peter Karas
Mukilteo
Karas
Reveal Identity of Woman as Murderess
Tell tale Bertillon measurements disclosed the identity of Cleveland's "sphinx woman," charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Thomas A. O'Connell. Heywood, Conn. She is Mrs. Mabel C. Champions, wanted in Indianapolis on a charge of jewelry theft.
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Cleveland
Thomas A. O'Connell
Heywood
Conn
Mabel C. Champions
Indianapolis
Jareeny
Cow-Puncher Sets New Roping Record
Cheyenne Wyoming July 27 Ben Johnson Isi ker Okla cowpuncher today held the world record for roping and tying a steer at frontier days. Johnson roped and led a steer in 20.45 seconds and Fred Beeson Arkansas City Ark roped and tied his steer in 21.15 seconds. Five riders were slightly injured when their mounts pitched them skyward.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Ben Johnson
Isiiker
Okla
Johnson
Fred Beeson
Arkansas City
Ark
Principals of Big Lawsuit in Hiding
New York dated July 27 reports James Fleuri de Rothschild of Paris is hiding aboard a westbound transatlantic liner. Marie Porquet of Parta sues him for 500000 dollars in breach of promise and is believed to have found seclusion in a convent.
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New York
James Fleuri de Rothschild
Paris
Marie Porquet
Parta
Seattle purge targets Tennant and Damm in police shakeup
Chief Severyns vows a wide clean up in Seattle with Narcotics traffickers bootleggers and immoral women to be driven out of business. Inspections will hold sergeants responsible for district conditions and officials say Tennant and Damm may be among first to leave their posts returning to permanent ranks.
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Severyns
E. J. Brown
Malcolm Douglan
Hans Dammami
Charles Tennant
Seattle
Diamissala
Hia
All Filmdom Bows to Czar of Movies
At a banquet in the Ambassador hotel Los Angeles July 26 Will Hays was honored by about fifteen hundred film industry leaders. Picture queens writers stars and producers paid tribute to the new head of the industry in a ceremony described as the most gay in moving picture history.
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Los Angeles
Dom Sulaamed
Will H. Hays
Moving Picture World
Hays
Ambassador Hotel
Moving Picture
Calvin Coolidge to Visit Seattle August 16
Vice President Calvin Coolidge will arrive in Seattle at noon August 16 and stay until 11 p m that day. President Frank Waterhouse of the Chamber of Commerce was informed by wire Thursday and a full entertainment program is to be arranged.
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Calvin
Poindexter Plans Western Washington Tour
Senator Miles Poindexter travels from Seattle toward Olympia for a speaking tour. He will address audiences in Tacoma on Thursday night and in Olympia on Friday, then visit smaller towns in Western Washington with weekend returns to Seattle.
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Miles Poindexter
Seattle
Southwest
Tacoma
Olympia
Washington
Monte Carlo Night Looms At Northwest Merchants Convention
Tonight at Bell Street the dock roof becomes a mini gambling palace for visiting merchants in a stag Monte Carlo night. Roulette wheels spin while "Northwest Products" debuts at Woodward theater and bathing girls from Saxony Pacific Knit and Olympia Mills perform. Over 2,400 out of town merchants have registered, with profits already showing.
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Northwest Merchants’ Convention
Bell St. Dock
Woodward Theater
Bathing Girls
Saxony and Pacific Knitting Companies
Olympia Knitting Milla
L. T. Arlander
Girl at Cabin in Snow Contest Promises $250 Prize
An unspoiled girl is isolated with two men in a northern cabin for a winter. Both men fall in love with her and she must choose between city and outdoors life. Friday’s movie page will reveal full details of this contest.
Moonshine Suspect Nabbed After Train Stop
John Horess alias E L Hollter held in county jail after Sheriff Starwich hunted a whisky still linked to his alleged liquor business. Deputy Bundy arrested Horess when he stepped from an Everett interurban at Seattle on Wednesday night. Two gallons of moonshine were found in his suitcase.
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John Horess
E. L. Holeter
Matt Starwich
Horess
Sherff George Bundy
Everett
Seattle
Aged Ministers Back Endowment for Pension Fund
The California Presbyterian church in Pasadena with 700 delegates unanimously recommends a $30,000,000 endowment fund for the board of ministerial relief and sustentation to aid aged ministers and their wives. A minimum pension of $1,000 per year is urged for honor roll ministers.
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Pasadena
S of California Presbyterian Church
Bricklayer Fractures Wrist After Fall From Scaffold
Simon Gumont a 48 year old Bremerton resident and Grant Smith Co employee fell six feet to the ground from a scaffold. He was brought to Providence hospital badly bruised with a fractured wrist and is reported in fair condition.
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Simon Gumont
Providence Hospital
Grant Smith Co
Bremerton
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DeWolf Hopper
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