Chinese Hobo Wanders From City To City
A Chinese traveler nicknamed Chin Sing, about 35, roams American cities seeking warmth and work. He arrived in Duluth then Zenith City, working briefly as a chef at Chin Sang’s cafe before heading south again to escape cold weather.
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D Forks
N. D
Sing
Chin Sing
United States
Duluth
Minn
Francisco
Zenith City
Chin D. Ong
Chin Sang
Wanderer
Grand Forks
Tropics
Marines Headed for France Under Col. Doyen Command
Two thousand six hundred marines destined for France under Maj. Gen. Pershing will serve under Col. Doyen, commandant of the marine barracks in Washington. Doyen, age 58, a naval academy graduate, has 34 years in the marine corps and has prior service in the Philippines and at San Domingo, with colonel rank since January 16, 1909.
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France
Seattle Telegraphers Lead Relief Corps for Uncle Sam
Edwards, a former Associated Press operator, organizes the Telegraphers War Relief Corps to supply hundreds of retired operators for the signal corps. The group, now over 300 members from 12 states and Canada, plans to assign veterans to war duty while keeping interior telegraph lines steady. Edwards handles all outreach and foresees major national expansion as applications arrive daily.
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Edwards
Sam
Signal Corps
Corps
Union
Canada
Washington
Key
L. D. McAdams
Seattle
Montana
Associated Press
Minneapolis
Indianola Beach Summer Home Tract Warned to Buy Now
Real estate ad urges buyers to purchase Indianola Beach tracts before July 1 as prices rise 40 to 50 percent afterward. It touts available amenities and rapid growth since 1916, noting new water mains, bridges, streets, a bathing pavilion and numerous summer homes. Seattle buyers already investing, with waterfront access and scenic sand beach.
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Indianola Beach
Puget Sound
Indianola Creek
Seattle
Indianola Beach Offers Direct Seattle Boat Service
Regular morning departures at 9:30 allow visitors to reach Seattle for day trips. Weekday schedules include 7:30 and 8:30 morning boats to Seattle and return trips at 5:15 and 6:15. Sundays invite full day outings for families with picnics and nature.
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Indianola Beach
Seattle
Labor Inspector Ellis Seeks Cantonment Improvement Talks
Special agent Charles W. Ellis of the Department of Labor arrives in Seattle to inspect labor conditions related to cantonment construction at American Lake. He plans meetings with trade unions on issues tied to army and navy contracts and related installations.
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Charles W. Ellis
Department of Labor
Seattle
American Lake
Army
Navy
Tragedy at Lincoln Park Reservoir
Edgar Gatewood a 13 year old boy son of E R Gatewood of 1111 East Republican was drowned Thursday afternoon after falling into the Lincoln park reservoir while playing inside iron railing with Al Caspers of 419 13th avenue North He was submerged for two hours before a drag net recovered the body.
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Edgar Gatewood
E. R. Gatewood
East Republican At
Lincoln Park
al Capers
13Th Ave. N
Dr Ferdinand King urges women mothers and daughters
Dr. Ferdinand King, a New York physician and medical author, advocates attention to women's health with a sweeping call to action aimed at every woman, mother, and daughter.
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Ferdinand King
New York
Kings of Europe Line Up for American Jobs at Empire Agency
In New York the International Employment Agency greets out of work royalty from across Europe. Clerk Dan Cohalan assigns each king a mundane posting from caviar packer to sparring partner while stripping aristocratic titles, hinting at a future where monarchs seek ordinary labor under their family names.
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International Employment Agency
New York
Europe
Ellis Island
Dan Cohalan
Nicholas Romanoff
Dan
Nick Romanoff
Third Avenue
Nick
George Wettin
London
Boston
George
William Hohenzollern
Milwaukee
Bill
Longacre A. C
Hattling Batson
Madrid
Alphonse Bourbon
Meadow Brook
Albert Grimaldi
Monte Carlo
Fifth Avenue
Constantine
Tiny” Oldenburg
Shorty Mohammed
Sition
Mleischner
Bert Wettin
Belgium
Charles L. Hapsburg
Austria
Perdy Wettin
Bulgaria
Chris Oldenburg
Denmark
Nick Petrovitch
Montenegro
Manuel Wettin
Portugal
Charlie Hohenzollern
Romania
Pete Georgevitch
Serbia
Judge Fines Himself Ten Dollars For Speeding
In Clarksburg West Virginia on a police court matter Judge G H Gordon arraigned August Dishart a glass worker for speeding. Dishart claimed the judge was guilty too. The judge imposed a five dollar fine on Dishart and ten dollars on himself saying the car passed his own a minute before the arrest.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
G. H. Gordon
August Dishart
Dishart
Britisher Wins Solo Trench Fight Defeats Eleven Germans
London dispatch recounts a private’s fearless action in a single encounter. He rushed an enemy trench, killed nine with bombs, captured one survivor, and then aided wounded comrades under heavy fire.
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London
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Col
Chas.a. Doyen
Uncle Sam
Relief Corps
Ira C. Edwards
Ayyeeley
Kitsap County Transportation Company
Pier 3
Madison
Indianola Beach CO
Elliott 317
Joshua Green
Panama
Palm Beach
Warner
Empire
American Beauty
Millinery Department
Ie Alain Esese
King, M.D
Matains Reneral
Ferdinand Kin
Owl Drug Co
Kartell Drug Co
Swifte Pharmacy
Java
Price
Second Avenue
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