Amundsen Plans 24 Hour North Pole Flight Next Month
Captain Roald Amundsen aims to reach the North Pole within a day using an all metal monoplane starting from Point Barrow around July 1. He will fly about 1,800 miles to Spitzenbergen, then proceed to Christiania for a European lecture tour before returning to Seattle in 1922.
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Roald Amundsen
North Pole
H. H. Hammer
Seattle
Point Barrow
Pole
Spitzenbergen
Amundsen
North
E. G. Pullerton
Odd Omdahl
Amudsen
Christiania
Secretary Hughes Daughter Marries in Washington
In a brilliant official function in Washington Miss Catherine Hughes wed Chauncey Lockhart Waddell of New York as President Harding and Mrs. Harding attend, along with cabinet officers and diplomatic corps, at 4 pm in the Episcopal church chapel. Oscar W Ellthrope, San Francisco customs inspector, faces divorce suit alleging street assault on his wife.
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Washington
Catherine Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes
Chauncey Lockhart Waddell
New York
United States
Harding
Diplomatic Corps
Hughes
San Francisco
Oscar W. Ellthrope
Houseboats attacked prompt ban on fresh water houseboats
Dr. H. M. Read the city health commissioner urged immediate passage of an ordinance prohibiting construction of houseboats on any freshwater within city limits. He also urged one year for current occupants to evacuate and septic tanks at sewer outlets to lakes to curb contamination endangering public health. In Prosser John Morrison alias John Martindale identified as ringleader in a White Bluffs National Bank robbery and whisky runner gang in Stevens county on Oct 29.
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H. M. Read
Dr. Read
Prosser
John Morrison
National Bank of
White Bluffs
John Martindale
Stevens County
Godley Radio Wizard Advises Star Readers
A radio authority explains the thrill and challenges of radio work and amateur transmitting. He notes stage fright, the lure of Morse code, and using vacuum tubes to reach distant listeners. An amateur in Babylon, LI showed signals reaching Scotland, and wartime misuse led to bans on tube transmitters.
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Paul F. Gouley
America
Babylon
L. I
Scotland
Wessels
Department of Commerce
Cails
Advance Drive for Hotel Fund
Seattle's new hotel company plans a rapid start to financing with a July 17 board meeting to decide a name form a corporation papers and form a subcommittee to seal the site contract with the Metropolitan Building Co for the Fourth Fifth University and Seneoasta block. Bonds may be issued for 25 years with at least 500000 stock to be taken by the builder. Plans by Robert G Reamer are ready for consideration.
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Seattle
Metropolitan Building Co
Fourth
Fifth Aves
University and Seneoasta
Heirs Sought for $5,000 Alaska Pioneer Estate
Frank Johns 62, an Alaska pioneer, died en route to Seattle aboard the steamship Northwestern Friday. He left no known heirs, his casual remarks offering no clues. A passbook showing 4500 in the Bank of Fairbanks and 500 in gold was found sewn in his clothing and will go to the King County Coroner W H Carson as an investigation unfolds.
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Frank Johns
Alaska Pioneer
Seattle
Northwestern
Johns
Bank of Fairbanks
King County
W. H. Carson
Funeral Services for Oliver Sebastian Johnson
Oliver Sebastian Johnson 61, longtime Seattle resident and former Alaska miner, died Sunday at Providence hospital. Funeral services set for 4 PM Tuesday at Butterworth mortuary. He is survived by his wife five daughters and three sons and was affiliated with several lodge organizations.
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Oliver Sebastian Johnson
Butterworth Mortuary
Johnson
Seattle
Alaska
Providence Hospital
Death Penalty Sought by Mother and Daughter in Holt Case
In Cincinnati on June 12 a mother and daughter voted to seek the electric chair for Noble Red Holt, 27, found guilty of first degree murder on two counts for slaying Detective Hueflin. The Wright women were the jurors, with the daughter briefly favoring mercy.
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Cincinnati
Noble Red” Holt
Hueflin
Fannie Belle Wright
Jeasie Imogene Wright
Holt
Mercy
Farley and Goon Sing Set For June Murder Trials
Olga Farley, held in Mberly on 5000 bail after a rooming house shooting that killed Wesley Howarth, faces a second degree murder trial on June 29. Goon Sing, accused of shooting Y. Lee at the Seattle Tacoma interurban station on February 27, will stand trial for first degree murder on June 26.
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Olga Farley
Mberly
Wesley Howarth
Goon Sing
8. Y. Lee
Tacoma
Seattle-Tacoma
Truck Plunges Through Bridge, Three Injured In Olalla Incident
In Bremerton on June 12, a truck carrying Miss Julia Wrickeon 20 Harper Harold Rehn 23 and Reginald Rehn 26 Olalla fell through the Olalla tidewater bridge into 18 feet of water last night injuring all three occupants.
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Bremerton
Julia Wrickeon
Harper
Harold Rehn
Reginald
Olalla
Olalla Tidewater Bridge
June White Sale Curtain Assortment At Special Tuesday Prices
Extensive upper floor curtain sale offering Marquisette and Filet curtains in cream ecru and white with lace edges and cluny imitation inserts. Voile and muslin options priced per yard from 18c to 75c, with many items reduced for Tuesday only. Includes Nottinghams Brussels patterns and 44 to 600 yard quantities.
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Ecru
Noteworthy White Sale Bedding Specials
Bedding bargains include bed sheets in several sizes from 72x90 to 81x90 inches with center seam and seamless options priced as low as 1.25. Crochet bedspreads and pillow cases in multiple sizes offered at sale prices, with muslin options and Fruit of the Loom fabrics discounted.
KEEP WELL Superstitions AND THE VACCINE PRINCIPLE
Dr R H Bishop traces the history of beliefs about illness and immunity from ancient remedies to modern vaccines. He notes that early inoculations and serums have evolved into antisera and antitoxins used to protect against diseases like hydrophobia diphtheria meningitis typhoid and cholera. A clipped item about Harriet 10 of Evanston drowning in Michigan follows.
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Jenner
Pasteur
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