First Saturday Short Story Debut in The Star
The Star announces publication of three top American love story authors Robt W Chambers Gouverneur Morris and O Henry with illustrated editions. The premier tale The Bridal Pair by Robt W Chambers will appear Saturday June 14 in The Star with art by Flagg Frederick Groesbeck or Pauline Frederick image.
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America
Robi. W. Chambers
Gouverneur Morris
O. Henry
James Montgomery Flagg
Edmund Frederick
Dan Sayre Groesbeck
Pauline Frederick
Harrison Fisher
Robt. W. Chambers
The
Star
Robert W Chambers and His Love Tales
The article profiles Robert W. Chambers a famed American teller of modern love stories. It notes best sellers such as The Fighting Chance The Firing Line The Younger Set and The Common Law and mentions his early art life in Paris and his shift to storytelling. It highlights The Bridal Pair as a standout tale with Rosamund and a young doctor and a cemetery setting.
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Robert W. Chambers
Chambers
Paris
Jullien Academy
Rosamund
Bon Marche Chorus Delivers Fine First Program
The Bon Marche chorus presented its first concert in the sixth floor cafe Thursday night. Madame Hesse Sprotte directed a 100-voice chorus with aid from Eleanor Nordoff Beck harpist and a 70 voice Bon Marche chorus plus 30 from Sprotte. Mrs. Josephine The arrangements led the program.
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Bon Marche
Madame Hesse Sprotte
Eleanor Nordoff Beck
Madame Hesse-Sprotte
Josephine
Gouverneur Morris Leads Younger Short Story Writers
The noted author Gouverneur Morris stands in the lead among America’s younger short story writers. Read selections like The Little Heiress and Holding Hands plus The Best Man and Kalki. Many more stories are promised for the summer, showcasing a real American writer.
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Gouverneur Morris
America
Stanislaus Odeakalki
Morris
O. Henry and the Journey to Fame
A spirited portrait of O. Henry and his unlikely rise from cow puncher, miner, and sheep herder to acclaimed magazine writer. The tale highlights his humble bread line days, bench sleeping, and eventual fame, noting the enduring value of his heritage stories.
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Texas
Rockies
South America
New York
Woman Chauffeur Breaks Coast Taxicab Barrier
Tacoma June 13. Mrs Frank Gill began work at the wheel of a taxicab for the Pacific Cab Co. She is believed to be the first professional chauffeurette on the Coast, challenging traditional gender roles in driving service.
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Chaffeur
Tacoma
Frank Gill
Pacific Cab Co
Gill
Jane Addams Mayoral Run Urged After Suffrage Grant
Chicago club women and suffragists consider Jane Addams for mayor in 1915 after Illinois grants women the franchise. Addams is abroad. it is unclear if she will enter the race, but supporters push to have her name placed as a candidate.
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Jane Addams
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Brutal Acts by Guards Reported at Medical Lake Asylum
Spokane chronicler reports three witnesses alleging cruel treatment by attendants at the Medical Lake Insane asylum. Nels Johnson testifies Burns and Casino knocked a patient down and struck another while seated in a hall. Peter Myron says guards in the criminal ward struck an inmate and jumped on him. Fred Lee recounts a patient being suspended in an air court for two hours.
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State Board of Control
Medical Lake Insane Asylum
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Fred Lee
Oregon Grooms Dodge Doctors
Vancouver Washington reports a surge in marriage licenses after Oregon requires a physical exam for grooms. Ten couples obtained certificates in one day and fifty eight licenses had been issued so far this month.
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Oregon
Friday the Thirteenth Hypothesis Debunked by Professor
A scholarly note argues there is no data supporting the idea that Friday the thirteenth brings misfortune. It rejects supernatural influence and any special luck effect, asserting that the symbol thirteen has no basis to predict bad outcomes and calls such belief a sign of weak reasoning.
Auto Bandits Pistol Rob Saloon and Escape in Car
Three automobile bandits here bound Isadore Gross by taping his mouth and locking him in a storeroom. They then robbed the saloon of Arthur Schmidt and escaped in a touring car.
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Isadore Gross
Arthur Schmidt
State Sues to Recover Coin in Accident Fund
Olympia authorities file the first industrial commission suit to recover 648 dollars paid for a damaged hand. Francis H. Storrs allegedly received the payout while not employed by A. C. Roessel. he is accused of borrowing Roessel's portable saw to cut his own wood. The Tilikum special departs Monday night at 7 10 for the Pow Wow in Spokane.
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Industrial Commission
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Francis H. Storrs
A. C. Roessel
Storrs
Roessel
Seattle
Spokane
Attack on Sultan of Jolo Forces Kills Two Americans
In Manila on June 13, reports state two Americans, privates from company M, Eighth Infantry, were killed in yesterday’s attack on the Sultan of Jolo’s forces. Three scouts from the Fifty-first Company and one from the Twenty-ninth Company were wounded. Lieutenant B. E. Rackele y was hit in the leg but expected to recover.
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Manila
P. L
Eighth Infantry
BE. H. Rackeley
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