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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1915

Page

8

Tacoma timber cruiser pleads guilty defrauding Aberdeen residents

DO. RR. Collier pleads guilty at Tacoma to using malls to defraud six Aberdeen people in land location schemes. Clyde C. Gilbert, mayor of Coulee City WA, to drive 20th relay from Chicago to Seattle, from Coulee to Ellensburg Saturday. Note for fishermen: Clarke County Game Warden Hoff to liberate 2,000,000 trout in Clarke County this year. Iceland and Denmark avoid war. Yaqui Indians declare war against Germany, US, and Mexico.

DO. RR Germany United States Mexico Iceland Denmark Storen Chicago Police Mike Welsabaum Caplan Schmidt Los Angeles Times Naval Academy Anya Spokane Fruit Growers’ Co Great Northern

Girl Wins $500 From Chinaman In Slander Suit

Mary Abby a Hawaiian cannery worker in Oakland won $500 in defamation and slander damages against Pacific Coast Canning Company run by Lew Hing. Hing accused her of theft by posting the false time card claim and docked wages. after a series of trials a jury verdict settled at $500.

Mary Abby Oakland Cal Pacific Coast Canning Company Lew Hing Miss Abby Hing Donahue Farmer

Paper hanger attacks child then slashes own throat

In Portland on June 16 C J Durbarow, a paper hanger, struck his one year old daughter Ruth on the head with a hammer fracturing her skull and then cut his own throat. Both are in critical condition.

Portland C. J. Durbarow Ruth

Berry Festival Sparks Big Saturday Sports on Vashon Island

Vashon Island hosts a Saturday festival featuring yacht races and a variety of contests from a 71 yard dash to egg and sack races. Seattle and Tacoma Commercial Clubs aim to settle baseball scores while yacht clubs compete on the water. Prizes are provided by local merchants and over 250 delegates are slated to attend the Western Washington Federation of Improvement Clubs meeting. Boats depart Pier 3 at 9:30 am and 12:30 pm.

Vashon Sland Burton Seattle Tacoma Seattle Commercial Club Western Washington Federation of Improvement Clubs Pier 3

Bankers Buzz About Seattle Athletic Club Show

If you meet any blue diamond lapel men these days pass on. They will describe the Seattle Athletic Club benefit at the Moore theatre on June 24 titled High Jinks in Dixie Land. The show, directed by William Billy Broad, features 75 rehearsing amateurs and promises a first rate production.

Seattle Athletic Club Moore Theatre J. W. Spangler Claude Philbrick Dixie Land William Billy

Why Be Toothless All You Need Is Alcresta

In San Francisco on June 17 a physician announced at the Eclectic Medical Association that pyorrhoea now has a cure. He said Alcresta combined with Ipecac was devised by Drs. Johns and Bass of New Orleans and that the United States government has adopted the treatment.

Carl Reiter Orpheum Theatre Empress Maxmilian the Great Women's City Club of Boston Seattle San Francisco Fair Portland J. A. Elsey Riverside Coffee House Spokaneave Riverside HM. R. King Board of Managers Washington State Reformatory Young Men's Business Club Butler Finance Committee Seattle Real Estate Association Los Angeles Morris Habinvich 4Th Infantry Fort Lawton Albertson Frisco War Department W. E. Worsham Providence Hospital Metropolitan Life Insurance Co Unitarian Dramatic Club Houlston Avenue Unitarian Church Lister Long Beach Cal M. L. Burkhardt Cascadie Ave District of King Skagit Snohomish Alcresta San Francisco John Url Lieyd Eclectical Medical Association Menting Alresta Ipecac Lloyd Dra. Johns Bass New Orleans United States

Basement Salesroom Dress Crepes at 10 Cents Yard

A basement salesroom offers over 1000 yards of fast color Dress Crepes at ten cents per yard. The sale features uneven stripe pink tan black blue and lavender on white grounds plus a broken assortment of check and plaid crepes formerly priced higher. Friday only.

Bargain Apron Sale at Basement Salesroom

Bungalow Aprons offered at 35c each made of percale in light and dark colorings with round neck cuffs and piped pockets. Margaret Aprons feature gingham and percale in check stripe and fancy effects with blue white and red rick rack trim. Unusual 25c values. Basement Salesroom.

Margaret Hiese Messalines

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