Privilege to Kill Sparks Speed Law Debate in Washington
An argument over how far to regulate the president’s automobile arises in Washington as critics call speed limits essential for life protection. A speeding president is labeled a near murderer, with warnings against a privileged class riding over the people. Senator Wesley L. Jones engages in praise for Roosevelt amid past Lorimer controversy. critics recall Pilate comparisons.
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Wilson
Washington
The
United
Woodrow Ison
Waoe
Wesley Lorr Jones
Col. Roosevelt
Jones
William Lorimer
Illinois
Roosevelt
Pontius Pilate
Women convention costs and value for money questioned
A newspaper column humorously estimates expenses for a Chicago club women convention and compares per person outlays to male gatherings. It notes potential totals of 35 000 attendees at 200 each but admits exact figures are unlikely. the piece ends with a quip about divorce denial for Mrs Adele Bryant in Los Angeles and a sharp jab at artistic temperament.
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Chicago
Adele Bryant
New York
Los Angeles
Solomon
Rose Walker
Walker
Admiral Way Affair and City Rail Plans Stir Seattle
The Star notes opposition to Admiral Way improvements and argues the Electric Co faces blame while small property owners support the plan. It links the project to Lake Burien tracks, Fauntleroy Parkway, and Traction service, and mentions council delays. Also references Willie Hearst Mexico notes, a divorce case in Los Angeles, Port bonds, Potlatch bugs on Seattle streets, ward system critique, and Russians sending 32 million home.
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Admiral Way
STAR
E Electric Co
Seattle
Lake Burien
Fauntleroy Parkway
Traction Company
Fauntleroy
Thief Targets Tools as Chests Break In Nearby
Police search for a tool thief after a tool chest owned by P. H. Welsh at 23rd Ave and Grand Blvd was broken into last night. The divide of tool box robberies climbs to six in recent incidents.
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P. H. Welsh
23Rd Av
Grand Boulevard
Thief Strikes Scenic Hotel Room. Watch and Cash Missing
Thomas May rented a room at the Scenic hotel Seconday 8 and Washington street. He dozed off and awoke to find a watch and 5.50 missing after a visitor extended greetings this morning.
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Thomas May
Scenic Hotel
Seconday
Washington St
Big Ben
May
Laugh Department Tales From A Seattle Party
In a Seattle Star humor piece young Hibbard shows off photos to a society girl in love. They joke about a photo with his poodles and a hat, and a tastings mix up with Mrs Mink. A bee runs 40 miles an hour laden, while a honey laden bee travels slower. A party question about Mr Cain’s proposal is answered with witty misdirection. Notches on a steering wheel spark a quip about people run down or not.
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Young Hibbard
Whadda You Mean by Dunce Dr Duns Scotus
Dr Duns Scotus a medieval philosopher built a great system and school but left little known about Agros. His followers the Dunsmen protested revival of learning and their name became a reproach. With a spelling change the term Dunce survived.
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Duns Scotus
Agros
Must Take Oath To Fish Stories In Pittsburg
Pittsburg Kansas June 19—local anglers now must swear to their claims in legal style. At a sporting goods store, three affidavits for bass catches are posted. One man asserts a six pound bass caught then landed, while others claim bass apprehension from nearby lakes. The affidavit system reportedly reduces fish stories.
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Pittsburg
Kan
West Mineral
Welda
Woman Ends Life on a Blazing Pyre
Mrs Magdalene Pruter, a retired farmer's widow, killed herself by burning a pile of papers and wood in a cellar at Franklin Street Davenport Iowa. She locked doors and spread kerosene before setting the blaze. Police found her body fifteen minutes after the act.
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Davenport, In
Magdalena Pruter
Franklin St
Absent minded marriage mix up shocks ceremony
A man, startled by a clingy figure, discovers in the vestry that his wife Elizabeth has mistaken him for the groom. He blurts out that he had no idea who he was marrying, revealing an awkward, comic lapse at the altar.
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Elizabeth
Henry
Chicago to Host World’s First Hydroplane Harbor
Chicago plans a premier hydroplane station at Lincoln Park inviting aviation pioneer Logan Vilas. A 90 by 125 foot plot at Cornelia Street will host two hangars for Vilas and Harold F. McCormick, with three more for flying boats and a protective breakwater creating a half mile calm harbor for launches and landings.
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Chicago
Lincoln Park
Logan 4
Vilas
Sportsman
Tramp Dog Finds $400 and Wins New Home
In Clarksdale Mississippi on June 19, the tramp dog Rags returned his owner H M Taylor’s pocketbook containing four hundred dollars after it was lost on the way to a bank. Taylor had taken the money to the bank when the purse disappeared. Rags earned a fine dinner and a new doghouse as a reward.
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Clarksdale
Miss
Rags
H. M. Taylor
Taylor
Mississippi fish eat canned soups
In St Louis on June 19 the Mississippi fish fed on tomato soup dumped into the river by order of Judge D P Dyer. Two carloads in 22 000 large cans were released into the water after seven men spent two days opening the cans and pouring out the decayed contents. The soup was condemned by the government food inspector.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi River
D. P. Dyer
United States District Court
Freckles Vanish With Othine Prescription Tested by Doctor
An advertisement promotes the removal of freckles using ethine and a doctor endorsed remedy. It promises dramatic improvement after early applications and offers a money back guarantee if results fail. The ad urges asking pharmacists for double strength ethine.
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Seattle Star
Northwest Laague
Telegraph News Service
Seattle, Wash
Mai
Star Publishing Co
Willie Hearst
Mexico
United States
Russia
Union St
Madison
Seattle Star’s Laugh Department
Jura
Moses Mrf
AOF
Mia. Benton
Mr. Cain
Johnny Rcuse
Rouen
Everett True
Union Street
Beattie and
New Ave. SO. & Jackson
Paris
Bertilion
Bertilson
State of Washington
Post Office
MR. Rushes
George
Vanila
Neam
Fez
Spinning’s Cash Store
Tramp
Mississippi
Veith-Cammack Co
America
Adler-Rochester
Suh Ave
Adler
Rochester
M. A. Weise
Adler-Rochester Fine Clothes
Knox
Stetson
Manhattan
Segond Avenue
James Street
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