Tacoma recalls mayor A V Fawcett seeks comeback
Former Tacoma mayor A V Fawcett, recalled, declares he wants to return to office. He argues his business background and independence will let him “wipe out the memory of that recall.” He cites a dock land negotiation where he stood firm against a railroad's price and says he is financially unburdened and ready to serve again.
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A. V. Fawcett
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Busines
Northern Pacific
You Gotta Admit This Is Some Calf
Medford Oregon reports a calf born with two heads two tails seven legs and two hearts among other doubled organs. The calf died at birth and will be mounted and preserved for display in Macdoe California.
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Picture of Innocence and Woman Who Posed for It
New York reports members of an artists colony side with Mrs. Charlotte Porter Briggs in a divorce suit filed by her husband, a prominent publisher. Briggs claims the model posed nude for a painting titled Innocence, while the colony argues the act was proper and the divorce improper.
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Artists’ Colony
Charlotte Porter Briggs
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Charlotte Davies Briggs
Kidnapped American Tortured by Five Mexicans
Charles Ballard, the U S citizen seized by five Mexicans and taken across the border, was in critical condition after torture by his captors before he escaped and returned to Carrizo Springs Texas. Rumors of possible retaliatory expeditions circulated among residents.
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Ballard
Birth on a Snow Bank Delights Chicago Passengers
Mrs Eva Hasse gave birth to a son on a snow bank while walking on a Chicago street. An accompanying policeman and several women passengers assisted as attendants during the delivery on the snowy curb.
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Eva Hasse
Petition Seeks Repeal of Empire Way Street Plan
Six hundred property owners petition Seattle city officials to revoke the Empire Way street ordinance through Rainier valley. The document claims the proposed street is unnecessary and names Jacob Furth and R V Ankeny among signers.
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Empire Way
Jacob Furth
R. V. Ankeny
Dedication Exercises at New Riverton Roman Catholic Church
Dedication ceremonies will be held Sunday morning at the new Riverton church with Bishop O'Dea presiding. County Engineer A E Denton will attend, described as wearing a proud father smile.
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Alaska “federal express” to lead Seattle Alaska Day parade
A grand Alaska celebration in Seattle announces a pageant with the Alaska railroad bill as the focus. Conductor Hiram C. Gill, mayor, governor, and Chamber of Commerce chief will ride in uniform aboard the first Alaska federal express. A parade at 8 o'clock features sourdoughs, bands, floats, and aerial fireworks to mark Alaska's development era.
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League to Hold Mass Meeting at Press Club
The Consumers' League visited Seattle Ice Cream and Lang Manufacturing plants Friday and arranged a mass meeting in the Press club auditorium Tuesday evening. The program includes an illustrated lecture Honest Weights by City Sealer L. J. Allen and other talks and performances. Public invited.
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Adventures and double shadows in weekend theater listings
The column lists film showings and plots for multiple venues. Highlights include The Adventures of Shorty two-reel Broncho comedy at Clann A with a carnival of deception and a train ride to Goodness, The Double Shadow two part Edison drama at Colonial, and The Restless Woman at Dream along with other dramas comedies and travelogue features across Melbourne Alhambra and Majestic theaters.
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Girl of 15 Wins Circle Drawing Prize
Bettie Balmer won the Circle department prize for best drawing by a person under 16. The contest drew 52 entrants with a $1 prize. Balmer, 15, attends T. T. Minor School. Honorable mentions went to Doris Graham Laurelhurst, Pauline Clare Becker 4002 Brooklyn N.B., and Laurence Wells Mission City B.C.
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Circle
Seattle
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B.C
Cascarets for Sluggish Liver
A vintage style drug ad promises Cascarets cure for headaches biliousness indigestion and sour stomach. It claims a nightly cleanse clears sour fermenting food excess bile and constipation with a licent box giving a clear head and healthy liver by morning.
Circle Department contest invites short story submissions
The Circle offers a dollar prize for a 150 word original story by a writer 16 or younger. Judges prize originality over narrative craft. Entries must be pen and ink on one side and reach The Star office by 30 o'clock Friday afternoon for judging. winner announced next week.
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Circle
Star
School Baseball Opens With Saturday Schedule
The school baseball season starts Saturday March 28 with matchups across Ballard Woodland Lincoln Walla Walla Columbia and South Park sites. Games include Irving versus Webster Whitman vs Salmon Bay Fairview against Latona Warren vs Green Lake Lowell vs Madrona Con cord vs Pacific Columbia vs York Whittier vs Emergdton and Alki against Youngstown.
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Progressive Thought Club Meets With Mrs Spencer
General conference of Congressional ministers at Plymouth Church Monday night and a Progressive Thought Club meeting with Mrs G A Spencer at 2612 14th on Wednesday.
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Sixty-Six Schools Register for League Season
Forty six grammar school baseball entries form two divisions A and B. The A group lists Interlake Beacon Hill Georgetown Pacific Webster Washington Warren Madrona Irving Minor Salmon Bay Walla Walla Adams Green Lake Longfellow Seward West Queen Anne Summit Whittier Colman Lowell B F Day Central West Woodland West Seattle and University. The B group includes Leschi Fairview Stevens South Seattle Concord Columbia Ross Allen Youngstown Alki Gatewood Latona Coe Brighton Greenwood Lawton Interbay York Whitworth and Emerson. Leschi Youngstown Seward and Alki joined this year while Hay Bagley Hawthorne Cascade did not. Total remains 46.
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B F Day School Tops Button Test With Record Wins
Monday at B F Day school the annual button test saw 137 boys enter the first two tests. Sixty qualified for the 60 yard dash and 82 won buttons. The event crowned the school as leading for both silver and bronze buttons so far this year.
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Greenwood boys top seventh grade broad jump tally
Greenwood boys outjumped rivals in the Gram mar School league trials with an average over 6 ft 7 in earning them the silver cup to be presented soon by the president of the P. S. A. L.
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Film Week Opens With Moon Trip and Drama Mix
A listing of world cinema titles includes A Trip to the Moon and So Long Count from Lubin among early week reels. Melbourne shows The Stronger Hand and Guilty or Not Guilty with Thanhouser, plus Kid Love and A Lesson in Bridge. Keystone offers A Lesson in Bridge. Dream Sunday features The Message of the Rose and The Restless Woman. Essanay presents A Hot Time in Snakeville and Winkie. Grand Sunday offers The Trap and The Glory of Whiney. Rafferty's Raffle from Apollo rounds out the bill.
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At the Home on Sunday Screenings and Pleasant Hour Showings
The program lists two reel dramas and comedies including For His Master Our Mutual Girl No. 4 The Pete Lariat of the Flying A Mabels Strange Predicament at the Home. Pleasant Hour tonight offers Impulse An Assisted Proposal Get Rich Quick with two reel dramas and comedies.
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Seattle to Build $200,000 Hotel at Fourth and University
The city will see a premier hotel on the southeast corner of Fourth and University as a $200,000 project rises on the site adjoining the Metropolitan theatre. Lessee Wm F Kennedy recently ran the Kennedy on Madison Street and has secured a 42 year lease.
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Pacific Coast
Fourth and University
Wm. F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Madison St
Metropolitan Theatre
Co ed Cheer as U W Cadets Parade and Run
On a field day at the University of Washington campus the U cadets staged a dress parade with coeds in spring gowns cheering the amateur defenders of the nation's honor. The program featured wall scaling, manual of arms drilling, rescue races and other athletic feats. Company B led by Capt Royall W Mingins won the silver cup as best drilled among ten companies.
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