Wee Town Builds Big Hotel in Steubenville
Steubenville launches a million dollar hotel project named Ft. Steuben designed as a civic center with nine stories a basement baths for each room and a banquet hall cafeteria coffee room grill and dining area. Financed by local citizens through stock and mortgage bonds the hotel aims to welcome residents and travelers alike as a modern landmark in southeastern Ohio.
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Steuvenville
Ohio
Malfl
Steubenville
Stebenville
Ita
Ft. Steuben
Pittsburg
Steuben
Conspirators Behind Asylum Request Linked to Wife
The article details A. Arnold petitioning the superior court to restore civil rights after confinement as an insanity suspect. He alleges his wife Laura had him jailed for 30 days, endured inhumane treatment by criminals, and a kangaroo court. Eyewitnesses and doctors deny insanity, noting his overwork and frothing, with support from Drs. Stanley Babcock Starbuck and others. G. T. Moran is listed as his counsel.
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Woolley
Gratts
Ihl Arnold
Superior Court
Domentio
Laura
Arnold
Erexion
Carl Albrecht
RegaIns Appetite and Sleep Well
An Oklahoma City reader credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for restoring appetite and sleep after pale complexion headaches indigestion and fainting spells. The testimonial notes relief from daily exhaustion and white lips and ears and mentions ordering by mail for 60 cents a box from the Dr Williams Medicine Co Suhlene? NY.
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Exhaus Dent
A. E. Krepa
W. Frisco Street
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Dr. Wiliams
Dn . Wiliams Medicine Co
City Must Rush Skagit Power Project Construction
City plans a Skagit power project with electricity to be sold to the public without profit or for municipal use. The contract requires the city council to enter an agreement with the government and to start building a temporary plant on Newdale creek by December 1, 1920.
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Skadt
Newdale Creek
Gorge Creek
Pro
Spokane Cop Held as Army Deserter
Spokane officer Andy Bush is held in Fort Wright guardhouse after enlisting in the Army at Camp Grant and facing discharge issues from a prior enlistment. He remarried and returned West while the case is pending.
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Spokane
Andy Bush
Camp Grant
Fort Wright
Burglars Escape With $1000 Haul From Home
Jewelry and clothing valued at $1,000 were stolen from the home of Co. A. Wadenstein of Hansen Wadenstein Deck Co. at 473 Terry Ave Friday night during the family’s absence. Officials to sign government attenuations introduced at a special council session Friday.
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Co. A. Wadenstein
Hansen Wadenstein Deck Co
Terry Ave
War Prosperity Triggers Frenzied Speculation In Japan
Japan faces a sharp market downturn after a wartime boom. The text notes lavish profits in 1919, stock surges, and finance collapse as banks falter and exchanges close. Officials pledge aid, yet runs hit banks. reports from Osaka, Tokyo, and Nagoya describe broad declines across industries and spiking bankruptcies amid price drops in securities.
Lydia Pinkham’s Compound Endorsed by Local Woman
A Woodford Virginia reader describes using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills before childbirth. She reports a healthy baby and little pain, urging others to consider the remedy. The ad touts the product as safe, natural, and free of narcotics, offering confidential advice from the Pinkham company.
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Woodford
Lydia Pinkham
Joan Lint- Rint
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Raid Seizes Malt Hops and Recipes at Tropical Foods
New Orleans reports a raid on Tropical Food Products seized hundreds of cases of malt several barrels of hops and thousands of recipes for brewing. Company books affected involve more than 10 000 people in the Golf States in national prohibition law violations.
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New Orleans
Tropical Food Products Company
Golf States
Birney Named M. E. Bishop on First Ballot in Des Moines
Dr J L Birney of Boston was elected bishop by the Methodist general conference on the first ballot. He received 649 of 625 votes cast, defeating rivals Dr Frank W Warne of Lucknow India Dr John W Watson of Bombay and Dr Eben A Johnston of Rhodesia South Africa. The conference aims to elect thirteen more bishops.
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J.L. Birney
M. E
Des Moines
Iowa
J. J. Birney
Boston
Birney
Frank W. Warne
Lucknow
Indian
John W. Watson
Bombay
India
Eben & Johnson
Rhodesia
South Africa
Confession Claimed in Robbery Case at Fort Gay
Mason Headley, 20, arrested by Detectives Peyser and Phillips, allegedly confessed to Lieutenant Kent about stealing a gold watch and 77 dollars fifty cents from Mrs. Hanna’s apartment at 1414 Tenth Avenue Thursday night. The case centers on the Fort Gay robbery and ongoing investigation.
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Mason Headley
Fort Gay Night
M. M. Peyser
Charles Phillips
William RB. Kent
Mra J. Hanna
10Th Ave
Thureday Night
Comet of drinking fines hits new high in Passaic
In Passaic New Jersey on May 15 James McDonald was fined 25 dollars by Police Judge Costello. The judge said liquor prices had jumped and penalties were justifiable as penalties rose to new levels.
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Passaic
N. J
James McDonald
Costello
Exception allows immigrant from French Syria to enter U S
A May 15 report states Miss Salim Rarmeh of French Syria was admitted despite literacy restrictions, granted as a victim of religious persecution. The exception cited humanitarian grounds to allow her into the United States.
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U. S
New York
Iitterates
Salim Rarmeh
Syria
Americans Will Flock to London Mecca of American visitors
London expects a record influx of American visitors with hotel bookings already made six months ahead. Londoners previously hosted over a million tourists and concerns rise about whether steamers can handle the volume.
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London
America
Man accidentally kills mother with firearm in Cambridge
Charles Parne was handling a gun his brother placed in a corner of the room when it discharged, fatally striking his mother. The incident occurred in Cambridge on May 15.
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Cambridge
Eng
Charles Parne
Duchess of Marlborough to Return to United States
London May 15 The Duchess Consuelo Vanderbilt who is suing for divorce is expected to return to America soon. Her resignation from the London county council is seen as proof of her plan.
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U. S
London
Duchess of Marlborough
Consuelo Vanderbilt
America
London County Council
Undergraduates Do “Chores” Now at Wellesley
Shortage of domestic servants raises wages but Wellesley college undergraduates volunteer for the work. Dr. William N. Hailmann, renowned educator, died in Pasadena California Friday, reported to his son William A. Hailmann of 4115 Walworth Street.
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Wellesley, Maas
Wellesley College
William N. Hatilmann
Pasadena
Cal
Wiliam A. Hailmann
W. Wal
Seattle Play Is Produced Here by Bryant School District
A locally written dramatic production was staged last night by 260 residents of the Bryant School District in Seattle. Teens from the neighborhood formed a permanent players club to develop community drama.
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Seattle
Bryant Shoal
Frost Kills Twenty Percent of King County Crops
A frost Thursday night damaged about twenty percent of the King county berry fruit and early vegetable crop in the White river valley. The Duwarn teh valley and Enumelaw districts were also affected according to county crop reporter August Roeliner.
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King County
White River Valley
August Roeliner
Duwarnteh Valley
Enumelaw
Boyle Faces Sentencing Monday In Habitual Criminal Case
Fileworth Boyle, alleged habitual criminal, will be sentenced Monday after a postponement of the previously planned Saturday pronouncement. His long list of offenses and prior convictions insure him a life term in the penitentiary.
Accident prompts witnesses to identify driver
On the night of May 3 an auto struck Charlie Gustafson breaking his leg. Witnesses are asked to call T. K. Eaton Main 296. In Seattle the 100th birthday of Florence Nightingale is celebrated by more than 500 nurses physicians and community workers at the Masonic club rooms Friday evening.
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Osaka
Shisuoka
Charlies Gustafson
T. K. Eaton
Seattle
Florence Nightingale
Masonic Club Rooms
Writ Stops $18 Weekly Wage Scale Action
In Olympia a Thurston County Superior Court issued a writ of review against the new minimum wage scale of $18 for hotel and restaurant workers. The writ delays the Industrial Welfare Commission from enforcing the rate until the case is argued in court on May 7.
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Olympia
Thurston County
Rayne 60 Dies At Home In Port Blakely
HL W. Rayne aged 60 dies Friday at his home 2707 Ninth Ave W. A Port Blakely resident and member of the Sons and Modern Woodmen of America. Body is at Bonney-Watron establishment.
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HL W. Rayne
Tiis
Ninth Ave
Port Blakely
Sons and Modern Woodmen
Ica
Bonney Watron
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Arno
Board of Examiners
Parola
Gavitta
E H. Stanley
Helen Babcock
D. R Babcock
EH. Starbuck
Arnoki
W. J. Santmeyer
G. T. Moran
Meier
Tacoma
Puget Sound
W. A. Goodwin
11Th Ave
Limerick
Seattle Tacoma Boats
Colman Dock
Dexter Horton
Second Ave
Cherry St
Island Empire
BY Jack Mason
Yokohama
Japan
Tokyo
Cotton Spinning Co
Anite Lumber Yard
Masuda Hank
Omke
Bank of Japan
Runnor
Omka
Osaka Dojima
Kobe
Shimonoceki
Fashu
South
U.S. Army Goods Sale
U. & Shelter
U. & Raincoats
U. & Plage
Camp Lewis
Wireless
Third Ave
Wash
Aelamelie Ake
LSM Yaye Drug Stores
R. Belle Calvert
Alaskan
Berianis Mis
Broadway
Irvs
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