Drops Are All Same Yet Landings Differ Over Spanaway Lake
Star reporter G. T. Stagg leaped from 4300 feet in Percy Barnes airplane. The chute hung in a pine tree on shore due to cross winds and rare air, delaying his descent for half an hour. He was uninjured. the harness and chute were disentangled. The design is the same as the crate drop used in Atlantic City by inventor W. D. Watkins of Seattle.
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Percy Barnes
Stagg
Atlantic City
W. D. Watkins
Seattle
Bootleg Whisky Suspect Shot During Raid
Fisher a Black man described as an alleged bootleg whisky manufacturer was shot in the spine during a raid by Deputy Sheriff Ted on Friday about six miles south of Orchard in Kitsap county. He is improving at Providence Hospital. A second person, Sonya, captured in the same raid, is in Kitsap county jail.
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Fisher
Ted
Kitsap County
Providence
Orchard
Sonya
Kitaap
Local horseshoer sends good luck to Foch autographs
Martinsburg Pa May 19 Charles Gorsuch a local horseshoer wrought good luck horseshoes during World War I and sent them to allied generals and statesmen He now has autographs of all who played principal parts Gen Foch's acknowledgment arrived recently as the last entry He prize framed it
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Martinsburg
Charles Gorsuch
Foch
Goreuch
Five-year-old boy adopted by great grandmother in Mt Vernon
New York report states five year old Irving Tucker, whose father died at birth, was adopted by his great grandmother Mrs. Johanna Freitag of Mt Vernon. The boy becomes brother to his own grandfather and uncle to his mother and great uncle to his half brother as his mother Mabel Hauser has remarried.
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New York
White Plains
Johanna Freitag
Mt. Vernon
Irving Tucker
Mabel Hauser
Liberty Legion Convenes to Discuss American Legion Affiliation
Returned service men of Seattle invited to a Liberty Legion gathering at the Soldiers and Sailors' club to decide affiliation with the St. Louis American Legion and to select delegates for the Beattie state convention. Five delegates per billet, with limits per organization. Speak ers Thuss Simonton and Jack Sullivan from Washington to address attendees.
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Seattle
American Legion of Liberty
Soldiers and Sailors’ Club
American Legion
St. Louis
Theodore Roosevelt
Beattie
Legion of Liberty
Everett
Tacoma
Hellingham
Bremerton
Anacortes
Kent
Auburn
Olympia
Keyport
Returned Soldiers, Sailors and Marines
Simonton
Jack Sullivan
State of Washington
St. Louisa
Erickson Opposes Diablo Canyon Probe Until Gorge Creek Tests
Councilman Erickson announced he will oppose spending $20,000 to study Diablo Canyon and Ruby Creek power sites until test borings at Gorge Creek for the Skagit project are completed. He joined Acting Mayor Lane and engineers after a weeklong inspection trip. the group cited a potential new Gorge Creek foundation and questioned further investigations at other sites.
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Oliver T. Erickson
Diablo Canyon
Ruby Creek
Gorge Creek
Skagit
Erickson
W. J D. Lane
Diablo
Ruby Ae
Seattle
Ruby
W. D. Lane
L. B. Youngs
A. H. Dimock
Carver
George Cotterill
U. S. Forest
Dater
Portland
Employee Always Busy When Needed Is Trusted
The statement argues that an employee who never pretends to be busy when without tasks demonstrates reliability and trustworthiness. It emphasizes truthful behavior and steady work ethic as signs of character.
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Theole Eine
Hawker Starts on Sea Flight for 50 000 Prize
Hawker and Grieve launched from Newfoundland aiming to beat the Nancy record and reach Ireland in about 20 hours. The Sopwith biplane carried 340 gallons of gasoline and a long range radio while navigating routes over the Atlantic Heavy gear damage left the craft wrecked at the takeoff site but the crew pressed on hoping to reach Ireland by Monday morning.
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Greenwich
New York
Ireland
Hawker
Hawkers
Grieve
Raynham
Brooklands
England
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Victoria Plane Arrives Here From Victoria
A Curtiss biplane piloted by Lieut. Robert Rideout and Lieut. W. B. Brown landed on the municipal golf links after a Victoria to Coupville flight. They carried an invitation to Acting Mayor W. D. Lane for a May 24 victory pageant in Victoria. The voyage took about one hour and ten minutes between Coupville and the course. Eddie Hubbard signaled greeting from a mile altitude.
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British Columbia
Washington
Curtios
Robert Rideout
Royal Flying Corps
W. B Brown
Municipal Golf Links
Victoria
Eddie Hubbard
Boeing Airplane Company
W. D. Lane
Port Townsend
Coupville
When you lose money and gain money by it
A compact adage notes that financial outcomes can invert perceived value as loss and gain intertwine. The saying emphasizes the paradox that risk or timing may convert a detriment into a benefit, illustrating market quirks and investor psychology.
Brazil President to Get on the Job
President elect Pessoa of Brazil prepares to return home and assume office after leading Brazil at the peace congress. He is a strong booster for the United States and will take the reins of government soon.
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Brazil
Peace Congress
Pessoa
United States
Winnipeg May End Troubles
United Press report from Winnipeg on May 19 describes ongoing general strike conditions. City officials and employers near an agreement to present a proposal to unionists to break the walkout, with deliveries restricted and services disrupted. Labor headquarters appears to control actions as unions resist concessions while some relief measures emerge. Thomas Deacon, Manitoba Iron Works president, closed his plant and left for California.
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Winnipeg
United Press
Atrikera
Metal and Building Trades
Brandon
Order of
Thomas Deacon
Manitoba Iron Works
Landlords Fined For Skimping Heat In City Tenements
Police Justice John B. Gordon fined two apartment landlords twenty dollars each for failing to provide minimum heat as required. Three others forfeited bail. the crackdown follows a citywide ordinance enforcement led by Health Commissioner Dr. Hiram Read. Notable cases include Honora Ornstein Rosemont apartments and A. Kowhn Abraham apartments.
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John B. Gorden
Gordon
Hiram Read
City Health Commissioner
Honora Ornstein
Rosemont Apartments
13Th Ave.n
M. Yamanabe
Antlers
Fourth Ave
Union At
H. Oaks
Sherman Hotel
First Ave
Quality Dental Care Promises Modern Office Standards
The ad touts a first class dental office run by graduate registered dentists with wall certificates. It highlights state of the art equipment, low prices due to high volume, top quality materials, and an ironclad written guarantee. The strictly sanitary office employs white garb and offers a free examination with no obligation.
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State Dental Board
Regal Dental Offices Seattles Leading Dentists Ad
N W Corner Third and Unies Promotes Regal Dental with lady attendants on duty and right location across from the post office. Also notes on court fines for failure to appear and health commissioner Hiram A Read warning landlords about coal heating ordinances with jail risk for repeat offenses. Minimum heat set at 65 degrees year round.
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Regal Dental
L. R. Clark
N. W. Corner
Seattle
Seattle sculptor Halford Lembke wins first prize in Cleveland show
Halford Lembke of Seattle received the first prize at an exhibition of carved ivory and metal medallions in Cleveland Ohio. He was reported by his parents Mr and Mrs John Lembke of Mercer Island. Lembke returned from France in February after serving as a sergeant with the 40th engineers on the St Mihiel Verdun and Argonne fronts.
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Halford Lembke
Seattle
Cleveland
John Lembke
Mercer Island
Lembke
France
40Th Engineers
St. Mihiel
Verdun
Argonne
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