Thief Strikes During City Auto Collision
In a noon accident at Seventh Avenue and Union, Mrs. Fannie Esknazi was aided after a crash. While helping, Mrs. Grace Edwinson dropped her purse containing $15, a theft that occurred as L Meterni, driving a Cascade Bakery delivery car, was injured and lost control. A jitney driven by Arthur Van Dykeman was involved.
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Fannie Esknazi
Seventh Ave
Union At
Grace Edwinson
Esknazi
Boyd
Bsknazi
L. Meterni
Cascade Bakery
Meterni
Arthur van Dykeman
Cherry
Tag Day Sale Aims To Sell 72 Pairs Of Shoes
The Mother Ruther home plans a tag day sale Saturday to raise funds for 55 youngsters and 17 mothers who rely on the home. With no money for new supplies, the home seeks many women to sell tags and encourage donations.
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Mother Ruther
Maine Indian Showcases Trained Porcupines for Quill Exhibits
Simon Dana reports eight trained porcupines that shoot quills into a tub each morning on his Maine premises. He displays the quills and sells them as toothpicks, claiming daily exhibitability.
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Simon Dana
Dana
Calgary Well Salted: Conspiracy in Oil Well Plot Revealed
In Calgary, Norman A. Fletcher testified at a preliminary hearing that George E B Mack and Huck planned to salt a well with crude oil and distillates to profit during May 1914. The scheme allegedly spurred Black Diamond stock booms and subsequent collapse amid warrants and arrests.
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Calgary
Alta
George EB. Mack
Mack Diamond of
Melda, Limited
Western Canada
Oir
Norman A. Fletcher
Huck
Fletcher
Pletcher
H.C. Beattie
Buck
Vancouver
Banff
Attorney Generals Department
Government of Commission
Black Diamond
Schmidt Trial For Murder In Los Angeles
Special Prosecutor Jas. W. Noel outlined the case against M. A. Schmidt in a murder trial. He alleged Schmidt bought 500 pounds of dynamite in San Francisco under a false name, stored it in a vacant house, and scouted the Times building to pick a target, claiming Schmidt and J. B. McNamara were paid $600 in Oakland by the "Old Man" for a prior job.
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Los Angeles
M. A. Schmidt
San Francisco
Leon
Times
Jas. W. Noel
Schmidt
Noel
J. B McNamara
Oakland
Divorce Suit Says Husband Was Missing 26 Years
Mrs. Amanda Boak of 1423 28th Ave sues Henry Calvin Hoak for divorce after believing him dead for 26 years. She says he recently returned and insulted her, and Judge Gilliam issued a restraining order prohibiting him from entering her premises. They married May 15 1875 in Frankfort Ind and had 16 years of cohabitation.
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Amanda Boak
28Th Ave
Henry Calvin Hoak
Boak
Gilliam
Frankfort
Ind
Tailor Seeks Divorce Over Hair Loss Allegation
Carl J. Johnson a tailor of 114 Boylston Ave N seeks a divorce from Christina Johnson claiming she secretly applied a chemical solution to his scalp while asleep causing hair loss and threatening his sight. He cites the method as intentional harm and seeks dissolution of marriage.
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Carl J. Johnson
Boylston Ave. N
Christina Johnson
Premier Asquith Names War Committee Members
Premier Asquith told the house of commons that the war committee will consist of himself First Lord of the Admiralty Balfour Colonial Secretary Bonar Law Chancellor of the Exchequer McKenna and Lloyd George in London on November 11.
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London
Asquith
House of Commons
War Committee
Admiralty
Balfour
Bonar Law
McKenna
Lloyd George
McLennan Predicts Wilson Victory Reaffirmed
Frank P. McLennan editor of the Topeka State Journal believes Wilson will win re election due to his Mexican policy and neutrality stance. He says Kansans and others feel he will keep the nation out of trouble. He spoke at the New Washington hotel.
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Frank P. McLennan
Topeka State Journal
Topeka
Kan
New Washington Hotel
Wilson
Mcbennan
Realty Man Acquitted In Grand Larceny Trial
Joseph L. Black, a realty dealer, was acquitted by a jury in superior court on the grand larceny charge after his second trial. The case alleged he borrowed money on Calgary improvement bonds that did not belong to him.
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Joseph L. Black
Superior Court
Calgary
The Decision of Governor Locke treated with great pathos
In Seattle this week Mian Archer stars in The Decision of Governor Locke at the Orpheum Theatre. Her tearful portrayal of Stella Archer and the suffering wife Lillian Locke moves audiences daily as Claude Gillingwater echoes the governor. The actor speaks softly of fearing the role and recalling a summer by Lake Washington with two Airedale dogs.
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Seattle
Stella Archer
Lillian Locke
Governor Locke
Mian Archer
Orpheum Theatre
Misa Archer
Claude Gillingwater
Africa
Lake Washington
Spencer divorce suit over shopping curbs
Mrs Jessie Drummond Spencer seeks divorce from John Drummond Spencer in superior court alleging he forbade her shopping more than once or twice weekly. She said they could support more outings but he grew peevish when she left home. They wed in London in 1892.
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Jessie Drummond Spencer
John Drummond Spencer
Superior Court
London
Improved GQuinter Reveals Better Quinine Laxative Blend
The note explains a new laxative mix labeled GQuinter that purportedly enhances quinine's effect without head effects. It claims the improved formula uses Hromo Quinine and urges calling for the full name to verify KB W. Grove and foreign nature.
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Deee
KB W. Grove
Ibe
Overnight hair curling with liquid alimerine method
A simple night time hair treatment uses liquid alimerine applied with a clean toothbrush to achieve natural curling and waviness by morning. It claims to be gentle on hair, with gloss and no greasiness, lasting months from a few ounces bought at a drug store.
Eczema Relief Ad Claims Quick Healing and Comfort
An advertisement promotes Greney salves and ointments for eczema itching and skin troubles. It claims rapid relief, healing of sores burns and chafing, deep penetration and affordable cost with a one dollar extra large size option.
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Promised to Restore Complexion
An old advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a liver and bowel aid. It claims the olive colored tablets restore a pink complexion, ease headaches, and improve energy, noting a long practice by Dr FF M Edwards and urging readers to buy from druggists.
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FF. M. Edwards
Dr. B Howarda
Dr. Edwards
Dr. Hadwards
Dr Edwards
Olive Tablet Company
Columbus
Fine offer for poor couple to run seven acre Whidby chicken ranch
O K Cox seeks a willing couple down on their luck to take over a seven acre chicken ranch on Whidby island. He offers a four room house three cleared acres sixty thoroughbred hens a boat two incubators and space for a thousand chickens if they maintain the place. Nearby are a school post office and a community hall with park a half mile away. Cox is at 4819 Chicago St and can be reached after 7 pm at Rainier 579.
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Star Office
O. K. Cox
Chicago St
Rainier
Mother seeks $50 to reach dying daughter in Chicago
Seattle mother, a trained nurse, cannot afford the trip to her daughter in a Chicago sanitarium where the latter, married, begs for her mother in her final days. With husband unemployed long, their savings and earnings go to bills. A second daughter works in San Francisco to support them.
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Seattle
Chicago
San Francisco
Back to Nature in Pink Tights in Maine Woods
Bangor Maine November 11 reports Mr and Mrs Walter F Kat have lived in the Maine woods near Deadwater Moosehead Lake and upper Kennebec for two months with only pink tights and no food or weapons they claim to thrive by making fire with flint using animal hides for shelter Estes a hunter guide and herb gatherer joins them to prove modern folk can live primitively.
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Bangor
Walter F. Kat
Nature
Maine
Deadwater
Moosehead Lake
Ken¢nebec
Osten
Estes
Prize Holstein herd to be sold at auction
San Francisco announces a large prize Holstein Friesian dairy herd from the exposition will go under the suction hammer on December 4. The herd has attracted nationwide interest among livestock men and dairy producers.
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San Francisco
Dandruff Cure Claim For Liquid Argon Advertised
An advertisement promotes using four ounces of liquid argon applied nightly to dissolve dandruff and stop itching. It claims rapid results by morning with continued applications, promising fluffy lustrous hair and a glossy feel, and notes availability at drug stores.
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Arvon Ag
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Burnett’s Jewelry
Burnett’s
Lord Elgin
Helms & Edwards
Elgin
Sheffield Plate
Posit
Urnett Bros
Second Ave
Madison
Frye’s Quality Markets
Third Ave
Western Market
Western Ave
Westlake
Westlake and Mine
Occidental Ave
Ballard Market
Bellard Ave
Black Diamond Company
Sues
Albert Edward Wiggam Eugenics
Acv. M. CC. A
Fowler
Star Reporter
Josh
Eczema
Zemo
Cleveland
Save Dr. Edwards
Waterhouse-Sands Motora Co
Studebaker
Broadway
Rochesta
THE
Rochester
Second
Rome
Pink
Bradbury
Bradbury Clothes
Credit Apparel Institution
United States
Second Avenue
Union Street
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