Paul Bunyan the Epic Lumberjack in American Folklore
The Star invites readers to share Bunyan yarns collecting tall tales about the lumberjack hero famed from Maine to the Pacific Northwest. University professors will preserve accounts at the University of Washington and the State Historical Society for posterity.
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Maine
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Pacific Northwest
Babe
the Star
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State Historical Society
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Rome
Scandinavia
Europe
Why Seattle businessmen favor Star Classified Ads
United Motors Co mid Miller credits The Seattle Star for broad reach and strong results through classified columns. H M Nelson reports selling many lots via Star ads. W B Cole Commercial Inv Co touts The Star as Seattle’s best circulated paper with reliable service.
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Seattle
Star
En Miller
United Motors Co
Seattle Star
Tte Larce
H. M. Nelson
Star Advertising
W. B. Cole
The
Noted Chinatown Gun Find Sparks Talk of Tong War
Police raided Ah Kee's remoke house at Washington and King streets uncovering 11 revolvers, opium pipes, and yen shee. Six men including Kee were charged and fined while officers investigated weapon purchases amid rumors of a Tong war, later denied by Chinese societies.
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J. J. Forbes
Ah Kee
Washington St
Kee
Forbes
Bla
King St
Chinatown
J. C Wickman
Witi
Fortes
Woo Dip
Yee Tuck
Ah Chin
F. Joe
Sam Wong
Leong Bo
Dorbes
George F. Reynolds
W. W. Dench
D. N. Schoonover
C. FP. Meyera
Robbery Loot Reaches 3.5 Million From Mail Bonds
Federal officials report a $3.5 million haul from a Burlington road storage mail car theft near Council Bluffs last Saturday. Fred E. Poffenbarger, 19, arrested, confessed involvement alongside Merle Phillips and two others. Loot consists mainly of bonds and negotiable paper from Pacific coast banks. ten registered mail sacks were seized.
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Omaha
Neb
Burlington Road
Council] Bluffs
Fred E. Poffenbarger
Council Bluffs
Poffenbarger
Merle Phillips
Offenbarger
Pacific Coast
Denver Bandits Derail Train In Attempted Theft
Police hunted six bandits who tried to rob Union Pacific No 114 east of Denver Colo last night and derailed Rock Island No 6 six miles east of Denver The Union Pacific train was flagged at Sandow near here and crew fired a volley at the attackers One bandit is believed wounded Brakeman on Rock Island flagged the fleeing train amid the firefight
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Denver
Colo
Union Pacific
Rock Island
Sandow
Arrest Maid for Stealing Jewelry at City Home
Bernice Waalk, 18, a maid, was arrested Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. F. H. White’s home 936 11th Ave North as she packed to leave. Mrs. White reported missing jewelry for a month and police found the items wrapped as Christmas presents in Waalk’s suitcase.
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Bernice Waalk
F. H. White
11Th Ave. N
Autos Crash Through Windows at Brown Shoe Store
Two autos collided at Second Ave and University early Wednesday, crashing into the Brown shoe store at 1222 Second Ave. Police removed 29 pairs of shoes for safekeeping. Both cars wrecked. drivers were H. W. Donahue of 4312 Greenwood Ave and J. H. Robbins of Del Norte 1525 Seventh Ave. injuries reported.
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Second Ave
University At
Brown Shoe
H.W. Donahue
Greenwood Ave
Triangle Tours Co
J. H. Robbins
del Norte
Seventh Ave
Sequel to Stolen Umbrella Incident Report
Rainy morning altercation as Mrs. A Spinsor claims ownership of a missing umbrella seized by a passerby near First and Virginia. She spots the thief at 1977 Second Ave and demands return, asserting the item is hers. The exchange ends with the umbrella still in dispute.
Hard Battle at Brainerd Trial Leads to Open Defense
Prosecutor asserts a complex kidnapping case against Betty Brainerd with a Seattle defense handled by two firms plus a New York firm. Evidence includes clothing bought at Oliver's Baby Shop in Tacoma and details planned to avoid questions. Trial set to open December 14 in Tacoma.
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Pierce County
Betty Brainerd
William Dpd
Ashren
Herbert Reebe
Miss Brainerd
Bobby
Tacoma
Askren
Bobby Stagg
Seattle
New York
Miss Oliver
Army Captain Snatches Kubey Family Flag at Night
The Star receives a tip about Capt. R. D. Allen of the U S Army Quartermaster Corps who seized the Kubey family's flag after sundown, with reports of flag sightings at the quartermaster depot behind Sears Roebuck in Anaconda Montana. A separate note reports Thomas Marron died by suicide after shooting Plies Mus Dey schol Wuchers.
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R. D. Allen
U.S. Quartermaster’s Corps
Quartermaster’s
Sears Roebuck
Anaconda
Mont
Thomas Marron
Plies Mus
Chicagoan and Titus to Build New Seattle Hotel
Abe Frank and Hazen J. Titus announce a six million dollar hotel project in Seattle with 800 to 900 rooms. Frank, a veteran Chicago hotelman, will move with his family and will not reveal site or start date yet. Frank recently sold Hotel Oliver in South Bend and runs Hotel Sherman and Rector's in Chicago.
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Seattle
Abe Frank
Chicago
Hazen J. Titus
Frank
Inter Exta
Chauncey Wright Restauranta Co
Titua
Hie
Titus
Oliver
South Bend
Sherman
Rector’s
Snoring Triggers Stabbing at Hed mond Camp
At Ferguson Construction Camp near Hedmond, F. Q. Pitts, 51, stabbed Frank Nielsen after a confrontation sparked by nightly noise complaints. Nielsen injured but recovering. Pitts jailed. Also notice word of death in Galveston and new office openings at King Street station by L. C. Gilman as GN vice president.
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F. Q. Pitts
Ferguson Construction Co
Hedmond
Pitta
Pites
Frank Nielsen
Pitts
Nielsen
King 'St
L. C. Gilman
Great Northern Railway
Gun found on colored man in early city scrape
Police stopped Jesse Mlowera, a colored man, on Eighth Ave and Washington St with a Colt revolver in his side pocket and hidden hat under his coat. He said he was going to see a friend when a prowler car stopped him. He admitted a prior moonshining arrest in Oakland last July.
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Jesse Mlowera
Eighth Ave
Washington St
Flowers
Sergt. W. F. Donlan
KB. Wallett
Donlan
Oakland
Divorce Cards Become Local Trend In Houston
Houston reports new divorce trend as 135 couples granted divorces receive engraved cards noting the split was on grounds of incompatibility and that the parties part amicably. Agents from a local printing house promoted the service, aiming to celebrate settlements with keepsake announcements.
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Houston
Tex
Brady Seeks Dismissal If Mooney New Trial Ordered
San Francisco prosecutor District Attorney Matthew Brady said he would move to dismiss the Mooney case and free Thomas Mooney if the courts order a new trial. Mooney, jailed for life for the 1916 preparedness parade bombing, had appealed for a new trial in a letter to Brady.
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San Francisco
United Press
Matthew Brady
Thomas Mooney
State Penitentiary
Mooney
Brady
Girl Makes $100,000 a Year Plays on Emotions of Sex
New York report profiles Anita Loos, the highest paid scenario writer at 26, earning about $100,000 annually. She attributes her success to early recognition in film, her specialty in emotional subjects, and the notion that moviemaking pays those who do the work.
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New York
Anita Loos
America
D. W. Griffith
Meio
Mins Loos
Judges Picked for The Star's $5,000 Scenario Contest
The Star selects 18 district judges across Seattle Spokane Portland Tacoma Los Angeles and San Francisco for a $5,000 scenario contest. In Seattle P G Lynch Glenn Hughes and Daisy Henry will judge. Grand judges include Mack Sennett Marshall Neilan George Loane Tucker Maurice Tourneur and Allan Dwan.
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J. Parker Read, Jr
Glenn E. Hughes
The
University of Washington
Daisy Henry
Star
Mack Sennett
Marshall Netlan
George Loane Tucker
Maurice Tournieur
Allan Dwan
Read
Ouija Picks Cabinet Names For Harding Administration
Republican congressmen claim a Ouija board has named several members of President elect Harding's Cabinet. Rep E. C. Little says answers included Lodge as secretary of state and Wood as secretary of war, while no name was given for secretary of labor. The board supposedly predicted a long Democratic return.
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Washington
IE. C. Little
Kansas
Ouija Board
Harding
Little
Lavor
Five Kings Beat Four Aces In Poker Dispute
In San Francisco on November 17 Manuel J. Fernandez, Benjamin Santos, and Miguel Olympus played a friendly poker game. Olympus held four aces. Fernandez claimed five kings with the joker, leading to Fernandez’s arrest for robbery as legal debate over the hand continued with Judge McAfee and lawyers consulting Hoyle.
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San Francisco
Manuel J. Fernandez
Fernandez
Benjamin Santos
Miguel Olympus
Olympus Fernandez
Olympus
Fernandes
McAfee
Cate
Stolen Rochepoint Vessel Pursued by Coast Guard
The 5 foot gas boat Rochepoint, Canadian owned by Dominion Trust Vancouver, disappeared from King & Winger yards after 10 p m. Coast guard cutters Scout and Arcadia, under Capt. C B Weet, pursue. Rochepoint libeled in U S district court October 21 by King & Winger to recover 4323 75 for work and fittings. The vessel was berthed in yards rather than Lake Union as usual.
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Scout
Arcadia
C. B. Weet
Rochepoint
Dominion Trust
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King & Winger
Lake Union
United States Marshal’ Office
Fast Mail Derails Near Idaho. Several Injured
Spokane reports Great Northern fast mail train No. 27 derailed early today near the Idaho line. Landis and a fireman are seriously injured as wires to the wreckage are down and information is sparse. The engine is said to have gone toward the Kootenai river.
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Landis
Idaho
Kootenai River
Boy Trips and Fatally Shoots Himself
Centralia report details 16 year old George Ni who while alone tripped over a .22 rifle and shot himself through the neck. He was aiming at a target and the weapon discharged as he backed into it, dying about an hour after the incident.
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Centralia
George Ni
Agreement on Playfields Near Seattle School Boards
The Seattle playfields will remain open while boards negotiate supervision of national work. A joint committee of park and school board members will cut financial details. Field houses opened Monday as efforts continue to settle the controversy between the boards.
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Seattle
Board of Commissioners
Park
Five Die in Arnold Mine Fire Near Earlington
Five of sixteen men trapped in the Arnold mine near Earlington Kentucky died from suffocation after a fire. The victims named include Hugh Perkins Bond Alex James and George Anderson. Eleven others were rescued in serious condition as firefighters battled the blaze discovered last Tuesday.
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Arnold Mine
Roy Carnes
Hugh Perkins
Bond
Alex James
George Anderson
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