Black dining car worker causes disturbance on Seattle train
W H Matthews a Black dining car worker on the Northern Pacific became boisterous after a patron complained about olives. He struck a passenger and assaulted a cook, causing a panicked scene aboard the Seattle to Auburn train. Deputies arrested him near Auburn. the train was delayed about 30 minutes.
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W. H. Matthews
Matthews
Seattle
Auburn
Joe «Alll
Johnner
Few register for school election as December 4 vote nears
Fewer than 100 people per day register for the school board election set for December 4. Mary E. Bettinger, noted club woman and wife of real estate man Peter Bettinger, remains the only registered candidate. Unfavorable weather hampers turnout.
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Mary E. Bettinger
Peter Bettinger
Portola Festival Faces $10,000 Deficit
Portola festival officials disclose a deficit of about $10,000 in a public financial statement. The committee appeals to San Francisco merchants to help settle accounts as bank clearings rose by $10,000,000 versus last year. The same committee may stage a similar event next year but only after the deficit is wiped out.
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San Francisco
Fifteen Cling to Launched Capsized in Everett Storm
In Everett on November 19 a half capsized Norene sailing between Everett and Mukilteo was struck by a heavy gale. Fifteen or more passengers clung to the hull or boarded liferafts while rescuers towed the Norene ashore. The craft carried a 60 foot length and a 45 horsepower engine. A four year old boy survived thanks to a brave companion.
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Everett
Mukiltoe
Father's plea earns boy another chance in juvenile court
In Chehalis state training, Judge Frazer suspends sentence for Frank Ryerson after a distraught father pleads for one more chance for his sons Roy and Frank. The court warns that any future pranks will send the boy to Chehalis, while the father leads the pair out hopeful.
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Frank Ryerson
Chehalie
Chehalia
Newsies Dance at Leschi Park Promises Grand Masque Ball
The Newsboys Union hosts its annual masque ball at Leschi Park on Saturday night with a big turkey dinner the next day. Prizes totaling over 160 dollars are funded by local business people for outfits and costumes, with hundreds of newsies attending from the youngest to the oldest.
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Newsies
Leschi Park
Er Berry
Newaboya’ Union
Shorty Engler
George Harrison
Joe Buck
Bhorry Engler
James Murray
Don Lyons
Lou Finnesey
Winfred Hayes
Crabbe Burke
Diamond
Frogen Denied Robbery Claim At Colonial Hotel
Colonial hotel management rejects A Frogen report to police that he was robbed of 45 dollars inside the Colonial hotel. Frogen said the money was taken from his pocket while the landlady watched, but the hotel register shows no record of him being there and staff deny the incident.
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Colonial Hotel
A. Frogen
Frogen
Ducett
Runaway wife sparks divorce suit filed by Charlies H. Lilly & Co
W R Chatfield, a credit manager, begins divorce proceedings against Grace Chatfield. The suit cites her elopement to her childhood sweetheart James P Thomas during a Seattle visit, with a trail of worthless checks from Chicago to Kansas City. Thomas was captured and jailed. Grace was sent home.
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W. R. Chatfield
Charlies H. Lilly & Co
Grace Chatfield
Hay City
Mich
Kansas City
Detroit
Seattle
James P. Thomas
Chicago
Thomas
Remarkable Record Promises Quick Plumpness With Ramone
An advertisement claims many Seattle residents are underfed due to poor assimilation. It promotes Samonse as a flesh forming aid and Ramone capsules with a 50 cent deposit at Quaker Drag Co, offering a refund if no noticeable weight gain or strength return after a week or ten days.
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Seattle
Quaker Drag Co
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