Municipal Dances Grow Despite Local Scandal
Director J Howard Stine reports Col Tina playfield dances continue amid a recent scandal over what is lewd versus uplifting. The Bachelors Club interference has not halted weekly Waltzes and two steps as crowds grow. Next Tuesday lowers admission to 10 cents with room checking. dances cost 3 cents each. If the one-night format sells, it will continue. otherwise two nights return. Prospects rise for Leschi park pavilion as a municipal hall next spring.
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Col- Tina Playfield
J. Howard Stine
Stine
Leschi Park
Gays Stine
Free book promises painless home treatment for rectal troubles
A misleading promotional notice touts a free small book by Dr. Van Vieck claiming to cure piles fistula fissures and other rectal problems without surgery or doctors. It warps credibility with grandiose promises and a coupon for the supposed miraculous method.
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van Vieck
U. & Army
Dr. van Vieck Co
Depe Lek4t
Jackson, Mid
Yogurt Cure Claim Promises Health Via Colon Poisons
A Blaine Washington firm advertises yogurt as the sole method to destroy intestinal poisons and cure a range of ailments from digestive issues to liver and heart trouble, inviting readers to write for information.
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Bacilli
Yoghurt CO. Blaine
Wash
Women cops on beats in England London’s first war policeman
Mrs. Watson led the way as the first war policeman in London. Now about 50 women have taken the places of London policemen serving in France and Belgium, keeping streets safe while the soldiers fight overseas.
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England
Watson
London
France
Belgium
Eight Die In Lake Sault Ste Marie Collision
Eight bodies wash ashore near Grand Marais as the lumber barge Annie M. Peterson is confirmed lost after a heavy gale send two ships, the C. F. Curtin and the barge 8. K. Marvin, from Baraga toward Tonawanda. The Peterson carried seven crew, an eighth body implies another craft missing.
Japanese Aviator Exhibition Flight Called Off
Samura the Japanese aviator had planned an exhibition flight in Honolulu but the event was canceled by government authority. The flight would have occurred while the German gun boat Geler was being repaired in Honolulu harbor and two Japanese warships waited outside, as the ascent could be seen as a violation of neutrality.
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Honolulu
Samura
Geler
Sophomores Allowed Back in Class After Hazing Inquiry
Sophomores involved in the freshmen hazing at the university may attend classes temporarily while President Landes reviews the case. Separately, quarantine on Canadian cattle due to foot and mouth disease has been lifted.
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Landes
Gas as a Household Fuel Offers Economy in Seattle
The article extols artificial gas for limited yet frequent household use praising constant use for maximum value. It notes Seattle gas is sold at a low price and that discounts grow with larger quantities, suggesting greater savings for heavy users.
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Seattle
Desperate letters seek love beyond money and marriage
A reader asks if a well bred working girl can marry a man of means but not money. Replies stress independence, laws to support children, and choosing practical partners over wealth. Other columns answer questions on legal age, workplace dynamics, child games, and love triangles.
Girl Soldier Wounded In Arm Escapes German Patrol
A Petrograd correspondent reports a Russian girl soldier, daughter of Col. Tom Kloffakaya, wounded a third time, escaping German Husaren while on a scouting mission. She swam a stream after her horse fell, stopped bleeding, and reached Russian lines. The piece notes many women serving in the Russian army and mentions a famed Cossack girl trooper.
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Tom. Kloffakaya
Augustovo
East Prussia
Huesare
Reading Dante With Pastor in Portland Study
New York dispatch reports Rev. Hudson Baker a Portland Oregon Unitarian minister and Mrs. Marion W. Brashears in court deposition describing winter 1908 09 visits to his room at O H Denny's boarding house They say Dante Inferno reading and discussions of sex matters occurred in those sessions Brashears testified she visited “to be warm and cozy” with only one arm link during a walk.
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New York
Hudson Baker
Portland
Marion W. Brashears
Susan W. Smith
Hetty Green
Shears
Mra. Brashears
Dr. Baker
Yale Kicker Pumpelly Sidelined By Injury Recovery
Yale's star kicker Pumpelly remains sidelined as he recovers from recent injuries. The roster shows Yale players average 183 pounds, with Harvard men averaging three pounds less.
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Pumpelly
Yale
Will
Harvard
Puzzle contest series kicks off third round
A youth circle launches the third puzzle in its Riddle-Me-Ree series. Readers are invited to extract one letter from capitalized words in each sentence to spell a month of the year.
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Circle
Circle Contest Winner Vivian Burnett Narrates Turkey Tale
The Circle contest drew 53 entries with Vivian Burnett winning a dollar prize for a Thanksgiving story about Jim the turkey. In her tale Jim narrowly escapes Farmer Brown's chopping block and returns as king of the barnyard.
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Vivian Burnett
Av. N. W
Brown
Honor Mention List From Turkey Contest Names Read
A list of honorable mentions includes Luther Cooper 4810 W Graham Ave Norris Fyers 106 W Stnd Ave LaVerne Heatt 632 Tenth Ave N Mather Royer Coupeville Evelyn Molland 8114 Woodland Park Ave Florence Rae 4708 Slat Ave Thelma Millard 719 N 6th Ave Alicea Olmatead Auburn Loulee Seonce Wintock Ralph Smith Lynden WA William Piesenette 6036 Fourth Ave Irene Lewie 1817 34th Ave Bonnie Coombs Bether Robbers Ertrude Robbers Alice Buykin 1812 18th Ave Lelia Hege Branwood Kina Howell Renton Adelaide Bilis 2438 Day Ada Miller 2102 Beventh Ave.
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W. Graham
Norris Fyers
LaVerne Heatt
Mather Royer
Coupeville
Velyn Molland
Woodland Park
Florence Rae
Thelma Millard
Alicea. Olmatead
Auburn
Loulee Seonce
Wintock
Ralph Smith
Lynden
Wash
William Piesenette
Irene Lewie
Bonnie Coombs
Feattia
Bether
Ertrude Robbers
Alice Buykin
Lelia Hege
Branwood
Kina Howell
Renton
Adelaide Bilis
Ada Miller
Beventhay
Boy Scouts Elect Officers and Plan Snoqualmie Trip
The King County Council of the Boy Scouts reorganized electing Josiah Collins as president Lawrence Booth as vice president and Harry Sigmond as another officer. They plan a Christmas holidays trip to Snoqualmie Falls with many youths making snowshoes in anticipation of heavy snow. The trip lasts four to five days.
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Snoqualmie Falls
King County Council
Boy
Scouts
National Council
Josiah Collins
Lawrence 8. Booth
Harry Sigmond
Ruby Fowler Captures Circle Prizes At Ballard
Introducing Miss Ruby Fowler of 177214 Market St Ballard a veteran Circleite and prize winner She is a hard worker with many honors and honorable mentions in Circle contests Her story writing praised and Uncle Jack proud to have her in the Circle
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Ruby Fowler
Market St
Ballard
Ruby
Jack
AFL Cites Opposition to Eight Hour Fight Sanction
The American Federation of Labor finishes its session with Gompers reelection conceded. Delegates from Washington, Oregon and California express disappointment at the federation’s refusal to sanction a fight to establish a legal eight hour day in those states.
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Philadelphia
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Washington
Oregon
California
Border region huts serve as rifle pits in East Prussia
A Petrograd dispatch reports that peasants' huts in East Prussia border areas are built with solid masonry facing Russia to shelter rifle pits. It notes Germany has had underground phone lines there for war use for a decade. An unrelated police order quotes Chief Lang on auto parking rights, delaying enforcement at Fifth Ave.
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London
Petrograd
East Prussia
Russia
Germany
Fifth Av
Lang
Pavilions Burn at Modern City Exposition
A fire swept the American and British pavilions during the Modern City exposition in Lyons. Fire crews battled the blaze as damage mounted, with authorities investigating its cause and assessing losses to the national displays.
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Lyons
Questioning the Right Place for Restorative Work
The speaker seeks a convincing test to prove this is the proper place for work. Emphasis on workmanship, best prices, low methods, guaranteed results, and painless service.
Vancouver Fortifies Seymour Narrows Against Invasion
Portland November 21. CG Lindsay, agent for the Portland S. Co. at Juneau, reports rapid fortification of Seymour Narrows, the northern passage to Nanaimo and Victoria, with five big guns mounted on the isthmus sides and artillery emplacements being prepared. He counted fewer than 12 squads with about 50 men at the sites.
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Portland
Seymour Narrows
van Nanaimo
Victoria
CG Lindsay
Portland S. Co
Juneau
Lin
Narrows
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