Gesangverein Leaves the Trenches to Sing in French Church
German soldiers in a trench line near Toul form a Gesangverein choir in a French church at Tinaucourt. The piece describes their emotional concert amid war, the crowding pews, a French mother with two children, and soldiers moved to tears by home and loved ones as they sing Meine Heimat and Dear Fatherland.
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Gesangverein
Tiacourt
France
Rotterdam
Europe
Toul
Allence
Fatherland
Oil Promoter Promises Easy Gains as Wis Oil Frenzy Surges
A busy oil promoter touts quick riches as Wis traps lure unwary investors. The piece notes locals leasing land around Crescent well, with Col. Christopher among those who sank $25,000 years ago at the Crescent Co site. It previews a referendum on expanding U S Army and Navy, urging readers to vote. The Star lists ballot boxes and polling details.
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Navy
Elmer Black
American Peace Society
Andrew B. Humphries
American Peace and Arbitration Society
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Chicago
Ida M. Tarbell
Star Office
Battell Drug Store
First Ave
Pike St
Quaker Drug Store
Brewster Cigar Store
Third Ave
Union St
Brown & Hulen’s Billiard Hall
Rathskeller
Battersby & Smith
Cigar Store
First
Gerrish Bros
Woodlawn
Green Lake
P. H. Mullen
Ballard Ave
Ballard
Fletcher M. Bird
Fremont
Ajax Pharmacy
Greenwood
E. C. Busse
Queen Anne
Mercer
Collins & Normile
Cigars
Broadway
Georgetown Mercantile Co
Duwamish Ave
Bivin's Drug Store
James and
Mrs. Bishop
Sarver Place
Crescent
Col
Christopher
Crescent Co
Chris
Cardinal Aristides Cavallari Dies in Paris
Cardinal Aristides Cavallari once patriarch of Venice died in Paris. He denied absolution to devotees of the tango during his tenure. The church figure faced controversy over modern dance and moral enforcement.
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Aristides Cavallari
Venice
Paris
Beware the Oil Faker Warns Seattle Investors
The Star condemns wildcat stock promoters while urging caution for oil ventures under Western Washington. It asks victims to report false pretenses and stresses verifying promoters, funds, and legitimacy before investing.
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STAR
Seattle
The
Wildcat
Tts
Washington
Remy Baris
Hinge
Shane
Drillien
Dick Croker to wed Cherokee princess in New York
New York November 25 Richard Croker 71 former leader of Tammany Hall and widower of three months will marry Ketaw Ketaw a Cherokee princess also known as Misa Beulah Edmondson here tomorrow. She lives at the Studio club and is an ardent suffragist with dramatic art study in New York.
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New York
Richard Croker
Tammany Hall
Keetan Kaluntchy
Princess Ketaw
Misa Beulah Edmondson
Croker
Miss Edmondson
Studio Club
United States
Turkey in Bad Again Faces Probe Over Interference Allegations
Secretary Bryan promised a sweeping investigation into charges that Turkey interfered with code messages sent by American Ambassador Morganthau to the U.S. government. If reports prove true, vigorous representations will be made.
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Washington
Turkey
Morganthau
Bryan
Plague Rats Sighted Downtown Prompt Chicken Coop Safeguards
Bubonic plague rats have been found in Seattle’s wholesale and retail districts. Dr. B J Lloyd urges a hen coop ordinance with concrete floors and nails to prevent rat infestation and flea transfer, citing San Francisco and New Orleans deaths as a warning. The safety committee recommends passage.
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City Council Public Safety Committee
B. J. Lloyd
U. S. Public Health Service
Seattle
Lloyd
San Francisco
New Orleans
Strike May Be Boon to This State
A historical newspaper item notes geologists have long hoped for oil reservoirs in Western Washington. Recent seepage and sandstone outcroppings near Tenino provided the first sign that such oil might exist beneath the surface, suggesting potential future exploration and development.
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Washington
Oregon Line
Bellingham
Tenino
Hancock carries 800 Marines to San Domingo
The U S transport Hancock with 800 to 900 marines aboard departed Guantanamo for San Domingo to safeguard American lives and property amid a new revolution, announced today by Secretary Daniels.
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Rush Marines
San Domingo
Washington
Hancock
Guantanamo
San Do
Daniels
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United Press
Dem Schonen Rhein
Rhine
Karl von Wiegand
U.S
Man
Woman
Cosignensesan Gardner
Santee
the Star
America
United States Army
Admiral Dewey
Marshall
Senator Chamberlain
Oregon
George von L. Meyer
Benjamin Tracy
Congress
U. 8. Navy
Dogs OF War
Belgium
Dick Croker
Helen
DEA
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