Newark Box Factory Fire Claims Dozens In Newark
A Newark paper box factory blaze kills and injures many workers with estimates ranging up to forty dead and fifty missing. Fathers Kernan and Dilman entered the burning building to comfort the dying before being rescued by firefighters.
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United Press
Newark
Erty
Rathia
Abbie Washington
Alice Nelson
Bessie
Mary Labierre
Ker- Milton
Brennan
St. Patrick's Cathedral
N. J
Paper Box Co
Meera
Prests
Fathers Kernan
Dilman
St. Patrick's
Delicate Toy Plea Leads to Short County Jail Time
Judge Ronald Strubie heard a plea from a county lawyer on a joy ride incident. Strubie pleaded guilty to borrowing a car for two blocks and faces 30 days in county jail. Relief work reports show local charity beds and garments distributed to thousands during the month.
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City Police Create Messenger Force for Arrestees
Chief Wappenstein forms a messenger corps to aid arrested individuals communicating with counsel. The czar of Russia reportedly arranged with Seattle police to sequester persons who know too much. Seattle police enjoyed an early morning walk as the 8. E. Co. car service started. Police Judge Gordon ruled his pending case within three days.
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Wappenstein
Russia
Seattle Police Department
Seattle Folice
8. E. Co
Gordon
Puget Sound Lutheran Youth Convenes at Holy Trinity
The Puget Sound Young People's societies of the Lutheran church will hold a convention this evening and Sunday afternoon and evening at the Holy Trinity Lutheran church located at 11th Ave and E Olive Street.
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Puget Sound
Young People's Societies of the
Lutheran Church
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
11Th Av
BE. Olive St
Bank Clearings Report for Pacific Northwest Cities
Seattle clearings total 2,124,218.47 with balances 164,999.67. Tacoma shows 695,422.00 clearings and 2,208.00 balance. Spokane reports 1,640,338.00 in clearings and 216,559.00 balance. Portland has no figures. totals include 593,468.00 and 36,192.00 for other entries.
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Seattle
Tacoma
Notable locals and quirky claims about Seattle figures
The text catalogues colorful anecdotes about Clarence Gerald a cafe owner and former waiter, a former Mayor Miller who reportedly covered the police beat, Patrolman Miles famed for bending a horseshoe, and a curious statistic about near 80 000 travelers at King Street Station every 370 days along with a birth and death rate remark.
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Clarence Gerald
Miller
Seattle
Miles
King Et
Women Fall Short in School Election Registration
Only about 100 women have registered for the December 3 school election. Registration closes tonight at 7 o'clock. The vote will select two school directors and decide on school bonds. Registration remains open to women regardless of the suffrage amendment. Voters may register at the school board headquarters on Seventh Ave and Marion St.
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Seventh Av
Marion At
Municipal league backs recall of Mayor Gill
The Municipal league, after an independent probe of city light department administration and vice and crime, found evidence of rottenness. At a 2 PM meeting today the league unanimously endorsed recall and formed a joint committee with the Welfare league to push the effort.
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Municipal League
Gilll
National Education Association to Meet in San Francisco
The executive committee of the National Education Association decided today to hold the next convention in San Francisco. The announcement came from Chicago on November 26.
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Chicago
National Educational Association
San Francisco
Association
Joy Riders Hurtle in New Auto Collision
A new Winton owned by Otto Wrobel and driven by chauffeur M C Young struck an inbound Madrona Park street car at 19th Ave and East Jefferson. Four passengers, two men and two women, were ejected. Young sustained facial and head cuts. The joy riders fled the scene as street car workers sought the names. Young did not know the passengers.
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Winton
Otto Wrobel
Rathskeller Cafe
M. C. Young
Madrona Park
19Th Ay
East
Jefferson St
Young
Munste Young
Cornerstone to be laid at the Swedish Flanish church
The cornerstone of the Swedish Flanish Evangelical Lutheran church at 65th Street and Second Avenue Northwest will be laid at 3 o clock tomorrow afternoon. Upon completion the church is expected to cost about $8000.
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Schnitzel Smith Denies Birthday Gift to Carnegie
In a playful exchange Eben Tupper questions Schnitzel Smith about birthday gifts for Andrea Car neely. Schnitzel laments Carnegie's library gift to the city and rail pricing, insisting he sent no present and would not even a pleasant look for pay.
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Eben Tupper
Andy
Schnitsel Smith
Schnitzel Smith
Carnegie
Jake Furth
Jake
Eben
Apelling
Schnitzel
Copa
Gale
Hodge Aids Company to Collect Its Fares
Residents of Rainier valley resist elevated fares on Seattle Renton Southern Railway. Deputy conductors marshal patrons while Sheriff Hodge explains the deputy effort to collect. Superior Court had ruled 6 cent city fares, but Crawford appeals to higher court to uphold higher rates for a year or six months.
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Seattle
Renton
Southern Road
Rainier Valley
Seattle, Renton Southern Railway Company
Crawford
Malone
Zimmerman
Hodge
Judge Webster
Spokane
King County
Seattle, Renton & Southern
Crawford Company
Supreme Court
Halimer Valley
Man leaps three stories to escape arrest in Oregon
In Portland area, Francis and Walter jumped from a third story window at a rooming house on 164 U Ave to avoid arrest after allegedly stealing a watch and 200 dollars from Chris Spreen at 244% Yambill Ave. They were found two hours later near East Sixth and Belmont by Sergeant Keller and Detective Craddock. Francis faces charges related to the theft.
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Walter
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How to Improve Yourself headline seen at depot
In a downtown Seattle cafe a rich young man spends freely as a blonde woman drinks on his tab. A palatial train at Union depot awaits orders for the night run south while a worker with a lantern watches the scene in the misty rain.
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Seattle
Union
Belem Prison in Diaz Era Argentina Belem Jail Hell Image
A vivid estimate describes Belem prison as a living hell under Diaz's rule. The article asserts inmates suffer incommunicado confinement with families barred from knowing their status, contrasting harsh reality with a glossy outside depiction.
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Belem
Diaz
Miller recants after release in Wappenstein clash
Miller, freed by Judge Ronald on habeas corpus, confronts Chief Wappenstein at police station and retracts statements about protected gambling at the Northern club. He claims only to have sought bail and money, while investigators press for a full vindication.
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M. D. Miller
Ronald
Beattle
Miller
Bo Miller
Opdike
Wappy
Seattle
Gordon
Peach
Northern Club
Clarence Gerald
Hi Gill
Gideon Tupper
Charlies .H. Crawford
Hillman Must Face Trial on Mail Fraud Indictments
Clarence D. Hillman the Seattle real estate operator is ordered to enter a plea on December 1 in six indictments charging conspiracy to defraud via the mails. Judge Donworth overruled Hillman’s demurrers and upheld the indictments while deferring ruling on a seventh against Hillman’s employer. District Attorney Todd joined in a demurrer to quash. Hillman is to appear in court Thursday to plead.
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Tacoma
Clarence D. Hillman
Seattle
United States
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Hillman
Donworth
Todd
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Do Women Cry Have Real Causes Say Woman
A reader recounts nine years of marriage to an uneducated husband who abuses her verbally and restricts her activities. She keeps silent publicly but confesses crying spells when alone, asking if women have legitimate reasons to cry. She seeks validation from The Star.
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