Omaha Woman Chosen as Miss Dorothy in The Woman's Way
Irene Estelle Hough of 2704 North Twenty Eighth Street Omaha Nebraska chosen by judges as the most beautiful telephone girl in America for the role of Dorothy in The Woman's Way. She 19 has light hair blue gray eyes and wins 100 dollars plus travel expenses after attending Essanay studios in Chicago with her mother.
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Irene Estelle Hough
28Th
Omaha
Neb
America
Miss Hough
Star and Associated Newspapers
Essa
Dorothy
Chicago
Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
Essanay Studios
Irene Hough
Should a girl accept her employer's attentions
A reader shares anxiety over employer attention to female workers and how to respond when jobs seem contingent on accepting lunches or social meetings. Advice cautions separating work from amusement and warns of potential harm from seeming innocent interest.
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Tive
Miss Grey
Dance to Raise Funds for Vets Children Benefit
The George H. Fortson Auxiliary relief committee will host a benefit dance at Veterans' hall in the Armory on Wednesday evening to raise money for Christmas gifts for unemployed Spanish war veterans' children.
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Relief Committee of George H. Fortson Auxiliary
Veterans’ Hall
Armory
Weather Forecast Tuesday Rain and Tides at Shattle
Tuesday forecast calls for rain with tidal readings at Shattle harbor. High tide at 4 46 am with 110 feet, 9 04 am at 9 1 feet, 1 27 pm at 12 8 feet, and 9 47 pm at 17 feet.
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Shattle High Law
Allen Dale pushes private control of Seattle railways
A letter criticizes Councilman C. Allen Dale for proposing to fleece Seattle with a private railroad deal or, failing that, to sell municipal railways to Seattle Electric Co. The writer defends municipal ownership, praises public servants like Erickson, and urges united opposition to Dale and similar figures.
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Seattle
Dale
Lake Burien
Division A
Seattle Electric Co
Allen Dale
Hi Gill
Renton
Mr. Dale
Erickson
Invention Is Too Deadly Explosive Bullet by Ralph Koch
Ralph Koch, 21, of Seattle, claims to have invented a 22 caliber explosive bullet that could destroy aircraft on contact with fabric. He demonstrated on Bainbridge Island, then destroyed all bullets and refused to sell, saying the secret stays in his head unless the US enters war and then he might consider offering it to the government.
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Ralph Koch
Weat
Garfield
Seattle
Haa
Europe
Koch
Julius Koch
Toad
Ita
Wing's Point
Bainbridge Island
Tallent
Fort Lawton
Roth
United States
Puget Sound
Krupp
Maxim
Jorgensen
Marriages at Flying Roller colony likened to lottery
Augusta E. Holliday, 20, sues Allan Holliday and Benjamin Purnell in Benton Harbor court alleging the Flying Roller colony uses a lottery style system to match mates. She says she did not get her chosen husband and seeks to annul the marriage after quitting the colony where about 40 couples were recently wed.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Flying Roller
Augusta E. Holliday
Allan Holliday
Benjamin Purnell
King George Heads Front Though Distant War Report
London dispatch reports King George left for the front to fight with his soldiers after ministers failed to deter him. In Vancouver a housewife’s pedometer records over 400 miles walked in daily chores. Mrs. Myrtie Newell denies dressing as a man and assaulting Mrs. Rayner. police seek Miss Stella Johnson and an associate known as Billy amid a burglary case at the Rayner home.
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Myrtie Newell
William Rayner
Rayner
Shall U S Navy Be Increased Shall U S Army Increased Vote
Voters are urged to address the question of expanding U S military forces. Citizens are asked to sign and send ballots to The Star or place them in local ballot boxes for official submission.
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Congress
Crown Prince of Germany Breaks Silence in English Interview
Frederick William crown prince grants his first foreign interview from German headquarters near the front. He says the war is senseless and unavoidable, asserting Germany fights for its existence and national life. The prince speaks candidly to a United Press correspondent, preferring English for clarity.
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France
Namur
Aix la Chapelle
Hague
London
New York
Germany
Frederick William
Crown Prince
Fifth Army
Maj
Edler von der Planitz
Prince
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Esther Hoffmann
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Irene Elle
Cynthia Grey
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C. Allen Dale
Seattle, Renton & Southern
King George
Fore
Charlies Coulter
Vancouver
U. S. Navy
U. S. Army
United Press
By Karl H. von Wiegand
Great Britain
Everved
Karl von Wiegand
Phil
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Tommy
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