Dry Law Closes Up Cafe For Year
Sunnydale roadhouse on Des Moines road shut for one year under Volstead act abatement. Federal Judge Neterer signed the order. bond of 500 may allow occupancy after the term. Prohibition agents had arrested Allen Bush J H Palmer and Frank Cody for possession and sale of liquor in August. Palmer pleaded guilty and paid 400 fine.
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Sunnydale
Des Moines
Neterer
Saunders
Henry
Allen Bush
J. H. Palmer
Frank Cody
Palmer
T. J. McNally
E. A. Wadman
Prohibition
McNally
Wadman
Metropolitan Building Co
Henry Building
Thieves Miss Target After Basement Entry Blunder
Police theorize a youthful helper was used to loot three Second Avenue shops the Rasmussen, Helland Hair and Gordon cloak store in the Haight building. The gang drilled from the balcony area to a wall but mislocated the jewelry shop and struck the Helland Hair Shop instead. Fingerprints in plaster dust are the only solid clue as investigators pursue the Fagan theory.
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Oliver Twist
LaFayette, Inc
Haight Building
Becond Ave
Prie St
May Helland
Second Ave
R. Rasmussen
Tills
Hot Star Think Boy
Gordon’s
Rasmussen
Helland
Frank Nishimura
King. Sr
George F. Reynolds
E. Holschmaker
Jack Landis
Jim Byrnes
Fagan
Calloway Cable Gate Stirs the Enterprise's Portland
A 1920 diary entry recounts Wheeler Calloway, correspondent for the New York Enterprise, and a censorship clash over a ciphered cable about General Kuroki’s moves on the Yalu. The managing editor and an assistant debate whether the cable holds a code or acrostic as they prep Page 11 content.
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Calloway
Yokohama
Tokyo
Megeper
Enter
Zasmulitch
London
Thia
Kuroki
Incoming freshmen warned of high dropout risk at university assembly
President Henry Suzzallo warned about high loss rates in four years of college life during a Meany hall assembly. He said 52 of 100 freshmen will return second year, 36 third year, and only 26 graduate, urging resilience. In San Francisco, 500 striking plasterers and hod-carriers will return to work after arbitration talks.
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Henry Suzzallo
Meany Hall
Suzzallo
San Francisco
Meagher Endorses Parking Sign Guidance For City
City Attorney George A. Meagher issues an official opinion supporting the need for clearer parking regulation in the business district. He recommends standardized parking signs to reduce public confusion amid diverse rules on auto movies and related restrictions.
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George A. Meagher
George
Two Men Dying in Mine Shaft at Copperopolis Cal
A Calaveras Copper Company mine fire traps two workers, Asa K and Reginald Spoon, as rescue teams from government, Argonaut, and UC arrive. A gas-flooded shaft delays efforts. Riggs, Riggs’s foreman, and Kingsbury entered seeking Lampson, with Riggs nearly unconscious on reaching the surface.
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Copperopolis
Cal
Asa K
Reginald Spoon
Mtcete
Calaveras Copper Company
Argonaut
University of California
Berkeley
Copperopolia
Government Bureau of Mines
Frank C. Gregory
Calaveras Company
Lampson
A. L. Riggs
Kingsbury
Riggs
Laundry foreman fined for striking a minor
T Sakasaki a tap foreman at Grand Union laundry must pay 20 for striking Ruth Getzen a 17 year old Jewish girl late for work by one minute on August 31 Judge Otis Brinker levied the fine yesterdayoning
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T. Sakasaki
Grand Union Laundry
Ruth Getzen
Otis Brinker
Vancouver Widow Seeks Husband Writes Mayor in Row
Mra Mary Owen Phillips, a Vancouver widow, sought a husband and wrote to Mayor Caldwell about it. The Star published the note, drawing reader Richard Vale of Camry Wash to respond seeking to share life’s joys and sorrows with her.
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Mary Owen Phillips
Vancouver
Caldwell
Two Girls Steal 560 From Man In City Incident
H Rotowitz of Sailors Union hotel reports losing 560 in cash after a party on Priest street. Detectives seek two alluring women described as sirens who lured him and vanished with the money.
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H. Rotowitz
Sailors’ Union
First Ave
Seneca
Priest
Three Parents Protest Admission at Franklin High School
Three Mercer Island residents Fred Angstead Thelma Rydeen and Douglas Fee complain to the Seattle city schools superintendent that their children were denied admission to Franklin High while Japanese students were admitted. The assistant superintendent explains overcrowding and district residency rules require nonlocal students to seek other arrangements. The district notes East School is at capacity with 300 freshmen and Roosevelt High is the only new high school planned.
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Franklin High School
Mercer Island
Fred Angstead
J. C. Angstead
Thelma Rydeen
Robert Rydeen
Douglas Fee
Sarah Rhodes
Pranklin
Providence Hospital
Franklin
Mina Rhodes
the Star
Mias Rhodes
Douglas
Minas Rhodes
Japa
Japan
United States
Angstead
Rydeen
Mins Rhodes
Beattie
Star
T. R. Cole
Seattle
Everya
Cole
Roosevelt
City power rates changed to business, not home, charge
The city lighting company must bill by a power rate rather than a residence rate after a Friday decision by Corporation Counsel Walter F. Meier. This shift affects automobile owners who charge car batteries at home, pausing home-use pricing and aligning with commercial rates.
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Walter F. Meier
City Lighting Company
Eggs and Artists and a Little Girl with a Curl
A discussion of the value of a city’s symphony in Seattle features Dr. Emil Oberhoffer of the Minneapolis Symphony, arguing that artistic merit matters more than money. He notes imports from Paris and Petrograd, the rise in guarantees, and the advertising value of culture to attract fine living. He defends the Seattle orchestra as essential, capable of drawing elite talent and supporting the city’s cultural life.
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Emil Oberhoffer
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Arena
Tanding
Wayne Albee
Qberich
Paris
Petrograd
Minneapolis
Oberhoffer
Seattle
California
R. Oberhoffer
San Francisco
Pajama-Seekers Meet Resisting Real Estate Man in Contempt Case
Edward G. Will, real estate and coffins dealer, faced Judge J. T. Ronald on a contempt charge after attempting to force entry to his home at 6105 10th Ave. NE. He claimed he went to retrieve pajamas and a clean collar. The court found contempt but imposed no punishment. Mrs. Will had barred him from visiting, triggering the warrant. Deputies surrounded Will’s real estate office at 5247 14th Ave. NE as a plan to detain him, but Will did not appear. he later offered to ride with them in his car.
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Edward G. Will
J. T. g.Ronald
10Th Ave
N. E
Win
Will
Trn
Ronald
14Th Ave
Starwich
Loveall
Sears
Stard
Grand jury to X-ray 1920 baseball scandal probes
Chicago reports the Cook county grand jury will scrutinize alleged shady baseball from 1920 after completing its 1919 world series investigation. A new angle involves questioning wives about money said to have been paid to players for fixing games. Subpoenas may reach gamblers in Kansas City Des Moines and other betting hubs.
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Chicago
Cook County
Kansas City
Des Moines
Warhero's Punctured Court Hearing On Elopement
In Judge Otis Drinker's court Sophie Bankrosa 15 alleges her mother opposed her marriage to Tony Bankros a overseas veteran. Sophie admits lying about her age to wed and testifies Tony was good to her while prosecutors weigh perjury charges against license witnesses.
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Sophie Bankrosa
Tony Bankros
Otis W. Drinker
Mary Valkos
Tony
Nick Gaudis
Gaudis
Bankros
Sophie
Everett
Nick
Mcense
Portland
Oregon City
Seattle
Agnes London
John Sefston
Liicely
Jake Kalina
Supreme Court
Kalina
Babe Ruth Hurt In Auto Collision Near Meriden
Babe Ruth the home run king was slightly injured when his car side swiped a truck between Meriden and Wallingford, tossing the car from the road under a railroad trestle. A companion suffered minor injuries and Ruth sustained a few cuts.
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Meriden
Conn
Babe" Ruth
Wallingford
Ruth
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William Sears
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