Blind girl endures grief as fate adds troubles on tour
Christine La Baroque, known as The Girl Behind the Veil, learned of her mother’s sudden death during a Salt Orpheum engagement. She pressed on with the show but soon canceled her tour amid mounting personal grief. The article notes her talent, languages, and admired status in Seattle. The Vancouver Grand Theatre lost its license over a morally flagged show.
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Salt Orpheum
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Mise Lane
Seattle
Vancouver
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Grand Theatre
Sullivan & Considine
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Bryan to start Northwest tour with stops in Wyoming Montana
William J. Bryan will begin an extended Northwest tour on Wednesday. He will deliver several addresses in Wyoming and Montana and visit the Seattle exposition on October 12.
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United Press
Lincoln, Neb
William J. Bryan
Northwest
Wyoming
Montana
Seattle
Poachers Due as Seizure Arrestees Await Court Deportation
Thirty five Japanese seal poachers are due to arrive today aboard the Humboldt for incarceration in King county while awaiting a federal court decision on their deportation. The prisoners are members of crews from vessels caught poaching along the Alaskan coast.
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Humboldt
King County
Alaskan
Georgetown Council Accepts Annexation Move For Election
Georgetown council members who resisted annexation to Beattie have surrendered their stance and adopted a petition for an election to decide the issue. The petition had 195 signatures with 48 nonresidents canceled after review, leaving the required 2 percent of qualified electors. The election is set for November 9, the municipal primary day.
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Georgetown
Beattie
Marriage Mix-Up Involves Walla Walla Couple
In Walla Walla on October 4 Robert Cummins 77 of Freewater and Susannah Ritchie 75 of Spokane wed under Judge McKinney. The groom faced his fifth marriage and the bride had one previous union, with an unusual twist as she is also his sister in law through a prior marriage.
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United Press
Walla Walla
Robert Cummins
Freewater
Susannah Ritchie
Spokane
McKinney
Cumtmian
Demission Demand Sparks Presbytery Hearing
Rev. Dr. W. A. Baas of 4131 Dayton Ave seeks a demission from the Beattle man meeting amid charges he organized an independent congregation in Fremont without consent. The presbytery defers to a judicial committee, meeting October 18, with Baas present but silent as the request is read.
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Dayton Av
Lake Union Church
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Presbytery
Base
Fremont
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