The Price of Salmon and a San Francisco Street Tale
Reporter Max Stern wanders through San Francisco’s Grant Avenue and Chinatown to uncover the Alaska salmon canneries’ labor secrets. He adopts a disguise to investigate conditions aboard the hell ships and the pay-to-work system, hinting at a forthcoming revelation tomorrow.
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Alaska
Grant Ave
Seattle Star
America
Seattle
Tacoma
San Francisco
Salmon Fielda
Star
Max
Nightmare voyage on ancient ships to Alaska canneries
An exposé describes Pacific coast workers shipped to Alaska canneries under near slavery conditions. Chinese and Japanese bosses employ them via contracts, with guards, crowded holds, starvation wages, and dangerous voyages. Max Stern’s investigation follows crews aboard the hell ships and the brutal cannery life.
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University of California
Alaska Packers’ Association
Alaska
China
Alaskan
Pacific Coast
Bering Sea
Stern
Seattle
Seattle News Roundup Reflects City Life and Curiosities
A collage of notes and antics from Seattle reflecting everyday life. Mentions include a thrift drive at the Seattle National Bank promising a dollar per newborn, University of Washington campus pranks, a report on pickle consumption, local gossip about reporters, and light social satire about headlines and public figures.
King County Judges to Decide on Special Prosecutor
In a special session seven of nine King County superior court judges met to act on the grand jury request for a special prosecutor against Claude Ramaay Lou Smith and Thomas Dobson. The Chilberg indictment failed. Lane’s loan charges were dismissed on defense motion. Depositors’ Protective Association urges a new probe into Scandinavian American bank failure. Judge Griffiths set noon Thursday at the Arctic Club. two judges were absent.
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King County Superior Court
I Ios Ne
Claude C. Ramaay
Lou Smith
Thomas Dobson
Chilberg
Lane
Grand Jury
Depositors’ Protective Association
Austin E. Griffiths
Arctic Club
Boyd J. Tallman
Everett Smith
Griffiths
Douglas
Four Million Silk Shipment Sets Seattle Port Record
A U S K liner Hawaii Maru delivered nearly 4 million dollars worth of raw silk to Seattle, one of the country’s largest silk shipments. Within three hours the cargo moved to 13 express cars en route to New York, signaling rising port efficiency. Remarkably, officials coordinated pre arrival clearance and fast unloading, aided by a Victoria stop and a Seattle flight to dispatch crews. The Africa Maru, sister ship to Hawaii Maru, also sailed with 200 passengers and cargo.
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Seattle
Pier 6
New York
Victoria
Plier
Orient
Boy 22 Hours Old Opens Own Bank Account
Wilbur O Neal, 22 hours old, becomes the youngest depositor after a father uses a Seattle bank coupon to open an account for Charles Wilbur O Neal. The baby’s birth is officially documented with a hospital certificate. The father hopes to teach his children financial sav ing from early on and plans to file for his daughter’s future needs.
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Robert B. Bermann
Wilbur O'Neal
Seattle Na
Seattle National Bank
Charlies Wilbur
Schuyler Winfred
Charles Wilbur O'Neal
Greenwood Ave
C. W. O'Neal
Ida N. O'Neal
Friday Is Star Movie Day for Thrift Kiddies
The Star promotes a Thrift campaign with a film at the Liberty theater showing crowds learning to save. Jacobs, the movie man, will film at the Seattle National Bank from 11 to 12 to capture mothers and babies for the Northwest viewing. Seattle Tiny Tot offers a $10 prize for the youngest baby with a savings account, with birth records required.
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Seattle National Bank
Hollywood
Columbia
Jacobs
Northwest
Liberty Theater
Seattle
Tiny Tote
Seattle Star
Second Ave
Columbia St
Star
Liberty Bell Bank
Plague Strikes Constantinople Amid Turkish Maneuver
Plague has broken out in Constantinople with six cases and four deaths. Turkish cavalry moved into Kandra near the Ismid neutral zone, seen as a threat to Constantinople and likely timed to intimidate the Allies.
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Constantinople
Asia Minor
Kandra
Constantiople
Kemal
Greeks rally volunteers to defend Thrace in anxious Athens
In Athens volunteers from all classes crowded recruiting offices as reports spread that Mudania urged Thrace evacuation. Fear of ceding Europe to the Turks grew with talk of Kemal’s conscription and Venizelos advising Greece against withdrawing from Thrace.
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Athena
Athens
Thrace
Greece
Europe
Mustapha Kemal
Asia Minor
Venizelos
British cabinet to hear Hafington report on Madania talks
London Oct 6 The British cabinet was summoned to meet at 4 30 p m to hear General Hafington s report on the Madania conference where officials say agreement has been reached to avert war Official circles were hopeful the Near East crisis may be solved but no confirmation exists of a signed protocol at Madania Former Greek Premier Venizelos visited the foreign office
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London
Hafington
Paris
Madania
Venizelos
Greece
Foreign Office
Aristocratic Women Open London Businesses
England's elite women in the nobility diversify into commerce. The Countess of Clonmel runs The White Elephant laundry in central London and supervises operations personally. Lady Poynter, famed architect Sir Ambrose Poynter's wife, becomes an interior decorator with a Beauchamp Place shop. Countess Annesley enters millinery, with a London shop and active customer service.
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England
Countess of Clonmel
White Elephant
London
Poynter
Ambrose Poynter
Beauchamp Place
Countess Annesley
Destructive Ontario Fire Devastates Halleybury and North Cobalt
A massive fire along the Temiskaming and Northern railway corridor from Deane to Cobalt levels Halleybury and North Cobalt and nearby centers. Officials estimate millions in property losses with many missing or endangered residents feared amid vanished fire communications. An eyewitness reported seeing several people engulfed in flames.
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Toronto
Ont
Halleybury
Cobalt
North Cobalt
Temiskaming
North Bay
Hoover Ill Unable to Address Bankers
New York Oct 5 Herbert Hoover secretary of commerce could not address the American Bankers Association today due to unspecified reasons. He was at the Commodore hotel in New York.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Commerce
Commodore Hotel
American Bankers’ Association
Battle ends even score 10th inning in World Series game
Darkness halted the second World Series game at the Polo Grounds with the EL usite Giants tied 3 3 after nine innings. The Meusel brothers starred for the Giants and Meusel homered for New York as fans endured the heat and a lengthy delay.
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New York
Polo Grounds
EL Usite
Giants
Meusel Brothers
Los Angeles
Afterorch
Fried
Irish
County Board Faces Road and Bridge Fund Cut
On the third day of budget slashing the county board planned Thursday afternoon sessions to decide the disposition of the 1 100 000 road and bridge fund. The 1923 tax levy of 10 mills could stay or drop depending on how much the fund is reduced, with delegations from across the county pressing for preservation of their districts.
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Board of County Commissionere
Boys! is Do you want to own a regulation inter collegiate style
A readable fragment discusses a desire to possess a regulation inter collegiate style item or concept. It mentions boys and a question about ownership or control of a standardized form used in inter collegiate competition. The text is incomplete but centers on a sports style regulation idea.
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Columbus Ave
Little Italy
Grant Ave
North Beach
Telegraph Hill
Market St
Meyer & Young
Chinatown
Ay Salmon
Whit
Football Turn to Page 14 For Dandy Football Announcement
The notice directs readers to page 14 for details about a dandy football item. It emphasizes a standout football feature and urges attention to the full announcement on that page.
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