Hesketh Will Not Name A Charter Revision Committee
Acting Mayor Hesketh refuses to appoint a 15 member charter revision commission after advice from Corporation Counsel Bradford that it would lack authority. The city council may rescind the prior resolution and support Griffiths bill to elect a charter revision commission once Mayor Cotterill returns and Hesketh resumes council presidency.
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Hesketh
Bradford
Griffiths
Charter Revision Commission
Cotterill
Faversham Pursues Ambition On English Stage
William Faversham pursues life long aim to be leading figure of English speaking theatre. He brings a grand Julius Caesar to Moore tonight for three days after early triumphs in Letty The Squaw Man and other productions. He soon took control of his career producing The World and His Wife Herod The Faun and Julius Caesar on an unprecedented scale.
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William Faversham
Wililar Bavel
Senate
Marines
Moore
Faversham
Pinero
Letty
Edwin Milton Boyle
Mr. Faversham
Stephen Phil- Wwp
Herod
Edwin Kloblauch
Julius Caesar
Metropolitan—Motion Pictures
Hawaiian Islands
Seattie
Palley & Mitchell Stock
Grant Divorce Granted With Alimony and Separate Property
Mrs Eliza beth V Bussell obtained a divorce from C B Bussell in a suit heard by Judge Frater. The decree awards alimony of 2500 dollars and preserves her separate land titles. The couple had one son Wallace, placed under care in California after a prior scandal involving a bartender killing.
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Elizabeth V. Bussell
Frater
C. B. Bussell
Bussell
W. L. Hill
Bresell
Briesell
Wallace
California
Joseph Conner
Prospectors Return From Shuahanana District With Favorable Outlook
Like Shushanna C E Mercuer and H Hagerty return to Seattle from the Shuahan na district with favorable reports on new diggings. Both staked claims and will return with supplies in about a month. They came out in 23 hours breaking travel records. They report 250 men and five women will stay in the district for the winter.
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C. E. Mercuer
H. Hagerty
Seattle
Shuahanna
Mercuer
Hagerty
Shushanna
George Hamlin to Open Clayton Series at Moore
Seattle music lovers show great interest as tenor George Hamlin prepares to perform at the Moore on October 9, opening the Clayton series for the season.
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George Hamlin
Moore
Seattle
Hamlin
Moore Theatre
Kent crash injures three near Taylor school
William Weimer and his wife with niece Misa Millie Nelson were slightly cut when the car Weimer drove left the road and toppled into a ditch near the Taylor school in Kent. G M Butterworth of Seattle pulled them from the wreck and transported them to Kent hospital.
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William Weimer
Misa Millie Nelson
Weimer
Taylor School
Kent
G. M. Butterworth
Seattle
Kent Hospital
Socialists Plan Open Talks Defying Judge Humphries
Washington state socialist leaders announce street meetings at all injunction zones to challenge Judge Humphries. State Chairman Francis Sylvester presides in Seattle with supporters from Centralia Everett Tacoma Bremerton. Dreamland crowd backs Free Speech League plan as 6,000 listen to Hoover urging defiance and broader aims. A $122.50 collection funds the effort and another collection follows adjournment.
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Washington State
Socialist Party
Hulet M. Wells
Samuel Sadler
King County Jall
M. E. Giles
Bremerton
Dreamland
Free Speech League
Glenn E. Hoover
Humphries
Hoover
Judge Humphries
Hermon Titua
Millard Price
Hermon Titus
G. N Hodgson
Order retrial in Tacoma kidnaping case
The Washington Supreme Court orders a new trial in the Lizzie Macnuseon suit against the Catholic bishopric of Nisqually and others over the alleged kidnaping of 16 year old Marjorie Magnusson. The previous verdict awarded 23033 dollars and Bishop O'Dea is removed from the defendant list.
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Olympia
Supreme Court
Tacoma
Lizzie Macnuseon
Nisqually
O'Dea
Camius
Visitation
Marjorie Magnusson
Bishop O'Dea
California Syrup of Figs Advertisement for Children
An old ad touts California Syrup of Figs as a safe remedy for constipation in children. It claims the syrup cleanses the stomach liver and bowels, relieves feverishness, and returns a child to happy play, urging buyers to insist on the genuine product and beware of fakes.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Opium ring busted by Port surveyor Wardell prompts indictments
San Francisco reports surveyor Wardell dismantled a $500,000 opium ring tied to 15 Oakland officials. Indictments name Thomas Murphy alias Andrea, George Poole alias Moore, Charles Benton, and Chung Cow. Murphy and Chung under arrest, Poole held in El Paso, and Benton to a failure. The case involves jealousy and a singer Agnes Bernier and Louise Loraine as key figures in the smuggling scheme.
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San Francisco
Wardell
Anatoma
Thos, Murphy
Andrewa
George Poole
Moore
Charles Benton
Chung Cow
Murphy
Chung
Poole
Fl Paso
Tex
Benton
Agnes Dernier
Thomas
Didn't know it was loaded boy shot by playmate
Ed ward Wager fourteen, wounded Sunday by his friend Clarence Ander eleven with a .22 rifle. The weapon discharged while they played at the Anderson home and entered the shoulder, likely damaging the lungs. Doctors at the city hospital hold little hope for recovery.
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Edward Wager
Clarence Ander
Clarence
Anderson
Guthrie
Cascadiano
Solomon Islands Tomb Shrines and Funeral Customs
A historical look at Solomon Island traditions where tombs become shrines. Chiefs' bones are buried or cremated while skulls fingers or teeth are kept in shrines. bodies may be elsewhere. Photographs show finger bones and accompanying chief ornaments often placed with the shrine.
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Philippine Islands
Pacific Ocean
Solomon Island
Solomon Islands
Assong
Monkeys and Snakes Arrive on Allemania From Cartagena
The Allemania arrives with ordinary cargo plus 10 singing monkeys and snakes with hind legs, owned by John Joseph Smith who hunts strange beasts for 200s. A striped porcupine escaped earlier, found after the mate sat on it. owner then gave the animal to Collector Smith.
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Er Allemania
Cartagena
Colombia
John Joseph Smith
Smith
Mme Hesse-Sprote to Sing Tuesday at Odd Fellows Temple
Mme Hesse-Sprote celebrates 25 years on stage and her birthday with a Tuesday concert at Odd Fellows temple. Local talent assists and she will perform two Wagnerian numbers, drawing expected record attendance.
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Mme
Hesse-Sprote
Odd Fellow's Temple
Debs Withdrawing from Seattle Speech Plans
Debs the socialist candidate for president will not speak in Seattle next Sunday night due to illness. J Stitt Wilson former Berkeley mayor will deliver a socialist address at Dreamland park in Debs place.
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Eugene V. Debs
Seattle
J. Stitt Wilson
Berkeley
Cal
Dreamland Park
Debs
Fortune Teller Dupes Local Man from Fortunes
Thomas W. Gournias of Fortune Washington arrived with about 60 dollars in wages. A colored woman offered to tell his fortune and after she departed he found three twenty dollar gold pieces missing. Police were notified. The incident reportedly occurred on a street south of Yeasler way.
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Thomas W. Gournias
Fortune
Wash
Gournais
Yeasler Way
One Dead and Five Hurt in Slav Riot in Los Angeles
One man died and five were wounded in a clash between rival Slavonian gangs in Los Angeles. Charles Ragea was killed when Mike Mukojere and six henchmen attacked a Slavic group at their society headquarters. Mukojere was shot in the leg and Soldo suffered a head wound as the most serious injuries.
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Los Angeles
Charles Ragea
Mike Mukojere
Mukorere
Soldo
Emile Ryan Shoots Self in San Francisco Library
San Francisco on October 6 Emile Ryan attempted suicide by shooting himself at a table in a public library. He was not killed and is expected to recover.
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San Francisco
Emile Ryan
Speedometer Quip Sparks Quick Romance
A playful exchange features a couple in a flirting scene. One character warns about speed while the other replies with a rapid bond. The dialogue captures a quick, cheeky moment in a light urban tone.
Death Curve claims Geo. Parker in Sonoma County crash
Geo Parker of Healdsburg was killed when John Hartman's overturned automobile toppled during a Sunday trip near Death Curve in Sonoma County California. Parker was a passenger in the vehicle.
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Sonoma Co
Cal
Geo. Parker
Healdsburg
John Hartman
Government troops storm Tsao Yang amid bandit resistance
Reports from Shanghai on October 6 say government forces attacked Tsao Yang in Hupeh province as bandits entrenched nearby. The bandits had captured several American and Norwegian missionaries, killing one and mistreating the others.
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Shanghai
Tsao Yang
Hupeh Province
Seattle Druggist Sells Adlerika Agency
Swift's pharmacies Seconday and 235 Broadway hold the Seattle agency for Adlerika a simple buckthorn bark glycerine remedy claimed to cure appendicitis. It is said to have quick action draining old matter from the body with one dose relieving sour stomach gas and constipation immediately.
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Swift
Seconday
Broadway
Seattle
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H. Ewing
A Corbett
J. A. Soderberg
BP. Andersen
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Puget Sound Savings & Loan Association
Mutual Savings Society
Pike Street
Union Dentists
Gald
Pirates
Owl Drug Co
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Giles
City Bank
Uncle Sam
Fater Mies
Louise Loraine
Mie Bernier
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Top
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Third Avenue
Marion
Piano Trade of
America
National Piano
MERS
Marion Street
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New York
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Myers Optical CO
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Second Ave
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