Wilson Denies Rich Seattle Men Clemency
President Wilson rejects a second pardon request for Charlies A. Houston and John H Bullock in a Seattle corruption case. The men and an ally, Dr Jarvis, are accused of collusive coal bids that overcharged the government in Alaska. The case remains on appeal as pardons were pursued despite Justice Department rules. A Dreamland dance ad follows.
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Washington
Wilson
Houston
Bullock
Seattle
Taft
Wickersham
Texas
Hetke
Gerbracht
Charles Vic Hyde
South Dakota
Morse Wilson
Charlies A. Houston
John H Bullock
Dr. Jarvis
Pacific Coast Coal Co
John J. Sesnon Co
Northwest Commercial Co
Goverment Army
Alaska
Nome
Department of Justice
Poindexter
Jones
Works
California
T Houston
Panama Canal in Stunning Colonial Bill Pictures
The Panama Canal feature in the four part Kinemacolor Colonial Bill is an authentic US government supervised production showing the canal from ocean to ocean along with French work and machinery. Also listed are A Clever Story Pathe and Our Neighbors Selig. The release notes include Why Girls Leave Home and a two reel comedy The Rebellious Pupil slated for October 11.
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Panama Canal
United States
Ocean
Pathe
Vitagraph
Selig
Dynamiters Arrested After Ingleide Lumber Vault Blast
Los Angeles reports two men and a boy were arrested after dynamiting the Bowen-Harris Lumber Co safe at Ingleside a suburb. Police say they likely stopped a broader dynamite plot against suburban bank vaults. Arthur Lippe 19 was wounded in a gun fight and has told police of the planned operations.
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Los Angeles
Bowen-Harris Lumber Co
Ingleside
Bankas
Arthur Lippe
Markets Show Firm Eggs and Strong Poultry Demand
The egg market remains firm with prices at 20 to 21 cents for certain preserved and interchangeable eggs. Poultry receipts are good with high demand for broilers under two pounds and small birds scarce. Ducks and geese meet stronger demand while fat turkeys sell well.
Sea Wolf film to tell Jack London story in 8000 feet
Eight thousand feet of film will adapt Jack London’s Sea Wolf with a $50 000 budget and a 62 member cast led by Hobart Bosworth as Larsen and Herbert Rawlinson as Humphrey Van Weyden. The production spans San Francisco Bay to San Pedro with a specially built ship used and wrecked at finale. Maud Brewster is played by Viola Berry.
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Jack London
Upper
Humphrey van Weyden
Maud Brewster
Lonely Island Center
Larsen
Angeles
Cal
Hobart Bosworth
Herbert Rawlinson
Maud Brewater
Viola Berry
J. Stitt Wilson
Berkeley
London
San Francisco Bay
Golden Gates
Wolf Larsen
San Pedro
Monument planned for Morse in Buenos Ayres honors
In Buenos Ayres on October 6 the telegraph and railroad workers in Argentina start a subscription drive to erect a monument to Morse the telegraph inventor. A committee is formed and the Interior Minister and the American minister to Argentina named honorary presidents.
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Buenos Ayres
Morse
Interior
Secretary Bryan Recommends Exposition Guards Commander
Secretary Bryan proposes Major W. M. Carpenter retired marine corps be appointed as commander of the San Francisco exposition guards, announced October 6 in Washington.
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Washington
Bryan
W. M. Carpenter
Marine Corps
San Francisco Exposition
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Indigestion Relief
A 50 cent case of Pape's Diapepsin is advertised to digest any meal and cure sourness, belching, gas, heartburn, and other indigestion symptoms within five minutes. The ad urges readers to obtain it from a pharmacist for fast stomach relief for the whole family.
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Pape
Sage Tea and Sulphur Hair Remedy Promises Darker Hair
Old time remedy Sage Tea and Sulphur is advertised as restoring natural hair color, eliminating dandruff, and stopping shedding. The ad urges readers to buy Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy at drug stores for about fifty cents and promises dark, glossy hair after a couple applications.
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Wyeth
Free Eye Remedy Promises Quick Vision Help
A dated plea urges readers to save their eyes with Optona tablets mixed in water and used as eye washes. It claims the remedy clears inflammation and can reduce dependency on glasses, urging prompt use and noting many saved their sight by early care.
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Wideawake
Ady
Multiple Local Items Include Strikes and Political Moves
Philadelphia reports Indictments against American Product Co and J. D. Havenar Jr for polluting Schuylkill River. Unionists strike demanding 45 cents hourly pay. Chicago packers target by Retail Butchers. Postmaster Smith resigns. Rev Bruce Lytle in York slowly dying. Lancaster to enlarge mothers pension fund. Chas Cramer, pioneer, hanged himself. Pittsburg: Gosser backs Porter via his orators. Columbus: Edna Bergwitz elected national president of Sons of Veterans auxiliary. Federation protests non union painters. Toledo: record train speeds. doctor evacuation for W Bennett dies. Cleveland: typhoid concerns and penny lunches planned. Kohler to run. Gov Cox orders state staff to earlier hours. Bellevue: 400 pupils vaccinated for smallpox. Delaware: Dr Semans elected 33rd degree Mason. Bellefontaine: W A Burkhardt finds wasps in fishing trousers.
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Philadelphia
American Product Co
J. D. Havenar, Jr
Schuylkill River
International Painters’ Union
Retail Butchers’ Association
Chicago Packers
T. B. Smith
York
Bruce Lytle
J. C. Miller Memorial Reform Church
Lancaster
Mothers’ Pension Fund
State Council of Independent Americans
Chas. Cramer
Pittsburg
Frank I. Gosser
Columbus
Edna Bergwitz
Sons of Veterans
Federation of Labor
Painters’ Union
Toledo
Cleveland
G W. Bennett
Willys-Overland Co
Ver
Save City Water
Fred Kohler
Petiion
Cox
Bellevue
Delaware
W. M. Semans
Scote Tish Rite Masons
Bellefontaine
W. A. Burkhardt
Ely Cream Balm promises quick relief from cold and catarrh
An ad extols Ely's Cream Balm to instantly open blocked nose and head passages and relieve headaches. It claims the remedy clears nasal membranes and stops discharges, with faster relief by morning. A small bottle is recommended for trial at drug stores.
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Ely
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