Commissioners Stand Pat On County Farm Purchase
County commissioners resisted altering the budget as to the $35,000 initial payment for the Stimson farm. Hamilton backed the county farm, Cartigan opposed, while proponents and opponents spoke at length. The measure did not pass, and the purchase faced a pending superior court challenge. The parental school reported cost savings from boys’ industry, and Prosecutor Lundin’s budget request was trimmed to $2,500 for evidence gathering.
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Hamilton
Calhoun
Denny
Ewing
Carrigan
E. T. Elwell
Stirason
Reuben Jones
Lundin
Union Label Clothing Store Closes to Settle Debts
The Union Label Clothing Store at 423 425 Pike Street closed Tuesday night October 5 to protect creditors. The business has run a hard path in tough times and will auction remaining stock directly to the public as creditors are addressed. Tomorrow's Star promises more details.
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Union Label Clothing Store
Pike St
Missing 14-year-old Charlie Norris sought near Tacoma area
A $25 reward is offered for Charlie Norris who ran away from home. He is described as 14 years old, small for his age, fair skin with blue eyes and dark hair. He was last seen wearing an over coat, gray coat, and cap near camps and railroads around Tacoma and Auburn. Contact A. Norris, Woodinville, Washington.
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Charlie Norris
Tacoma
Auburn
W. A. Norris
Woodinville
Wash
Farmer Kills and Dies by Own Hand in Forest Standoff
August Bion, a farmer in Wabash Indiana, killed his tenant Bert Fear wounded Mrs Fear and two daughters and Fear’s son before fleeing. He was cornered in a deep forest eight miles from the scene and shot himself as a posse closed in. The killings followed an argument over Fear’s children picking apples on Bion’s property.
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Wabash
Ind
August Bion
Bert Fear
Dream Bride For A Star Staffer In Spying Tale
A blue eyed Hol lander from the New York Star dreams of marriage while recalling a wartime turn where he was jailed as a German spy in London. Miss Nina Morris helped win his release after securing assurances from friends and officials. The couple later settled in a New Jersey bungalow.
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Hollander
The
New York Star
Altho
Frank
Nina Morris
Orpheum
John Willard
Ashe
Schaffer
Europe
London
Brighton
England
Miss Morris
Alice Lloyd
Old Bailey
Crim
Britain
America
New Jersey
Certificate Promise for Dentistry Law Sparks Debate
A dental practice defends state board certification as proof of qualification and quality. The owner, J. BR. Clark, LA, argues unlicensed dentists threaten patient care, pledging ironclad guarantees and lowest prices to deter inferior work, urging timely treatment.
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State Dental Board
J. BR. Clark
L. A
Philadelphia firm wins bid for torpedo boat destroyers
The Cramps Co. of Philadelphia offered the lowest bid, $852,000 each for three torpedo boat destroyers numbers 69 to 74. Other bids came from Union Iron Works of San Francisco at $916,000 for one boat and Seattle Drydock & Construction Co. at $885,000 for one and $870,000 for two. Deliveries are to Mare Island within 20 months.
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Washington
Cramps C.o
Philadelphia
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Seattle Drydock & Construction Co
Mare Island
U S Mining Man Wounded in Yaqui Raid at Patagonia
Refugees arriving from Hermontilo report Yaqui raiders attacked Patagonia last Monday burning two buildings levying tribute on merchants and killing 30 Mexicans. L Smithers an American mining man was wounded during the fighting.
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Patagonia
Ariz
Hermontilo
Yaquia
L. Smithers
Jewish Tribune Opens New Seattle Office
The Jewish Tribune changes name to Jewish Tribune of Seattle and Portland and opens an Seattle office at 1104 Third Ave by W. C. Meyer. The paper plans a future main office move to Seattle.
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Jewish Tribune
Portland
Seattle
W. C. Meyer
Third Ave
Russian laborer predicts DAR battleship would outmatch navy
Frank Chernik, a Russian laborer, told patrons at the Magnolia bar that one of the DAR battleships could outmatch the entire U S navy. The incident occurred at midnight as Chernik leaped into an alley after breaking a window pane. he is hospitalized with a broken leg.
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Frank Chernik
Magnolia Bar
First Ave
U. S. Navy
Chernik
City Hospital
Woman Receives Six Months Jail Term in Delinquency Case
Josie Lytle was found guilty of contributing to the delinquency of a 17 year old and sentenced by Judge Jurey to six months in the county jail. Accomplice Frank Adams was also found guilty and awaits sentence. Evidence showed the pair sought to take the teen to a hotel room for a night.
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Josie Lytle
Jurey
Frank Adams
Lytle
Adams
Old Age A Crime Kidneys Warn You With Signals
Warning signs of aging include stiff joints back pain and fatigue as kidneys fail to remove waste. The ad touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as relief and claims a 200 year legacy from Haarlem Holland with prices 26c 50c and $1.00 and urges purchase at the druggist and guarantees by Ow Drug Co.
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Haarlem
Holland
Humphrey denounces greed in vaudeville outing
The Fauntleroy gymnasium bill featured Congressman Humphrey among acts. He condemned greed and promised not to vote for wars to profit individuals while calling for a stronger army and navy.jni
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Mexico
Reclaimed Girls Enter Reception at Great Northern Hotel
In Chicago on October 6 the Protestant Women's National Alliance hosted a landmark social in the Great Northern hotel reception rooms. A dozen or more former fallen women, reclaimed from lives of shame, were invited and presented. Daughters of Alliance members aided the event, and only committee members could distinguish between church girls and the redeemed scarlet women.
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Chicago
Great Northern
Protestant Women's National Alliance
Daughters of the Alliance
Clubwoman May Arkwright Hutton Dies in Spokane
May Arkwright Mutton, noted clubwoman and leading Northwest suffragist, died in Spokane at age 4. She was wife of L W Hutton, a millionaire mining magnate.
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Spokane
May Arkwright Mutton
Northwest
L. W. Hutton
Suffrage Leaders Hopeful After President’s Statement
Suffrage leaders in Washington welcomed President Wilson's statement as a turning point for the movement. They argued the president's support boosts chances in New Jersey and could secure victory in New York Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, with Ethel M. Smith predicting a federal amendment following state gains.
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Washington
Wion
New Jersey
New York
Masachusetts
Pennsylvania
Ethel M. Smith
Emperor Franz Josef Stricken With Serious Illness
A Corresspondencia report from Rome dated October 6 says Emperor Franz Josef is seriously ill. The news agency dispatch cites unidentified sources close to the court and notes medical consultations are underway.
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Rome
Eemperor
Seattle Couple Marries 62 Years Golden Anniversary
Seattle residents Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Southern marked sixty two years of marriage at their 328 76th street home. Married in Michigan in October 1863, they have two sons in the state and a daughter in Ellensburg. The couple has lived in Seattle 12 years and celebrated their golden anniversary here in 1903.
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B. D. Southern
Michigan
Cear
Ellensburg
Seattle
Kipling's Son Believed Dead On Western Front
London report says Rudyard Kipling's 18 year old son John is missing and believed killed in the trenches on the western front. An official note confirmed the family's grim uncertainty about his fate.
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London
Rudyard Kipling
John
Western Front
Hollywood Lunch Waffles Debut at 212 Pike Street Adv
The 212 Pike Street Advance reports Hollywood Lunch Waffles now in season with a promotion at a local eatery. Readers can expect new waffle flavors and a limited time offer.
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Hollywood
Pike St
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