Speculators Grabbing World Series Tickets In Boston
Boston reporters describe widespread ticket scalping ahead of the 1916 World Series between the Boston Red Sox and Brooklyn Dodgers. Hotel floors rented by the national commission, bold sale signs, and high prices mark a day of intense speculation as crowds surge downtown awaiting game access.
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H. C. Hamilton
United Press
Boston
Wor
Boston Red Sox
Brooklyn Dodgers
Copley Plaza
National Commission
Garry Herrmann
Rent Park
Bootleggers Spy on Detectives Through Snapshot Photos
Detectives were photographed by two well dressed men on Second Ave and Seneca St near Oak theater, with prints later showing the portraits of police officials. Sergt Putnam says bootleggers used private investigators to gather evidence for anti saloon groups and prosecutors, not targeting police but rival operatives. The album allegedly linked to major bootlegging rings.
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Second Ave
Seneca St
Oak Theatre
Sergt. Putnam
Dry Squad
Anti-Saloon League
Dad Spellman
Divorce Filed by Clara Curtis Against Edward Curtis
After 24 years of marriage Mrs. Clara J. Curtis sues Edward S. Curtis in Superior Court seeking $150 monthly alimony and custody of four children. She claims estrangement and his relations with other women, and alleges she helped build his career including the North American Indian histories project funded by J. Pierpont Morgan.
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Seattle
Clara J. Curtis
Edward S. Curtis
J. P. Morgan
Friday
Curtises
Vagabonds
Na‘Arté Society
New York
Royal Societies
London
EB. H. Harriman
22Nd Ave
Curtis
Curtis Studio
Kitsap County
California
Harold
New York City
Elizabeth
Florence
Catherine
J. Pierpont Morgan
NAB 2 POLICE IN HOTEL RAID
Sergt Victor Putnam led a raid at a rooming house on 1506 First Ave at 11 15 PM Thursday finding liquor and two off duty officers Patrolmen W L Pendergast and A Gunterman in charge of the police patrol boat They were suspended for absence from posts Edward Smith was arrested for city law violation and G C Kilgg Mrs Kile and Isabel Maxwell were charged as disorderly persons
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Sergt
Victor Putnam
First Ave
W. L. Pendergast A
A. Gunterman
Putnam
Chas. E. N
Pendergast
Edward Smith
G. C. Kilgg
Hill Estate Valued at 52 Million in Minnesota Inventory
The estate of James J. Hill, empire builder, is valued at 52,000,000 excluding Northwest real estate and other states holdings. Louis W. Hill, his son, filed the inventory in St Paul. Probate will set inheritance tax at about 1,500,000 with stocks and bonds listed at par though market values exceed par.
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ST. Paul
Northwest
James J. Hill
Empire Builder
Louis W. Hill
Minnesota
Bank blast in Rutland robs $6000. culprits missing
A Rutland Illinois state bank was blown up early today and robbed of six thousand dollars. The robbers have not been captured and the case remains under police investigation.
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Rutland, Ill
Tate Bank
Wilson Omaha Ovation Boosts Democrats in Midwest
President Wilson returns to Long Branch after Nebraska welcome stirs optimism among Democrats. Crowds in Omaha blocked traffic, cheering a series of questions answered with Wilson, and managers say the Middle West will swing in line with the administration’s foreign policy. Hughes’ Nebraska visit later this month is not feared. Pearls are worth three times as much as ten years ago.
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Wilson
Clinton
Iowa
Longe Branch
Nebraska
Omaha
Middle West
Charles Hughes
Mother Jones Stirring Up Old New York
Eighty six year old labor agitator Mother Jones vowed to rouse New York through women amid a traction strike. She predicted nationwide social reform driven by women and promised fireworks before she ends her campaign.
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Mother Jones
New York
Carl D. Groat
Jones
Von Tirpitz faction loses bid to restart submarine war
Berlin reports that leaders of the Von Tirpitz faction urged resuming submarine warfare to cut English supplies without harming neutrals. The government rejected the idea, signaling no change in leadership amid ongoing tensions as the chancellor maintains a firm stance.
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Carl W. Ackerman
U. P
Berlin
von Tirpitz
England
Von
Hethman-Hollweg
Study in Russian at University of Washington
Fifty nine applied Thursday night for the evening course in Russian at the University of Washington. Only 29 are taking the day course.
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University of Washington
Clark Jr to donate European war profits to relief fund
W. A. Clark Jr, son of Montana Senator Clark, said in San Francisco he has over 2 million dollars set aside from European war profits to aid France after the war ends. He noted profits come from war materials and from rises in war brides and emphasized he wants no profit from the conflict.
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San Francisco
W. A. Clark, Jr
Clark
Montana
France
One-armed laborer charged with killing Vancouver man
Nicholas Fontaine, a one-armed laborer, is held for the murder of Axel Nelson of Vancouver Washington on September 17. Police say Fontaine confessed citing an earlier altercation in a woman's room that escalated into a street fight. He claims the shooting was in self defense.
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Portland
Ore
Nicholas Fontaine
Axel Nelson
Vancouver
Wash
Fontaine
Nelson
Costly Paper Sparks Plan for State Supplies in Schools
New York authorities weigh restoring state level materials in city schools to cut rising paper costs. The move aims to curb high prices by bringing back state supplied paper and pencils, recalling old rural schoolhouse practices.
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New York
Farmers to Form Producers League in Renton Meeting
A group of farmers plans a mass meeting to form the King County Producers' association. They say current prices and rising feed costs and farm labor wages prevent breaking even. The meeting is set for Renton at 10 30 Sunday morning October 15.
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King County Producers’ Association
Renton
Wilsons Eight Hour Commission Strong Despite Partisan Mix
Washington officials call the eight hour commission named by President Wilson a strong body. Maj. Gen. Goethals chairs the group with Republican Clarke and Progressive Rublee as members. They will study the Adamson law before it takes effect and report back to the president and Congress within the 1917 timeline.
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Washington
Wilson
Clarke
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rubblee
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Fairbanks to Speak in City Events Next Saturday
Charles W. Fairbanks will speak in the city on behalf of Charles B. Hughes. He appears at the noon luncheon of the Young Men's Republican club and at a mass meeting in Moore theatre, then visits the Press club to be entertained by local newspaper men.
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Charles W. Fairbanks
City
Charles B. Hughes
Young Men's Republican Club
Moore Theatre
Press Club
Land State
Germany Asks Wilson to Mediate Peace
New York Oct 6 Ambassador Gerard reported by the Evening Post to present to President Wilson a German application seeking his good offices to urge peace talks.
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New York
Gerard
Evening Post
Wilson
Germany
Wright Giv es His Patents to U S
London reports Orville Wright, famed American aeroplane inventor, has given all his patents free of charge to the United States government. The Aeroplane magazine says every manufacturer can use the Wright patents, valued at millions of dollars.
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London
Eng
Orville Wright
Aeroplane
Kind Words Club Inducts Gov Lister AfterLunch Roast
Gov Ernest Lister joins the Kind Words club as a new member after lunch at Rail Way Exchange food foundry. The exchange hosts daily meetings where members roasted guests and debated prohibition before voting him in amid a list of satirical jabs and names.
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Ernest Lister
Railway Exchange Food Foundry
Gov. Lister
Lister
Kind Words Club
Ole Hanson
Charles Gleason
Hugo Kelley
Morphine
Tom Revelle
J. Pigott
Defeat the unjust constitutional amendment on November 7
Opinion urging voters to reject a 1915 Washington state proposal restricting voting rights to direct taxpayers. The piece argues the amendment would bar millions of non direct taxpayers, including renters and women with property interests, from a say on bonds and taxes. It calls for a landslide defeat of the measure.
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von Jagow
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Farmers TO Form Producers’ League
Wilson’s Rail Commission
Fairbanks
Wright
U. S
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