Two Flags, One Heart Greek American Faces War Dilemma
A Greek American fish merchant and his customers discuss war loyalties as events unfold. He contemplates serving Greece or the United States if conflict arises, noting ties to both nations and the difficulty of choosing between two flags. Other local vendors weigh in on loyalty and duty as 500 Greeks prepare to go to war from Seattle and Tacoma.
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Ron
Pappas
Micalos
Cas
Mihalos
America
Seaty Ane
Tacoma
United States
Greece
The
Stars and Stripes
Bloody year after elopement ends in killings in Texas
A Texas feud after a wife's elopement led to a string of murders and deaths of associates over a year. Lena Sneed sought freedom to marry Al Boyce, provoking John Bear Sneed to imprison her, a Winnipeg escape, and a long criminal saga. Boyce was killed by an assassin's bullet, and Sneed faced an unwritten law defense after a planned ambush near a church.
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Amarillo
Tex
Lena Snyder
John Bear
al Boyce
Debonair
Boyce
Winnipeg
Canada
Boyce- Sneed
Capt
Sneed
Noyce
Fractured Violence Shocks City Real Estate Site
A man smashed five windows at the Colman Building in the Oriental area, injuring himself and leaving glass and blood on hands and face. He was detained by police after breaking doors and offered no motive before bail was posted. A separate item notes a fisherman near the coast facing danger from a sudden wave.
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F. Bell
Fred E.meet Co. Colman
Oriental
H.W. Caldwell
Davis
Annex
Jakey Furth Loses Fat Contract With Seattle Electric
Jakey Furth’s electric company loses a large contract for furnishing street lighting in Seattle’s South Park district as the city’s own plant competes. The agreement with the Seattle Electric Co. expires today and renewal is unlikely. In the past, the city paid private firms thousands after the municipal plant emerged. Also in New York, Alex Warman, 19, attempted to fly and fell from a back porch, suffering a fractured skull.
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Jakey Furth
Electric Company
Seattle Electric Co
South Park District
Furth
8. E. Co
8. B. Co
South Park
New York
Alex Warman
North End Progressive Club to Meet This Tuesday
The North End Progressive club will assemble Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. J. B. Austin’s residence at 4istav and Corliss to discuss community affairs.
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North End
Progressive Club
Harvest of Deaths in Gneed Boyce Feud Timeline
A sequence of violent events tied to the Sneed Boyce feud unfolds from October 1911 through September 14 with confessions elopements shootings poisonings and suicides. Key figures include Mrs Sneed Al Boyce A G Boyce Sr John Beal Sneed R O Hilliard Eugene Slayton Frank Kirtin and J B Sneed with multiple fatal actions and self deaths across a string of dates.
Specials in the news round up oddities and odd claims
The clipping lists varied notes from London to Berlin and North Yakima. It mentions a $10 fine for selling dried peas as pills, an engineer announcing tide powered electricity, a carload of apples sent to Norway, a mistaken Treasury notice, elopement and multiple marriages, a man consuming $35 in bills, a skylight accident during a bank directors meeting, Morgan declining fees, a Texas deputy losing glasses, and a Paterson misattributed wife suit.
Line-up details for umpires and field positions
Umpires Evans behind the plate, Kiem on bases, O’Loughlin in left field, Meld at short, and Rigier in right field.
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Evans
Kiem
O'Loughlin
Jett
Rigier
Giants edged by Wood as Red Sox take lead in series
Grantland Rice reports Joe Wood and the Red Sox defeat the New York Giants 3 to 1 in Boston with Heinie Wagner making key plays. Wood dominates early while Giants fall short despite Merkle Yerkes and strong defense backing him.
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Grantland Rice
New York
Joe Wood
Tecreau
New York Giants
Boston Red Sox
Beantown
Giants
Heinie Wagner
Wagner
Wood
Merkle
Erzoc
Pletcher
Ing Wagner
Yerkes
Baseball Game Innings Report Boston vs New York
Play by play through nine innings includes hits by Boston Hooper Yerkes Gardner Wood Lewis and Doyle and New York Merkle Meyers Fletcher Herzog Devore and Murray with several sacrifices steals and fumbles noted. Final framing details show late-inning action and substitutions as Ames replaces Tesreau in the box.
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Wood
Tesreau
Ames
Fletcher
Speaker
Gardner
Merkle
Yerkes
Stahl
Boston
Hooper
R. F
Tenet Sete Lewis
Cady
New York
Enee Fletcher
Eter
Coraniey
Evenee Mes
Meyers
Doyle
Ker
Lawis
Devore
Snodgrass
Murray
Ner
Herzog
Lewis
Wagner
Bioteen
Short
McCormick
Hooper Pop
Mietcher
University of Washington Regents Protest Land Grant
Alumni and students delivered a protest to the board of regents over a Northern Pacific grant of a 200-foot land strip through the campus, claiming no title existed. Protestors Thom as F Murphine and Robin Welts, both candidates for the legislature, vow to continue challenging the grant.
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Board of Regents
University of Washington
Northern Pacifica Railroad Company
Thomas F. Murphine
Robin Welts
Murphine
Welts
Slapping Case Fails To Reach Trial In Court
Arline Clark known as Mae Aronstein and Frank Kelley did not appear in police court. Clark faced disorderly conduct charges. Kelley case dismissed last week. City Attorney Van Ruff moved to strike Clark case, citing assault in the third degree had been the proper charge. Clark said she attacked Kelley after he jilted her and threatened to reveal letters.
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Arline Clark
Mae Aronstein
Frank Kelley
Miss Clark
Kelley
van Ruff
Clark
The Man Who Prospects and Advertises Talent
A promotional piece urges readers to seize opportunities and raise their profile. It touts Want Ads as the most economical way to reach Seattle’s large readership. It directs ads to The Star downtown office at 229 Union Street with phone numbers and notes daily circulation.
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The
Star
Seattle
Union Street
Elliott
the Star
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Ncisco
John Rab
London
W. W. Cox
Berlin
Herr Emil Penn
Hamburg
Schleswig
North Yakima
Norway
Nottingham Ranch
Treasury Conscience Funneries Decorah
Sam
United States Treasury
W. M. James
Rand Wilbourne
Olive Hill, Ky
Frank Flynn
Mary Copa
Indiana Harbor National Bank
Hammond
Ind
Morgan
Senate Committee
Robert E. L. Taggard
Texas
Charles Apel
Paterson, N. J
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Ard Cosgrove
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