Razzberry Chorus Echoes Through Mine Strike Tensions
A reporter recalls the razzberry chorus used by strikers and their families at a mine dispute. Women and children lead the jeers at union carpenters and guards outside a hotel, while peaceful picketers watch and the scene grows tense among miners and locals. The account notes the event as a mixed mix of banter and conviction amid labor strife.
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Beabbie
Chrilly
Seattle
Austria
Fellah
Eny
Jazzberry Chorus
Black Diamond
Siikers
Kidd
Razzberry” Brigade
Armstrong
Seattle Girl Plans Two Year World Business Trip
Miss Edna McKenzie secretary of the charities endorsement bureau at the Seattle Chamber of Commerce will travel October 22 on a two year tour to study business conditions in the United States and Europe. She will start in Frisco for a month, then Los Angeles, work in each city, pass through the Panama Canal to Atlantic cities and New York by mid winter, then seek a company to send her abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna McKenzie
United States
Europe
Miss McKenzie
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Mise McKenzie
Panama Calan
Atlantic Coast
New York
Seattle
Wrong Body Says Dentist Roseburg Murder Trial Evidence
Attorneys for Dr. Richard M. Brumfield in Roseburg Oregon argued to suppress identifying the victim as the vanished hermit sheep herder Dennis Russell. Witnesses testified of pale reactions and blood traces while Brumfield supposedly sped through town in a red roadster near Russell’s cabin.
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Roseburg
Ore
Richard M. Brumfield
Dennis Russell
Hightower Trial Closes in Frightful Slay Case
Redwood City Calif October 13 William A Hightower accused slayer of Father Heslin Colma priest is expected to learn his fate late today The itinerant baker poet and philosopher on trial for a week faced jury deliberations as defense and prosecution urged final appeals The courtroom was packed at 7 am with standing room only as court opened at 10 o clock
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Redwood City
Cal
William A. Hightower
Patrick Heslin
Baker
Afr
Ee. J. Emmons
Swart
Hightower
San Mateo County
Biplane Reaches Completion With Onboard Bath Facility
A 1,200 horsepower biplane has been completed featuring a full onboard bath facility equipped for extended missions.
Brumfield Reads Serial Story and Pulls for Giants
In Roseburg Oregon on October 13 Sheriff Starmer reports Dr Richard M Brumfield an alleged arch murderer shows steel nerves and avid interest in the world series as he pulls for the Giants. He reads yesterday's game details from sport pages while a serial story lies open on his bunk and Mrs Brumfield maintains calm amid a court setback.
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Roseburg
Ore
Richard M. Brumfield
Bam Starmer
Brumfield
Giants
Food Imports Show Big Cut in Value
Average import prices for July 1920 show sharp declines across staples based on figures from the Chamber of Commerce via a New York bank. Coffee drops from 30 to 11 cents per unit, raw sugar from 16 to 3.2 cents, tea from 34 to 19.5 cents, cocoa from 17 to 6.5 cents, and olive oil from 3.64 to 1.69 per gallon, signaling price driven value reductions in both imports and exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
New York
CAFE OWNERS WATCH STRIKE IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE
Downtown Seattle cafe owners wait as union cooks and waiters refuse the new wage scale issued by the Restaurant Owners Association. Six Chauncey Wright restaurants walk out while kitchens consider returning to former pay levels amid a threatened wider strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Caterers’ Association
Chauncey Wright
Restaurant Owners Association
Waltreanes
Walters
Waltresses
Robert B. Herketh
P. J. Jensen
The
Beattie
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Mm. J. RR. Bowman
Russell
William Moore
Russell Ed Weaver
Ed Kohlhagen
Frumfield
Weaver
Kohlhagen
Virgil McMullen
Oak Street
Melrose
Neuner
Pierce
Russell Shack
Rice
Orcutt
Jases
Symonds Shoe Co., Inc
Pine Street
Jensen
Culinary Alliance
Pacific Coast Coal Co
J. T. Ronald
United United Mine Workers
Ronald
Frederick
Victor
Brunswick
Coleman's
Baltimore Buzz
Fox
Blake
Bandana
Mimi—Fox
Baby In Love
Fox Trot
All-Star Trio Orchestra
A-Star Trio Orchestra
Whiteman's Orchestra
Haeckel Berge Orchestra
Hackel Berge Orchestra
Wang Wang
Bennie Krueger
Bennie Krueger's Orchestra
Bennie Krueger's
Victrolas
Brunswick Records
Frederick & Nelson
Fifth Avenue
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