Calm and Cautious Chief Griffiths Attracts Attention
A profile of Austin E. Griffiths portrays him as calm and cautious yet brave and honest. The piece traces his birth on Christmas Day 1863 in Worcester England, move to York County Nebraska, education, and rise to Seattle police chief. It highlights his thorough, evidence based approach and public spirited work, including anti trap hunging law and Seattle playfields, plus his family and travels.
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Hief Griffiths
Worcester
England
Griffiths
Griffihs
York County
Nebraska
Austin
Methodist
York
River Platte
Ann Arbor University
Austin EB. Griffiths
Austin E. Griffiths
Seattle
Bert Taylor
Tom Humes
Hi Gill
Powork
International Peace Association
National Association of Labor Legislation
The
Academy of Social and Political Science
National Playgrounds League
Husky
Lamb Chases Foxes Leads Buyer to Sell Him
In Cynthiana Kentucky former assessor John Ingles sold a lamb to J D Evans after the animal began chasing foxes and avoiding home. Raised by a farm dog with a litter, the lamb grew fleet and playful, chasing rabbits and barking at a coon before matching dogs on fox chase proved too much to handle. Evans bought the misfit lamb as a remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthiana
John Ingles
J. D. Evans
Ingles
Withal
Mr. Evans
Shadow on Road Crashes York County Car
Harry Miller of York county drove near Lewiston when he spotted a dark object on the road. He swerved into it in the dark and wrecked the touring car, injuring all aboard. The object proved to be a heavy pole stretched across the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Harry Miller
York County
Electric piano in frat house fuels campus feud
A UW Greek row dispute centers on an electric piano that played Too Much Mustard until 2 a.m. The frats on 18th Ave N E clash after a neighbor frat threatened action if the instrument remained, while the piano stayed in place and the campus awaits the resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Washington
Av. N. EL
No Love Lost Here in Gillette Lion Encounter
Gillette Wyoming October 16 A hunter Mike Cahill pushing through brush after a lost cow found a huge mountain lion in his path. The two faced each other for about a minute before Cahill backed away and fled home unsure if the lion had his cow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillette
Wyo
Mike Cahill
Boyd
Cahill
Hon
Joker debated in alien land law in Washington state
A public session at the Y M C A examined an alien land ownership amendment. Debaters warned the measure could let non citizens own land beyond cities, as the clause covers municipal corporations and counties, sparking concerns of foreign control and land monopolies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Condon
University of Washington Law School
State of Washington
Josiah Collins
Chamber of Commerce
California
Thorwald Siegfried
Weyerheiuser Timber Co
Northern Pacific
Mexico
Siegfried
Thomas Revelle
E. T. Elwell
Cascarets Claim Quick Relief for Liver and Bowels
Old fashioned health ad promises Cascarets clean the liver stomach and bowels and end headaches biliousness dizziness and distress with a 10 cent box. It urges gentle cleansing for children and adults and notes all druggists carry Cascarets.
Federal inquiry hears defense of private employment agents
Employment agents told the federal investigating committee that private agents are not as bad as painted and do not, as a rule, defraud workers. The testimony contrasted private agents with public agents in labor dealings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Hartman
The
Good Roads Association
Hartman
Charles R. Case
State Federation of Labor
J. G. Brown
International Union of Timber Workers
R. B. Wiseman
W. C. Moore
Brown
Case
Federal Investigating Committee
Cow Oriented Ostrich In Walla Walla Packing House
A cow butchered at a Walla Walla packing house turned out to be an unusual find as her stomach revealed an ostrich-like trait. Police and officials investigated the curious carcass under local agricultural rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla, Wash
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Oye
Tom
Burke
Ted
America
Kavanagh
Madison
International Institute OF Music
Institute
Fort Wayne
Ind
Natitute
Lamb
Dr. James
the Right Drug CO
Washington St
Ault Steed
Tro
Fifth Avenue
New York
Brady
Brady the Tailor
Corner University St
Third Avenue
Lewiston, Pa
Milton Benner
Skippack
Westinghouse
Mazda
Mude Mazda 30c
Edison Disc
Wright & Ditson
Otball
McGreggor Golf Goods
Piper & Tait
Second Ave
Wright & Ditson Golf Goods
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