Rockefellers Gain Stock Power Shaping Pacific Railways
New York report says John D. Rockefeller interests buy 275,000 shares of Atchison Topeka Santa Fe and plan to replace three directors with James Stillman BE W H Harriman and either William Rockefeller. This shifts control toward a vast Rockefeller dominated network and could force the Pacific coast into favorable binds with rails.
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Star
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Kullen, Loeb & Co
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Peatock
James Stillman
W H. Harriman
William Rockefeller
Wiliam G. Rockefeller
Atchison
Rockefellera
Widow Marries Dying Suitor by Telephone Amid Smallpox Fear
In Philadelphia a widow Mia Eva Lynn Lyons wed Frederick Mehern, gravely ill with smallpox at a city hospital. Magistrate MacLary officiated over a telephone link four miles from the pest house with Superintendent Morgan at the hospital end. The dying groom answered aloud to the vows as read by the magistrate, and the ceremony was completed.
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Pest House
Philadelphia
Det
Mia
Eva Lynn
Frederick Mehern
MacLary
Morgan
Mehern
Meher
Mre
Lyons
Doings At Ballard in The Star Notices
All Ballard church, social and lodge doings will be published in this department. Those having notices should leave them with P. H. Mullen at 321 Ballard Avenue.
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Ballard
of the Star
Les
P. H. Mullen
Ballard Avenue
Companionship of the Dog Valued At $250 More
The companionship of the dog was valued at $250 more in the examined context, indicating a higher perceived emotional or practical worth attributed to the animal beyond baseline value. This figure suggests a notable premium placed on companionship.
Crazy wanderer hunted rooms amid lodging house chaos
Patrolman Shoemaker captured John Wonderbuch after a chase as the man accused of rushing lodging houses and embracing workers. He claimed money and valuables, including $11.07 in cash and a $498.75 check batch, with deposits linked to a Montana bank.
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Shoemaker
John Wonderbuch
Unpaid bills and arrests cited in Bothell trip
John Coffee was arrested yesterday and taken to Bothell after leaving town debt unpaid. A warrant followed. he was later found at Pacific House in this city and held by Bothell officers. Oliver Olson arrived. crew laid off due to freight scarcity and low lumber demand in the south. The Presbyterian church plans a social next Friday evening.
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John Coffee
Bothell
Coffee
Pacific House
Oliver Olson
Presbyteraan Church
Slaughter House Fire Destroys Building Near Lowell
A slaughter house near Lowell burned Tuesday night. Owned by a Wenatchee man, it was valued at 1000 dollars and insured for 500. The cause of the fire remains unknown. Michael Riley received a two year sentence in the penitentiary for forging Louie Rizzuto’s name on a check from the Walla Walla Produce Co. Harry Roddy of Starbuck, age unknown, was killed in a train collision Saturday, his body mangled. James Allan, a Sumner rancher, choked to death in a Puyallup restaurant Tuesday evening after a large piece of meat lodged in his throat. Allan had lived in Spokane recently. A Farmers Institute is planned for Stanwood on October 27 under Horticultural Inspector Littooy. The North Yakima Baptist convention elected officers: President Willis B. Pettibone, vice president C. C. Mammerly, secretary A. M. Allyn, assistant secretary BE. C. Scott.
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Lowell
Michael Riley
Riley
Walla Walla
James Allan
Sumner
Puyallup
Allan
Spockane
Baptist Convention
North Yakima
Willis B. Pettibone
Ellensburg
C. C. Mammerly
Palouse
A. M. Allyn
Spokane
BE. C. Scott
Spangle
The Cowboy and the Lady Headline at Seattle Theaters
The Neill company stages The Cowboy and the Lady at Seattle venues with strong cast including Edythe Chapman and James Neal competing with Nat Goodwin and Maxine Elliott. Also playing Ten Nights in a Bar Room at the Alcasar, The Hills of California, The Wizard of Oz, and Glittering Gloria draw large crowds with scenic effects and trained animal acts.
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Neill Company
Seattle
Edythe Chapman
James Neil
Nat Goodwin
Maxine Elliot
Play for Her Sake in Portland Benefit for Strikers
In Portland Ore about 1200 to 1600 signatures were collected to a petition urging reinstatement of striking telephone girls. Managers oppose unionism and claim service is satisfactory. Actor plays a benefit performance for the strikers amid melodrama involving romance intrigue and action.
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Portland
Ore
Uesell
Russell
Luncheon at Buckingham Palace Honours American Officers
King Edward hosted a luncheon at Buckingham Palace in praise of Rear Admiral Jewell and other U S naval officers. Ambassador Choate Secretary White and Naval Attache Stockton attended the event lashed to the monarch and key officials. Utah Day observed at the world fair featured exercises at the Utah state building and an informal reception planned throughout the day. Get Your Pass Today Into the best quality men's under wear Seattle. FE. N. Brooks & Co. 1931 Indave. SMART CLOTHES HERALD tailor 1329 2nd. al.
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London
Edward
Buckingham Palace
Jewell
Choate
White
Stockton
ST. Louis
Utah State Building
Seattle
FE. N. Brooks & Co
Desperate Attempted Murder in Carson City
William Hamilton tried to kill his wife and child at the Mingegs home in Carson City. A struggle occurred as he attempted to shoot them and then kill himself, the revolver was wrested away, and he was seized as neighbors intervened. He had custody of the child after a separation and left three letters describing the act.
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William Hamilton
Reno
Mingegs House
Carson City
Hamilton
Superintendent accused of selling corpses for burial profits
In Portland on October 20 sensational charges target county hospital superintendent J. B. Courtney. He allegedly sold dead bodies to the Oregon Medical College then billed the city for burial and janitorial costs, netting about $22.60 per body.
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Portland
Ore
J. B. Courtney
Oregon Medical College
Basket Social for Beattie Union No 17
Beattie Union No 17 of the Order of Washington hosts a shadow basket social at Al K i hall corner of Second Avenue and James Street on Saturday evening October 22. Ladies are asked to bring baskets with luncheon for two. A program and dancing follow.
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Beattie Union
Order of Washington
Al-Ki Hall
Second Avenue
Jamer Street
Deafness Cure Claim Falls Short Says Local Vendor
A garbled ad asserts deafness can be cured by a claimed constitutional remedy and mentions the Eustachian tube. It warns that improper treatment destroys the heart and mucous surfaces and promises a free sample with a money back offer from F J Cheney & Co Toledo.
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F. J. Cheney &O
Toledo
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