Brother shoots brother in Salvation Army HQ incident
Myer Dubbin, 27, Salvation Army band master, warned his younger brother Arthur, 21, not to carry a loaded gun. He unintentionally fired, injuring Arthur in the abdomen. Arthur had found a 32 Colt’s revolver at the American bank building and brought it to the army HQ. Myer removed the magazine and believed no cartridge remained. Arthur was taken to City hospital and is expected to recover.
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Myer Dubbin
Salvation Army
Arthur
American Bank
Army
Fifth
Washington St
Five Year Old Dies After Car Overturns Near Cle Elum
The five year old son of C. E. Diner of Easton is dead today when the automobile in which he and his parents were riding overturned near Cle Elum Washington.
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Cle
Elum
Wash
C. E. Diner
Easton
Rockefeller Postpones Return Due to Wife Ill Health
Mrs. Rockefeller in Tarrytown reports John D. Rockefeller delays his return to the Tarrytown estate because his wife is ill. In Washington on Oct 20 Bishop Quale remarks that a fat man has a better chance of being good than a lean one.
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Washington
Quale
Olympia
Drum
State Board of Control
UNCLE SAM MAY CLOSE OUR DOOR TO ALASKA GOLD
The Seattle gold freight fund was cut and the Seattle assay office may close for the year. Officials, including Congressman Humphrey, urged Washington to restore the usual $25,000 freight allowance, with a plan to store bullion until January if needed. Commercial club and national affairs committee held meetings to discuss funding and a potential reopening.
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Uncle Sam
Alaska
Sam
Seattle
Congress
Humphrey
National Affairs Committee
Chamber
Washington
Cials
Treasury Department
Commercial Club
Tragic Mobile Train Wreck Kills Thirty Soldiers
Thirty soldiers killed in the Mobile & Ohio troop train wreck near Stateline Mississippi yesterday. Among the dead are 23 soldiers of the 39th and 170th United States Coast Artillery. two train crew members die. About 100 soldiers injured, 20 severely, with four or five possibly dying. The troops were en route from Fort Morgan and Fort Barrancas to Meridian Mississippi for Mississippi Alabama fall.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile & Ohio
Treatie
Stateline
Miss
39Th
170Th United States Coast Artillery
Fort Morgan
Fort Barrancas
Meridian
Alabama
Babe Wright Smashes Records By Swimming Golden Gate
12 year old Babe Wright swam the Golden Gate in 36 minutes and 12 seconds setting new women’s records. A boat crew followed as Mia Roy H. Wright Babe's mother Walter Hartman Eddie Hart and Carl Hackfield were present.
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Babe Wright
Golden Gate
San Francisco
Cal
Habe” Wright
Mia
Roy H. Wright
Babe
Walter Hartman
Eddie Hart
Carl Hackfield
Babe” Wright
Mermaid Wonder
Tom Mann Addresses Large Crowd at Dreamland Rink
English labor organizer Tom Mann spoke for over two hours at Dreamland rink on Sunday night outlining industrial solidarity as the path to emancipation. He urged unity across trades, tolerance among workers, and discussed forming a world union of laborers without class distinctions aligned with IWW principles.
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Tom Mann
Dreamland Rink
Mann
Industrial Workers of the World
Heroic Rescue in Fire Sparks Mother and Baby Safety
Mrs. Chris Schiening of 4002 25th Ave saved her infant during a kitchen fire in the Schiening home on Saturday. While she checked the other children away from the flames, blankets above the stove ignited. She braved smoke and heat to reach the 10 month old and carry it to safety as flames were extinguished. The mother and child escaped with only minor injuries.
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Chris Schiening
Schiening
Church Fire Damages Christian Science Church in Milwaukee
A Sunday night blaze began in a shack and spread to the Christian Science church at 16th Ave N and Dennyway causing 600 dollars in damages. Ad Wolgast broke a rib in training prompting the postponement of his Friday title bout with Charley White in Milwaukee.
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Christian Science Church
16Th Av. N
Dennyway
Wolgast
Milwaukee
Ad Wolgast
Charley White
Chicago
Swimmers Impress In Short Race As Belgium Halts Zeppelin Flights
Hartman and Hart led as Hackfield finished in 31 minutes and Wright in 33 minutes 12 seconds. Mike Wright called the swim easy and noted strong tides while Mrs Wright praised her daughter’s potential. Also, Belgium cancelled military dirigible flights after the Zeppelin disaster, halting negotiations on a new Zeppilin.
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Belgium
Brussels
Poincare Attends Meet in Rheims at College Stadium
President Poincare visits a sports gathering at the College of Athletics stadium in Rheims to honor France's bid to win the 1916 Olympic Games. A New York inventor patents toothed spades and shovels to aid digging in hard soils.
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Rheims
France
Poincare
College of Athletics
New York
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Fast Indigestion Relief
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick and safe remedy for indigestion gas and upset stomachs. It claims relief within five minutes, with the stomach becoming lighter and clearer, belching and souring vanish, and the head clearing. A fifty cent bottle is urged from any drug store.
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Ape
A Brother's Gratitude Turns to Grudge in Surf Rescue
Santa Barbara reports Roy Osborne, rescued from the surf by elder brother William, expressed thanks but attempted to whip him for not acting quickly enough. In Los Angeles, 70 year old A P Jones, father of the shop proprietor, fatally shot himself in a soda shop, dying instantly.
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Santa Barbara
William
Roy Osborne
Roy
Los Angeles
A. P. Jones
To Cure a Cold In One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
An old advertisement promises a rapid cold cure with LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tabs. It claims a refund if ineffective and features EO W. GROVES signature on each box.
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EO W. Groves
Urgent Claim on Meat and Kidneys Health Tip
An advisory warns that meat intake can form uric acid clogging kidneys and causing pain, with signs like cloudy urine and backache. It recommends Jad Salts as a cleansing remedy and cites a Seattle shoe repairer Mr. Hougen expanding his two shops with 18 to 20 workers.
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Anys
Madison St
Hougen
Seattle
Felton B Elkins Marries Beatrice Oliver in Lakewood
Felton B Elkins grandson of ex Senator C M Felton of California wed Beatrice Oliver an English beauty in Lakewood New Jersey on Sunday.
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Lakewood
N. J
Arrest of ex convict for dynamite cache found
In Los Angeles on October 20 Frank Nelson a former convict and alleged dynamiter was arrested after detectives returned to a cache where a large quantity of dynamite had been discovered.
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Los Angeles
Frank Nelson
Seaman Drowned After Canoe Capsizes During Duck Hunt
H. Leister, a seaman at Puget Sound navy yard, drowned Sunday morning when his canoe overturned while duck hunting. He had just ashore his companion, sailor Reisenbach, before the accident occurred.
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H. Leister
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Leister
Reisenbach
Blood and Nerve Tonic advertised with patient testimonials
The ad claims marvelous results from Blood and Nerve Tonic and Gas tricim remedies sold by Quaker Drug Co and Giles Drug Co in Seattle. It cites returning patients and urges trials for constipation linked illnesses, urging readers to send communications with local names in each package.
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Quaker Drug Co
First Ave
Giles Drug Co
Jackson St
Seattle
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Antoinette Kopeteky
Nadina
Charlies Purcell
Aturday
Bottomley
Metropolitan
Wirnex
Henry
Pimsy Wists
Bves
Soc. Mats
Seattle Theatre
Hailey
THE
Virginian
Prichs
Boy
Auto
East
W. R. Russell
Fifth Avenue
Vernis Martin
Tion Mattress and
Pike
Lane Piano CO
Third Avenue
Steinway
Pape
J. H. Hougen
U.K
Portland
Calvin S. White
First Unitarian Church
Hioxing
Austin-Salt
Artington
German Pharmacal Co
Corner Market and
24Th Ave
N. W. Ballard, Seattle, Wash
Li Miller
Lacco
A. Lundberg
Albert
Ansen
Second Ave
Madison
City Bank S. E. Cor
Columbia St
Enterprise Novelty Works
First Av
M’cann Printing CO
Spring Street
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