Shelton logger robbed and beaten on Weller Avenue
Andrew Andrewson a 52 year old Shelton logger was slugged by three men who loaded him into a car on Weller between Sixth and Seventh Avenues. They robbed him of 800 dollars and dumped him on Sard Avenue at 9 pm Friday. He survived with a broken collarbone and swollen eyes and was taken to the city hospital. Neighbors reporting the incident include Ss. L. Inn and Henry Motzentine. A 1917 Studebaker believed stolen from Adjt. Gen. Maurice Thompson was used in the assault.
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Andrew Andrewson
Weller
Sixth
Seventh Aves
Sard Ave. S
Dosia Place
Andrewson
Ss. L. Inn
Seventh Ave
Charles Norman
Hillcrest
Henry Motzentine
Jackson
Studebaker
Adjt
Maurice Thompson
M. Andrewson
Shelton
City Hospital
German Fleet Beating Slavs Is Powerful
London reports that Germany has assembled a formidable invasion fleet around Reval and Riga gulf, with 10 dreadnoughts and Zeppelins dominating and mine sweepers aiding operations. Transports are scarce, and landing parties are still comprised of sailors as Hindenburg withholds sailors for now. The plan includes a Baltic coast landing and a wider push toward Easthonia to trap Russian forces before winter.
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United Prees
London
Russia
Petrograd
Hindenburg
Dago Island
Easthonia
Transport Sunk by a Lucky Shot in Antilles Incident
The Antilles disaster illustrates the U boat threat as Germany targets American transports though the ship was empty. Officials say the sinking had little military impact but may spur war spirit while about 70 crew remain missing. Naval warnings say such incidents are to be expected despite convoy defenses. Life rafts and boats were available, but many aboard Morgan could not reach them.
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Antilles
Germany
War Department
Gen. Pershing
Haarlem
Holland
Puck Q&A on Russian conscription timing
Willis muses on Russia avoiding conscription while Gillis quips it would take all day to draw a name from the box in a witty Puck remark.
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Willis
Russia
Gillis
Puck
Bride Weds Brother of Late Bridegroom in Northumberland
Mine Alice Pratt, 18, appeared at Squire Tierneys office to wed John T Hordner. John did not arrive, so she wed Frank Hordner, brother of the prospective groom, at 3 o'clock in Northumberland on October 20.
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Northumberland
Alice Pratt
Squire Tierney
John T Hordner
Frank Hordner
John
Frank
London Air Raid Kills 27 in Night Attacks
Lord French announced twenty seven people were killed and fifty three injured in last night's raid on eastern and northeastern counties and part of London. Several airships participated, some reaching into the London district. Most streets were deserted and warnings sent crowds to underground shelters.
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United Press
London
Lord French
Apple sale to fund Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund
The Lucky Strike Fruit company in the Economy Public market will donate 16 percent of its gross apple sales on Saturday to the Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund.
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Lucky Strike Fruit Company
Our Boys In France Tobacco Fund
Easy Way to Stop Waste of Food
An advertisement proclaims Stearns Paste as a reliable method to exterminate rats mice cockroaches and waterbugs in homes and warehouses at low cost claiming the product used by the U S government in campaigns against rats saves millions by stopping waste of foodstuffs annually.
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Stearns
U. S
Stomach Troubles Promised Quick Relief from a New Preparation
Health notice proclaims the stomach and intestines as the core of illness and asserts that improper food mixtures cause gas acidity and heartburn. It credits a new preparation named 1-0-T-O with rapid relief and urges readers to obtain samples from The Bellingham Chemical Co in Bellingham, Washington.
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Bellingham Chemical Co
Bellingham
Read Star Want Ads Privately Guide Renters
The notice invites readers to explore the Star classified ads for house rentals. It highlights available listings and advises checking the paper for current options.
Phone Girls Delay Strike To Aid Loan Effort
About 6 000 workers in Washington face a delayed strike affecting telephone service as operators walk out at 2 a m and are replaced by company staff to maintain service. No state defense action. Tacoma Olympia brief walkouts. Pacific Telephone says normal conditions and no job losses expected.
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Labor Temple
Telephone Company
Washington State Council For Defense
South
Stetson
Washington
Tacoma
Olympia
Seattle
Nobleg
F. L. McNalley
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co
Tacoma Phone Girls Roused Early After Strike Withdrawal
About 175 to 200 Tacoma telephone girls who slept late after a union meeting woke at 3am to calls from their president Miss Hazel Holmes declaring the strike off for a week. They were told the switchboard jobs were waiting.
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United Press
Tacoma
Hazel Holmes
Coast phone tieup held up to help Liberty loan
Pacific Telephone workers in California Washington Oregon and Nevada delay a threatened strike until after the Liberty loan drive ends at midnight October 27. Mortimer Fleischhacker mediated to avert paralysis of coastal business and 8 500 workers were under a walkout order pending contract expiry.
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Liberty
United Prese
San Francisco
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co
Mortimer Fleischhacker
California State Council of Defense
California
Washington
Oregon
Arizona
Nevada
Liberty Loan
Fleischhacker
Pacific Coast
John Morgenthaler
Officials Delay Strike After Fleischhacker Plea
Officials quickly answered Fleischhacker's appeal to patriotism and ordered the strike postponed, though Morgenthaler asserted that officials had no right to act.
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Fleischhacker
Altho Morgenthaler
Kelly Introduces Inventions for Clothing Manufacture
C. B. Kelly, now at the Savoy hotel, announces new inventions to be used in making clothing. He came from Astoria, Oregon, to Seattle to oversee the venture to promote economy and service in production.
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Seattle
C. B. Kelly
Savoy Hotel
Astoria
Oregon
Flower and Love Quote by Up Ton
A brief aphorism states a flower needs sunshine to bloom and a man needs love to live, attributed to Up ton.
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Upton
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