Sane Folks at Asylum Charge Could Earn Living
Martha Kawata, white wife of a Japanese, returns from Medical Lake insane asylum where she was confined after killing George Graety in a drug induced fit. She plans to prove sanity at a November 15 jury trial and urges a lunacy commission to allow yearly exams to free patients deemed sane.
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Martha Kawata
George Graety
Medical Lake Insane Asylum
Grasty
Sam
Medical Lake Institution
Frontline Battle Reports and Local Dental Ad Blend
A rough mix of war news from the Western Front with a local dental advertisement. The official statement notes clashes around Homb and Pulsaletnf Quennevieres as bombardments continue in Champagne. Separate copy promotes dental services by L. F. Clark offering guaranteed work at low prices with trained, registered dentists.
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Paris
Homb
Petard
Alene
Pulsaletnf
Quennevieres
Champagne
Has Miss Venus Backed Off Map
Los Angeles officials report a contest awarding a gold medal to the “most symmetrical woman in the world” in a beauty competition. The feature centers on a claim about beauty standards and a figure resembling Venus de Milo being used as a benchmark.
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Miss Venus
Pete
Venus de Milo rival Nana Sterling challenges in LA beauty contest
The article profiles Nana Sterling a 19 year old vaudeville performer praised as more beautiful and stronger than two men. She challenges all Los Angeles women to beat her symmetric figure, promising to yield her crown if surpassed. Sterling previously was crowned the most perfectly formed woman in the world.
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Los Angeles
Venus de Milo
Venus
Nana Sterling
Mine Sterling
Miss Sterling
Joffre in England Visits London After War Start
General Joffre, the French Western Front commander, paid his first visit to England since the war began. He conferred with Lord Kitchener on joint campaign issues, as Japanese and British sailors wore similar dress.
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London
Joffre
Western Front
England
Lord Kitchener
Poslam advertised as skin soothing remedy and soap
An advertisement touts Poslam for itching burning and sores with rapid relief and improved skin conditions. It claims Poslam is antiseptic and harmless and promotes Poslam Soap medicated with Poslam for skin health. Samples offered by Emergency Laboratories in New York City.
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Stampe
Emergency Laboratories
W. Hith St
New York City
All
No Truth in Rumor of Prohibition Case Decision
Rumor spread in Seattle about a Supreme Court decision on the prohibition case. Sources say judges have not discussed the case yet and are hearing multiple suits en banc. Judge Matin says a decision is unlikely for at least two weeks.
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Seattle
Supreme Court
Matin
Censor Fires Cartoons in Washingtonian Annual
The Washingtonian monthly at the university will go to press Monday with censor cuts. A cartoon shows a man and a woman kissing in a canoe and references a dean’s younger days, along with other cartoons and articles, deleted from this issue.
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The
Washingtonian
Aniverslty
Gardner Will Aid Wilson Defense Plan
Congressman A. P. Gardner of Massachusetts says he will gladly help President Wilson with the defense program if allowed to fight for it. He seeks greater sea power including more seamen and marines and aims to build a fleet strong enough to meet any British fleet.
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Washington
A. P. Gardner
Massachusetts
United Press Today
Wilson
Great Britain
Governor receives border cooperation assurances from Mexican leaders
Governor Ferguson announced receipt of telegrams from Venustiano Carranza and Gen. Caballero, both dated Torreon, confirming they will cooperate with Texas authorities to suppress banditry along the border.
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Austin
Tex
Ferguson
Carranza
Gen. Caballero
Torreon
Texas
Bromwo Quinine Laxative Claim Cites Groves Cure
Fragmentary ad copy mentions LAXATIVE BROMO QUININIG and GROVES Cures a Cold in One. It hints at a full name and a signature but provides only partial phrases. No clear event or person outcome is readable from the text.
War Touches Oxford Campus As Students Gone To Front
A Seattl ebased correspondent sketches Oxford amid World War I mobilization. Professors dine in hulking halls while students, once bustling, are abroad with convalescents and officer trainees. townsfolk adapt as war reshapes campus life.
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United’ Press
Oxford
England
Hy Mall
Cambridge
New Haven
America
Meriden
Conn
Hrooklyn
Minneapolis
Yale
War Department
Littl
Cherwell
Faculty Chatse Two Minute Talks With Our Professors
The University of Washington Daily begins a column on the editorial page titled Faculty Chatse Two Minute Talks With Our Professors. The first excerpt from Seattle scientists discusses hobbies as mild insanity, hobby days in youth, and how hobbies shape conversation and intellect, warning that fixation can turn hobbyists into bores unless they listen and share.
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University of Washington Daily
Seattle
Star
Briand Calls Candidates for New French Cabinet
Paris dated October 28 Aristide Briand sought ministers for the new French cabinet after the resignation. He summoned candidates for portfolios to meet at 4 00 p m today to form a government.
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Paris
Aristide Briand
France
Boly
Vivianf
The View From Pi Peak and Hudson Maxim’s Loss
The report notes Pi peak overlooking a 66 square mile area and recalls Hudson Maxim the inventor who lost an artificial arm while experimenting with explosions.
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Pi Peak
Hudson Maxim
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J. Rh. Clark
Third Ave
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Nona Sterling
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Gardner
Turrell
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Marion
Second Ave
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Oxford University
William G. Shepherd
Oxford War Hospital
Mitre Hotel
Jum
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Upetaira
U. of W
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Department of History
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Credit Apparel Institution
U. S
Bradbury
Rich Poplin
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