Accident at Spring Street Paint Works Claims Young Boy Involved
An 8-year-old boy, son of a deputy and informer, was let into a Freight Heater Paint Company shop at 91 Spring to escape heat. While near a hydraulic elevator, the platform moved and severed his head, rolling to a basement corner. Chas. Grabon fdav reportedly operated the elevator. the body was taken to Butterworth & Sons.
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S Heater Paint Company
Spring
Chas. Grabon Fdav
Butterworth & Sons
Halloween Precautions Tight as Town Contends with Vandals
The town enforces a strict curfew and doubles patrols for Halloween night. Acting Chief John Sullivan orders reinforced day and night watch in residential areas to deter vandals. Plain clothes officers will also patrol, with jail for violators and home return by nine for children.
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John Sullivan
Fraudulent Oysters Under Interstate Food Laws Exposed
Washington dairy and food commissioner L Davies warns oyster dealers of a water fraud harming quality. Federal law prohibits shipping oysters with added water. prosecutions cannot begin until next May, giving dealers time to correct practices.
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L. Davies
Dairy and Food Commissioner
Washington
Davies
Mr. Davies
Mrs Astor Sues For Divorce Amid Rumors And Gossip
The excerpt notes widespread chatter in New York after Mrs John Jacob Astor announced a divorce suit. Locals recall her past remarks on divorce and comment on the shift as she seeks freedom from her husband.
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John Jacob Astor
Tragic abandonment as wife dying of consumption left with baby
Mrs Shulenberg, 30, addicted by tuberculosis, faced years of illness while husband C W Shulenberg, a former Exchange saloon bartender, left after breakfast and never returned. Officers found her exhausted and beaten near Yealer Way lodgings with a two year old child in care of friends awaiting hospital care.
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Mrs. Shulenberg
Shulenbergs
Yealer Way
Fourthay
Ole Hanson Gets Answer on Crowded Street Cars
Ole Hanson receives a letter from A L Valentine superintendent of public utilities acknowledging street car crowding. He cites the Interstate Commerce Commission report noting overcrowding in cities worldwide and promises to study the issue and respond as information becomes available.
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Mr. Valentine
Ole Hanson
France
Valentine
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ole
Congress
Aiecl
Grant wins Vanderbilt Cup in Alco after correction
Harry F. Grant drives an Alco to victory in the Vanderbilt Cup at the Vanderbilt course timing 4 hours 25 minutes 42 seconds over Parker in a Fiat who finishes about five minutes behind. An oncourse scoring error reverses the initial winner before an inquiry confirms Grant as winner. Multiple accidents mar the race with several cars forced out including Chevrolet Buick Hearne Aitken and Apperson with Harding in the cockpit.
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Vanderbilt Race Course
L. L
Harry F. Grant
Alco
Parker
Fiat
Grant
Chevrolet
Hearne
Aitken
National
Apperson
Harding
Clinton
The Informer A Comparison By T J Dillon
A harsh critique of informers claiming they are despicable, greedy, and dangerous to honest law enforcement. The piece argues honest officials should enforce laws without relying on informers and labels the informer a social outcast and threat to the state.
Campson Paid by County for Informer Roles in Game Warden Case
The Star reports Warden Henry Rief paid his brother in law W Sampson both salary as deputy game warden and half the fines from cases he aided. Sampson admits nine months of irregular service and receiving $2.50 daily plus $500 from a $1,000 total fine against nine fishermen near the Duwamish river. County records confirm salaries of $36 in June and $39 in July as part of his earnings. Sampson says he knew of irregularities but denies wrongdoing beyond accepting lawful pay and fines.
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Edith Geiger
Henry Rief
Robert Hodge
W. Sampson
Sampson
Duwamish River
Rief
the Star
E. 75Th St
Hodge
Star
Refuses to resign as special deputy fish warden
Game Warden H Rief declares he will hold the office under county commissioners and state fish commissioner until removed. He denies sheriff Hodge interferes with the warden's duties and defends the handling of fines and informant payments while inviting civic groups to inspect his office and methods.
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Sheriff Hodge
Hodge
H. Rief
Rief
Boyd
Lane
Kyer
Christy
McWhittier
Ripley
Nishamura
Christopher
Simeon Sterns
Aelhoff
Geiger
Thief Fights Ship Clerk After Looting Hardware Basement
A thief looting a Pike Street hardware store basement threatened to kill shipping clerk V. Edgar when confronted. Edgar seized the intruder, who dropped a coil of lead pipe but fled after the man drew a knife and tried to stab him.
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hardware @hd plumbers
Pike St
8. V
Edgar
Livery Horse Killed by Street Car on 20th Ave North
One horse owned by Ballard Livery & Transfer Co. was killed yesterday when a Fremont Ballard street car struck a livery rig on 20th Ave North East of Keary Ave. The driver was unhurt.
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Ballard Livery & Transfer Company
Fremont- Ballard
20Th Av
N. EB
Keary Av
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Ole Anson
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