Anti-Saloon League claims wins in western states
Washington officials for the Anti-Saloon League of America said prohibition victories were certain in Oregon Washington and Arizona and hopeful in Ohio. They admitted uncertainty in California and little chance of Colorado going dry. The Ohio fight is pivotal to national prohibition ahead of congressional action.
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Washington
Anti-Saloon League of America
Oregon
Arizona
Ohio
California
Colorado
Fata
Congress
Labor leader Robert E. Orchard dies in Seattle
Robert E. Orchard secretary treasurer of the Painters and treasurer of the Labor Temple association died at Providence Hospital in Seattle at noon Friday after a weeklong illness. He was 53 years old. The body rests at Bonney Watson's chapel. The item also notes New York dispatch about the Humane Association opposing sending American troops to battlefields in Europe amid spending to prevent injuries.
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Robert E. Orchard
Seattle
The
Painters
Labor Temple Association
Provi Hospital
Orard
Bonney Watson's
New York
Amer- Humane Association
Europe
Mrs Loder Charged With Mail Misuse In Mining Stock Scheme
Federal grand jury indicts Mrs Annette Loder for using the mails to defraud in a mining stock sale connected case. Bail set at 3000 dollars. Other indictments include Chan Chung Hau on opium smuggling and A Bezow for smuggling an alien. Louis Ban faces a statutory charge.
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Annette Loder
Federal Grand Jury
Jupreasnos Copper Smelting Co
Loder
Albert Hansen
Chan Chung Hau
A. Bezow
U. S
Guat Paloff
Louis Ban
They Fight It Out In Cottage Battle In Paris
A German cavalryman and a French mounted rifleman after losing their horses sought a nearby cottage and fought with swords in the kitchen until both were mortally wounded. They were buried side by side.
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Paris
Germans Capture Massive Fish at Mon Didier Pond City
At Mon Didier, German forces allegedly attached lines to bayonets and captured thousands of fish before destroying the famed scientific ponds. The event, tied to a large fishing party, is described as possibly the greatest on record.
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Paris
Mon Didier
Will o' the Wisp screens at Class A Theatre this week
Dorothy Gish stars in the four reel feature Will o' the Wisp with scenes from a spen binding sequence. The Majestic actress also appears in the Majestic comedy The Warning showing at Class A Theatre this week.
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Will O' the Wisp
Dorothy Gish
Majestic
Iso
Confessions of a Wife Closes Chapter in Tense Library Scene
In a tense vocal exchange at Elrene's library, Dick reveals fear of an imminent scandal while the narrator pledges innocence and love. The pair retreat home as the mystery of a veiled woman with large brown eyes shadows their affair, hinting at a forthcoming test of trust.
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Elrene’s
Harry
Euiene
Harry's
John
Eleanor Farrow
Eleanor
German Troops Make Russians Eat Petrol Bread
A Petrograd dispatch reports Germans retook Insterburg in East Prussia and found bread drenched with petrol that Cossacks could not carry away. The German general allegedly forced the Russian prisoners to eat the fuel-soaked bread.
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Berlin
Petrograd
Insterburg
East Prussia
Wallaces Fake Ring Theft and European Film Offerings
Wallace Beery jokes about a fake diamond ring after a real theft at his apartment. The Colonial theatre shows numerous film features including The Underground River chapter in The Million Dollar Mystery andVaried acts from Essanay Vitagraph and Hearst Selig News Pictorial with stars Crawford Bayne Baird and Bushman among others.
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Wallace Beery
Easaway
Louvain
Shriners
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Colonial Theatre
Hearst-Selig
George Ade
Vitagraph
Josie
Crawford
Eugenie Argiewlecz
Jesale
At the Home Until Sunday Musical Dramas and Comedies
The page lists two part dramas and comedies including Counterfeiters Animated Weekly and Heinies Outing at Pleasant Hour Unti Sunday The Return of the Twins Double and Fruits and Flowers presented as short theatrical offerings with multiple acts and episodes.
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Heinie
German War Exposition Planned in Leipzig
Berlin Oct 20 German war exposition to open soon at Leipzig features captured arms photographs from the war and illustrated papers including maps previously prohibited in Germany A miniature war department will also be shown
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Berlin
Leipzig
Germany
Market Today Prices Paid Producers for Vegetables and Fruit
Complete report of market today detailing prices paid to producers for vegetables and fruit. Includes typical benchmarks, varieties, and price ranges observed across key regional markets.
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Anny
Aun
Bones
Greater Seattle Cloak & Suit Co
Pric
Wits
Bob” Orchard
Mrs. Loder
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Jones
Humphrey
United States Treasury
P.I
Senator Borah
Knute Nelson
Kenyon
Star
Lorimer
Francis X. Bushman
Easanay
Lester Cuneo
Chicago
Fred Thompson
Vitagraph Company
Imp
Famous Players Company
Lasky Company
Richard C. Travers
Hessanay Company
Mr. Travers
Leah Baird
Vitagraph Players
Miss Baird
Kitty
Beverly Bayne
Essanay Company
Liberty Unit
India
Pauline
Billy
Robert Warwick
Keystone
Clemmer Unt
Alice Joyce
Slippery Slim
Jimmie
Alaska
Wildflower
Pathe
Daily Pictures
Sait Refining
Robert Edeson
Melbourne
Kathryn Williams
Biograph
Alhambra
Olaf Erickson
Boss
Mary Pickford
Second Ave
Doctor Bill
Bato
Chita’s Viet
Ee Chambray
Oxford
Washington Creamery
Wisconsin
J. W. Godwin & Co
Gravensteins
Concord
Bradner Co
Fourth Ave
Kalsomine
Sunset Paint & Varnish Co
Northwest
Tailored Ready CO
Pike St
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