Hillman sues The Seattle Star for damages over libel claims
The Seattle Star faces libel suits totaling a quarter million dollars from Hillman a Seattle real estate figure described by the Star as a dangerous institutional shark. The Star defends free speech vowing to expose Hillman’s alleged abuses while inviting readers to report grievances.
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C. D. Hillman
Seattle Star
Star
Hillman
the Star
Seattle
The
JAIL 85 STRIKERS
Seventy four men and 1 woman from 300 cloakmakers arrested for disorderly conduct near the Knickerbocker Club in New York. Police stopped the marchers as Inspector Mc Cluskey ordered dispersal amid labor dispute rhetoric from union leader Samuel Rosenthal about crumbs from a rich man’s table.
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New York
Knicke Ker
Cloak
Suiltmakers’ Union
McCluskey
Lazarus
Samuel Rosenthal
Insurgents Win in Idaho Congress Race Dominates Primary
United Press reports Idaho primary results show insurgents gaining ground. Progressive nominees lead over regulars in many districts, with Kisho joining the insurgent column and Hamer's strongholds yielding decisive votes. Gov. Brady seeks re nomination while southern Idaho towns show unexpected strength for incumbents.
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United Press
Ida
Kisho
Thos. H
Congress
Panhandle
Idaho
Hamer
Act
Brady
Ida- Wwe
Davenport Faces Party Pressure in New York Earlier
The text describes Frederick M. Davenport, a Sherman's district ally, facing Republican party pressure in New York politics. He refused to exit a race favored by party organization, drawn into local homefront and vice presidency tensions as he sought support from Governor Hughes era allies.
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Roosevelt
Sherman
Utica
N.Y
Frederick M. Daven
New York Senate
Hughes
United
Logre
T. RK
Davenport
Glomer Claimspox Note on Marks and Wider Effects
Glomer asserts a priorpox observation and remarks on broader markings. The exchange cites mutual recognition of marks and habitually noted patterns.
Lawson claims the System used all kinds of sirens for influence
Thomas W. Lawson issues a telegram asserting that red-haired, black-haired, and flaxen-haired sirens were employed by System members to corrupt individuals. He replies to John D. Archbold who denied any such use by Standard Oil agents for political purposes.
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New York
Thomas W. Lawson
John D. Archbold
Standard
Pickpocket To Be Tried For Murder In Utah Case
Frank Porter known as Salt Lake Speed is identified as the suspect in the August 5 Heidelberg saloon murder of William Coslett in Salt Lake. Porter was returned to Utah today under deputy guard to face trial.
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Frank Porter
Salt Lake
Race death by own action in Hawaii report
Governor Frear notes a trend toward race deaths by own action in Hawaii. Deaths rise relative to population while births drop sharply. Last year deaths exceeded the prior year by 61 and births fell by 600.
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Honolulu
Gov. Frear
Hawaii
Vera Fitch Seeks Life After Astor Hotel Attempt
Vera Fitch, who attempted suicide at the Hotel Astor, tells her mother she wants to live. Surgeons say her recovery remains possible but slim as she battles injuries from the act.
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Vera Fitch
Hotel Astor
Henry Fitch
Poindexter welcomed in Cashmere on anti Communist speech
Miles Poindexter arrived by train at Cashmere to deliver a speech against communism. A large mass meeting was planned at Wenatchee that evening as protesters cheered him and affirmed support.
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Cashmere
Miles Poindexter
Wenatchee
Washington
Sultan Abdul Hamid Missing in Constantinople Turmoil
Report from Constantinople Sept 1 notes the disappearance of former Sultan Abdul Hamid and the relocation of 12 of his wives from Salonika villa prison. The Young Turks fear unrest if the deposed ruler is harmed, risking a popular revolt.
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Constantinople
Philo Ia
Abdul Hamid
Salonika
North End Day 8 Special Classifieds
North End Friday issue features a special classified section with local buy and sell listings. Readers find ad style notices across the North End market scene including items for sale and services offered.
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North End
Bee
Heinze Weds as Affinity Sues in Private Suit
Copper magnate Augustus Heinze travels with his new wife Mrs Bernice Golden Henderson after a private honeymoon departure from New York. Lillian Hobart French seeks 25000 in securities loaned to Heinze during his financial troubles amid married life rumors and a veiled lady at Butte. French recalls Standard Oil rivalries and a Titian-haired beauty used to extract secrets, though she denies seduction.
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New York
Augustus Heinze
Copper King
Bernice Golden Henderson
Butte, Mont
Heinze
Lillian Hobart French
French
Joan C. Archbold
Standard Oi! Co
Ths
Archbold
Butte
Fritz
Standard
Lord
Danish Count in Tacoma
In Tacoma authorities believe Count Olaf Holstein, son of a Danish countess, is hiding there as a day laborer under the name Olaf Hammer. Miss Margaret Mason reports Hammer shared his life story and the Dane, fleeing a Danish king and a fortune following a love affair, had once lived in Seattle at 804% W Main St.
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Tacoma
Olaf Hammer
Olaf Holstein
Holstein
Denmark
Margaret Mason
Hammer
Explosion Damages Lyons Building Window Blitz Suspect Held
Police hunt man who planted a dynamite fuse under the Lyons building at Third Ave and James St. Last night’s blast shattered hundreds of windows and damaged nearby structures. John D. Connors, a Western Union lineman, was captured after a flight. three suspects were arrested and released. Damages run to thousands, with concrete holes and blown walls in the Lyons structure. Chief Wappenstein suspects an ex worker may seek revenge on Stone Webster Corp.
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Lyons
Third Av
James St
John D. Connors
Western Union
Bradford
Connors
Wappenstein
Stone-Webster Corporation
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Willard
Lyon
Collins
Charlies Knosher
James
Delmonico Cafe
Wall
Paxton
Third
Wolf's
Tien Sien Lo
Crown Building
Fire danger in county is over in King County
Fire danger in the county is declared over as Snoqualmie fire is nearly extinguished and most fighters will be withdrawn. A small blaze in Weyerhaeuser timber near Yakult remains but is not dangerous. Light rains aided suppression, and cooperation among forestry Indian and land departments continues on encroachment areas.
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King County
D. P. Simons
Washington Forest Fire Association
Snoqualmie
Weyerhaeuser Timber
Yacolt
Forestry
Indian
Land Departments
Notable land values and demographics reported in historic notes
The claims cover vineyard land in southern France valued at 240 to 400 dollars per acre and farms for 400 to 800 per acre, Santo Tomas University Manila as a long-standing U S flag institution, 150000 foreign waiters in London, New York's rapid 19th century growth, and about 350 active volcanoes worldwide.
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France
University of Santo Tomas
Manila
United States
Washington race planks Poindexter as only clean candidate
The piece traces Kilduff's claim that Miller plotted to influence a labor party convention by paying for packed galleries and slush funds. It defends Miles Poindexter as the only honest, untainted candidate, contrasting Burke and Wilson over the notorious lieu land bill and alleged corporate influence.
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Miller
New York Block
American Federation of Labor
Barbers’ Union
Kilduff
Labor Party
Burke
Poindexter
Walla Walla
Thomas Burke
Senate
John L. Wilson
Washington
Congressional
Wilson
Gold
Northern Pacific
Miles Poindexter
Kindest old doctor gave away his own grave
In St Paul Minnesota Dr A J Stoke dies near seventy. He amassed wealth yet spent years aiding the poor and funding medicines and hospital care. He paid burial costs for dying patients and even doled out his family plot plot by plot. His grave finally found room in his boyhood home at the family plot.
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ST. Paul, Minn
A. J. Stoke
Oakland Cemetery
the Baat
Leading Actress Quotes on Father’s Warnings
A leading lady recalls her father urging her not to pursue acting, and a witty soubrette quips that she never listened. The exchange captures theater world banter and parental concern in sharp, period dialogue.
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T. F. Murphine
J. A. Johnson
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