Pilchuck Julia's Rain Guess Declared Wrong by Weather Man
Seattle meteorologist George N. Salisbury dismisses Pilchuck Julia's prophecy of 96 inches of rain as inapplicable to the Northwest. He cites measured figures around 45 to 50 inches near Seattle and Tacoma and notes Olympic mountains limit rainfall. He advises normal preparations and jokes about canceling a gondola order.
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Pilchuck
Julia
Weather Man
George N. Saliabury
Seattle
Northwest
Salisbury
Quinsault
Olympics
Lieve
Olympic Range
Beattie
Tacoma
Puget Sound
Quintault
Romance Reunites Townsends in Seattle Stage Revival
James Townsend, a longtime Seattle figure, remarries his former wife Lelia Maud Colhnan after years apart. They reunite in Los Angeles amid Townsend’s shift from Seattle to stage management duties for Alexander Pantages.
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James Townsend
Seattle
Lelia Maud Colhnan
Angeles
Vancouver
B.C
Townsend
Los
Pantages Theatre
Qve
Seneca St
Pantages
Ave
University St
Aeemnan
Alexander Pantages
Los Angeles
Eddie Milne
Seattle Pantages
Pacific Coast
Milne
Mise Doliman
Europe
Auto Plunges Off Bridge Two Drowned
Clyde Douglas 30 and W G Nelson 33, both of Fort Collins, Colo., drowned when their car plunged off a bridge into a creek last night. The machine pinned the men beneath the water.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Clyde Douglas
W. G. Nelson
Tax Reductions Face Hurdles as Officials Balk
Community tax relief efforts confront last minute budget items. Port commission seeks 1.25 mills despite pledge. county plans 111,595 less. city to cut about 4.5 mills. School levy up 1 mill due to a 275,000 bond. state budget largely unchanged amid promised cuts. Officials warn public about slow reductions in operating expenses.
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Lhst
Port Commission
Port Authority
C. B. Pitegerald
Hart
Lone Scouters Meeting at Woodland Park
Lone Scouta of Washington will hold a meeting at Woodland park on September 9 and 10. Visiting scouts are invited.
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Lone Scouta of
Washington
Woodland Park
Judge Not Hastily
The Star features Walter S. Fulton Beattie attorney detailing famous circumstantial evidence murder cases on the Pacific coast. The column warns circumstantial proof can mislead while noting the series aims to inform without swaying juries as trials approach.
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Pacific
Star Haa
Walter 8. Fulton
Beattie
Fulton
Trial verdict against Miller in 1887 Seattle murder case
George H M Miller faced three trials for killing G M Colman and a boy on Lake Washington. The Washington Territory Supreme Court reversed conviction citing lack of solid proof, urging careful juror scrutiny. The case moved to Port Madison for a fourth trial where the verdict was not guilty.
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George HM. Miller
Richard A. Jones
Territory of Washington
George M. Colman
Patten
Lake Washington
Miller
Colman
Mercer Teland
Mra. Colman
Ron
Seattie
John H. McGraw
Henan
Seattle
Mercer
Jatten
George Colman
Mercer Island
Ita Commission
Caid
G. M. Colman
Conway
Miler
Cole Man
Col
Seattla
Winchester
SUE Court
Supreme Court
Daruverous
Bays Court
Althe
Tiwag
Port Madison
Kitsap County
Relief Efforts Intensify as Famine Rages in Russia
John Grauden reports from Moscow on famine regions where 25 percent of children may die, with warnings that over half could perish without food in weeks. American relief workers press Hoover to speed aid while Russians grow tense and survivors endure makeshift camps along the Volga. In Los Angeles, burglars steal an $800 safe from a Hollywood home.
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John Grauden
Moscow
Anna Haines
Samara
Kagan
Saratov
Volga
Novoroastk
Stavropo
Los Angeles
Hollywood
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Experience
Richard Barthelmess
Marjorie Daw and
Kate Bruce
Gayety
Burton Holmes
Trand Orchestra
K. Wineland
O. M. Watson
Arery
Walter
S. Fulton
INTER
Betty Compson
Shanghai
Milton Sills
Mitchell Lewis
Casson
Arthur Kay
Siberia
Matineca
David BR. Newman
Ting
Speen Village
Honor Y Olive
Gates & Lee “Stateroom
Gilbert & Saul
Nepr le Piplf
Lew Wilson
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