Seattle Style Show to Draw Large Out-of-Town Attendance
Merchants anticipate a big influx for a Seattle style show next Monday to Wednesday as railroads bring visitors. Hotels report rising reservations and exhibitors ship latest millinery shoes gloves hosiery samples from New York, with clubs coordinating efforts and Mrs. C M Johnston arranging women’s automobile excursions.
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Hey
Seattle
Express and Parcel Post
New York
Ad Club
Women’s Commercial Club
C. M. Johnston
Western Woman's Outlook
Dirigible Li wreck over North Sea claims 16 lives
Berlin reports sixteen dead in the Li dirigible wreck over the North Sea. The airship, at about 5000 feet during torpedo maneuvers, was struck by a storm and sank rapidly. rescue boats saved few aboard. Captain Hanna commanded the craft and Baron von Maizahn was among the dead.
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Berlin
North Sea
Hanna
Baron von Maizahn
Honor convicts freed for day trip on Potlatch
Thirty inmates from Walla Walla penitentiary traveled as "honor" prisoners aboard the Potlatch as it sailed from Colman dock to Hoodsport. After 24 hours of blue uniforms they wore civilian clothes, trusted to return for work sentences averaging one year at a camp near Hood Canal.
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Hoodsport
Potlatch
Walla Walla
King St
Gov
Lister
Ludlow
Rosa
Diller
Arlington
Woman Pawns Three Wedding Rings at City Pawnshop
A woman about 45 years old pawned three 14 karat wedding rings at the municipal pawnshop. She claimed each ring was from a different husband and sought a value she could use. She stated the rings were her own ceremonial emblems and hoped to get cash for them.
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Kansas City
Don’t Be a Clam Clams Never Move
An odd, fragmented notice reads like an ad or personal kicker. It mentions dissatisfaction with life and hints at seeking a salt room for relief, suggesting a paid phone contact in the main area before memory fades.
Prints of corpse's fingers aimed at rogue's gallery
Portland detectives took William Walters fingerprints after his shooting by Patrolman Martin. The prints were sent to police and detective offices nationwide to build a rogues gallery record and may be used to defend Patrolman Martin if records prove satisfactory.
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Portland
Ore
William Walters
Martin
Walters
City Council Hampered by Absence of Five Members
City business stalls as five councilmen are absent. The Chamber of Commerce excursion to the East removes Goddard Griffiths Marble Bruskevitch and Max Wardall from duties, making committee meetings impossible this week.
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Chamber of Commerce
Goddard
Griffiths
Marble
Bruskevitch
Max Wardall
Was Peter The Wright Visitor In The Young Burglary Case
Judge Ronald reportedly believed Peter Miller, jailed county, burgled the Wright home where Mrs Wright, the judge’s daughter, saw him. Attorney Glasgow sought a new trial for Miller and a transfer to another department. The court denied delaying Miller’s sentence pending his trial on the Hugh McMahon killing charge.
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Ronald
Peter Miller
Jafl
Edgar J. Wright
Wright
Joseph M. Glasgow
Miller
Glasgow
Howard
Wrights
Hugh McMahon
Major Hughes to Face Court Martial at Presidio
In San Francisco on September 15 a court martial will meet at the Presidio to try Major Joe Hughes of the First cavalry, commander of the Third squadron at Monterey. Col. W H C Bowen of the 12th Infantry, Monterey post commander, is said to have preferred the charges. The article notes Hughes Hyatt Powell street business school is advertised in the same column.
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Presidio
Joe Hughes
First Cavalry
Monterey
W. H.C. Bowen
12Th Infantry
Hughes
False report on Big Tim Sullivan found in Smithtown
New York dispatch reports a false inquiry into the whereabouts of Big Tim Sullivan former Tammany Hall leader and theater magnate. Attorney Ellison stated neither he nor Sullivan's relatives know his location. Sullivan had disappeared from his brother Patrick’s country home a week earlier after a recent mental and physical decline.
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New York
Big Tim
Sullivan
Tammany Hall
Smithtown
L. L
Ellison
Patrick
Chicago Shocks Barons With Slit Skirts Trend
Chicago women outdress Parisiennes as Baron Frederic Demort urging onlookers with shock at local fashion. Reports describe Chicago slit skirts drawing attention in the city on September 10.
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Chicago
Parisiennes
Baron Frederic Demorturge
Paris
Ex con seeks honest work cap Tennant prints free ad
A strong ex convict asks Captain Charles Tennant for employment help after serving time for burglary. He explains his wife and baby suffered while he searched for a job and vows to stay straight. Tennant aids by publishing his ad to find any honest work.
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Capof
Charles Tennant
Capitol Hill
Chehalia
Tennant
Captain Tennant
Gertain Tennant
Student argues for mixed high school classes
Lena Emmeruth writes that student input should weigh in sex segregation policy, noting gains from mixed classes such as girls excelling in English and languages while boys lead in math and history, and that separate rooms could shift focus from dress to study. The piece contrasts student and official perspectives.
Underwood to Defend Higher Rates in Tariff Bill
Senators La Follette Poindexter and Lodge named to senate tariff conference committee. Rep Underwood expected to defend higher rates as House leader. If Senate rates pass, most schedules take effect after Wilson signs. Administration tariff bill passed 44 to 37 with few Democrats voting yes.
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la Follette
Wisconsin
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Lodge
Massachusetts
Senate
Clark
Rep. Underwood
Alabama
House
Wilson
Poindexter
Ransdell
Thornton
Louisiana
Dead in Vancouver Hotel Cook
Santos Del Lano, 40, a Vancouver hotel cook, was found dead in his bed. Pneumonia is believed the cause after he complained of a severe cold and drank coffee before retiring Tuesday night. He was a member of the Cooks' and Watters' Union.
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Santos del Lano
Vancouver
Seventhay
Stewart St
del Lano
Cooks’ and Watters’ Union
Pennants Coupon No 64 Offer Details
The Seattle Star announces Pennants Coupon No 64 where any four consecutive coupons, plus 15 cents, entitles the holder to a 65 cent North Dakota Pennant. A few Minnesota Ohio and Idaho Pennants remain. Mail or deliver to The Seattle Star 1307 Seventh Avenue near Union Street.
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North Dakota
Minnesota
Ohio
Idaho
Seattle Star
Seventh Avenue
Union Street
Royal Composer Opera to Be Produced in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg on September 10 the opera Queen of Judah, written by Grand Duke Constantine cousin of the Czar, is announced for imminent production.
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Paris
Nancy
Metz
ST. Petersburg
Constantine
Astor House Granite To Become Tombstones
The Astor house in New York is slated for demolition and its granite blocks will be repurposed as tombstones. The plan emerges as the famed building faces removal.
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New York
Astor House
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