The Buyer From Cactus City Visits New York Trade House
Navarro and Pratt of Cactus City Texas send buyers to New York as Zitzbaum and Son Imports hosts Platt. The tale follows Navarro Pratt’s Texas prominence, the buyers’ tour of Broadway shops, and a tasting of El Paso rainfall forecasts as dealmaking unfolds at Zitzbaum’s firm.
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Downeday, Page , Co
Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
Cactus City
Texas
Navarro & Pratt
Navarro & Platt
West River
New York
John
Platt
New l'York
Sam Antore
Texas Aestees
Seaville Anteret
Zizzbaum & Son
Lower Broadway
Zizzbaum
Navarro
Pecos County
Zitzbaum
el Paso
Love, Navarro & Piatt
Rio Grande
Son
Abey
Hotel Astor
Winslow
Fitzbaushi
Zirgbaum
Mantattan
Fire destroys Brew Manufacturing complex in Puyallup
A high wind fanned flames that swept the Brew Manufacturing saw mill lumber yards and box factory, seven homes, and a dry kiln in Puyallup. Loss estimated at more than 300000, with power lines and interurban service disrupted and one man injured by a live wire.
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Tacoma
Puyallup
Brew Manufacturing Company
Aangery
Puyallup and Sumner Company
Brew
From the Lips of Jones Friends Pro German Attack
Washington reports indicate President plans armament after adjournment and fears Senate would grant power, echoing a tough wartime stance. Alhaus Brown notes a hard fight in the Sixty Fourth Congress as Democrats and Republicans debate neutrality and appropriation measures.
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Alhaus Brown
Post-intelligencer
Washington
Senate
Tim
Congress
Take Chances or Endorse Honest Progressives for Governor
The Spokane Press argues voters should beware campaign spending and machine control. It urges support for George B. Lamping or Ed Coman over Hart or Hartley, citing a governor’s letter campaign tactic and the need for honest progressives or conservatives to guide state affairs.
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George B. Lamping
Ed Coman
Bil B
Spokane Presa
Spokane
Hart
Hartley
L W. W
Ether
Ruth Knocks 48th Home Run at League Park
Babe Ruth hit his 48th homer of the season at League Park in Cleveland on Sept 10. In the first inning he fouled a line drive then lofted a slow curve for a second strike before Cedar Caldwell changed tactics. Ruth connected on a fast pitch and sent it over the right center field fence. Pipp scored ahead of him.
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League Park
Cleveland
Ohio
Babe Ruth
Yankee Cleveland
Caldwell
Reland
Ruth
Pipp
Cox to Speak Twice in Seattle Saturday
Gov James M Cox democratic nominee plans an early morning address at Liberty theatre then a mass meeting at the Arena. A parade from Union Depot proceeds via Second and Third avenues to the interurban depot with Wagner's band. Press club after Arena address.
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COX
Liberty Theatre
Robert SS
Goldsmith
Cox Party
Meve
Gov. Cox
Union Depot
Second Ave
Stewart
Third Ave
Arena
Wagner
James M. Cox
Seattle
Elliott
Lyon Building
Gabriele d Annunzio Declares Free State of Quarnaro
Gabriele d An nunzio proclaimed the independence of Fiume and adjacent territory naming it the free state of Quarnero. The declaration marks a dramatic shift in the disputed region during the current crisis.
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Fiume
Gabriele d'Annunzio
Quarnero
Hoch Dem Jones and German Sympathy Split Over Senator Jones
A Spokane audience and Seattle press condemn United States Senator Wesley L. Jones for his filibuster in 1917. The German American association cheers him while the Post-Intelligencer likens him to traitors, calling his conduct unpatriotic and harmful to the nation. The piece quotes widespread blame from Washington state and allied editors.
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Spokane
Spokesman-Review
Wesley L. Jones
United States Senate
Memories and opinions on Roy Wolff in South Park
A Star reporter visits South Park to learn who Roy Wolff is as he nears 17. Neighbors recall a mischievous boy shaped by family strain and environment, with one neighbor urging that he should not hang for murder, while others defend him as misunderstood.
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Roy Wolff
California
Star
South Park
Cas Late Wolff
John Green
M. Buck
South
Green
Trianglé
John
Wolff
Grea
Roy
Nick
Wolffs
Yakima
Camp Lewis
Boy Clyde Nikola 13 Leaves Home For Honolulu Says He Won't Attend School
Clyde Nikola, 13, left his Manhattan apartment with all his money and announced he would not attend school and planned to go to Honolulu. Police have been asked to locate him.
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Clyde Nikola
Manhattan
Honolulu
French giant seeks wife in New York dating tale
A tall French man, Eugene Arceau, six feet eight inches, arrives in New York and searches for a wife. He jokes about finding a sugar sweetheart whose head would reach his shoulders as the pair hopes for romance.
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New York
Eugene Arceau
France
Weather Insurance Covers Picnic Plans in Legion Event
The Elmer J. Noble Post of the American Legion plans its first annual outing on September 12 and jokes that Lloyds of London will pay $1,000 if rain soaks the scene. The weather committee has insured the day with readings from the weather bureau indicating one tenth of an inch ends the picnic.
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Elmer J. Noble
American Legion
Lloyds of London
Committee For
Weather Bureau
Douglas Rally Tonight Indorsed by Prominent Lawyers
Malcolm Douglas, Republican candidate for King County prosecuting attorney, will speak at an 8 PM downtown rally organized by supporters. A long list of city lawyers and officials signaled their endorsement, including Seattle Mayor Hugh M. Caldwell and former U S district attorney Elmer E. Todd.
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Malcolm Douglas
King County
Hugh M. Caldwell
Seattle
Elmer E. Todd
United States
George H. Walker
Scott Calhoun
Corporation
Howard Waterman
Lane Summers
Livingston B. Stedman
Hastings & Stedman
W. A. Peters
John H. Powell
Thos. N. Swale
American Legion
James C. McKnight
William T. Laubie
Co. PD
Bolsheviks Concentrate at Grodno for Warsaw Drive
Russian Bolshevik armies mass at Grodno in early September as a new offensive against Warsaw appears planned. Officials report mobilization and strategic buildup ahead of renewed conflict in the region.
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Gla
Grodno
Warsaw
WENATCHEE Burglary Strikes Dryden Hall and Co
Thieves cracked safes at Dryden hall and the Columbia Valley Co on Thursday night. A heavy tool was used on the lumber company safe and fragments were blown through the building.
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Wenatchef
Dryden Hall
Columbia Valley Ber Co
Possess Seek Herder in Murder Pursuit
Salt Lake City reporters say posses chase a suspect in the killing of Tom Avegeria, a fellow herder, after a quarrel over sheep near the mountains and woods as they search for George Parti, a sheepherder alleged to have shot him.
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Salt Lake City
George Parti
Tom Avegeria
His Aim Was Fine He Got Wife's Tooth
Anna Briney filed for divorce from Wilfred J. Briney in superior court alleging a dislocating wallop, intoxication, vile language in front of company, and comfort with other women. The couple, married in British Columbia in 1916, lived at 1415 East Union Street until recently.
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Anna Briney
Wilfred J. Briney
Birney
Birneys
British Columbia
E. Union St
Persian cat spotted with porcupine quills in Denver
Patrolmen in Madigan and Kearns spotted a large cat on the street and captured it. The animal was described as porcupine with quills pulled from each other by the men.
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Denver
Madigan
Kearns
Porcupine
How About It Girls Do You Believe This
CHICAGO Sept 10 Flirting is a lost art says veteran Chicago policewoman Alice Clements. She notes today that young women no longer practice the demure look or eyelid lift to catch a suitor. Now she says girls let themselves be picked up by tipping hats and accepting advances.
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Chicago
Alice Clements
Mrs. Clements
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