Yeggs Blow Fuel Safe and Escape
Two criminals blew the Independent Fuel Co safe at 1268 Occidental Ave early Wednesday. Patrolman P. H. Whalen fired twice at their escape car but missed. the duo fled after detonating nitroglycerine. About $200 in cash and the same amount in checks taken. detectives and patrols scoured the city without a trace.
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Independent Fuel Co
Occidental Ave
P. H. Whalen
Whalen
Lyeges
Scot
Saya D. W. Scott
Man Slashes Throat In Despondent Note To Wife
Perl W Bland 41 of 2724 Fourth Ave N killed himself in his bedroom with a razor after writing a farewell note to his wife Nettie. He suffered illness and expressed that those who caused it should be punished. A Spanish American War veteran, he had worked on Stacy St dock before his illness. Survived by two children Lila 12 and Carl 14.
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Perl W. Bland
Fourth Ave. N
Bland
Nettie Bland
Stacy St. Dock
Lila
Carl
City to renewedly press jitney ordinance enforcement
City Attorney George A. Meagher indicated the city will refile to enforce its original jitney ordinance. The supreme court dissolved the alternative writ of prohibition restraining Judge Calvin Hall from dissolving the temporary injunction, clearing the way for the city to seek dissolution of the injunction in superior court.
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George A. Meagher
Calvin 8. Hall
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Kolchak Slayer Is Executed for Bolshevik Order
VLADIVOSTOK September 15 Barsuk the commissary who allegedly shot Admiral Kolchak after troops refused to fire was executed by firing squad He seized a trooper’s gun and killed himself and later Barsuk was found with admiralty articles and summarily executed for his role in the affair.
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Barsuk
Missing Relatives Bureau Seeks Jo Anderson in Seattle
Jo Anderson, 19, son of Mrs. R Hicks, disappeared August 28, 1919 from Shellshock Government hospital No 21 in Aurora Colorado. His mother Mrs Tennant Anderson travels from Minnesota to Seattle on reports he was seen there. He is a World War veteran. Information to Mrs Tennant Anderson at 1215 Dakota Ave Sioux Falls South Dakota.
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Jo Anderson
R. Hicks
Government Hospital No
Aurora
Colo
Seattle
Minnesota
Tennant Anderson
Dakota Ave
S&s
Sioux Falls
Pickerel Knocks Pike for Goal in Weed Fight
In Winsted Connecticut on September 15 John Duyser Alfred Alexander and three friends recalled a four pound sucker that failed to bite a 20 inch pickerel after a five minute struggle in weeds. The fish escaped with the sucker exhausted but the men returned with 180 perch and no pickerel.
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Winsted
Conn
John Duyser
Alfred Alexander
Polar impostors derail a summer inn con with wit
In a humorous tale, two con men impersonate a Duke and Lt Peary to charm guests at Woodchuck Inn. They spin tall yarns about Arctic exploits and high society, briefly prospering before a payoff flop and a brisk exit with $1,000 earned from a game.
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Woodchuck Inn
Andy
Genta
Peary
Duke of Marlborough
Questa
Haw River
Chattanooga
Room looted and set on fire at Japanese American hotel
An unidentified man looted room 218 Fifth Ave 8 in the Japanese American hotel and then set it afire to cover the burglary. Smoke was seen at 1 30 pm Tuesday and firefighters found a tin box broken open after extinguishing the blaze. Penabe said another box containing valuable papers and two prices with 20 was stolen. Damages estimated at 100 dollars.
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K. Penabe
Fifth Ave
Penabhe
Deschanel to Resign As French President This Week
President Deschanel plans to resign due to neurasthenia and worsening condition. Cabinet meeting expected after Premier Millerand’s return to Paris to determine his successor. Possible extraordinary session of Senate and Chamber of Deputies to receive resignation and discuss constitutional changes. Candidates mentioned include General Castelnau Senator Bourgois Senator Jonnart and President Peret.
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Paris
Deschanel
Cald
Miller
Switzerland
Deadhanel
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Echo de Paris
Millerand
Poat
General Castelnau
Leon Bourgois
Charles Jonnart
Peret
Chamber
Kentucky Folk Show Off Odd Crop Yarns Across Cities
In Louisville area items report unusual harvests. Apples and potatoes headline lists from Lebanon to Flemingsburg with weights and values. a 62 pound catfish, a hard boiled egg, and a Tacoma school budget rise also noted.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Lebanon
Horace Gribbona
Fradfordeville
Campbellaville
D. A. Melton
Spurrington
Middleaboro
J. J. Evans
Marston Lee Snawder
Fact
Lancaster
J. F. Holtzclaw
Irvington
Nick Gardner
Hartford
Sam Bird
Winchester
John Martin
Flemingsburg
Henry A. Power
Unusual verdict in baby dies in car inquest
A coroner's jury of four women concluded that a baby traveling in an automobile died of suffocation by fresh air when its breathing was interfered with during the journey. The inquest was held in London with the verdict unusual and medical testimony considered.
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London
These Things Cost $10 in Dry Seattle
London dispatch notes a Higham Ferrers mayor fining a man 5.75 for drunkenness, claiming long-term abstinence since 1915. The text also oddly asserts the only way to argue with a woman is to keep ellent.
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Seattle
London
Higham Ferrers
Three Young Men Murdered Near Arcola Kansas
Officials hunt suspects after three young men were found slain on Union Pacific tracks near Arcola Kansas. A card on one victim reads to notify Mrs I G Carwile in Los Angeles, aiding identification while authorities pursue leads.
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Arcola
Kan
Union Pacific
Mra. I. G. Carwile
Rampart Bivd
Los Angeles
New High Schools Multiply in United States
A federal report states that high schools are being established at about one per day. Over 28 years the U S has kept a record pace in educational construction, with the total rising to nearly 17,000 and a 452 percent increase since 1490.
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United States
United States Bureau of Education
Movie Battle Injuries Filed in LA 160 Participants
Accident and injury claims were filed with the Workmen's Industrial Insurance Commission by about 160 participants from a movie battle staged in Los Angeles last week.
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Los Angeles
Workmen's Industrial Insurance Commission
Probing Death of Two U S Airmen in Ohio Crash
Post office officials worked to determine the cause of a Cleveland area airplane crash that killed two U S airmen, Stevens age 27 of Oakland California and Sell Thomas age 23 of Cleveland. Witnesses said the machine appeared to be in difficulty before the fire at about 1500 feet.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Post Office
Pemberville
Stevens
Oakland
Cal
Sell Thomas
Mac
Firet
Blouses and outfits showcased by The Downstairs Store
Beige and taupe Blouse sketches plus Georgette Blouses in white and flesh tones at 4.95. Lace trimmed and beaded styles offered. Also Candy-striped Crepe de Chine Blouses with convertible collars for school and business wear. Outdoor set with sweater cap and leggings for 2 to 5 years at 10.50.
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Copenhagen
Bath Robes Offered In Multiple Colors At Bargain Price
Bath robes priced at five dollars and fifty cents are described as amply full and well tailored. The items feature heavy fleeced lining, turn-down collars, and contrasting patterns in gray blue green and tan.
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YEGGS
Kolchak
Bureau of Missing Relatives
Pickerel
Pike
O. Henry Story
Mays
Levi T. Peevy
Ashville
Theo, Drake of
Murfresborough
Blenheim
Emont
Duke
Smithers
Jef. Peters
North Police
Lieut Peary
North Carolina
Sachoolma'ama
Satya
John Franklin
W. Db. Hipwletta
America
North Pole
Vanderbilt
Greenland
Asaya Andy
Se Nuor
Bella
Bome
Crow Knob
France
Tacoma
Frederick & Nelso
Fifth Avenue
Pine Street
Kansas
New High
U. S
Washington
New
Frederick & Nelson
Delft
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