Ship of Despair and a 12 Day Old Baby at Mother Ryther Home
A fictional ship allegory tells of a captain deserting a sinking vessel named Home. The mate sacrifices cargo a 12 day old baby girl to save others. The baby, named Silver, arrives at Mother Ryther Home amid questions of support for large families. The piece advocates a state mothers pension to reduce reliance on charities and institutions.
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Sears
Ruther Child
Billie
Sayatem
Mother Ryther
Woman Accused Husband in Scandal Robbery Case
In York on September 20 an attorney and detective push to free Burton W. Gibson wife of a wealthy family member tied to a death. Autopsy shows strangulation in a case where tissue and documentary evidence weigh against Gibson who denies involvement as the couple's property totaling about $100,000 is cited.
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York
Burton W. Gibson
Gibs
Gibson
Contested Arthouse Site Vote In County Commission
Nine county commissioners were asked by municipal and civic leagues to refer the arthouse site to a November vote. Officials indicated opposition but agreed to revisit the matter next Tuesday. Names James and Sr. appear in the discussion as push for a choice on motive sites.
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Bendigane
Rn TS
James Sr
Macintosh 4 to Plan Recount Amid Ballot Questions
Mackintosh, among 28 candidates in a non partisan race, filed an answer regarding the ballot and recount plan. The case questions why the ballot should be opened and whether delays by Yakey may affect the recount proceeding scheduled for tomorrow.
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Mackintosh
John T
Yakey
Mrs Grace Files for Divorce in Atlanta Case
Mrs Grace sues Bucene Grace for divorce claiming cruel treatment. She alleges he slept in their Atlanta home and she was struck causing a broken nose after an alleged assault. The filing cites repeated cruelty and seeks legal relief.
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Suiz
Grace
Bucene
Atlanta
Oiece Struc
Klondike District Tea Shut Off Notice
Farmers in Alaska and Yukon towns face a weekly schedule change with tea service cut off. The notice lists locations including Whitehorse Carcross and Lander avenues with blackout times from 0 to 5 pm and 19 to 8, affecting residents along certain streets this week.
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Alaska
Yukon
Whitehorse
Klondike
Av. S
My Confession Edited by Fred L. Boalt Chapter iii
The narrative recounts Hazel Moore describing her life as Ortie Hamilton's mistress, the luxury she enjoyed, and the social scorn she faced after his arrest. She reflects on love, dependency, and a vow to await his release, while considering a return to New York if he does not want her. The passage ends with a note that the chapter continues tomorrow.
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Fred L. Boalt
Ortie
Hamilton
New York
Ttle
Olympia
Hazel Moore
Kipling
Ortis Hamilton
Hall
Walla Walla
Pick a Girl With Pink Teeth Says Dentist
Dr Jacob Wells of Fargo advises at a national dentists conference that a pink tint just below the gums signals a wife with a loving disposition. He claims the color lies in the enamel and suggests a dentist examination if doubts arise about a sweetheart.
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Washington
Jacob
Wells
Fargo
Dentists’ Convention
Dr. Wells
Erickson Sees Favorable Cushman Site For Lake Power
Councilman Oliver T. Erickson and council members plus the board of public works conducted a superficial survey of the Lake Cushman power site. Superintendent Valentine of the public utilities department also favors Cushman. A report will be presented to the council on Monday.
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Lake Cushman
Oliver T. Erickson
Council
Board of Public Works
Valentine
Public Utilities Department
Cushman
Arraignment of Colfax Couple in Murder Case
George Wesley Brown and 17 year old Winnie Brown were arraigned before Judge Neill in Colfax on a murder charge involving Al Neeves, stepfather of Mrs. Brown. They plan to plead Monday. J T Brown named defense counsel.
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Colfax
George Wesley Brown
Brownell
Winnie
Neill
al Neeves
Brown
Specials in the News Highlights Odd Local Incidents
A mixed set of brief items from across cities notes a Roxbury Mass two inning game ending 6 to 4, a cargo section tossed overboard after a mutiny, a $12,000 nomination for a standout ticket, and a San Francisco burglar firing a revolver into the air. Other blurbs cover a 30 foot fall and punch, a dual personality defense in a bigamy case, a thief claiming thirst, whisky in a barn, a divorce suit over the term it, and Sarah Bernhardt winning baggage-fee refunds against the Southern Pacific Co.
Heartless Thief Strips John Medill of Pants in Hotel Theft
John Medill, visiting Enumclaw for a day, awoke in the Pullman hotel at 1520 Fifth Ave to find his trousers stolen. Police reported several other burglaries overnight including a gold watch and chain, passbook and clothes, a diamond ring set, a gold chain, a watch in a case, and a saved sum stolen from local homes and rooms.
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John Medill
Enumclaw
Pullman Hotel
Fifth Av
Mra. Meda Burroughs
Hans In
Mra
J. T. Hewitt
Av. N. W
Kodak
Mra. L. E. M
Av. S. W
Gen Orozco Marches Toward Monclova in Mexican Revolt
Eagle Pass reports six hundred Mexican rebels under Gen. Orozco marching toward Monclova as federal forces move to engage. Refugees say Orozco captured Muzquiz after a brisk fight in which about 50 were killed on both sides.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Orozco
Monclova
Muzquiz
Fedral
Hindu Professor Quits Stanford over Free Love Lectures
Dr Har Dayal, Hindu professor who supported the free love marriage contract of Carleton Washburne and Helulz Chandler, resigns from Stanford University. He will deliver a series of lectures after leaving the faculty.
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U” Stanford University
Cal
Har Dayal
Carleton Washburne
Helulz Chandler
Stanford
Dead Woman Smiles Then Dies Again
In Sherman Texas Mrs Sawaka Wehba believed dead by two undertakers woke on the cooling board and smiled before living six more hours. The Assyrian woman died after her heart grew weaker in the afternoon. In the same city the advisory board of officials held its fourth meeting at Seattle Commercial club rooms with forty officials and wives. Port Warden Davies and Librarian Jennings spoke on department work after a dinner.
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Sherman
Texas
L. Talley
Charles Smith
Sawaka Wehba
Seattle Commercial Club
Davies
Jennings
Ticklish womon saves $5 as highwaymen flee
Mrs Frances Justite of Kansas City laughed through tickling as two armed men demanded her money. She pointed to her armpit and kept them off balance with giggles until the robbers fled, leaving her purse intact.
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Frances Justite
Kansas City
Mra
Justite
Anaes
Mrs. Justite
Popcorn on the cob from sunlit ear fields in Pittsburg
C A Henninger went to his popcorn field in Pittsburg Kansas and found about half the kernels popped on the cob by the sun. The unusual heat left many ears with popped grains.
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Pittsburg
Kas
C. A. Henninger
Weekend Forecast: Clear Tonight With Brisk Winds
Fair tonight and Saturday with brisk northeast to east winds. Noon temperature in the mid sixties, around 64 degrees, as the region stays dry and mild through the period.
Robbers’ Plot Ties to Chicago Police Probe
Acting Police Chief Schuttler investigates claims Chicago officers negotiated with robbers who looted the Bank of Montreal branch in New Westminster British Columbia. Part of the $271000 loot reportedly recovered, with about $5000 tied to an attorney acting as intermediary. Detectives question the robbers’ associate and a woman linked to a suspect as Burns’ trial unfolds.
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Burne
King
James Sidins
Burns
Civil Servi Commission
Sidias
Tug to Find Lost Fishing Boat
The gasoline fishing launch Sea gull left Astoria Oregon on September 13 with four men aboard bound for Seattle. No word since and owner Lars Hanson fears she was blown to sea. He asked the life saving tug Snohomish to search and the launch cost two thousand dollars.
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Seagull
Astoria
Seattle
Lars Hanson
United States Life Saving
Snohomish
Bloodiest Battle in Nicaragua Reports 1000 Killed
Report from San Juan del Sur states the bloodiest battle of the Nicaraguan revolution took place at San Jorge. About 1,000 men were killed or wounded, with casualties split roughly between rebels and government troops. Rebels briefly captured San Jorge by gunboat before federal forces repelled them at Rivas.
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San Juan del Sur
Nic
San Jorge
Rives
Robbers Take $70,000 From Train in Pensacola Hold-Up
Express packages containing seventy thousand dollars sent from Pensacola banks were stolen by robbers who held up the Louisville and Nashville train. The money was for paying L and N employees at Flomaton, and reports indicate the robbery occurred yesterday.
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Pensacola
Fla
Louisville and Nashville
L. and
Flomaton
Ministers protest Chinese loan tied to Standard Oil figure
In Pekin on September 20, ministers from six powers formally protested to President Yuan Shikai over China's acceptance of a $50,000,000 loan arranged in London by A. Wendall Jackson, alleged to represent Standard Oil in the deal.
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Pekin
Six Powers Group
Yuan Shi Kai
China
London
A. Wendall Jackson
Standard Oil Company
Prohibs To Meet In Seattle Area For Survey
The prohibition forces of King county plan a meeting Monday evening at 6 15 September 28 at Thom's cafeteria corner 3rd and James to survey the political field. They nominated two state candidates George Stivers Garfield for governor and N A Thompson Seattle for congressman at large. Rev Alexander Beers will address the event. Endorsements for other tickets may be discussed.
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King County
Thom
3Rd
James Sr
George Stivers
Garfield
N. A. Thompson
Seattle
Alexander Beers
Two Officers Killed in ambush near Coffeyville
In Coffeyville Kansas area ambush by bootleggers killed two mobile patrol officers and fatally wounded two others. Bootleggers tossed the wounded from the vehicle, stole the ambulance, and fled toward the Osage mountains as posse hunts spread across Kansas and Oklahoma.
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Coffeyville
Kas
Osage Mountains
Kansas
Oklahoma
Heat wave grips Los Angeles with record temperatures
Los Angeles faces another hot day as thermometers rise. At dawn the city logged 78 degrees with forecasts of even higher heat after yesterday’s 101 degree peak, the hottest in five years.
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Los Angeles
Regis
Play Politics Like Football Says T R Sutton
NebraskA sentence on Sept. 0 reports Col Roose velt addressing school children with a call to play life like football to not flinch or foul and to hit the one hard as he shook hands and urged a mother and baby to come up, calling out to see the infant.
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T. R. Sutton
Hig
Col. Roosevelt
Snakes Bounty Abolished On Rockefeller Estate
In Tarrytown Rockefeller offered 26 cents for each dead snake to clear his vast estate. A large number of snakes prompted an investigation that uncovered a pool snake hatchery on or near the premises. The snake bounty has been abolished.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
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