Observing What Prospective Salesgirls Often Fail To Do
George C. Pratt of Bon Marche says most applicants lack observation and responsibility. An eighth grade applicant misspelled her name and locations on a card, illustrating how home behavior and mental slovenliness predict job performance. He urges students to treat work as an extension of schooling and to develop a positive frame of mind.
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Jack Jungmeyer
Seattle
George C. Pratt
Pratt
Boston
Employers Hunt For Girl Like This
A job notice seeks a cheerful helpful young woman able to assist at home. Applicants should have a ready real smile and wide sympathies. Preference for trained, independent workers with sharpened powers of observation. A high school or university education boosts desirability. Personality and character valued over prior experience.
Pendleton Round-Up Draws vast crowds to start Big Show
Pendleton Oregon on the eve of the annual Round-Up sees visitors flocking to the big event with hotels crowded and rooms for rent signs widespread. Trainloads arrive from San Francisco Seattle Portland Spokane and Boise as governors and lawmakers prepare to attend the opening. Sixty thousand visitors are expected tomorrow.
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Pendleton
Ore
San Francisco
Seattle
Portland
Spokane
Boise
Pullmans
Alexander
Idaho
Withycombe
Oregon
Senator Chamberlain
McArthur
Sinnott
Hawley
Americans Favor Domestic Travel as Western Tourist Season Peaks
Chicago reports that Americans are prioritizing travel at home with a record Western tourist season. I Minn of the Rock Island line notes rising domestic tourism and predicts future U S travel will exceed foreign trips as millions boost spending domestically.
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Chicago
America
Europe
I. Minn
Rock Island Railroad
United States
Last Vessel Southbound to Alaska Heads North
Superintendent Malis Whiting urges residents to send final letters before the freeze. The last launch sails down the Yukon October 1, with the Princess Sophia departing Victoria, B C, September 23 for the North making key connections.
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Alasaaka
Malis Whiting
Yukon
Victoria
B. C
Chorus Girls Near Nude Threshold Compared to Queen Victoria
London dispatch reports Arnold Bennett in the Westminster Gazette refuting General Smith-Dorrien and an anonymous critic about stage nudity. Bennett argues that London chorus girls dress no more revealing than Victoria era dinner guests and drawing rooms. The debate centers on perceived moral impact on soldiers on leave.
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London
Queen Victoria
Arnold Bennett
Westminster Gazette Today
Smith-Dorrien
Break door to arrest man in hotel burglary case
Henry Galvin, 21, jailed on open charge after patrolman Ed Hagen battered in a door at the New England hotel. Roomers identified him as the suspect who tried to burglarize other rooms at 4 a.m. C. M. Hansen awoke to find a man in his room.
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Henry Galvin
Ed Hagen
New England
First Ave
M. Hansen
Taft Hughes
Galvin
Hughes
Hagen
Hie
Mason
Plaza Hotel
Rennview
Germans Find Gun Shortage Warns of Dwindling Supplies
London reports Gen. Falkenhayn, former German chief of staff, warned officers that gun wastage exceeded production and ammunitions were dwindling. A captured document bearing his signature urged resource conservation as fighting around the Ancre and Somme saw no change and minor British enterprises achieved some success.
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London
Falkenhayn
Haig
Ancre
Somme
Hughes Campaign Seeks Reunion With Old Nurse
Chas. F. E. Hughes promotes a reunited Republican party after a stop in Milwaukee where Sarah Williams, his old nurse who cared for Mrs. Hughes as a baby, now resides with her husband in Milwaukee.
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Sheboygan
Wis
la Follette
Chas. FE
Hughes
Lewis to Speak Here for Wilson in Seattle
Senator James Hamilton Lewis will speak in Seattle September 29 for President Wilson. The state Democratic committee announced the tour, with stops starting September 26 in Spokane and continuing September 27 in North Yakima and September 28 in Tacoma and Everett. He is scheduled to speak at the Arena in Seattle.
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James Hamilton Lewis
Seattle
Wilson
State Democratic Committee
Washington
Spokane
North Yakima
Tacoma
Everett
Arena
Gerald Sues To Recover Diamond In Superior Court
Clarence Gerald sues in Superior Court for $350 and 6 percent interest from January 1 1915 over a diamond delivered to William H Klepper and Grace M Klepper at 2830 33rd Ave S. He seeks judgment for the price of the diamond plus interest.
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Clarence Gerald
Superior Court
William H
Grace M Klepper
33Rd Ave
Gerald
Klepper
Rabinorath Tagore to Speak to Mercer Island Boys
Hindu poet Rabinorath Tagore will address the boys at Juvenile Industrial School on Mercer Island shortly. The event highlights outreach by literary figures to youth.
Gay Youth Under Arrest Claims Tiffany Is Family
Oakland police report Arthur N. McAdama, arrested for auto theft, claiming he is Tiffany of New York’s son-in-law. Pocket clippings show he sparked Los Angeles society with dances in front of a seminary, attended by nightie-clad women, amid a spotlighted scene.
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Tiffany
Oakland
Cal
Arthur N. McAdama
New York
Angeles
Police recover three stolen autos in early morning thefts
Police recovered three stolen cars after thieves seized vehicles near Planters Hotel and Georgetown. Logan Billingsley reported his Ford stolen at 1 am. later found abandoned on Tenth Ave NE. Seattle Motorcycle Club president J H McDiarmid had a car stolen from in front of the Metropolitan. officer Thomas Hartnett recovered it and arrested two youths. A Pease car stolen in Tacoma was recovered at Fourth Ave and Pike Street. a shotgun was found under the seat. The suspects remained at large.
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Logan Billingsley
Planters Hotel
Billingsley
Tenth Ave
N. E
55Th Set
J. H. McDiarmid
Greenwood Ave
Seattle Motorcycle Club
Metropolitan Theatre
Forry
Thomas Hartnett
Georgetown
R. FE. Lee
Randolph Rose
E.L. Pease
Tacoma
Sergt. H. G. Cinnamon
Fourth Ave
Pike St
Greece Demands Release of Troops From Kavala
An urgent note from Greece to Germany demands the return of Greek troops removed from Kavala. The Reuters report from Athens cites the protest as a diplomatic move amid the crisis.
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London
Greece
Germany
Kavala
Reuter
Athens
Don’t Tamper With Dry Law Says McBride
Henry McBride the Republican gubernatorial nominee issues a formal statement defending the current prohibition law. He opposes reforms such as the hotel bill and the brewers bill and calls for strengthening enforcement rather than changes. The pledge marks a key stance in the election discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry McBride
McBride
Feaure
Miner Killed by Coal Fall in Newcastle Mine
John Hendrickson, 49, of Newcastle, was instantly killed when a pillar collapsed and several tons of coal fell on him Tuesday morning. He had worked as a miner for over 18 years, was with two other miners in a worked-out section, and leaves a wife and eight children.
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John Hendrickson
Newcastle
Hendrickson
Trains Wreck Near Kingman Leaves Three Dead Eleven Injured
Westbound Santa Fe train No. 3 derailed on a sharp curve north of Kingman Arizona before daylight today. The engine and four coaches left the rails and rolled down an embankment, with wreckage strewn along a quarter mile. Five cars stayed on the rails and continued for some distance before stopping.
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Kingman
Ariz
Santa Fe
Here
Rumanians Defeat Triple Enemy Near Engea
Romanian troops win a victory over combined Bulgarian German and Turkish forces near Engea in Dobrudja. The official report states the fighting continues as of today.
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Bucharest
Engea
Dobrudja
Training plan mirrored on Sweden argues for universal service
Samuel Hill, friend of King Albert of Belgium, after returning from Russia, urges the United States to adopt universal military training with women trained as nurses. He cites broad trade prospects with Japan and Russia and says opportunities should be seized intelligently.
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Portland
United States
Sweden
Samuel Hill
Albert
Belgium
Russia
Japan
Tailor fined for lining fur coat with silk flag
Pankus Brown a longtime U S citizen and tailor told the South Boston district court he used a silk flag as lining to make a fur coat look stylish. He pleaded he meant no insult and that the flag cost him a lot of money. The court fined him fifty dollars.
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Boston
Pankus Brown
United States
South
Frogs Keep Sleepy Man Sues Pond Owner
Charles H. Barton, a retired capitalist, sues L. H. Hughes a Riverview grocer and postmaster for 2000 in damages. He alleges bullfrogs in a pond near his home kept him awake during hot weather and that Hughes built the pond so he could fish from his store rear step.
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Ottumwa
Charles H. Barton
L. H. Hughes
Riverview
Barton
Hughes
Wife Comments On Elopement Of Husband And Stenographer
Mrs. Charlies H. Gretter accuses her husband of orchestrating a romance between his 22 year old stenographer Mildred Merrill and their son Leslie to dispel her suspicions. Gretter, 45, allegedly hosted Merrill at hotel dinners and showed attention during visits to a Maine summer camp.
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Boston
Charlies H. Gretter
Mildred Merrill
Leslie
Miss Merrill
Labor unions urge support for Wilson on Adamson law
In Cleveland on September 20 officials of four railroad brotherhoods released a bulletin urging workers to back President Wilson and Democrats in the coming election. The message calls members and all workers to use every honorable means to keep loyal lawmakers in office for passage of the eight hour bill.
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Cleveland, O
Wilson
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Trainmen
Congress
Bohemian Flood Devastation Threatens 1000 Losses
Berlin reports a Bohemian disaster after the White Desse dam broke. Up to 1,000 may be killed with hundreds missing and feared found in homes or debris. Between 200 and 300 bodies recovered. Survivors lack food and clothing as relief efforts begin and the cause of the dam break remains unknown.
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Berlin
Bohemian
White Desse
Portland Doctor Dies in Oregon Hotel Lobby
The body of Dr. J. W. Milligan of Portland, superintendent of Presbyterian Sunday schools in the Synod of Oregon, died of heart failure in a Marshfield hotel lobby. The widow survives him and the body was sent home for interment.
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Marshfield
J. W. Milligan
Portland
Milligan
Presbyterian Sunday Schools
Synod of Oregon
Bay City Man Arrested Over Threatening Letters to Wilson
Morris Diamond, 62, of Bay City Michigan, is held for examination by alienists after arrest for writing threatening letters to President Wilson. He claims mysterious voices urged him to act and says he did not intend to hurt the president. Gabriel De Force of the secret service says Diamond may be insane. Diamond has spent 30 years in penitentiaries for forgery.
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Pittsburg
Morris Diamond
Bay City
Mich
Central Police Court
Wilson
Diamond
Gabriel de Force
Secret Service
Senator Stung by Badger Gang Exposes Blackmail Ring
Federal investigator Hinton G. Clabaugh heads to Washington as the national blackmailing syndicate case widens. W. C. Woodward surrenders after advice from his lawyer, released on 5000 bail. NY detective James Finan cites evidence the gang tried to extort a US senator for 20000, but prosecutors dropped the case as the senator refused to testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James Finan
New York
United States
Love Suit for $10,000 Fails in Superior Court
After a two day trial Superior Judge Frater granted a nonsuit dismissing the case in which Robert Acton sought $10,000 for alleged alienation of his wife Mrs Acton affections from George Keating a wealthy Olympia mining operator. Acton testified he saw Keating clasp Mrs Acton and kiss her after an auto ride but the court found insufficient evidence to warrant further lit igation.
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Frater
Robert Acton
Blewett Jr
George Keating
Olympia
Presbyterians Call End to Denominationalism in Seattle Sermon
Rev. Robert Asa Smith retiring moderator of the Seattle Presbytery urged a unified church approach at Bethany church. He accused denominationalism of treating the church as a money machine and urged consolidation of churches to restore their evangelistic mission. The Seattle First Presbyterian led in new members with 319, while 260 state churches reported no confessions last year. Rev. W O Forbes was elected moderator to succeed Smith.
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Robert Asa Smith
Seattle
First Presbyterian Church
W. O. Forbes
Presbysterian Synod
Smith
Seattle Tops Nation in Healthier Death Rate
Health authorities cite federal census statistics showing Seattle's death rate at 7.4 per thousand the lowest in the United States. The rate has declined while population rose, with Spokane at 8.1 and Portland at 8.4 as the next healthiest cities.
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Seattle
United States
Spokane
Portland
Man Alleges He Is Alive in Seattle Court
Arthur George of Edmonton Alberta appears before nine Seattle superior court judges claiming he was never dead. He says his wife Anna G George, who he separated from in 1906, had him declared dead after her will was probated for 700 dollars of West Seattle property. He asserts she knew he was alive and seeks official posting of life.
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Seattle
Alberta
Superior Court
Anna G. George
West Seattle
George
Altho
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Bon Marche
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