Picture at State Fair opens with a colorful crowd
Yakima reports thousands attend the opening day of the state fair as a diverse parade of sightseers farmers Indians and visitors from Spokane Seattle Tacoma Portland Ellensburg Selah and nearby towns converge on camping grounds and hotels. The day features band concerts automobile races airplane stunts auto polo and a Rotary sing with Tuesday set as Tacoma day and Friday marked by a Senile Gay entertainment plan for Seattle delegates.
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Star
Yakima
Flivvera
Spokane
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
Ellensburg
Selah
Yakima River
161St Infantry
Electric Light
Rotary Club
Sing
Tacoma conference names 40 Seattle district pastorates
At the Methodist Episcopal Church meeting in Tacoma the conference announced the assignment of 40 pastorates in the Seattle district. More than 150 ministers from the Northwest attended. Dr. George A. Landen of Seattle was retained for the eighth consecutive time as district superintendent.
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Methodist Episcopal Church Conference
Tacoma
Seattle
Northwest
George A. Landen
County purchasing prompts cost concerns and calls for reform
A county report criticizes the current purchasing system as wasteful. It cites higher prices from the sheriff's office for meat potatoes and tires compared with other agents and notes monthly costs of maintaining a purchasing agent at 1 000 dollars. The text urges the commissioners to fix the system to save dollars.
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Starwich
Sheriff's Office
King County
Sich
Food Show in Seattle Draws Women Club Support
Enthusiastic support from Seattle women clubs backs the first annual food show opening Wednesday in the Arena. Mrs Weeks says all city women are interested and club women will back the event. Special group days include Community clubs and the Parent Teacher Association with a ten day run until October 1.
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Seattle
Arena
Mra
F. Weeks
Civic Department
Seattle Federation of Women's Clubs
Mrs. Weeks
7000 Men Join Big Oil Strike in Taft California
In Taft California 7000 Kern County oil strikers maintain control as a weeklong dispute over wages and arbitration prompts a demand for federal involvement. Union leaders tout guards to preserve order while disputes over pay and working conditions escalate amid tense conditions. Federal action to keep government wells operating is expected. government oil experts dispatched to the district.
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Taft
Cal
Kern County
United States
Harryer
Oil Workers’ Union
Rune Booze
Bakersfield
Baker
Law and Order
Washington
California
Finney
United Press Today
Engineers Fight Wage Cuts For City Engineers
City engineer representatives presented charts showing rising living costs to a salary revision committee. Led by Charles A. Newhall, they argued Seattle engineers earn less than railroad workers and that it would take two years for living costs to return to prewar levels. The next meeting is scheduled for Monday night in the council chamber.
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Charles A. Newhall
Seattle
American Association of Engineers
Boy Is Punished With Dresses For Running Away
The 15 year old Theodore Bernhardt was ordered by his mother to wear girls dresses for a week as punishment for running away from home in Omaha.
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Omaha
Theodore Bernhardt
Heirship battle over Seattle banker estate continues
Immediate appeal will be taken from Judge Boyd J. Tallman’s denial of Mrs. Sarah O. Andrews request to have FE W Andrews estate declared community property. The will leaves one third to widow Mary de Hart Andrews and one third to son RE W Andrews. daughter and long estranged.
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Boyd J. Tallman
Sarah O. Andrews
FE. W. Andrews
Seattle National Bank
Wilmon Tucker
Andrews
RE. W. Andrewa
Andrewa
Arthur Talbot
Democrats Seek Tax Cut in County Budget Proposals
Local Democrats denounce waste and extravagance in county and city government and plan to cut the tax rate at upcoming budget hearings. County Chair M. W. Taylor leads committees studying expenses and vows accountability of current officials with next year’s campaign.
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Laecal
M. W. Taylor
Taylor
Star
Demos
Fatty Arbuckle Faces Murder and Manslaughter Charges
Fatty Arbuckle endures in court on murder and manslaughter charges tied to Virginia Rappe’s death. Descriptions focus on his boredom and stolid demeanor as spectators, jurors, and a crowd of witnesses gather for the sensational case in San Francisco amid high public interest.
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San Francisco
Roacoe
Fatty) Arbuckle
Mra
Bambina Maud Delmont
Virginia Rappe
Fatty Artuckle Tin
Arbuckle
Fatty
Buckle
Los Angeles
Roscoe
Adams
City Council Actions Include Bond for Rail System and Jitney Feeder Policy
Council ordered Beacon Hill regraded and Walker addition sanitary fill and referred a 680000 bond ordinance for municipal railway improvements to utilities and fiance committees. A bill on temporary merchants sales goes to license and public safety for oath filings. Fire Station No 4 abandonment passed. Jitney service remains as car-line feeders. City will use 317159.88 saved to cut the 1972 tax levy.
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Beacon Hill
Walker Addition
City Utilities and Fiance Committee
Therme and Public Safety Committees
Funeral for Local Man Killed in War
Funeral services directed by Bonney-Watson Co will be held at 2 p m Sunday for Omar O Norgaard of Ravenna Seattle killed in action at Gesnes France September 29 1918 from the Norwegian Methodist church Burial will be without military honors.
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Bonney-Watson Co
Omar
Norgaard
Ravenna Bivd
Seattle
Gesnes
France
Norwegian Methodist Church
Officer Impersonation Case Stuns Denver Crowd
H E Brock bought a tailor made officer badge and flashed it to a friend. Arthur Grube a secret service operative spotted the badge and arrested Brock for impersonating a government officer.
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Lashing
Denver
H. E. Brock
Arthur Grube
Secret Service
Brock
Chilean Consul Victim of Taxi Racketeering in Seattle
L. Vril ligas, the Chilean consul's Seattle representative, reported to police that a taxi driver stole his suitcase after he left a party on Monday night at 1332 East 62nd Street. The case includes ladies' wearing apparel.
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L. Vrilligas
Seattle
Woman Defeats Hopper in Dual Primaries for City Register
New York reports John Hopper, winner of neither primary, who ran in both republican and democratic races for city register, was defeated by a woman in each contest. Hopper criticized the office’s knowledge requirements, noting only the salary appears known to candidates.
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Ell
New York
John Hopper
Register
Truck overturns near Port Orchard injuring Randall and killing Cole
While delivering a truck to Goerig & Co near Port Orchard, Harry William Cole 25 died on the way to hospital after the vehicle overturned. A man named Randall was injured. Cole was a former serviceman and is survived by his wife, his parents, and two brothers.
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Goerig & Co
Port
Harry William Cole
Boren
Randall
Cole
Port Orchard
Fashionably dressed: Maude Adams collars and jaunty styles
A fashion notice describes semi and full tuxedo collars, fiber bindings, longer skirts with fiber patterns, Astrakhan wool trimming, and a wide selection of jaunty colors and color combinations. Sweaters are highlighted as real additions to the wardrobe.
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MR. Henry
Jilg
Sausage Kitchen
Sanitary
First Ave
Leici Vane
Bolivia
Bcgt
St. Francia
Mra. B. Maud Miss Fuappe
Pyrron Prevenst
Alice Blake
Clark
Betty Campbell
Philip Tindall
License and Public Safety Committee
Manning- Bowman
Union Street
Frances Grant Heverle
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