Mother Ryther in Court Over Permit Controversy
The Star reports Mother Ryther’s home facing a health and fire permit dispute with officials ordering closure. Health and fire complaints cite ongoing dangers while supporters argue the home aids hungry and homeless mothers and infants. Readers are urged to respond with their views on whether the facility should stay open or be permanently shut.
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Organized Labor
Commercial Club
Plymouth Congregational Church
Dykeman
Merrill
King County Legislative Federation
Chamber of Commerce
En of Commerce
W. C. Lee
Ruther H
Ocen
Dr. Lippincott
Health Department
Mother Ryther
Reserves Face Fierce Battle on Franco British Front
Paris reports heavy hand to hand fighting as German reserves clash with Allied lines from the Somme to the Oise. Joffre reinforces the Allies while German setbacks threaten advances toward Belgium and Lorraine. Russians seize positions near Przemysl. German fortifications rise near Kalisz.
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Joffre
Belgium
Luxemburg
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Oise
Soissone
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Soissons
Rheims
Verdun
Weever
Meuse
St. Mihiel
Woevre
Lorraine
Vosges
Rzerzow
Cracow
Przemysl
Kalisz
Mother Ryther Arrested Over Unpermitted Home for Children
Police served a warrant on Mother Ryther after Dr. Lippincott secured charges that she runs a child home without a permit. The case heads to police Monday with Judge Gordon presiding.
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Mother Ryther
Dr. Lippincott
City Department
Sant Department
Prefontaine
Gordon
Readers weigh in on Confessions of a Wife ethics
The Star invites reader opinions on printing Confessions of a Wife. Some readers approve continue publishing while others criticize the idea. Public response appears mixed as letters arrive for page seven.
A Cruel Rap For Seattle and Skyscraper Feud
A city quarrel erupts over tallest buildings. Seattle official T Josenhans reveals the Smith building is 460 feet tall, while Cincinnati claims its Union Central building reaches 495 feet. Measurements vary, with underground depths pushing totals to 482 feet three inches in Seattle and 535 feet for Cincinnati.
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T. Josenhans
Rendigs
Smith Building
Cincinnati Post
Union Central
Post
Fines Imposed on Hamburg American Liners
Government rescinds fines on Hamburg American Line vessels for carrying arms to Mexican ports. Policy reversal relieves ships previously penalized amid wartime tensions.
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Hamburg
Mexican War Rages Near Cananea and Naco
reports from Douglas Arizona describe a decisive engagement expected today between Maytorenas Villa forces and Carranza troops under Gen Benjamin Hill. Hill’s forces retreated after a defeat at Santa Barbara as wounded were sent to Cananea and Naco.
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Villa
Carranza
Benjamin Hill
Naco
Cananea
Sonora
Santa Barbara
Hill
Santa Cruz
Prophesied Male Birth Surge After War by Theosophist
L W Rogers of Boston predicts more boys than girls will be born in the next generation as a divine scheme to replace men lost in war. He argues a long war unsettles sex evolution but eventually births will be predominantly male to repopulate the fallen soldiers.
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L. W. Rogers
Boston Theosophist
Rogers
British bird man shoots German air crew near Antwerp
Sept 26 Antwerp reports a British airman pursued a German aeroplane for miles and shot it down with a light automatic gun. The German pilot and observer were killed, and the aircraft wrecked. The victor is described as a British airman.
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Antwerp
Alaska coal land leasing bill cleared by Senate
In Washington on September 26 the senate passed the Alaska coal land leasing bill by a viva voce vote, after it already cleared the house. The measure allows the government to lease coal lands in Alaska to private individuals under rules to be approved by the president, with Senator Jones' amendment directing that existing government land claims be adjudicated under the 1906 laws.
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Washington
Senate
Alaska
House
Jones
Water Shut Off Notified From Boston to Galer Streets
Water will be shut off on Sunday September 27 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. affecting sections on high points of Magnolia Bluff Interbay and Ross low service mains as well as Boston to Galer streets.
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Boston
Galer Sts
Magnolia Bluff
Interbay
Ross
German Forces Hold Noyon Front In World War I
General von Kluck resists enemy attempts to capture Noyon as four highways converge on the town. One road leads to St. Quentin twenty two miles north, another parallels Kluck’s line to the Osse and the railroad center of Tergnier fourteen miles northeast.
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Noyon
von Boehm
St. Quentin
Osse
Tergnier
War strategy analysis on Von Kluck’s corner near the Oise
The piece explains that securing Noyon would threaten Von Kluck’s angle and force German withdrawals from the Kaiser's right. German troops pull from Lorraine and Vosges, risking a French push toward Strassburg while cautioning against diversions that split Allied focus. It notes the Meuse frontier attack from Verdun to Toul as a diversion.
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Oise
Noyon
Lorraine
Vosges
Strassburg
von Kluck
Meuse
Verdun
Toul
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