davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-08
SHE GOT THE
$26,0O0 RING

1.-The $12,0oo.ring is gone. They
are holding s26 ,o00-ring for you.
Love.-PEGGY."
She got the ring, says Joyce.
| Joyce swears that during the II
months embracing the time of his
courtship and brief marital adven-
ture that he knew Peggy, he was
forced to spend $1,39S,314.32 on her.
Here Is the story OF Peggy's life,
as Joyce details it in the court rec.
ords:
To begin with, he says, Peggy Is
not a distinguished stage star, but
has passed progressively from tele.
phone operator to manicure, to
chorus girl, to wife by turns of three
rich men, Everett A. Archibald. OF
Denver; Philbrick Hopkins. of wash
ington, and Joyce himself.
Joyce met Peggy on June 81, 1919.
as she was concluding an engage
ment at the Woods theatre, Chi
cago. Five days later she came to
New York and they began to corre-
spond via telegraph.
Shortly after Peggy hurried to
Colorado Springs, passing thru Chi
cago They met and he followed her
While roaming the mountains of Col
orado. he says, he confessed his love,
was accepted, and handed her 5000
cash to meet pressing debts"
Returning quickly TO New York.
she wired him to join her as she was
Uurn 70 Last Page. Column q
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-08

A BIG LIMOUSINE, a Jap chauffeur in nv
"A ery-and what have you in the back seat?
You have snob, and a snob that thinks it
perfectly grand to be a snob.
Heavily jowled, fat-beed, pompous and
ridiculous-that's the kind of looking snob
that generally rides in the back seat. The
snob may be in the likeness of man
man-it doesn't matter. snob is not human,
anyway.
Nobody would mind the snob. They would
look upon him they look upon a snake or
laughing hyena But for one thing.
When the snob drives by, with the cocky
little Jap in livery sitting Importantly at the
wheel, there are men walking the streets look
ing for work.
Men, we said. Men who plowed thru the
wheat fields at Belleau Wood and who fought
in the Argonne and at St MihieL Men who
faced annihilation that their country might be
little better for their families and children.
Men who are now out Of work-who would
welcome any work that might help their fam
lies and children. And Americans Of the old
breed
big limousine, Jap chauffeur in livery
and what have you in the back seat?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-08
LOCAL lAPS TRANSFER LANDS BY Who'll ESALE E

~ tally blind has reversed the Injunction of Scriptures He has where
He clown and the last when he started
Read his In odys Star. this
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-08
J. STANLEY JOYCE
SAYS HE DID 1T

All of these things. and many
more, j. Stanley Joyce, Chicago and
New York multi-millionaire, swears
he did in an effort to make his young
and pretty wife, Peggy Hopkins. love
him. Now he is suing her for d.
vorce. naming eight correspondents.
In retort, Peggy. who, Joyce as
serts, started life as telephone op-
orator in Denver, says: HE followed
me about, and I couldn't get rid OF
him. so / decided the easiest way
was to marry him" She counter.
claims for divorce, alleges he was
"cruel and inhuman," and asks $10,.
900 a month alimony.
SO disturbed Is Joyce over this
charge that he has introduced hun
dreds of kilograms and letters from
Peggy, which are supposed to prove
that she did the following" and not
he.
Peggy" he says, wished an EN-.
erald ring"
SO she wired joyce. then I'm Chica-
go, as follows:
II love you.--PEGGY."
The telegram was sent at noon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-08
BY X. II. WHITNEY

NEW YORK. June S.-wOULD
you hand a woman who did not love
you 100000 in cash for a single
kiss?
WOULD YOU. this womans hus.
band. hand her a glittering diamond
worth $4,000 in exchange for an
eightmipute conversation with her?
WOULD YOU present her with a
$325,o0o pearl necklace In return for
her smiles?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-08

Here's an easy onsi
The gentleman tohosc b1s relief Is
shot0n aboUe is hnoscn from the Uni
cersitU district TO Chinatown. When
he traiks doten Second oUe. u looks
Ike the H. O. Smith building had
: taken up pedestriamsm. No public
eUent or celebration Is complete
tcithom his genital smile.
You hare one 0uess-ues, that's
corrccti
The silhouette printed yesterday
fooled a lot Of people. and pet II nas
that Of our last Dldyor-Counciinla
G. u. Eitz0er0Id.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-08

ANACONDA. Mont.-Mrs. M. f..
Gray, wealthy widow OF Ashland,
Ore. drowned in west fork Of Rock
creek
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-08
BUSINESS NOW Is
WORTH $4,000

IL have put four 16passenger
Pullman stage coaches on the line
and | run two smaller automobiles.
A two-hour schedule OF departure Is
maintained In the cities we touch and
the business is now worth $4,000"
ITO what do you attribute your
success?" he was asked.
ITO gaining the peoples confi'
dence." he said quickly. That's the
secret of success in any business"
do you hear better and feel better
since you lost your sight?"
Yes. That's what makes up for
the lack OF eyes. l have worked out
method OF approach to all my ac-
tivities which is wholly different
from the way you or anyone else
with eyes would go at things. The
fact that can't explain It does not
mean that certain gifts dawned sud.
denly on me. l worked the whole
thing out laboriously and system.
atically.
IAN things that are worth while
are the result OF effort"
Parkinson was to leave this city
Uurn 10 Last ragc. Column
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-08
Peggy Joyce and Husband

December 2. 1919, So days before she
married him. and was followed 90
minutes later with another. as fol-
lows.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-08
OICTOGR.APHED AT A LOCAL
SI'NnAY SCHOOI,
YOU CAN SWEAR NOW,
FEI.IOWS


A Chicago minister says that
s-bell" and damn" are permissible
words when properly used And
there is more proper use for them In
Chicago than elsewhere. one Inn
agines.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Damn II we know the minister's
name. nor does the Plain Dealer
say who the he'll he Is.
We read by an exchange the fol.
lowing heading: Man Shoots Him.
<self in Basement Blowing Out
Brains"
Papers say that Henry Ford Isl GO
ing to bring out a tin cow. This
country doesn't need a tin COW to
give milk: 1t needs one to give gaso-
Tine. Henry should get busy again.
Strange how some men here In Sc.
attle spend their money. We see
lot OF them buying expensive cars
when they don't have a quart Of
whisky in the house
We are sorry for city editors. The
only time they ever break In print Is
when they marry, get sick or die.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-08

Frank Parkinson. 'the blind wiz
ard Of Camas." stood In the doorway
OF a garage here where an automo-
bile stage for his transportation line
was being delivered to the driver.
Come on out and III show you
the road" he said.
In a few minutes the two were
travelling over roads hitherto un.
known to the driver but which
seemed to stretch out before the
blind man like an open book. Par
kinson directed the journey at every
turn and came back satisfied that
his new stage would be an asset on
the run he owns between Portland,
Vancouver. Wash. Camas and Wash.
ougal
BREAKS IN DRIVERS
ON ROADS HE KNOWS
Here on a short visit, ParkInson's
performance startled spectators. In
Camas. his home town, II would have
been accepted as a matter OF course.
The driver. who knew his boss, said
merely:
That's what he does all the time
He breaks In a new driver swiftly
and easily on any road where his
stages rum"
How do you do it7' Parkinson
was asked. Are you totally blind?"
Totally" he replied. II don't
know how I do IL. Anyway. l can't
explain II to anybody else"
Maybe he can't explain IL, but he
can do it," interposed a bystander
He inspected this stage as he does
all stages he buys and found two de.
fects that had been overlooked by
expert mechanics with keen eye.
sight"
Are you an automobile expert?"
NO" said Parkinson. Il knew
nothing about automobiles until 10
months ago. when I bought my stage
line.
Eleven years ago this next July
lost my eyesight. / was attending
the Montana school OF mines and ex-
pected to be an expert mining engt
neer.
DELAYED BLAST
DESTROYS HIS SIGHT
"A charge OF dynamite that didn't
20 off in q stump hole spent its fury
on me when l went back to investi-
gate.
II went East. thought ! could
regain my sight. Specialists worked
on me and while waited for the
miracle, spent my money in what
you might call riotous living.
Il smoked dozens Of cigars a day,
and the doctors cut me down to
three. saying / would soon stop OF
my own accord still smoke furt
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-08
BLOW NOT ENOUGH
TO CAUSE DEATH

DIR. Willis H. Corson. King county
coroner. told the jury he believed
the blow Timbs received on the back
OF the head was In itself insufficient
to cause death, but that Timbs had
succumbed to asphyxiation. The
state charges that he was smothered
to death with an ether soaked hand.
kerchief.
Blood ciots on the dead mans
brain. the doctor said, indicated
there had been a terrible struggle.
The finding OF Timbs' body on the
Botheli road after the murder was
Macdonald. of Seattle.
william Sears. King county deputy
sheriff. who with another deputy
caught the four soldiers as they were
escaping in Timbs' car over the Cas-
cades. identified Filion as one Of
1.-THE four.
| He admitted no guns had been
found on the prisoners. but told Of
finding Timbs' bloody cap in the car
and OF blood stains in the car and
on the soldiers ovecoats.
GARAGE MAN FROM
MONROE IDENTIFIES HIM
A. q. Mcdonald, a garage man
from Monroe, identified Filion as the
man who had exchanged Timbs'
watch. after the murder. for 20 gal
Ions Of gasoline with which to fill
the car He said F'ilion gave his
name as Charles -. Becker,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-08
141 new BILLS
THURSDAY

Exactly 141 new laws go into ef-
feet Thursday.
The new statutes were enacted at
the recent session OF the legislature.
The laws will affect in greater or
less degree every person in the state.
The motorist is affected more than
any other class by the new regula-
tons. He must watch his step care
fully until he becomes acquainted
with the provisions OF the new rules
of the road.
lANTIJAP BILL
EFFECTIVE THURSDAY
Thursday is the day that the anti.
Jap land-owning bill becomes effect
i've. II will bring an end to present
TWn 10 Page 2. Column q
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-08
WIDOW OF
TIMBS ON
THE STAND
Testifies Against Soldier,
Alleged Slayer OF
TaComan

TACOMA. Juno S.-Ciad in deep
mourning for her murdered husband.
Mrs. Blanche N. Timbs was called To
tho witness stand for . short time
this morning. at the trial here Of Sol
der Edward n. Filion-
Not . trace of embarrassment
could BE- discernsd on the face Of the
prisoner on trial for his lie ~ the
pretty young widow walked paAt him
10 the witness chair.
TELLS CALMLY or
PARTING WITH HUSBAND
Calmly Mrs. Timbs told the jury OF
the last time she had seen her hus-
band alive. when he left their homo
here, at 2:3o .. m. Sunday. May 8.
10 report at his taxi.stand.
She saw him next on Tuesday, in
the public morgue in Seattle. where
clothes.
Mrs. Timbs said she II 81. her hus.
band was % and their little daugh-
ter II months. She married Timbs.
she said. October 7. 1918.
There was no cross.examination
and the widow was excused from the
crowded court room by Judge Er.
nest NJ. Card
Deputy Prosecutor John ID. Car
mody OF Seattle. was called to re-
peat the alleged confession Of Filion
and the three other soldiers charged
with the murder. This line OF testi-
mony was bitterly opposed by the de-
fense. II was pointed out that the
four prisoners at the time OF the al
legged confession had had nothing to
eat for ss hours. when the court
recessed at noon the debate over the
adsnissibiiity Of Carmody's testimony
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-08
Blind, But He Makes
Success of Life; He
Runs Auto Bus Line

, ously. and enjoy II just as much as
any man who sees tho blue rings
curl into the air from the end
OF his cigar.
Treatment was constantly admin
istered to my eyes, and | admins.
terd stimulants to myself. At last
the great fact dawned upon mel
was penniless, and l was to be blind
for the rest of my life.
II managed TO get back to Wash.
ington. and. seeing my mother. re-
solved to change the course OF
things.
There was one thing / fought.
would not think of 'hat-in-hand'
street-corner occupation. can
vassed for sewing machines from
house to house and went 10 school a
little more. Then established a
little candy store in Salem. ore. That
was five years ago"
Two years later. with 500 he had
put aside, he opened candy shop in
Vancouver, Wash, and served the
lO, 600 aviation students stationed
there during the war and the 5000
shipyard workers.
In that store he sold tickets for
the stage line he now owns. He
saw the traffic that passed over IT
and the big room for improvement
Of the service.
81 knew my candy business, then
the biggest and finest In Vancouver.
would pass out at the end OF the
war and bought the stage line," he
says.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-08
ADAMS ADVANTAGES

ADAM - ADN ANItUrN
Whatever troubles Adam had
He had no cause TO mourn:
/. He never sat on jitney doors
No boob stepped on his corn
I Whatever troubles Adam had
They weren't very raw:
He had II on the modern male.
He had no ma.in.law.
Whatever troubles Adam had
He really had a lark;
He never bought an ice cream cone
Or pop" in Woodland park.
-Ship crashes into iceberg says
headline today. Latest advices. how.
ever. are TO the effect that Senator
Lodge suffered no injuries.
Sir: didn't know they made
thimbles with handles on 'em until l
saw a fellow in an ice-cream booth
at Woodland park filling (D an ice
cream cone last Sunday.
JAMES c. WHITTIER
Portland. Ore.
NO RE-PETER
Judge-what is the charge?
Policeman - Intoxicated. your
honor.
Judge 90 prisuner> What's your
name?
Prisoner-Peter Gum. sir.
Judge-Wen. Gum, I'll discharge
you this time, but you mustn't get
loaded again.
PHOTOGRAPHED AT A LOCAL
SUNDAY SCHOOL
what is it?" quizzed the Sunday
school teacher. that binds us to-
gether and makes us better than We
are by natureg'
"Corsets." peeped Tiny Tot
One thing about short skirts is
that they are so convenient For in
stance. dyou ever notice how helpful
they are in getting up-stares?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-08

Ueather

Tonight and Thursday,
fair; gentle west-
eriy ioinds.
Temperature Last st Hours
Maximum. 66. Minimum, so.
To-day noon. g..
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-04-16
the respect of the community.

the respect of the community.
The body was prepared for burial
at Wisconsin Rapids and Monday
afternoon arrived here accompanied
by relatives and was taken to the
family residence on the north side,
members of the local lodge of
Masons acting as escorts. The
funeral was held Wednesday after
noon. Masonic burial services being
conducted at the residence and at
the grave by officers and members
of the local lodge of Masons. Be
sides Masons, including many from
lronwood and other range towns.
the funeral cortege included an es.
cort fromthe Ashland Commanderv.
members of the Elks lodge of Iron
wood and the local lodge of Wood
men, the deceased holding member
ship in these orders as we'll as in
the various Masonic branches, in
Guiding the Chapter and Council of
Ashland besides the Commanderv.
He was also a member of the
Knights of Pythias. The funeral
cortege was one of the largest ever
seen here. Business places in the
city were closed from until !
o'clock as mark of respect for the
deceased in compliance with a pro-
clamation issued by Mayor Lennon.
The surviving relatives are the
widow, daughter, Esther, two
sons, Lyle and Allen, and his
mother, sister, Mrs J. c. Steph-
enson, and brother, Fred Slender,
of Milwaukee. His mother was
unable to be present at the funeral.
Relatives of Mrs. Slender who at
tended the funeral included Mrs.
Gust Dobbins and Mrs Emma Egan
of Fond du Lac and Mr.. and Mrs.
John Werle of Wisconsin Rapids.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-04-16

ed and the attending physicians
announced that there was little
hopes that young Aspinwall would
recover. He remained unconscious
most of the time, although at in
tervals he regained consciousness
and was able to recognize and con
verse with relatives and friends.
But the nature of his injuries were
so severe that he failed to survive.
Joe Aspinwall had a brilliant
military career, during which he
passed through some hazardous ex-
periences. He enlisted in the navy
when a boy and served during the
late war. His crew was one of the
first to get into action when war
with Germany broke out On May
l, 1917, his ship, the u. S. S.
Rockingham, was torpedoed and
blown up by the enemy off the
coast of Ireland, and for 36 hours
Aspinwall and other members of
the crew floated on the sea in an
open boat until picked up. He was
cited for bravery as a result of this
experience. Later he served on the
U. S. S. Arkansas and gained a
reputation as an expert gunner.
After three years service on the
Arkansas he was transferred to the
battleship lydia and made several
trips across the ocean. While serv-
Continued on page a
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-04-16
IURLEY YOUNG Ran DIES
OF ACCIDENT INJURIES
loseph AspinwaIl Sustains Fracture of
Skull in Motorcycle Accident
Which Proves Fatal.

Joseph Aspin wall, popular Hur-
ky young man, who fingered be-
tween life and death at the Ander
son hospital following injuries re
eeived i'll all accident while riding
d motorcycle, died shortly after u
D clock Thursday morning.
The young man was injured on
Bis first day as motorcycle cop. At
the regular meeting of the city
Council last week Wednesday even
ing Joseph Aspinwall was appoint
I'd motorcycle cop to police the
fOad west of the city to the
village of Hamilton. He entered
ppon his. duties last Friday morn
ing. In the afternoon while at
tempting to psss car a short dis
lance west of the Northwestern
depot his machine skidded and the
soung man was thrown to the
ground with the heavy machine on
top of him. He was taken to
Anderson's hospital in Ironwood,
where it was found that a fractur-
ed skull constituted the major in
luries. An operation was perform
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-04-16
IRONWOOD MAN KILLED
In SHOOTING AFFRAY
Frank Damassee Shot and Killed Mon
day Afternoon. Chas. McRanielIe
Sought as Murderer.

A shooting affray in which an
Ironwood man was brutally muir
dered and which stirred the com.
munity occurred Monday afternoon
on the Wisconsin side of the river
near where the spur of the Chicago
4 Northwestern railroad crosses
the river north of the Scott & Howe
mill. Frank Damassee, who CON
ducted confectionery store and
soft drink parlor on Silver street,
Ironwood, second door west of the
Montreal river bridge, was the
victim of the assassin's S bullets.
Damassee's body was found in
the ditch near the railroad track
and but few feet on the Wis
consin side. He was lying on his
back with revolver in his right
hand and blood streaming from
several wounds about the face aud
body. The body was removed to
Coroner Charbonneau's rooms
where an examination showed that
bullet had entered the man head
near the right eye, another bullet
hole was found in his right breast
one ear was cut and a wound in
the throat that looked as though
it had been made with a knife, al
though it is thought that all the
wounds were the result of revolver
shots. Powder marks around the
bullet hole near the eye indicated
that the weapon had been held
close to the mans face.
The authorities are seeking
Chas. McRanielle, a local saloon
keeper, as the murderer, although
at this writing he is still at large.
One man said to have been i'm
plicated in the affair, Nick Nc
Ranielle, was arrested by Chief of
Police Frank Dardas and is being
held. The authorities are also
seeking Chas. LaRosa as one of
the trio of murderers.
The trouble which resulted in
the shooting OF Damassee is said
TO have started over the sale OF
some whiskey. Friends familiar
with the affairs of the men i'm
plicated in the matter say that
/ Danassee had agreed to buy a
quantity of whiskey from Nc.
! RanIelle, aud that Damassee later
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-04-16
VOigt & Christensen

changed his mind and declined to
take the whiskey. Chas. Nc
Ranielle, accompanied by his broth
err, Nick, and Chas. LaRosa, went
to Damassee's confectionery store
on the day of the shooting and
arguments regarding the sale Of
the whiskey ensued. Previous to
this it is said that there had been
quarreliug over the deal in the
saloon conducted by the McRanielle
brothers. the White Front Fol
lowing the argument in the candy
store the McRanielle brothers and
Chas. LaRosa went for a walk.
They walked towards the Scott &
Howe mill on the Michigan side Of
the river. Damassee also went for
walk, but he travelled on the
Wisconsin side, going in the same
direction as his companions across
the river, Shortly before reaching
the wooden bridge crossing the
river north of the NH they opened
fire and exchanged revolver shots,
according to men who were work
ing on the roof OF the new engine
house at the mine this side of the
river, and who were attracted by
the shots. These men declare that
a man in a grey suit ran across on
the bridge and grappled with
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-04-16

Damassee and that they rolled down
the embankment of the railroad
and s'lce their view was obstructed
by the ~mbankment they were un-
able to see what took place. but
heard several revolver shots. fol-
lowing which the man IN gray again
appeared aud walked south on the
railroad track and for few minutes
stood up against a box car He
then returned to the spot where
Damassee lay, was joined by bis
companions and together they walk
ed away. Chas. McRanielle wore
grey suit and brown hat when
seen last
The police were on the spot in a
short time and started in pursuit OF
the alleged murderers. Nick Nc
Ranielle was caught and arrested
by Chief Dardas Monday night. lie
was arraigned in municipal court
the following morning and his
hearing set for April q. A charge
OF murder was made against him,
his brother Charles and Chas La
Rosa, the latter two being still at
large.
The revolver found in the hand
of DanIassee had four empty car
trjdPss, which would seem to bear
out the statement thet he exchang
lConunued ..~gu }
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-05-28

The union lis the best Investment
a worker can make, They are here.
to stay and their unselfishness will
expand only as fast as our non-union
fellows iOin with ,1s :.