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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1912
Page
1
A Wall Street Journal quote warns that with the right tools, butter can be made from grass, and possession of certain tools might prove you a burglar or even an automobile could mark one as a highwayman.
A Seattle meeting will decide whether The Open Door charity project can stay open after Dr. Frank Arthur Heath and volunteers have given time and funds to feed, lodge, clothe, and treat down-and-out men. By March, 5 412 men were fed and 125 clothed. debt threatens the $75 monthly rent and wage payments for Heath and assistants.
A narrative notes Wizard enters week two of a prolonged fast with daily routines including baths on Mondays and Fridays. She plans public talks on "Poad" midweek and "Dress Reform and Exercises" Friday while Dr Mayzard conducts three daily baths and spends hours writing and renting proof for her book.
The fragment describes frequent fasting and observations by doctors including Dr. Haz and Dr. Hazzard, noting patients with leprosy and other ailments. Ida Parker visits for a massage while Dr. Haz faces many queries and lectures at Theo Call, 1426 Fourth Ave, amid a busy schedule.
Dr. Haseerd through The Star invites interested people to guard the fast led for the King Co Medical Association. Guards may serve for the entire duration or any portion. Call The Star office if interested.
A San Francisco suit opened before Judge Mont to determine a fee balance of 245750 on a 250000 charge for two years of work by Alfred A Von Hovenberk for the Coage Ranch company of Tehama county.
The April rebel attack on Puebla severs rail communication between Mexico City and Queretaro. Government plans to run trains through the disturbed area but has increased the local garrison to 3,000 men.
A wild rumor of the so called Devil of the Wynoochee terrifies Grays Harbor in the county with a bogeyman image. Deputies chase the elusive figure amid a manhunt linked to a local family tragedy and the case unsettles the timber region and residents. Police name Sheriff Colin S McKenzie and colleagues. the search continues with no clear motive or sighting.
Grace Wilson of Indiana a vaudeville performer seeks a writer to create a suffrage sketch for her act She balances support for the Votes for Women movement with affection for her collie dog Rote and urges suffrage plays and sketches to travel the country to spread the cause.
Mrs Edith May Pagnuelo aged 34 is dead in San Francisco after illnesses spanning 18 years and five marriages. She was wed to O H P Sunderhaus William C Coffey Judge Julius Silverstone James C Dunphy and attorney Ernest Pagnuelo, whom she remarried after a divorce and who represented her in the Dunphy case.
The house voted 183 to on the wool bill, with a bloc of progressives joining Democrats to push the only reformable tariff measure. Lawmakers argued the bill was the sole option to revise the wool tariff and secure economic relief.
Brief note recalls the first woman to cross by air as Ambletons for baneieon, py ge fh th my ay where te eons chomel if ab aay kplane.
Reports from Milwaukee describe a heated municipal race as Democrats and progressives clash over the mayoral contest. Campaigns cite coalition backing and religious leaders urging restraint while factions claim advantages in the primaries.
A mangled OCR snippet shows an elderly maid and a plainspoken speaker in a terse exchange. The text contains partial phrases about knocking on eyesight and a garbled phrase about “we 2b again” and a gun, indicating damaged source material with no clear event or identity.
Los Angeles April 2 Mie flath Guenther and Rex cake claim engagements to Sir Theeate Lipton and Ememe the wife respectively while Denyer helrens asserts no engagement with anyone and calls for someone to pull Guone Rumer’s tongue as she says she is not engaged to anyone.
President Taft nominates Stackable to be collector of internal revenue for the District of Hawaii. The nomination comes as Taft continues shaping appointed posts amid a busy Washington session.
In San Bernardino on April 2 Oscar Johnson battered an intruder with a club after seeing his wife with a stranger. He later realized the intruder was his father, who had arrived from the East during his absence and now lies in critical condition with a severe skull fracture. Both Johnson and his wife are near collapse.
In a London ceremony in 1806 the couple Rife and Rene Agleone wed. A doctor present described the scene as tense while the groom appeared shaken and the bride remained notably garrulous. The narrative hints at a broader social circle including a blond Mrs Heima and a striking appearance resembling Senator Henry.
Tacoma reports a practical settlement of the Aberdeen Hoquiam and Raymond lumber strike. Prominent millmen say foreigners who struck have left Grays Harbor and Americans are being hired as replacements. White men are preferred and the employment bureau is asked to supply workers.
At 6 o'clock tonight officials announced results of the miners vote on government wage terms and resuming work. About 40,000 miners were counted as voting in favor of restoration and return to work, with large totals described for and against the proposal.
Rain is expected tonight and Wednesday with moderate southerly winds. The noon temperature will be 47.
A candidate began a travel sequence from Washington DC toward the Midwest and West. The plan included stops through Nebraska and then California and Oregon before finalizing the presidential nomination.
Bob Hodge, progressive candidate for governor, begins his campaign in Bremerton Wash on April 2. He carries a large handbag with his cards and speaks to residents on the street, hoping to reach nonprofessional voters and win the race through popular support.
President Taft asks Congress for a 500000 appropriation to fund Army Engineers in stopping levee breaches on the Mississippi. The plea highlights protecting farmland and navigation as critical to federal projects amid rising flood levels and new river beds created by the Kandyke breach near Hammond. The Memphis crest warns of intensified danger and potential loss of life as water rises further.
Jefferson City Missouri April 2 The town of New Madrid is flooded by the rising Mississippi River and residents ask the governor to order the state militia to protect the town. Informal defense measures fail to contain the crisis.
Hammond Indiana April 2 flood deluge worsens with hundreds of thousands of acres inundated and hundreds of residents battling the rising waters. officials warn of continuing danger as relief efforts mobilize and communities brace for further damage.
In Indianapolis ballots are mailed to locals to decide whether the coal miners in bituminous fields accept the wage scale from the operators and miners conference. Voting is expected to be counted by April 18.
The president of the Pacific National Bank and four term Tacoma resident Pentecost died at his home today after several weeks of illness. In San Francisco on April 2 a report noted authorities confiscated twenty quail one hundred five corset? and more birds to the state commission including ducks.
Two thousand residents are homeless as the Mississippi levee fails flooding Hickman with two to eight feet of water. Tents are scarce and hunger and disease fears rise though no deaths are reported yet.
A large dessert event serves the 1,400 residents of the relief home as part of a charitable effort. The pie gathering highlights communal support and local aid.
Taokoma April Bnn Peten, an Industrial Worker of the World organizer, traveled to Tacoma from Raymond where he says three men broke into the jail at midnight, blindfolded him, and beat him with a blacksnake whip threatening death if he cried out. He saved $3880 in Raymond over three years.
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