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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1914
Page
3
In St James Square Mrs Waldorf Astor entertained seamstresses from local dressmaking establishments. Liveried attendants announced each guest as they entered the formal gathering. Mrs Astor and several society women greeted the visitors.
Two local ministers disguised as tramps spent a cold night on the Bowery to study the homeless plight. They fasted since morning with 15 cents each for fare and calls, endured overcrowded lodging houses, and slept on the Recreation and Charities piers with about 100 others and a final dawn meal of porridge coffee and bread. The men observed many seeking work and only a few drunkards among the crowd.
President Wilson warned of trouble for pursuers of the White House bride as Miss Wilson shopped with her fiancé William G. McAdoo on Fifth Avenue. The secretaries of war presence drew attention while she selected gowns and posed for photos.
Leo Conrad Lee, a restaurant man held during an investigation into the death of Mrs. Helen Hamlin at Golden Star apartments 2229 Western Ave, was released last night. Chemists determined that the only poison in her stomach was embalming fluid used by undertakers.
A Maryland turkey named Isaac H. Rabbit’s bird reportedly survived 41 days without food or water, breaking the camel as the temperance symbol. The fowl was found wedged in the timbers of a smoke house after being missing for six weeks.
In New York on April 10 Justice Ford fined juror C. E. Cassmore twenty five dollars after he protested his lateness. Cassmore claimed he earned twenty five dollars for the day. The judge stood by the penalty.
Leave Colman Dock Beatiler 4:98 times listed 6:00 10:30 a m 3:30 2:00 except Sunday Sunday 2:30 6:30 pm Saturday 11:46 p m subject to change without notice Phone Main S101 Pare 50¢ Round Trip.
In Mexico City vicinity troops were moved into the capital to deter uprisings and defend against a possible rebel attack. Authorities expect Torreon’s fall to widen rebel access, with about 4,000 soldiers currently in place and more arriving continuously.
Railroad men discuss rumors that Alexander Stewart chief engineer of the Great Northern may resign due to ill health after 18 years in charge of Western work.
Villa says combined divisions under Benavides and Hernandez surround the federals. He believes the entire force could be captured and notes reinforcement impossible since the railroad to Saltillo is out of commission.
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