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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1912
Page
2
At a recent meeting the school board approved establishing model housekeeping rooms for Franklin High. A new course in Sewing, Cooking and Housekeeping will be added to the curriculum.
A new cocktail named the taxi blends cordials and spirits and is said to tempt even boxing figure Tom Sharkey to buy a taxicab. The drink has become a talking point on Broadway in New York on April 12.
Paris hosts the International Academy of Dancing Masters arbiters who ban the Turkey Trot Bunny Hug Texas Tommy and Grizzly Bear leaving no American ragtime dances allowed at the event.
Itople K. Okuba the Japanese cook on the American steamer Americana killed Capt. Benson on the night of January 27 during a voyage from Newcastle to San Francisco. Benson was in Seattle on March 3, 1911, and Okuba was known in Seattle for work on several boats plying from this port.
Boston April 12 A cellful of flowers brought Easter cheer to Dr Co Vv T Richeson awaiting execution for the murder of Avis Linnell None came from Violet Edmands his fiancée.
Philadelphia wires report Chinatown is alarmed as authorities search for the Maltese cat blamed for feasting on a spring chicken in front of the sacred joss. In Milliken, W P Williams of Fort Collins seeks Benjamin Smith, heir to a $100000 Scottish estate.
In Indianapolis on April 12 a Jefferson day dinner will feature William J. Bryan as a principal speaker. Gov. Thomas R. Marshall is also slated to address guests, with United States Senator John W. Kern serving as toastmaster.
A stark verse explores a hardened captor softened by a baby's touch. The speaker’s harsh voice grows gentle as the infant clings to his hand, questioning whether any heart can resist such tender connection and the humanity it reveals.
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