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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1912
Page
5
Ida Wegener of 8553 Greenwood Ave shows two Brazilian monkeys, a tiny hand size specimen and a larger one on her arm. Cousin Fritz Wegener recently brought them from Brazil, where rubber trees, sugar cane and fruit attract the animals. He warns to beware of your primates.
Snippets cover courthouse hours, Panama Canal spillway fees, Mothers Day sentiments, marriage license basics, census data, promissory note indorser rules, and book recommendations for girls. The text blends legal, civic, and literary references without a single cohesive event.
A letter complains that men condemn women for past errors while continuing to sow wild oats. It argues that the health of future generations depends on both genders and that women should be judged by current character, not past deeds. The writer calls for equal moral standards.
Halifax reports Capt. Robt. W. Mackenzie of St. John believes many Titanic passengers deemed lost may have survived. He notes cries from wreckage were heard for over an hour by lifeboat crews and wreckage could have floated hundreds of people for hours aided by ice floes or refuge. Strong men could have floated until rescue.
Margaret Gray and Mortimer Whitehead of North Madison Indiana were engaged fifty years ago but called it off when he went to the war Later they remarried in Los Angeles and renewed their vows now married there.
The Tacoma park board prohibits the turkey trot and grizzly bear dances in Spanaway Park. The five year lease to Gus Freezeman bars such dances and sets a 10:30 p.m. curfew for dancers.
Frederick Beach, a wealthy New York and South Carolina society figure, arrives in New York with his wife after a trip to England and the continent. He faces allegations of slashing his wife’s throat at their Aiken South Carolina estate in February, and he announces his intention amid the ongoing case.
A man resisted a warrant issued in Alken amid allegations that he assaulted a woman with a knife in her yard. Details indicate confrontation with local authorities and custodial concerns.
Southampton April 24 Firemen refused to stay with the steamer Olympic sister ship to the Titanic unless lifesaing gear was augmented delaying the voyage for New York. The White Star Line added 16 wooden lifeboats and 44 collapsible metal boats capable of 3000 passengers to appease them.
Jas. P. West a Folsom State penitentiary prisoner completed a 150 year calendar after four years of work. Wm IL Day of the prison commission will secure a patent for the invention on behalf of West.
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