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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1909
Page
11
Local Chicago men prepare for a Chicago Day at the fair in Seattle. About 124 leaders will travel by special train in June to view the A V and assess commercial slides. The Chicago club met at Olympus in the Dutch room to lay out plans for July events. next meeting is May 10 at Olympus.
April 30 report from Bellingham states searchers located the body of Mrs. Elia Carroll, mother of indaw, in a slough after days of extensive searching. Authorities suspect the death was self-inflicted following a week of absence and mental strain.
Miss Davidson stands trial after the death of Roy Ram following a quarrel at the Davidsco. Prosecutors allege Ram insulted the woman, while defense claims self-defense. The case dates to June 6, 1908, with proceedings reported from Caled Proms, O Me.
STATE REWS ACOMA Jess Fielder a 17 bid logger was killed by a train on Eveiroad track near Roy last night. TOWNSEND James A a pioneer coast operator died there yesterday of apoplexy. EMANE CT U members oppose fire prohibition on July 4. Jabbr Sands eight c was killed the other day after a rollover. A safe factory is to PO KANE Advices from St Pauls state Louis W paid no attention to a subpoena in the embezzlement case.
W. G. Buchanan and Brown will start with dog teams in a race to the Alaska Yukon Pacific expo at Beattie. A prize has been offered to the winner by the business men of the city.
Rev. Galen Wood recalls marrying couples at the courthouse as trains loom. He laments rushed ceremonies, notes his 40 years serving mining camps, and explains how his church work intersected with public service in Ballard and Seattle. He praises big hearted patrons like Jim Murray who aided church building efforts.
Mrs. W. E. Lewis, president of the Women's Foreign Missionary society of Clactanti presbytery, defends club memberships as beneficial to homemaking. She notes 44 branches and 40 affiliations, arguing increased world knowledge aids home opportunities and that missionary groups and clubs now grow together.
A thwarted kidnapping plot against Mrs. John P. Porter’s grandson led to Wing Kee, 17, son of Dr. Lee Wah, being captured as he retrieved a decoy package under a bridge. Porter and the lieutenant governor oversaw a secret hearing in Salinas where Kee confessed and was sent to the reform school at lone.
Seven year old Katy Doliskie fell forty feet from an air escape to a stone pavement. She escaped serious injury aside from a few cuts and bruises and spoke clearly afterward, surprising her parents with a sudden loss of lisp. The incident happened last night in New York.
A simple cake recipe using half cup butter two eggs and one cup sugar with milk flour cream of tartar and a frosting mixture. Bake in a loaf or large cake tin. boil frosting with milk sugar and butter then cool and flavor before spreading between layers and on top.
An advertisement extols Gold Dust as an antiseptic washing powder that cleans pots and pans deeply, removing grease and germs. It claims shaking a small amount in water cleans and sterilizes utensils, leaving tins shining like new.
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