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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1911
Page
8
The speaker Morris Hillquit claims in Who's Who in America that he was educated in a Riga gymnasium. He mocks opponents who doubt his relentless energy and perpetual motion in advancing socialist principles.
H. S. Jordan secured the No 1 highway contract for 26660.76 dollars as the sole bidder. Barber Asphalt Company won No 2 highway at 42220 dollars. Three additional macadamizing contracts were awarded yesterday by the commissioners.
The steamship Spokane, wrecked at Seymour Narrows on June 29, has entered Moran yards drydock today and will begin repairs immediately.
Des Moines streetcar employees vote to strike unless Manager Harrigan reinstates a discharged worker. The Commercial Club may attend a joint committee meeting to plan the consolidation with the Chamber of Commerce and the Commercial Club, possibly with changes to the original plan.
City Engineer Thompson told the council that a report on operating an automatic telephone system would cost 260 dollars. The utilities committee will take up the report in this afternoon’s meeting.
McClellan and Hickey Co. won the contract to build the new Franklin high school in the Mt. Baker district with a bid of 258000 dollars.
Roseburg reports multiple fires in the Umpqua forest reserve as flames spread. Eighteen fires reported, most small, burning through wooded areas and challenging containment efforts.
Mayor Ding files a veto on the bill renewing William Emerson’s Vectors Saloon license at Third and Union. He cites a six year old ordinance prohibiting the saloon across from the post office and alleges the council acted illegally each renewal.
Miss Elnor Baker of Portland married Walter P. Miller yesterday. Miller was Dr. Cook's photographer on the Mt McKinley ascents and disputed Dr. Cook's claim to the summit.
In Blueribbon Hall a misdirected applause for the czar image during Stanley Bero of the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society talk sparks a hiss storm. In Fond du Lac Bishop Grafton declares the church communion cup not covered by the new drinking cup law.
Toledo aviator Howard Levan fell several hundred feet while flying over Pittsburg yesterday and suffered internal injuries. He was hospitalized and listed in stable condition.
A short humorous exchange between The Fat One and an unnamed speaker imagines rolling on the floor once daily to shed pounds. The Fat One jokes that rolling would merely cut the carpet.
A brief comic exchange shows a stranger complimenting Mrs Rooney’s children while Mrs Hogan interjects from the floor above about a stock sale, capturing a domestic humorous moment from the page.
Senator Owen of Oklahoma cites Tyr. J. Allan Smith a leading constitutional history authority. He claims federal courts invaded the constitution and states rights to block progressive legislation, noting Smith’s 1963 book The Spirit of the American Government explains the issue.
Beginning tomorrow the city will pay all garbage collection costs with no bills after today. There are six dumps besides the Lake Union incinerator and a new destroyer at Ninth and Massachusetts ready for business in a week. Until city hauling is arranged private parties handle the work, with Louis Repetto awarded most contracts except Ballard where Interbay Fuel Co. collects. Repetto formed the Seattle Refuse Collection Co.
A BettieSt Indian girl leaves her native companions to pursue life as a pale face, signaling a cultural shift in a small community. The move reflects pressures to fit into white society and the personal cost of assimilation.
Mise Ethel Richardson, famed as a beautiful Indian girl, refuses government orders to return to the Ute reservation and accepts a nurse position at a Jerome Idaho hospital instead. She sent a letter to Taft stating she prefers life with pale faces.
In Bellingham Washington three traps were crippled during the sockeye run causing about 150000 dollars in damage. In Vancouver a man drowned while attempting to save his sweetheart Eva Trombly. Eva body recovered after a 24 hour search.
A collage of quirky notes from Middleton to La Crosse. Ministers seek 26 cents of marriage license fees for clergymen. A gold watch in an alligator stomach links to a missing girl. A New York woman balks at a tunnel wedding. A red-haired baby prize is planned at a church fair. A livery man returns a license after a wedding refusal. A cow rival to Pauline Wayne is shown to Gov. Shafroth. A planned elopement is spoiled by a father. Medical scientists claim high altitude purifies blood. A 16 year old heir to a fortune is sent back to Dunkirk for strict parents.
Spencer Wright of Ridgefield New Jersey awoke to a crow’s loud warning at 1 am. The bird’s warning followed thieves taking a horse worth 600 dollars and a buggy worth 200 dollars, later found wrecked after a car collision. The story notes the rig had been taken off the coast by a steam whaler craft Lawrence and White.
A monkey attacked egg dealer Martin W. Hester in Caldwell New Jersey while he ate lunch. Eggs struck him in the neck and then the eye as a shower of his own eggs flew from the monkey. The animal climbed onto a crate and hurled more fruit before escaping into trees.
Alarm and Gaves Family Buster, a Great Dane, proved dogs can be heroes by waking Albert Weinkauf and his wife and two children during a Jamaica fire. The dog barked in the cellar, waking the master who then led the family to safety.
Three goats blocked effort to combat a fire on Haines Street in Germantown Philadelphia. They were kept in a stable near the burning building and, when released, butted firefighters over the fence delaying suppression efforts.
Stu Hopkins of Lawrenceburg Indiana owns a remarkable female pointer believed to have the world’s largest dog family. In seven years she has produced 106 offspring including a new litter of 15 puppies and her pups are thriving in dog circles. The owner has earned about 1060 dollars from this dog.
W. F. Stevenson and Company brokers advertise a private leased wire to all U.S. exchanges for real time market data and trading access. The notice highlights direct exchange access and industry reach.
The report notes 77 whales caught over two weeks off Vancouver, with all previous records surpassed. Details on boats and crews are sparse in the text.
New York July 31 A rumor claiming Dorothy Arnold was seen in Rome led her parents to sail for Italy. George Grimcom Arnold's fiancé was reported last in Florence as investigators pursue clues, while friends offered no confirmation of a breakthrough.
Ernest Warner sues Western Steel alleging repeated warnings about a dangerous post near tracks at Trondale yard led to a fall from a locomotive cab. He claims permanent injuries to sight and hearing and seeks $40,000 damages.
A complaint filed yesterday charges Patrolman H. A. Nels with grand larceny. Nels, a crossing policeman at Second and Yesler, is accused of stealing a gold nugget chain valued at $100 from Olive G. Ryan of 1533 Minorcy. He posted $2,000 bail, later reduced to $250 by Judge Tallman. Ryan asserts the chain belongs to her.
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