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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1912
Page
7
A lively vignette on Seattle’s waterfront explores locals who live by the sea and speak a rough, nautical jargon. The piece notes sailors, stevedores, and a captain who rents launches to landlubbers, while poking fun at unfamiliar terms and the colorful, seaworthy world that anchors the neighborhood.
London magistrate reverses earlier ruling and releases Norman Selby known as Kid McCoy after Scotland Yard testimony. He had been charged in a alleged 80 000 jewel theft at Ostend and was remanded pending extradition papers from Belgium.
A requisition to the governor of New York was issued for the return of Cora Perkins and Frederick Pattison, the maid and chauffeur who aided the flight of Mrs Nicholas McNamara and her two sons from the San Mateo home. Police Sergeant James McGowan of San Francisco departed for New York with the papers. The complaint charges Pattison and Perkins with grand larceny, McNamara having allowed their use of his $4,500 automobile only to San Francisco.
Boise Idaho August 2 The state wide primary eliminates John T Morrison from the four Republican candidates for governor. The contest now centers on Paul Clagstone and John M Haines. An official count of first and second votes may be needed to decide the nominee. Haines leads Clagstone by about 600 votes though northern counties report returns and Clagstone backers say they can overturn the deficit.
The State Bar association delegates faced harsh attack from Spokane and Tacoma members for unfairly packing the program with reactionary speakers. The body repudiated Gov. Hay's commission report on legal procedure and opposed its legislative adoption.
Rebels south of Casas Grandes turn back a Mexican Northwestern train today bearing Mormon refugees. Two thousand federals reach Madero and prepare to seize Juarez then attack the Casas Grandes rebels.
Tacoma August 2 engineer in charge of Nisqually power plant Herman B Keith and H P Humphrey of Portland narrowly escaped death when an automobile driven by Lynn Miller of Tacoma struck their car's rear wheel on the Mount Rainier road overturning it. Keith and Humphrey were pinned briefly while Mrs Blake and Mrs Edna Hewe were thrown onto soft grass and escaped injury.
The U S Supreme Court justices Pitney and Vandevanter refused to intervene in Kansas primaries and said the full court would decide in October. This is viewed as a partial victory for Col Roosevelt backers who argue that openly backing his candidacy does not void republican status.
C. Be. Noe of 5811 Fourth Ave S reports his wife Anna left the house yesterday morning for his Boyce Machine Works job in West Seattle and did not return. He says she took all movable furniture and asks police to intervene.
The page lists numerous ads for young women training in tailoring and dressmaking at a prominent New York school on Broadway and Pine, promising guaranteed graduation and job prospects, plus notes on a dramatic school and a housework role offering five dollars weekly. It also includes a skin remedy ad and a vague hot point product entry.
Male and Female Help Wanted Special Notices. Jose Benito, prof. of botany and medicine, Spanish steam batha, Golondrina liniment for rheumatism paralysis nerves consumption stomach trouble and chronic diseases. Hours 7 to 9 p m. 5925 Baltar Ave Room 4 Trafton Hotel Phone Balilard 1383 Nichols bungalows Hinckley Dike.
Realty ads describe several Seattle area land offerings. An elderly couple can buy a cleared garden tract with a four room house for 1300 dollars with 10 dollars a month payments near interurban station, schools, and amenities. Other listings include 6 acres for 1050 dollars, 16 acres on a boulevard near Port Orchard, and timber land near Bremerton with down payments and monthly terms.
Farm listing notes an unincumbered property worth 3090 dollars with 20 acres slashed and pasture, frontage on a county road near a school post office and neighbors, a 4 room house, fencing and running water, plus cedar timber valued at 1000 dollars. Also mentions an equity interest of 1600 dollars and a second property at 127 West 85th Street with a 6 room house and large lot to trade.
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