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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1911
Page
6
Aug 7 at Fulton near Druid Hill Park Taft salutes crowds as a big black touring car departs toward Speskden. The president removes a neckerchief, waves, and smiles while crowds cheer along the southwestern city streets and up to Speskden on the way back to Washington.
Louis R. Glavis, once with the interior department, has been offered the post of secretary of the conservation and the California Conservation Board of Control. He is expected to accept and will arrive in San Francisco tomorrow, per former Governor George Pardee.
A woman from Chi had her voice restored by a breaker wave at liee Cal ye azo after a huge conbmer struck her and she cried Mamma. The incident marks a dramatic vocal recovery reported amid other local notes about births and unusual events.
Campers at Sterling Point uncovered a sunken barge filled with iron ore that lies in Greenwood Lake New York. The vessel dates back about 150 years and is linked to events before and during the American Revolution.
In Youngstown Ohio surgeons removed 2 of their scissors measuring 5% inches from Mrs La Nina Dunn's abdomen during an operation for a myas clineas. The appendix was in excellent condition and the team was closing when the overlooked scissors were discovered.
Adam Beck ladling soup from a silver tureen in Bloomfield New Jersey when a bullet pierced the screen shattered the tureen and splashed into the soup. No injuries occurred and the projectile’s origin and path remain unknown.
Otto Haverbauch, a librettist, has broken all playwriting records of the Present generation in his first three years. His six big successes are Three Twins, Bright Eyes, Madame Sherry, Dr. De Luxe, The Girl of My Dreams, and The Fascinating Widow.
Upper Sandusky Ohio August 7. M S Howe awoke to find his wife missing and began a search. Her body was later found in a nearby pond. It is believed the woman walked to her death while asleep.
Des Plaines Illinois Aug 7 Rev C B King says modern man bears the same character as Adam and Eve and rejects the idea that Adam’s fall could be upward or that humanity’s path ends in innocence or salvation. He calls for continued struggle and accountability.
The congressional timetable shows House 74 Senate 72 in session 351 hours 39 minutes and 291 hours 40 minutes respectively. Last week House six days Senate six days with 44 hours 26 minutes and 18 hours 365 minutes. Cotton tariff revision bill passed House and Senate reapportionment with Arbitration treaties presented to Senate. House continued numerous investigations.
A newborn leopard cub nicknamed Billy is pictured four days after arrival at a New York facility. He will romp in his cage for months, nudge his mother Kitty, and start showing climbing behavior as keepers seek ways to prevent accidents. Nearby, widow Mrs Glaser Bisagno endures tragedy as both husbands die in accidents within seven years.
The text describes a character named Billy turning into a gaunt stealthy figure. It notes his future hunger and a risky outlook if he survives. The passage uses vivid metaphor to hint at a dangerous transformation and looming hardship.
Oakland City Indiana August 7 George Willis farm foreman for Peacock Coal and Mining found a snake with two tails wriggling in Massey. He killed it with a club and learned it was two snakes pressed together a spreading Viper and a blacksnake joined as one creature.
In Los Angeles a man named Thomas Gibbon spent a night in jail after winking at Mrs. Alice Stebbins Wells of the police force. Wells warned I’ll arrest you, then flashed her badge and took him to jail for accosting a police officer. Brig Gen Maus heads toward Klamath Falls to inspect land for a troop maneuver ground. Dreamtera hosts a dance tonight.
Victor Colorado was chosen by the Western Federation of Miners convention as the site for next year s meeting. B A McKinnon of Trail British Columbia was named delegate to the United Mine Workers of America and J C Williams of California was named delegate to the American Federation of Labor.
One woman was killed and two others were seriously shot in a riot between striking garment workers and imported workers. The confrontation occurred in Cleveland on August 7 as tensions rose over job replacements.
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