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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1912
Page
2
Oakland report details a confrontation between Gladys Bullock 15 and Ruth McKenzie 17 as they argued over insults about body weight. Bullock, after fainting, went to police and McKenzie received two months probation from Judge Turner.
Stella and Irene Chinchillas of Valparaiso Chile left New York with their husbands for home after receiving $100000 each. Stella married Clarence Burr Byxbee of South Norwalk Connecticut and Irene wed Carlos Hammerslee of New York. Chinchillas sent their daughters to New York for education.
Four workers died and seven were seriously injured when a Pennsylvania railroad passenger train en route to Cleveland collided with a wrecking train near Conway. Engineer L. Coughenour and three laborers perished as freight cars derailed overnight and crews cleared the track. Misunderstanding of orders is blamed. Six passenger coaches derailed, and passengers escaped with injuries.
Tonight ends the Colline playfield potlatch with a masked parade and a baby show. Prizes will be awarded after a grand ribbon battle revealing the king and queen of the event. A wreck meet for children and a varied All Nations Night program capped the week with songs, dancing, a patriotic Boy Scout drill, and band music.
Laboring men in Seattle plan one of the citys largest Labor Day events next Monday. The parade at 1046 starting Fourth and Lenora will feature unions minisaterial federation post office clerks and firemen with merchant and manufacturer entries. An afternoon picnic at Leecht Park will include sports dancing and 50 prizes, with Governor Teats addressing on Government Ownership as Exemplified at the Panama Canal.
Miss Carrie Kemper rode a pony to a threshing outfit and held up a young man who had escorted her from a party. She forced him to apologize and admit his remarks were lies. The father arrived as the youth fled the scene in Green Valley.
Notices urge prompt reporting of undelivered Seattie Star and substitutions. The issue mentions a speakers’ quip at Woodmen’s hall, deportation rulings for Tang Tun and Leung Kum Wui, a monitor cruise schedule change, and various Seattle area incidents including drownings and a hotel fall.
Condition of Mrs Hoover injured in the Meadows aviation accident last spring elicits sympathy from club women. They raise money to help with expenses as both she and her husband cannot meet costs.
The Bellingham Bay and British Columbia railroad car company must pay $200 and costs after a court found violation of the safety appliance act.
A Chicago Record-Herald excerpt shows a suffragist asking a sister if she will back her husband’s candidacy. The sister replies she has supported him for ten years, reflecting long-term political engagement among supporters.
A compact display lists lead pencils two for five cents and Faber’s pencils five cents. Faber’s Emerald and Ruby erasers priced at five cents each. Typewriter erasers cost five cents. Pen holders offered two for five cents and five cents each.
Small, bargain sale note indicates items sized from 2 percent to 7 with widths B to 0 and price of 3.00 per pair. Limited stock announced by the salesroom.
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