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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1909
Page
6
Louisville police pursue a man and a woman described as two strangers in women’s clothes after Katie Martin reports they urged eight year old Alma Katherine Kellner to arrange a meeting with her parents. The girl was sent to Mrs Kellner with a ransom message and the case draws a crowd of reporters.
The story recounts a girl named Katie who survived a kidnapping plan. Mrs Kellner confirms Katie had worked as a domestic before Alma was born and was used by kidnappers to relay a message. They threatened the girl and Mrs Kellner to keep the meeting location and time secret.
Guiterres De Lara invited to lecture in Seattle by local socialists. The speaker, held in Los Angeles at Mexican government request amid wide US sympathy, will present eight talks in Washington state with an open date in Seattle between January 2 and unclear end date.
Two men are jailed on charges of grand larceny in a North King County land fraud case. Theodore Comwell and P. H. Casey are accused of selling burned off timber land at seven dollars per acre while delivering land worth less than one dollar per acre. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Frank H. Molnheimer filed informations, with complaints by N. Lebovite and Herman Kronfield, noting the sale of logged off lands and the arrest of the two men at offices in Seattle.
The Valley Central grange has formed with 80 charter members and expects membership to exceed 200 within a month. It operates branches in all valley cities to boost local produce and prosperity. George R. Smith returned from Portland after a gold cure for toothache and shows a notably fine set of molars.
The annual meeting of the Swedish Republican club is announced for Monday December 13 at the Swedish club hall Eighth and Olive for election of officers and other important business.
Springfield Missouri December 10. Mrs Alma Dodson a prominent society figure and county's only woman lawyer hosted a card party the night before her planned operation. She said the gathering would repay her social debts before she departed. She died after the operation despite medical efforts.
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