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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1912
Page
4
The piece notes Oregon's Friday hangings and Olympia’s capitol battle over abolishing the gallows. It cites Spokane police murder as a tipping point and reports Representative Francis P. Goss of Seattle plans a new bill as Washington weighs its stance on capital punishment.
Johnny describes a mellerdrammer titled The Whip with London flavor and trainwreck stage effects. The plot centers on a horse named the Whip, a waxworks chamber of horrors, and a villain plotting amid railcar wrecks while crowds flock to see the spectacle.
The paper pledges to print all the news in a brief snappy style so busy readers can finish quickly. It criticizes long padded articles and says readers have little time to spare.
During the sugar trust investigation the Beet Sugar Refiners association considered withdrawing from its agreement with American refiners. The intentions were not acted upon, and a wry remark notes that intentions may be cheaper than asphalt in paving Hades.
Amid scattered agitation for half penny coinage the louder public clamor now centers on half eggs as whole eggs fetch five cents each.
A reflective note questions whether Tait will receive a running mate before the electoral college. It recalls a 25 year period of concern about grammar and spelling in school memories.
City commissioners ban two popular dances amid scandal in Walla Walla. A fourth grader asks what the Rule of Three means, with conjecture about family roles and a missing rhyme.
Mrs. Janet McKensie Hill editor of Boston Cooking School Magazine presents a baking powder biscuit recipe praised as far superior to ordinary lea powder biscuits. The feature urges saving the recipe for future use and promises light, featherlike results.
Irregular text advertises a baking method for flour sugar and milk based biscuits. It praises shortening use and cautions not to knead. It promotes a Cook's Book from KC Baking Company of Chicago offered for 23 cents upon receipt of color coupons.
President Taft may accept a law professorship at Yale. The excerpt notes Yale choosing already a schoolmaster president, implying a shift in academic leadership.
Readers hear calls from Glasgow college boys in support of suffragists while naval expansion and Canadian backing stir tensions. The piece notes the secretary of the navy demanding twenty four more battleships and predicts upheaval in Carnegie’s peace plans as public discourse grows heated.
A terse remark notes that the governors’ gathering at Richmond lets attendees become acquainted with Gov. Blease of South Carolina. The comment adds Blease favors a harsh stance and is linked to a controversial phrase about the white man’s burden.
New York Dec 11 Kitty Grant show girl and model told Gov. Dix her husband Williams Jones is serving a 20 year sentence for the March 4 1911 slaying of her husband William Lycaght after a saloon brawl and that her conscience troubles her about the case She petitions clemency citing her husband temper and alleged provocation.
Maude Roosevelt Levinson, second cousin to Col. Roosevelt, dies in Berlin of tuberculosis. After divorcing Baron William Mumm Schwartzstein, she pursued acting in the United States under the name Maude Roosevelt. A native of Washington.
Los Angeles reports Standard Oil Co plans to persist costly oil prospecting after buying 860 acres near Fullerton adjoining its existing holdings. The move signals continued exploration on land believed to be oil bearing.
A collection of brief items notes detectives spoof fashion, a New York store sale of antique chests once owned by kings, theater party supper, an auto speed claim, a funeral date, and railroad engineer pay figures across several companies. The mix includes salary details and service contexts for engineers.
The 1911 Swiss chocolate factories produced goods valued at 14 million dollars with 4.524 million exported. A public wedding report notes Miss Gertrude Ring of Nyack and Franklin A. Dimond of New York joined in marriage at St Matthew's rectory in Nyack. A Hastings New York Echo item mentions a Broadway garage sign for tools at 60 cents an hour and a brief remark on scarce files and electric signaling systems.
A New York hypnotist says he can make a woman sing with a beautiful voice while under hypnosis, though she cannot sing or recall music when not hypnotized. The professor jokes he would profit more by using the power to stop women from singing.
Report from Winchester on the annual Van Buren County Horselet Association gathering. A separate item mentions an oyster opener finding a $500 pearl amid an oyster contest in a Chicago restaurant, sparking lighthearted dispute. Miscellany includes quips from Josh Wise and a theater prospective for Mrs Lealie Carter with a humorous question about manly manners.
Positions wanted for one astettographer one stationary engineer one electrician and laborers at 2496 Main. Employment seeking ads list four vacancies and contact details.
A Loraine man files for divorce claiming fatigue from dodging dishes. The suit argues the complaint is unfounded as dodging dishes is preferable to standing still and being hit, making the petition unpersuasive.
A fragment cites a man named Elmer Booze of Oo and suggests he is a saloonkeeper. The note reads as a tongue-in-cheek introduction without further detail.
Snippets report a quirky caution in Danville as Mr Brice Nethers buys a tire. A petty theft near bacon and meat causes a flurry over friendly crime. India and Greece drift into war talk while Americans seek leisure. Ornithologists note a marriage in Orange New Jersey. Ohio tops clay production in 1911 with over 32 million dollars. Abdul Hamid kept 500 boxes of governmental records.
Miss Mildred Russell has gone to Lansing Michigan to attend the state agricultural college. On the voyage to Detroit she enjoyed the novelty of being aboard a boat that won in a collision with another vessel, Chagrin Falls Exponent. In the United States 7,500,000 families own homes, 9,597,185 bank depositors, and 29,988,682 life insurance policies are in effect.
In Lakewood New Jersey Dec 12 Charles Lathrop Pack newly elected president of the national conservation congress speaks on conserving trees and natural resources. He defines conservation as the proper use of all gifts and people and opposes exploitation for selfish gain. He says crops and responsible labor must steward nature.
Wireless transmission between G. B. Maddarm in Honolulu and C. F. Elwell at Arlington near Washington breaks all records for distance. A straight line link spans 5,600 miles, marking a historic milestone in government wireless communication.
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