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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1910
Page
4
A humorous, dramatic monologue about a mother hearer preparing for the busiest shopping day of the year. The speaker vows to brave crowds and hatpin pricks, insisting she will be first in the line despite foreseen scorn and rough treatment.
John D. Rockefeller has made a final gift to the University of Chicago totaling 10 million dollars. He believes the school should be aided by many gifts rather than one donor. The article notes Rockefeller has given the university about 35 million in total gifts.
Matches in the 125-pound class travel through general delivery in Seattle. The memo notes letters addressed to him will reach him via the general delivery system.
Police searched the Boston residence of 63 year old Elizabeth Knacier after her arrest on shoplifting charges. Officers found a large assortment of items worth more than 5000 dollars including food, paint, brushes, instruments, vases, and manicure sets in the home.
Jamon H. Mack of Vineland, secretary of Imperial Development, received a two year term in the Aviana Ga penitentiary after conviction on mail fraud charges. Co defendant D Harry Chandler was acquitted for lack of mailed evidence and Mack’s attorney sought clemency as the judge imposed the sentence. The u s marshall planned to move Mack to Atlanta the following day.
Dee 21 with his partner Nellie N Hall were found asphyxiated in a room they had inhabited for a week. A gas jet was found open to the room. No motive was found for the deaths. Newcomb was about 30 and the woman about 28.
Berlin reports rising German discontent over Allied naval moves. Fraternizing of English American and French fleets excludes Germany’s vessels and the American fleet’s European tour failure to stop at Wilhelmshaven is seen as an affront by German naval heads.
In Trenton on December 21, burglar Jason Meany looted Mrs. Julian Voorhees home and dropped a diamond ring. He reached under a stove in darkness and grubbed in a rat trap, which snapped shut on his three fingers. He did not flee and was captured.
Chief Justice Rudkin of the Washington state supreme court will not be appointed to the United States district court for Eastern Washington. The decision ends persistent expectations that he would be chosen, as announced in Washington on December 21.
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