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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1901
Page
1
The Salvation Army and Volunteers of America distribute clothing, toys, and food to needy families in Seattle. Charity Organization Society supports families to self sufficiency as Christmas spreads quiet good will and peace through the city.
In Montclair New Jersey on December 4, Dexter Reamer son of a wealthy family prepares to enlist despite his father Horace Reamer advising mercantile work. A recent scout visit prompts the father to allow his son to follow through, though he cannot prevent him from enlisting.
A Buffalo bound train is reported to hurry into town late tonight or tomorrow stationing near the city. The passengers indicate they traveled from Yellowstone Park and passed Effensburg during the journey.
A social gathering last night devolved into disorder as celebrations spiraled into a clash among guests. Local authorities report no serious injuries, but several attendees faced minor charges and were escorted from the scene.
Vandalism disrupted work on the new Science hall as a scaffold rope was severed. Two painters on the ledge clung to the window and were rescued after the scaffold collapsed, narrowly missing a fatal fall. Police investigate the deliberate act.
Berlin reports the emperor weighing social questions on beer and work hours. He notes beer in factories reduces efficiency and proposes moves to restrict beer in worksites. Record kept of beer impacts show rises in output when prohibition or limits are in place. The article also mentions A B Bell, 67, dying at Providence Hospital, former Northern Pacific conductor and G A R member.
An explosion under a rear stove at a gambling club on Totem Street injures three men J M Siason Jack Cotta and Soren Neilson. Police and fire officials suspect dynamite though motive remains unsettled with theories of robbery or a crank aiming to disrupt the venue. Property damage is minimal.
Waldo Kennard of Colorado says he was attacked in an umbrella store on Second Avenue and Madison Street by two Robeson brothers, who were arrested and released on $200 bonds. He filed assault and battery warrants, seeks damages, and the trial before Justice Cain is set for tomorrow.
A white crow, yearly visitor at this season, has appeared again in Swedesboro. The bird’s summer fate remains unknown, and local gunners report having shot at it many times without success, deeming its life charmed.
Stans Oleson reports a break in at his shack near Dennyway where robbers damaged the interior and took items, claiming a drunken riot after a fight. police consider the incident likely a drunken fracas rather than a planned theft.
Edwin Chriscada attempted to disrupt a Swedish Salvation Army street service on Washington Street. He faces a disorderly conduct charge and will spend Christmas in city jail. Officers intervened when a bystander, Williams, objected due to inebriation and a language barrier.
Manager John Cort of the Grand called 45 employees to his office one by one and gave each a Christmas remembrance. In return he received a solid gold chain from stage employees and gifts from front-of-house staff and managers nationwide.
A man and a woman shoplifted a mart en boa valued around 90 dollars from EBW Newhall's drygoods store that evening. The pair mingled with patrons before seizing the item and fleeing the scene. Clerks and managers observed the theft but could not stop them. Police description of the suspects was reported.
Progress on brick paving in the Yealer Way district nearly finished. Excavations are done and concrete work has begun between Yesier Way and Washington Street and between Second and Occidental avenues. Contract expected completed by January 6.
The Henpecked Husbands' Association formed at Ferguson a suburb of St. Louis Missouri includes prominent members. Meetings alternate at members' homes and wives are barred. The group aims to promote forget fullness of sorrow and fines or expulsion follow any member who praises his wife at a meeting.
Washington report notes widespread Filipino desire to learn English and rapid enrollment in government schools. Commission recommends 200 more American teachers and prioritizing young men of good character. Advocates sending promising youths to American schools to accelerate Western education and civilization.
A trio of artists Charles R Hall Richard Halli and Virgil Mall brothers with international reputation in color and landscape plan Washington exhibitions. They loan a 25060 painting to the Gentile library and work on Tumwater Canyon priced at 5000 while preparing twelve works for the St Louis exposition including pieces from California Washington and Britain.
Albert Adams aged 27 died at Providence hospital two and a half hours after a skull fracture from a wagon accident near the Rainier Grand hotel yesterday afternoon. He suffered severe facial and neck lacerations and lived with his wife on First Avenue South and Connecticut Street. Remains are at Seattle Undertaking Parlors.
A man clinging to a lamppost in Pittsburg Pennsylvania cried fire and murder, attracting a policeman who saw flames leaping from his overcoat pocket. Bystanders helped extinguish the fire after the coat was removed and he was drenched with water. He identified himself as Patrick Dean and said whiskey and matches caused the blaze. Dougherty suffered severe burns.
Hert Flegie of Westville in La Porte County is reported critically ill after a sudden uncontrollable spell of laughter yesterday. Doctors say protracted fits may have torn membranes and caused internal complications likely to prove fatal.
Georg Deigh, a bystander, leaped into the street on Yesler Way to halt a runaway horse pulling a Pacific Meat Co. cart. He secured the animal by the bit, ending the dash with both rider and horse down but unharmed. The crowd was saved from injury though Deigh and the horse both fell.
Dr. F. M. Carroll opens city germ laboratory at Fifth Avenue and Yesler Way. He hosts a dramatic congress of germs with specimens from Cedar River and other docks. The health officer describes grading and distribution of contagious germ kits to physicians for testing and rapid notification within 24 hours.
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