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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1913
Page
1
A newspaper notes the kindness of laundry employers who gave their mostly female workers Christmas off. The piece jokes that while workers enjoyed the break, business dictates eight hours of toil come Sunday, praising benevolent bosses despite the looming work schedule.
The mayor of Tokio O Tagawa visits Seattle City Hall with C T Takashi after a delayed arrival. He expresses regards for Mayor Cotterill and city officials, leaves a card for Mayor Seattle, and notes Tagawa is gathering data on Northwest municipal questions.
Dr Linda Burfield Hazzard known as the fasting specialist will leave Seattle at 3 30 pm for Walla Walla to serve a sentence of two to twenty years in the state penitentiary She will be escorted by Miss Marion E B Dunbar and Mrs Mary Edwards and hopes to make the journey a triumphal progress rather than a disgrace The case involves manslaughter in the death of Claire Williamson an English patient who died under her care
Pending the contempt show cause hearing for three striking teamsters Thomas Caven Frank Widerman and John Doe Smark a truce holds between warring factions. Police monitor the strike district after reports of violence earlier. three men were shot by a non union driver in the recent trouble.
Mary Schwab stayed in town to present her side to about 100 people in Port land, climbed a telegraph pole, and spoke for over an hour before speaking at Odd Fellows hall tomorrow evening. In Galena, Kan, R 8 Milligan quit work after discovering a broken shoulder from a fall a week earlier, though he had continued working with minor pain.
A severe storm hit New York causing shipboard danger and property damage. Vessels reported in peril from Wong Hineh to Highland Beach and two barges sank at Forked River New Jersey with a man clinging to rigging as distress signals went out.
Coastal surf overwhelmed the old bulkhead at Venice California as seven summer homes at Vista Avenue erode from the tides. By noon it appeared the structures would be doomed, underscoring a dramatic oceanfront danger in the area.
The Star introduces the first Pennant in its Art Series featuring Billie Burke. This coupon plus 20 cents entitles the holder to a Pennant at The Star office or any branch, with 25 cents by mail.
Fred L. Boalt recounts a Dreamland event where 3750 sacks of toys and candy were distributed to 3750 children with help from volunteers, police, and donors. A last doll moved one lonely girl to tears as the crowd celebrated a miraculous, well organized Christmas outreach.
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