Death by Whiskey Claims Irish Scholar in Seattle
Patrick Smith, a once bright linguist and university instructor born in Ireland, died after a long battle with whiskey. Once a respected educator, he faded into poverty and addiction, writing rambling playlets in his trunk while drifting from coast to coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Smith
P. J. McHugh
Beacon Hill Apartments
Judking St
Patrick
University of Cork
Whiskey
Smith
America
Seattle
Flend
Frye-Brahn Abbatoir
Seattle official admits bribe in Leavitt case
Claude B. Peyton, former Seattle prosecutor official, says he and Deputy DA Frank Holzheimer took $1,000 from Leavitt and signed confessions at District Attorney Fredericks home in Los Angeles. Peyton says Holzheimer proposed the payoff, and he accepts partial blame. He details delays in San Francisco while returning prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam
Seattle
Leavitt
Claude B. Peyton
Prosecuting Attorney's Office
The
Star
Frank Holzheimer
Fredericks
Los Angeles
Beattie Tragedy A New York Lawyer’s Son Commits Suicide
Raymond Lloyd, a scion of a prominent New York family and former Met Life agent, drank carbolic acid in Beattie after years of loneliness and few friends. His father Atty. Lloyd, once law partner of President Taft, lamented in a Christmas note. The death ends a six year Beattie stay and is reported as the incident’s narrative continues on page seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beattie
Raymond Lloyd
Yate
New York
Atty
R P. Lloyd
William Howard Taft
Union League Club
Murray Hill Hotel
New York City
Beattle
The
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
White Named at Dictation of Foreman
Supreme Court Justice Will today sworn in as prosecuting attorney as special prosecutor to review conflicts between the sheriff and the prosecuting attorney. The grand jury urged harmony while foreman Parker sought to end the interoffice brawl and to appoint Vanderveer to handle the probe into graft and divergence of interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Grand Jury
Ronald
Gilliam
Fore‘Parker
Sreday
Wanderer
Erveer
Ron- E Hia
Eman Parker
Mecitor Alec
Veer
Ronseeeeerveer
Pittsburg Lad Detective Murdered in Vacant House
Pittsburg, Pa Dec 27 Detectives probe the murder of 14 year old James Lawrence Friel whose body was found frozen in a vacant house by playmates. Neighbors heard groans Dec 22 but did not investigate. He was mutilated and his throat slit, with theories he was lured by tramps or killed by thieves he tracked down while playing detective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preas
Pittsburg
James Lawrence Friel
Trampa
Friel
Mental Christmas Gifts On The Applied Thinkers Tree
In Boston on December 27 a Church of Applied Thought service celebrated mental and spiritual Christmas presents rather than physical goods. Rev Anna B Davis led the exercises as candles lit every branch and a tinsel stream descended from the top. Children clamored for candy and toys while adults praised the idea’s beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Church of Applied Thought
Anna B. Davis
Frisco Club Woman Refuses Bail in Fraud Case
Elizabeth Newman known as Bessie Murphy, a university graduate, clubwoman and author, remains in San Francisco city jail on a $500 defrauding an automobile dealer charge. Friends visited daily with gifts and offers of bail, but she declines to discuss details and says she is innocent. Her husband is reportedly missing and cannot be located by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
San Francisco
Elizabeth Newman
Newman
Bessie Murphy
Austrian Law Blocks Men From Leaving Earth Without WivesOK
Washington dispatch reports a new Austrian rule requiring a man to obtain written consent from his nearest female relative before ballooning or using aerial navigation to leave Earth. A diplomat notes suffrage and equal rights are fine but Austria imposes this personal consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Eccentric Singer Delights Lunatic Asylum Audience
A clever eccentric performs comic songs at a concert in a lunatic asylum. After he finishes an amused reaction erupts as an old woman sighs that she is committed while he is free. Tid Bits.
Carriers invited to Majestic matinee tomorrow
The Star invites its carriers and branch boys to a Majestic matinee at 2 16 PM tomorrow. The program features Al Reno and his Misfit Army, Sallie Stembler, Hilly Coleman piano monologue, Paulinette and Picque, The Melanix, and La Mirette. Tickets are free and issued by the circulation department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majestic
Star
The
al Reno
Folly Sallie Stembler
Hilly Coleman
Paulinette and
Picque
Celete
Head and Tyrer arraigned on embezzlement charges
Charlies E. Head former clerk in Justice Carroll's court and Thomas Tyrer former checker in the county auditors office waived preliminary examination in Justice Fred Brown's court. Bind over to the superior court in 6000 dollars each. Bond and attorney details listed for involved parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies E. Head
John BE. Carroll
Thomas Tyrer
Justice Carroll
Fred ©. Brown
Roger M. Gray
Cyrenus Finch
Head
Rose Marrington
W. Cruce
A. B. Fleet
Wiliam Kingsley
Tyrer
George Bo Steiner
Hi Gill
Mob hangs Oregon killer after slaying sheep herder
Oliver Snyder killed Arthur Greene a sheep herder in Heppner Oregon on Friday night. A mob of farmers seized Snyder from Deputy Sheriff Joe Cassidy and shot him multiple times after Greene tried to stop him from killing a dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Heppner
Ore
Oliver Snyder
Arthur Greene
Sheygif
Joe Cassidy
Howse
Cassidy
Snyder
Greene
Charles Beymer
Burglar Robs Mrs. Av Leonard at 414 John Street
Awakened by a tug on her pillow Mrs Av Leonard heard a tall burglar by her bed. She screamed as the thief rifled a $40 stash from beneath the pillow and fled through a window into the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Av 1. Leonard
John Street
Riot Ends Chinese Japanese Football Match in San Francisco
In San Francisco a riot erupted after the annual game between Chinese Imperial eleven and the Fuji team. The Japanese won 10 to 0, but Chinese players carried off the ball amid fighting among spectators and players. Police intervened as stones knives umbrellas and sticks flew in a mob of about 300. Three Japanese players were hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
San
Bansal
Little steamer sinks at dock after collision
The Columbia, a small Sound steamer owned by Capt. Goode of Portland, was rammed by the Tiverton while docking near the Standard Oil wharf. A large hole appeared below the water line and the vessel sank quickly, with three crew members barely escaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Capt. Goode
Portland
Standard Oil
Tiverton
Golden tresses vanish after stalker kills themself in Midwest scare
A spoof mix of odd tidbits notes a 180000 water project in West Seattle, a St. Louis woman loses her hair to a killer, and a Seine-like tale of family drift in Klickitat county. The page ends with a suicide following police pressure and no arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Ehien
St. Louis
Sutherland Sisters
Authenticity claimed for Taft stamped national whiskey
An official looking announcement from the nation’s capital bears the stamp of W. H. Taft of that city and is believed to be authentic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Hi, Taft
Scientists and journalists trail Cook’s vanished search
In Paris reporters and explorers hunt for Dr. Frederick A. Cook who vanished amid claims of polar discovery. They pace Nice and Monte Carlo as expeditions multiply, while Cook’s fame rivals the North Pole find.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unit Press
Paris
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Cook
Nice
Monte Carlo
Town to be moved to railroad right of way
The town with about 1000 residents will be moved several miles north to align with the Chicago and Northwestern rail line. Businessmen have bought land for a new townsite and will relocate the courthouse, schoolhouse, business blocks, and large homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
LAMBO
Chicago & Northwestern
Weather Forecast: Fair Tonight and Tuesday
Fair conditions expected tonight with moderate east winds. The outlook calls for continued fair weather into Tuesday with light to moderate easterly breezes.
Taft weighs message to Congress on Sherman Act repeal
Washington dispatch reports Taft torn between business interests and politics over potential modification of the Sherman anti trust law. The piece notes administration nerves, court upholding the act, and hints at broader public reaction amid taft’s split loyalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court of the United States
Taft
Congress
Jones, Smith Or Crown
William Howard Taft
Business
Teachers Sell Peanuts Gain New Piano for School
West Orange New Jersey teachers at St Mark s public school turned peanut profits into a new piano after the board of education refused their request. They roasted raw peanuts and sold them to pupils and friends, earning a healthy return that financed the instrument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ity United Press
West Orange
N. J
St. Mark's Public School
Board of Education
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iit
Mello
Willie
Holzheimer
Vanderveer
Peyton
Mary Johnson
Chesterfield
Jaabiesten D. C
Raymond
H. PL
White
Foreman
Mor
Attor
Frisco Club
Earth
Austria Mills
Vaude- Vne
la Mirette
Oregon
West Seattle
Finch Water Maine
Cross Bay
James Lafeuve
Klickitat County
Alfred
Jimmy
Binghamton
N. Y
Butler
Sarah Crawford
St. Joseph, Mo
Gilson Gardner
Washington Correspondent
Valentine Peyton
Zimmerman
Sacramento
Claude Peyton
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!