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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1911
Page
8
A whimsical tale of Tam Beaver describing a home built of branches and mud, a water entrance protected from Jack Frost, and collaborative dam building. He explains winter mud houses freezing solid, protecting against enemies like the wolverine, and mentions the beaver’s three feet length, flat tail, reddish brown fur, and value. He also notes beaver hats and muffs.
Paris reports quote M Watteville praising pipes as revealing race traits from stem length to bowl size. He claims longer stems mark more active peoples while shorter stems indicate workers and larger bowls imply generosity, smaller bowls economy. Disband McNamara League in San Francisco with $6000 returned to contributors and expenses covered by four major California labor groups.
Poem warns parents to scorn childish tales and uplift serious study. It condemns fairy tales and urges focus on advanced topics and rigorous learning. The speaker questions value of boyhood play while praising a prodigy shaped by discipline and intellect.
The council judiciary committee yesterday recommended 25 charter amendments. Erickson's single tax amendment goes to the council this afternoon without recommendation. Griffiths opposed it as too radical and has a single tax amendment of his own. A charter amendment for initiative and referendum on saloon licenses was approved. No recommendations on the proposal to seek voter approval on surrender of the Independent Telephone franchise and to establish a municipal telephone system. The committee favorably recommended Hesketh's amendment for a $2.75 minimum wage for city contract work.
A Seattle post office oddity features a man who mailed a letter by mistake while trying to buy steak. The tale includes a rejected civil service exam answer about buggy costs and a hotelkeeper’s quip on who eats honey alongside a Paris breakfast anecdote and a budget remark about breakfast orders.
A sacred appearing old cripple with a Holy Bible marked book roams eight miles southeast of Davis Oklahoma in the Buckle mountains. Miners grow intoxicated leading to an investigation. Empty Bibles and a box resembling a Bible held liquor. A chemical test labeled the concoction brown sugar tobacco arsenic and pepper. It is believed a pint could prove fatal.
City council approves selling 250000 in municipal car bonds alongside about 2000000 in other bonds. The resolution directs the city comptroller to negotiate the sale on the same basis as other municipal bonds and to proceed with the issue.
Roland W. Cotterill, secretary of the park board, intends to run for city comptroller. A ruling from the corporation counsel states civil service rules do not bar civil service employees from running for any office, a decision received by the commission last night.
Wm 8 Marshall formerly of Seattle died in Montclair New Jersey survived by a widow and a daughter Will H Hanna county treasurer who delivered 876 000 in Seattle and King county bonds to New York men has returned bonds readily purchased R H Thomson engineer port of Seattle to answer questions on Hague civic center plans at municipal league meeting at Dale's cafeteria Saturday evening January 6 Christmas to be celebrated at W C A headquarters with a tree and party tonight at the Fourth and Seneca W C A building holiday party for Y M C A members Arthur Rief 17 year old Portland messenger arrested by Secret Service Agents Peer and S A Connela held in city jail as a witness in connection with arrest of youthful band of Portland counterfeiters
E R Fairbanks traffic manager of the Pacific Coast Shippers association announces a ten cent per hundred pounds cut on shingles to Denver. All transcontinental roads will follow, and the reduction is expected to boost the red cedar shingle market for Western Washington manufacturers by at least 25 percent.
The city council yesterday confirmed Cheasty’s term begins at the start of the year. Details indicate a planned transition and a formal swearing in to set the new leadership.
In December 1862, 42,000 Union troops landed on the Mississippi shore near Chickasaw Bayou but faced stiff Confederate defenses. Only a small force could advance to the bluffs, held by 12,000 Confederates who could have repelled a much larger Union force.
The city lifts the 1 to 6 a m table curfew allowing pool and billiard rooms to operate at night once more. Officials say the measure grants venues time to serve late patrons while keeping the public policy concerns addressed.
Across reports from multiple cities, Dr. Charles W Naughty of New York is in a naval hospital for Pasteur treatment after being bitten by a fellow physician who died of rabies. Other items note Yale exploration leader Hiram Bingham riding in a New York taxicab, and various odd local incidents.
A unit of the 16th cavalry at Fort Sheridan must pay $60 for a Christmas tree cut from the garden of H. H. McCormick. McCormick objected to the borrowing and noted the tree was taken without permission.
In a Washington persona labeled Prince Cupid, Jonah Kahlo Ka lamalaole proposes to represent Hawaii in Congress. Critics call him an Americanized hula, likening his plan to a risqué Numbo Jumbo dance seen as modern antifat satire that many fear will influence society and the divorce scene alike.
The internal revenue department will require all incorporated companies in the United States to render a report of the business done during 1911. Reports are due as soon after January 1, 1912 as possible, with a heavy fine for those failing to file by March 1, 1912.
Metropolitan Thursday to Saturday features Seven Days and The Virginian at Seattice. The Chaperon shines with Myrtle Vane in the Alhambra. Orpheum Pantages Empress and Grand present vaudeville and motion pictures in a varied bill.
In Baltimore on December 27 a 20 year old proposal by R. Schmidt to Miss Augusta Jacobs resurfaced after he believed it mailed. He tracked Miss Jacobs down and the pair soon married, closing a long postponed courtship.
Indianapolis mayor helps the needy with low price food at the city market. New York reports a young man found dead by gunfire and a family mystery. Corona plans a fur imitation from rabbi remains. Atlanta notes a Christmas pardon offer that was refused. New York aids poor families with anonymous gold gifts. Paris sees a tube with radium allowances reported by a courier boy. Fire Chief Kenton in New York leads cooling fires amid a family crisis. The Greeley WCTU pledges to boil bootleggers’ products.
The census bureau warns that Christmas turkeys could vanish by 1920 if the current decline in numbers continues. The grim forecast emphasizes a future with no gobbles.
Miss Helen Green, a former New York writer who also penned books, met F. R. Van Campen in Goldfield Nevada after a worldwide romance hunt. They married yesterday in a quiet ceremony by Rev. M. A. Matthews, witnessed by two close friends. The groom later struck it rich on La Touche island in Alaska. The newlyweds plan to depart for the North early next year.
The listing notes a 54 inch striped Cheviot fabric available in Copenhagen blue myrtle green brown navy blue and covert offered at 58 cents per yard for a limited time.
Notions Sundries Specials list dress forms in sizes 32 34 36 and 38 at 50 cents each. Tooth brushes with 3 or 4 rows of bristles for men women and children at 8 cents. Toilet soap guest room size on clearance 1 cent per cake. White Rose talcum powder on clearance 5 cents. Palmolive soap with slightly soiled wrappers on clearance 5 cents per cake.
Knit underwear items listed with fleece lined vests in ecru and long sleeves. Garment parts include ankle length matching pieces and a quoted price of 19 cents.
Unusually-low prices due to a special purchase. Embroideries in floral and eyen designs on fine sheer Swiss and nainsook fabrics, suitable for costumes or undermuslins. Basement Salesroom offers 35 cents per yard.
Lace selections from RENCH and German Valenciennes range 44 to 1 percent inches wide with new patterns. Some sets match, price special at 12 yards for 25 cents.
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