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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1911
Page
3
Ruby Dennis ten year old wins the Macon district spelling contest after a long tie with Lucie Heifner. Dennis from Anabel School receives a dictionary and will advance to the county spelling match in spring.
A Moline barber Ed Wehr receives a single long letter from fifty seven townspeople spanning 23 yards 19 inches and four inches wide. The roll details marriages illnesses pets and various local happenings in a collective Christmas greeting from the home town.
London dispatches report Russia and England backing Belgian candidate Mornand to replace W Morgan Shuster as Persian treasurer general after his expulsion. Persians reportedly favor American F F Cairns, Shuster’s first assistant, but London sources say pressure from Britain and Russia may secure the Belgian appointment.
Arizona will seek to restore the recall of judges to the state constitution with no opposition. Chief Justice Alfred Franklin says the recall measure will be submitted to voters as the first act of Arizona’s new legislature, criticizing Taft for removing it to gain statehood.
Boston dispatch reports a defense strategy shift in the Rev Clarence V T Richeson murder case. District Attorney Pelletier disclosed records showing cyanide had been given to a girl on October 13, a day before Avis Linnell died, suggesting the death could be by the girl's own action and aiding Richeson's defense.
A young man asked for spare keys at Dr. Stewart's 604 Lyon building and vanished with the keys. The incident ended with the keys missing and reported to the police, leaving a tale about the elusive access in the medical office.
San Francisco Chinatown erupts in celebration as mobs of Mongolians flood into the district for an unprecedented Oriental fete. Beating drums, lanterns, incense fill streets while banners fly and joss houses scent the air. The revelry begins now and peaks on Sunday as the festival runs through New Year’s night.
In Lincoln Nebraska on December 30 a petition circulated to place Wm. J. Bryan on the presidential primary ballot. The move mirrors the muddied Republican situation sparked by John Yeager placing Roosevelt’s home on the ballot. Bryan is not expected to allow his name to be used.
Chairman Henry of the House Rules Committee announced the body will report a resolution authorizing a seven member committee investigation of the shipping trust the Harvester combine and the money trust. He said it will be the most sweeping probe of trust evils yet undertaken and that all three trusts are immediately related.
Readable market page shows a chaotic array of fruits vegetables meats and household staples with prices and item notes. The jumble includes butter Naval oranges pork cooked and fresh produce such as potatoes onions carrots cabbage cauliflower tomatoes lettuce and greens with various quantities and descriptors.
In Indianapolis on December 20 coroner Durham rules the death of Dr Helen Knabe a murder. The verdict notes no specific cause of death was given and offers no further details.
Russian forces formally seize Tabriz after two days of bombardment and take control of the deputy governor general’s headquarters. The town remains quiet as a detachment of the Fifth regiment rifle brigade guards the governor general’s property.
A Oklahoma City report details J. M. Jackson and wife as parents of thirteen children born in three years with a fourteenth son aged 14. Twins five, triplets twice, and a final set of five siblings follow, all reportedly affected by exposure in a cold Boynton station waiting room.
Jubilant progressives in Washington react to President Taft planning a tour of Ohio after La Follette. Representative Nelson of Wisconsin says standpatters face a losing fight as they rely on Taft to stem the rising sentiment.
In San Francisco on December 30 Police Chief White warns the public for New Year celebrations to avoid intoxication. He vows arrests for those who get drunk. George Eckman of Seattle was summoned to a federal grand jury in Los Angeles, possibly over the dynamiting plot or the plumbing trust. He once supervised construction at the Federal building when dynamite was found near the Hall of Records.
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