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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1912
Page
3
Local chronicle highlights new recordings for Victor Edison and Columbia by distinguished singers and their machines. Mentions local musicians featured among the month's offerings.
Catalog notes from Seattle's Eilers Music House list many records with prices from 65 cents to 3.00. It highlights performances by Titta Ruffo, Adelina Patti era style selections, and artists such as Paderewski and John McCormack. The page promotes sales, concert appearances, and recordings available at Third Avenue and University Street.
In Los Angeles Dee 20 John V. Vickers a wealthy broker died after turning to his opponent saying Its your turn The rival then fatally shot himself in Vickers chair police report details remain incomplete as the scene is investigated.
New Haven reports Mrs. Peter Shepard, mother of Min Ley Shepard, is very happy over his intended marriage to Miss Helen Gould as stated in a dispatch from New York.
The Portland vice commission urges a one year moratorium on houses of ill fame by court injunction and proposes placing supreme police authority in a single official. The report states current laws push vice and that the police force is inadequate to manage the situation.
State court action pending to determine city rights on franchise matters delays decisions. Municipal league drew up a resolution opposing the proposed franchise charter amendment approved by the finance committee at Friday’s meeting. The amendment goes to the council for consideration this afternoon.
The article lists average prices paid to farmers and selling prices to retailers for produce and meat items. It includes oranges, potatoes, celery, pork cuts, poultry, and dairy products with notes on freshness and grade affecting values.
New York dispatch reports Keir Hardie warns that America could evolve into a royalistic regime due to plutocracy and a powerful army. He urges workers to redistribute wealth and push municipal and state ownership of utilities and production. He calls for workers to gain control of councils and legislatures.
John Norris aged 82 died moments after his name was read in Sunrise court where an officer admonished him about drinking. In Los Angeles Hal Shain died in a beach track accident at Venice after crashing through railing at 56 miles per hour and injuring three spectators.
Instructions describe building a fireless cooker from a wooden box straw or hay and one gallon jars or tin cylinders. Fill bottom with four inches of hay, place hot receptacles, add food and boiling water, cover with additional hay and clamp lid. Food cooks as jars stay heated until removed.
Olympia Washington December report from Attorney General Tanner recommends creating a bureau to supervise drafting of legislative measures during the session and to revise statutes in interims between sessions to remove duplications.
United Press story from Chicago recounts a white haired stranger who frees birds outside Big Mike Connolly's window. He claims a 15 year prison record and says the street is “the place for one to die” before Connolly rebounds, shelters the birds, and preserves them from the cold.
A party led by Miss Barry Till and Miss Genevieve Davis departs Panama for Cocos island about 550 miles southwest. The island has long drawn treasure seekers with legends of millions of dollars buried there.
A judge questions Optimism Baker about her temperament and finances. Barker confirms she frequently teases her husband about debt, signaling domestic tension amid the broader discussion.
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