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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1913
Page
4
In Gary Maryland a married woman is chosen to head the police and fire departments. The move aims at efficiency with her ability to slide down firehouse poles from the upper room.
A Beloit Wisconsin couple Mr and Mrs Fred Cravening welcome a baby girl weighing only two pounds at birth. The tiny infant is described as a marvel yet cherished as a new family joy. The parents, though tired, express deep happiness with their fragile newborn and imagine a hopeful future.
The piece notes Atty. Gen. McReynolds opposes government ownership of telegraphs and telephones, suggesting a 12 year delay. It urges readers to urge Congress to pass the Lewis bill for trunk line takover and 10 cent telegrams, highlighting mass public sentiment.
A cub reporter outside the American embassy in London pressed Mrs. Sayre and Miss Page for questions on Kaiser affairs and suffrage. Ambassador Page was angry at the stunt, calling it a common trick of American reporters.
President Wilson proclaims a great victory over predatory wealth as Bell Telephone agrees to sell Western Union. No price or wage gains follow. telegram rates stay up. telephone wages and working conditions remain unchanged. Memphis, Tennessee faces farm woes amid egg price disputes and odd New Year news.
A Yonkers woman sues for divorce claiming her husband tied a towel around her mouth to stop her talking. The article lists curious gossip and a mix of sports notes and odd anecdotes from the era, including baseball chatter about Charley Fullerton and Connie Mack trades.
A letter to The Star argues Seattle should host a regional reserve bank due to shorter transport times and higher trade volume. Spokane and Portland offer weaker case, while Alaska trade strengthens Seattle’s position. The writer cites Puget Sound cities and Western Washington towns needing a unified committee to present the case.
William Morris presents a four day Moore engagement starting New Year’s Day including Alice Lloyd England’s famed comedienne and a 76 member company. Miss Lloyd stars in a new offering while Frank Fogarty and 20 other sensational features bolster the act.
Chicago report notes Henry Spencer's memory and Herman Diler confessing to 20 murders after police action. Suringeiflg Massachusetts covers Taft urging corporal discipline for Rochester NY Boys Club strikers.
Chronicles Col Hawthorne a lifelong organizer from 1886 timber earnings to 1916 campaign prep. He spurred Nebraskan sympathy with Bryan and built Seattle’s County Democratic club from a dilapidated group into a thriving three figure membership through persistent meetings and public discourse.
The article notes that the Grizzly is the largest bear and the only American species that cannot climb trees. It argues the Grizzly poses little danger when reared in captivity, explains hibernation patterns, and contrasts captive bears with those in tropical regions.
Several cities report local notices and family estates. Florence residents push a free wagon bridge across the Missouri near Omaha water works intake. In Omaha Chas Turner’s $1,000,000 estate passes to his siblings and their children.
Forty thousand Colorado labor members demand Governor Elias Ammons resign or be recalled over alleged military rule in Huerfano and Las Animas counties. They accuse General John Chase of subverting civil law, imprisoning citizens, starving detainees, torturing prisoners, insulting women, graves dug by dissenters, plundered homes, and opened mail. The federation convened to address reported outrages as Ammons faces recall after the vote.
Experts labored through the night to open a safe carrying 100000 dollars in cash and securities from the Union Bank at Novinger Missouri. The fire destroyed the bank building and the safe was superheated so the casing and breaching fused. A St Louis cashier and an expert failed to open the safe before it was sent to a safe and lock company in St Louis.
New York officers report a Bermuda case where a Black man was sentenced to hang but the executioner was deemed too old. A rope was missing but later supplied, delaying the hanging until spring.
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