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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1910
Page
2
Charles Cohen, a commission merchant, handed $2,000 to a Black Hand messenger under police watch. The courier disappeared with the money after a taxi drop and hotel handoff, while detectives waited at the Cadillac hotel for the culprits to appear. A clerk revealed that a lady and gentleman had claimed the package.
Cartoon caption discusses a new improved pin device with humorous praise. The piece riffs on callers’ reactions and suggests curiosity about a clever gadget. No clear event or person beyond the joke theme is identified.
After years of service the common domestic pin gives way to an improved pin with a small straight bar instead of a bead. It comes in six sizes from about one inch to two inches, sold in boxes of about 100. The pin grips sheets and documents without damaging materials, can be drawn without breaking nails, does not jerk the material, and stops it from calling its owner a pinhead.
In Philadelphia on February 3, authorities failed again to secure Ferdinand Cohen’s release. A telegram he sent his wife after the disappearance with Roberta de Jahon suggests plans for termination, signaling continuing obstructions in the case.
New Orleans reports aviator Lewis Paulhan has been engaged for an aviation meet on February 5. He is slated to perform demonstrations and compete in aerial displays, drawing crowds to the event.
In a fierce confrontation Liabeuf, an Apache figure, wailed threats and fought police with a knife and spiked bands. Officers, aided by peers, struggled violently, inflicting injuries while subduing him and hauling him to the station after a brutal clash.
Pekin China reports the new elaborate phone system is in working order after training in San Francisco. Two exchanges can serve 6,500 subscribers. Men avoid harsh language, calling the hello girls graceful names such as lilies of the air and butterflies that talk.
Nathan Franklin carried a single baby shoe through twenty years of tramp life. The shoe, found over his heart in a tattered coat, yielded a name and address when a slip of paper with his son’s details was discovered. The elder Franklin died at Pisgah home. the shoe became key in tracing his son and settling a small inheritance.
Oakland California February 1 Peter Radanovich is jailed on battery charges after allegedly dancing a polka on his stepdaughter Annie Jackuilvin during her wedding morning The stepdaughter says he threatened her with a rope and a gas pipe before leaping onto her and she escaped to her mother’s room Authorities report the motive linked to the stepdaughter’s fiancé Nick Hallas and Ballas’ railroad pay ranked insufficient for a family
Carrie Nation the saloon smasher arrived in Washington a time ago and paid a fine in police court with a check. The check was cashed by her attorney Matthew E. O’Brien and parties, and a saloonkeeper printed an advertising card showing the check with the caption We cash Carrie Nation's checks.
The American England firemen on the National lines of Mexico voted almost unanimously to resign and plan a walkout around February 10.
In Lynn Massachusetts a wedding was interrupted when a writ was served on groom Karl D. Fogg as he prepared to don his wedding attire. After a tense confrontation with a constable and a money dispute, Fogg freed himself and, aided by a telephone contact with his attorney, resolved the matter. He arrived an hour late, but his bride and attendees waited.
Mrs. Mary Duffy argued before Judge Crowe that her husband Peter Duffy beat her to prove love. The judge discharged the prisoner, quipping about the saying that women love the hands that beat them. In Montana, broker Charles W. Cockrell died from suspected carbolic acid intake.
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