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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1911
Page
8
St Petersburg reports a deadly cholera outbreak with official estimates warning death tolls may reach 101 002 in 1910 unless government action slows the disease. Historical figures show 1908 and 1909 deaths in the tens of thousands, highlighting worsening trends and public health concerns.
London February report states militant suffragettes plan a census boycott to pressure Prime Minister Asquith for a suffrage bill this session. The tactic targets enumerators ahead of the April census, aimed at securing parliamentary action.
Stormy winds disrupt small craft along the waterfront with the launch Lavita sinking at its moorings near Washington Street and a watchman narrowly escaping drowning. Vessels run behind schedule amid bucking head winds as New York reports on senior corporate leadership changes and the king’s coronation ambassador.
President and Mrs Taft host a White House dinner for Speaker Joseph G. Cannon in Washington with St. Petersburg mention and a separate note that fifteen hundred striking students were arrested after riotous demonstrations in university precincts.
Our Daily Birthday Party profiles Rev. Anna Howard Shaw a pioneer Methodist minister and early suffragist. The piece recalls her struggle for ordination and lifelong advocacy for votes for women noting her lecturing writing and outspoken views on marriage. It ends inviting readers to return tomorrow.
The Manitoba legislature will decide this week on the reciprocity question as discussions continue.
The annual convention of the Pacific Coast Wholesale Saddlers' Ass'n opened today at the Hotel Portland. The gathering is slated to adjourn on Thursday evening.
Citizens organize a week of meetings where councilmanic candidates will speak. Sessions include Kidd's Hall Green Lake Councilman Goddard Edgewater Dudley's Hall South Park Georgetown Ontario Hotel South Seattle Masonic Temple University district Renton clubhouse Madison Street Eighteenth Avenue Gallenger's Hall West Seattle Youngstown Steiner's Hall Interbay Junction Hall Ballard Rainier Beach Dee4ale's Hall Monday night.
February 14 1876 reports two patent filings in Washington DC by Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray same day. Bell seeks a device to convey sound through a wire while Gray claims a musical telegraph opening long patent disputes that last until 1901.
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