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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1910
Page
4
A report details explorer C E Bell who plunged 1500 feet during a descent into a crater near river headwaters 190 miles south of today. His companions failed to reach him as a rescue rope lowered 200 feet and Bell disappeared. Local guides knew the crater area well and the search continued at press time.
A chaotic report depicts the Philadelphia street railway strike with Mayor Reyburn deploying police, militia talk, and business unrest. It laments municipal liberty lost to violence as citizens suffer, while imperial symbols like Liberty Hall and the Liberty Bell loom in a city torn by conflict.
Special Investigator Angus Cordon reveals vast quantities of fowl flesh fruit and dairy stored in Chicago warehouses at famine prices. District Attorney Sims pushes to jail beef ringsters after seeing the pantry of America.
Investigative report details vast holdings in Chicago cold storage by the Beef Ring, including eggs, butter, poultry, and meats. The piece accuses the group of cornering perishable goods to fix prices, with warehouses in Armour and Swift facilities holding tens of millions of pounds and hundreds of millions of cases, driving costs for consumers while arguing storage serves conservation. Public officials and legal action are mentioned as potential responses to curb the scheme.
Fresno, February 28. Dave Adams, a Madeira blacksmith, was found in the San Joaquin River near Fresno with his neck broken and head cut open by multiple blows. Two boys, Merlin Brown and Dean Dougherty, reported the body after seeing it upright with feet in mud, bound by ropes. Adams had arrived two weeks earlier and his partner is missing.
In Walla Walla unions demand members of Company K Washington National Guard quit the militia or the union. The dispute began when Joseph Tierney, president of the Butchers' Union, resigned after joining the company and cooks and waiters unions have since pressed several militia men to choose sides, risking muster out for lack of volunteers.
Chicago News reports two boys Louis Smith aged 12 and Cecil Mann aged 11 left the Washington Children's Home after planning bold plans to seek fame and fortune as streetcar conductors. They wore overalls and vanished with no supplies and are considered dangerous by staff while authorities search for them.
A 20 year old robber held up grocer Robert Avon at a West Seattle shop near 12th and California, tied him up, and escaped with $9 in cash and $26 in checks after notifying a night operator. He left a courteous message asking for the grocer to be released and no harm done. Police tracked the suspect after the operator relayed the report.
The Monday Star outlines upcoming articles addressing law and socialism with a sequence of four pieces. It promises reader access to a legislative and civic focus in Seattle and Washington State, with street address cues and evening hours for public viewing.
A classic dental of advertising claims that Pape's Diapepsin ends dyspepsia and stomach distress in minutes. It touts rapid relief from indigestion gas heartburn and nausea and promises improved appetite and sleep with regular use. Contains strong call to obtain from a pharmacist.
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