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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1911
Page
3
A fragmented verse notes a curious scene where a piece titled OsGAR and Adolf appears on stage and is removed quickly. The lines play with time and repetition as the speaker laments the oddities of life and stage life.
Four men are missing and believed dead after 6 000 pounds of dynamite exploded from a scow anchored opposite the Seuferts cannery on the Columbia river. Six others are seriously injured at local hospitals.
Don Trueblood, a university student, saved George W. Gilbert after a racing shell sank in Lake Union near the Latona bridge shortly after 6 PM. Gilbert, unable to swim, clung to wreckage until a rope failed to reach him and he sank. a bystander from the coach’s boat jumped in and pulled him to safety.
Spokane reports that rumors of bubonic plague are debunked after examination of the W. P. Oliver family. Dr A G Leid of the United States Marine Corps declares the illness to be acute grippe and pneumonia rather than plague.
A high wind fueled a blaze that originated in a house occupied by Mrs. James Wilson, destroying four houseboats near Leahi Park on Lake Washington. The gas stove fire spread before water could reach the scene, but the steamer Triton saved nearby structures. Insured losses reach about 9500 dollars for B L Muir properties.
Reform has a fighting chance in Chicago today as contenders vie for the four year mayorship with an $18 000 annual salary. Republican Charles E B Merriam faces Edward F Dunne in the battle for reform backed by rival factions while other candidates include Beally Thompson Smulaki and Brubacker. Democrats feature Carter Harrison and Andrew J Graham with Hearst papers backing Harrison and Roger Sullivan backing Graham. Socialist W E Rodriguez and Prohibitionist W A Brubacker also run.
The Orpheum presents a strong seven night program led by C William Kolb in The Delicatessen Shop, a nonstop comedy. Stuart Barnes delivers clean lines, Rowina Stewart and Gladys Murray perform a novel sketch, Ferry the Frogman offers a new act, and numerous acts including Rogers Hart Hamid Alexander Twing and the Orpheum motion pictures headline a lineup that ends with a top Matinee Girls routine and Jig steps.
The page lists varying market prices for produce, feed, and farm goods. Butter, eggs, poultry, meat, and vegetables show regional figures with unit weights and conditional notes. Prices reflect freshness and grade, typical of the era’s shop and farm exchange.
A. S. Grant Evans, cashier of Farmers Bank and Trust Co. in Moscow Idaho, was arrested on two warrants alleging about $12,000 embezzled. Evans claimed innocence and said other bank officials had access to the books and did not always record their dealings.
A courier from El Paso describes Col. Rabago's federal troops nearing Madero's camp. Insurgents burned a freight train they controlled and retreated in small bands to the mountains. Additionally, John Hays Hammond is named the U.S. special ambassador to the King George coronation.
Councilman Kellogg urged indefinite postponement of the daylight saloon measure and faced opposing votes as the ordinance was killed. Wardall demanded an investigation of the Germania case before licensing William Bloch. Goddard and Wardall to oversee inquiry. Mayor Dilling sought 444 for Patrolman Davia funeral costs. Finance committee to consider. Public works to spend 125000 on garbage incineration plants.
A legislative committee report finds the National Guard hampered by persistent bickering and political interference. It criticizes Col. George B. Lamping and Col. Case as excitable, says neither commands respect, and notes lax business methods without questioning Lamping’s integrity.
An overheated stove sparked a blaze at W. Waite street last night, injuring Mrs. Emma T. Hall who died at the city hospital a few hours later. The tent her occupants were trying to save burned as flames spread.
Wells Fargo detectives in Chicago investigate a robbery aboard a through express train on the Erie railroad running New York to Chicago. The train consists of express cars sealed at New York.
Ernest Hateman first cousin of C. D. Hillman testified that 19500 of Hillman’s money funded Birmingham docks and sidewalks and that many sales doubles came from inexperienced staff. He said contracts include sick pay exemptions and a free deed for heirs. Other witnesses described Boston Harbor discovery and Hillman’s factory relocation talks while awaiting trial.
John A Edmonson files for divorce from Tommie Zenla Edmonson, married 1906, claiming idle gossip by the wife reduced him from a bishop in the Church of God to a Pullman porter. The couple share five children.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick fix for indigestion gas dyspepsia and upset stomach. It claims relief in five minutes with a single 50 cent dose and promises digesting all food like a healthy stomach. The copy urges readers to tell their druggist to obtain relief immediately.
The piece notes optimism that the ultimate consumer will soon be able to actively consume a product or service, signaling a rexist outlook on the horizon and potential market expansion.
Many cases of piles have been cured by a trial package of Pyramid Pile Cure without further treatment. When it proves its value, get more from your druggist at 50c a box. Fill out the free coupon and mail today. Save yourself from the surgeon's knife and its bills.
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