The Star's Homefolks Tourists Bid Snow-Capped Olympics Goodby
A travel note from the Star's Homefolks Tour describes sailing from Puget Sound toward the Orient. The writer abandons Seattle to sea, notes 4000 miles ahead to the open Pacific, and hints at a lost day of travel before continuing letters explaining the 24 hour discrepancy.
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Puget Sound
Port Townsend
Victoria
Canadian
Wide Strait
Seattle
Sound
Auto crash prompts murder language from Oakland police
Detective Bureau chief Walter J. Peters orders drivers to shoot to kill after an auto party crash killed Frank Deuteligstein, a young man who was struck by a streetcar while pleading for motorists to stop. Richard Eaton, 16, confessed to taking a car without permission.
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Oakland
Tan
Walter J. Peters
Frank la
White
Turk
Richard Eaton
Murder suicide unlikely in Cumberland gum poisoning case
Grace Blosser and her lover were found dead on a sofa in Cumberland. Investigators say cyanide poisoning from gum is the likely cause and believe the couple had planned to marry. Police seek a motive and a possible second party behind the tampered gum.
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Cumberland
Grace Blosser
Igm
Today
Twigg
Ghoul suspects overloose trio linked to Drew accident
Three rough dressed men stood around the overturned automobile where J Tankerville Drew of Seattle lay injured. They were seen bending over the body by L T Highleyman as Andrew Johnson called for help. The men left soon after. Drew lacked a necktie and pin, not noticed until hospital arrival.
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ST. Louis
J Tankerville Drew
Seattle
L. T. Highleyman
Andrew Johnson
Mr. Drew
Roads Prosperous in 1910 Says Report
The United Press reports that U S railroads earned about 2 835 374 551 in 1910 a record high surpassing 1907 by 214 085 772 and 1909 by 227 197 972 Net earnings rose 3 588 561 or about one third percent despite higher wages material costs and deferred maintenance
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Chicago
United States
Robbery at New Year Eve Grocery Loot Totals 100
J W Walker proprietor of a grocery at 1124 Howell street faced two masked highwaymen on New Year’s Eve. They looted the cash register of 100 dollars while missing 200 dollars in gold and notes. A posse captured one suspect, Carl Fisher, after a chase. The men claimed the raid was a joke, later claiming intoxication. Walker asserts both assailants were sober.
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J. W. Walker
Howell St
Walker
Carl Fisher
Beechester
Beattie Syndicate
Alisa
McRes
Olympia
Wash
Phinney
C. J. Bell
GLOBE
Ind. L
Lee
Wallingford Av
Contractor W. E. Sprague Dies at 31 in Seattle
William E. Sprague 31 a Seattle contractor died at Providence hospital after an appendectomy He had lived in Seattle 21 years and worked with his father L B Sprague in the contracting business He leaves his widow Mrs Grace A Sprague resident of 7018 Fourth av N W I assume district or city notes
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William E. Sprague
Fourth Av. N. W
Providence Hospital
Seattle
L. B. Sprague
Grace A. Sprague
Seattle Soldier’s Peace Book Warns of War Bankruptcies
Gen Hiram Martin Chittenden a Seattle retiree and West Point graduate presents a year two toil compilation advocating universal peace and opposing war preparations. He notes 23 years in the engineering corps, retired on sick leave three years ago.
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Hiram Martin Chittenden
Seattle
Gen. Chittenden
West Point Military Academy
Legislators Invited to Visit University of Washington
At the invitation of the University of Washington Alumni Association, lawmakers will tour the campus on Friday. More than half of the legislative representation plans to attend. A monster assembly will convene in the auditorium and a Washington Hotel banquet will close the day.
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Alumni Association of
The
University of Washington
Hotel Washington
Democrats to Banquet to Be Held January 7
The King County Democratic club hosts the Jackson day banquet at the Arctic club on January 7 with Alfred Battle as toastmaster. Respondents include Thomas M. Vance of Olympia Robert Mc Murchie of Everett Maurice Lang horne of Tacoma and H M White of Bellingham. Tickets are 1.50 each on sale until January 6 at the Alaska club and the United Cigar Store in the Alaska building.
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King County
Democratic Club
Arctic Club
Alfred Battle
Thomas M. Vance
Olympia
Robert McMurchie
Everett
Maurice Langhorne
Tacoma
H. M. White
Bellingham
Alaska Club
United Cigar Store
Alaska
Night-time shops counted in New York city survey
A police investigation shows 1,790 shops stay open all night in New York. Banks barbers florists clothing and shoe stores are included but saloons and cafes are excluded from the tally.
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New York
Tragic Death of Two Leading Aviators
Archie Hoxsey and John B Mount die in separate aerial accidents during exhibition events. Hoxsey plummets 100 feet in Los Angeles after his aircraft tilts during a spiral descent. Mount dies in New Orleans when a heavier fuel load causes a fatal crash. The Los Angeles meet continues without spiral demonstrations as spectators mourn the aviators.
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Archie Hoxsey
John B. Mount
Motasant
New Orleans
Hoxsey
Los Angeles
Cara
Johnstone
At the Theatres Moore Maxine Elliott in The Inferior Sex
Theatre listings note Moore and Maxine Elliott star in The Inferior Sex with Grandpa Grace Cameron in Nancy. Loie Lewis and Lake company perform Running for Office and Emma Bunting appears in Lynnwood. Multiple vaudeville and burlesque venues listed.
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Loie Lewis & Lake Company
Alhambra
Emma Bunting
Lynnwood
Orpheum
Majestic
Pantages
Star—Burlesque
Lois Theatre
Lewis & Lake Musical Comedy Co
Good Comedy at Seattle Amateurs Shine in Local Stock
A Seattle theater week features Bak atock players delivering solid performances while amateurs fill roles in a stock comedy. Joseph Galbraith, Ethel Clifton, Margo Daffet and others appear, though Howard ter stands out in a melodrama. Crowded house, lively mix of cheers and hisses, audience fills every seat as AMUSEMENTS section notes.
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Seattle
Ldwire
Dills
Little Fa Bainter
Bruce
Tommy Wilia Denithorne
Burke
Joseph Galbraith
Ethel Clifton
Margo Daffet
Howard Ter
Comet
Hoyt
Temperance Town
Small riot play praised as New Year entertainment
The town in wet and dry election tension enjoyed Hoyt's temperance comedy. The persecuted saloonkeeper is portrayed as a hero while Public Welfare League leaders appear as hypocrites in a crowd-pleasing spoof. Audiences treated it as a play not a protest and laughed through the performance.
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Hoyt
Public Welfare League
Lynwood War Drama Revived on Kentucky Set
Miss Emma Bunting presented Tillotson's Lynwood in the third week of her revival. The Civil War era play centers on Judge Carlyle, federal officer Col Blanchard and Lucile as a love triangle, a hidden murder, and a newspaper man who exposes the real culprit. Mina Hale as Lucile and George Whitaker as Blanchard led a strong cast in a thrilling production.
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Emma Bunting
Tillottson
Lynwood
Kentucky
Carlyle
Uelle
Geo. Whitaker
Lucife
Col. Blanchard
Lucile
Mina Hale
Misa Bunting
Whitaker
Considine and Pantages Form Ten-Cent Vaudeville Circuit
Barricading a new ten-cent vaudeville coalition Considine and rival Pantages announce a Seattle naval headquarters to oversee a merger that creates a low-cost circuit while preserving existing holdings. The move targets the neglected cheap vaudeville market and signals strategic expansion. Harris Fosdick switches to a five-cent cigar and discovers a diamond valued at 250 dollars.
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John W. Considine
Sullivan & Considine International
Alexander Pantages
Laat United
Vauudeville Field
United States
Seattle
Dea
Augusta
Harris Fosdick
Seattle Star reminds subscribers of renewal date
The Seattle Star informs mail subscribers that the expiration date appears on the address label. If payments lapse, the paper will be stopped and subscribers may renew in advance at 30 cents a month for one or two months or 25 cents a month for three months or more.
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Revelpt Hy Mail
North
Keiman & Wilson
Jeane Cain
H. H. Kulles
Star
Columbia Hiver
Wenatchee Fruit Belt
Forrest Land CO
Reyond
Beattie
Kirkland
Vacteria Ereer Jeland
Vashon
Navy Yard
Lonesome Club personals and local ads in Seattle area
Personal notices invite readers to join The Lonesome Club for sociability and publicity. Advertisements list real estate, job seeks, medicine claims, barber training, and various services with addresses and contact details in Seattle and nearby towns.
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Orient
Dragaliy
Poweos
Olympic Mountains
Washington
Uadehs
Drew
United Press
W. E. Sprague
Marion St
Senuing Moving Pictures
Moran-Nelson
San Francisco
Eugene Levy
Eilers
Oxsey
Pasadena
Grand Opera House
Pecial Matinee
Comediennes
Dennis Dainty
Grace Cameron Inc
Seattle Theatre
Harry J. Cort
Mer
Farious Baker Stock Company
Tleth
Cherie
Hobart
Rokhers
Considine
Seattle Star
Owl Drug Store
Los
Madison
Olive
Futterworth & Bon
Moore Theatre
Vianney-Watson Co
University
Pantages Theatre
Blake
Mis Mules
Vive Stonning
Russell & Drew
Mera
Alhambra Company
Kohler & Chase
Frank Alderson
Beattle
Doyle Medicine Co
Mixth and
Vernier
Maeaner
Genesee
Marvard
Bhafer
Wls Mak
Phonba
Cail
Waldurf Leesone
Ehool
Kaet
Kodak
Matrimonio Bureau
Art Pike
Makiery
Dandruff
Colum
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company
Aay
Dee Work
Biar
Kent
Hehta
Memitle
eHap
Cote Realty
Wenatchee
City
Wiek
Heattiie
Ely
Liberty Nide
Activ Wideaware Saleama
HET Security
Securities
Indubsthiods
ARK
Phone Main
IND
AEK Fore
Cornell
Columbia St
National Barker College
Washington St
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Felix Rothechild
Wranklin Institute
Rochester
Pike
Crawford Floor
Cork
Stevens
Thing
City Real Estate
Aenee
Liberty
Ceen
Boulevard
14Th
Green
Latona
F. Vetter
Call Yorkios
Samuel Collyer
Jeary
Rainier Valley
Baker
Rainier
EI Lal Lep
ORCAR BE JENSEN @ CO. INC
Northern Bank
4Th
William Roach
Northwest
Perkins Land Company
Third
Main
West Seattle
Ltth & W
California
William Pickard
Prop
Illinois Hotel
Virginia
Westlake
Wertinkear
Weatlake
Gran View
Eastlake
Belvidere
Valley
Grand Pacific Dock
Perkins Land CO
Bell St
James
Northwest Trust & Safe Deposit CO
First Av
Columbia Et
Colman
Sturtevant & Co
Boston Block
Becona
Columbia
Sang Wgde2
Coal Tile Co
Wainwright & McLeod
Great Western Fuel Co
PEO
We Holcomb CO
Western Av
Watson Broa
First
B. Douffe
Aurora Av
Sindet
Monarch
Meridian Car
Office Furniture Co
Williams
Co. B. Williams ,O
Meyer-Tower
Union At
Valdes Furn
Bae
M. J. Walker
Fir Fone
Rothschild
Sane
Nn Nooth
Whittlesey - Hanford Abetract Co
Hatter Tieek
Leanne
Beck
Architeet
Wan
LVM
Er Nead Offies
Toronto
Canada
Heattle
Vv Holt. Maer
Heattle Hive Print Co
Hinckley
Bpinning’s
Becond
Hell
Queen Anne
Greenway
American Bank Ride
Renate
Nihly
Percy Grant
Terry Av
Joseph Roane
Arcade M
Kavanaugh
Canatians
Wayside
Roamemoving
Ballard
Enodax
Cetriaes
Ofan
Albert Hansen
Cherry ST
Corner First Ave
Huchard Optical
W. Edmunds
Optician
Leary
Cushing
H. L. Reynolds
M E
Examiner
U.S Patent Office
Hinck Block
Adame & Brooks
Attorsey
Tin Beattie
Colman Big Barnes & Co
Neys
Starr- Boyd Brock
Rick Binding
Lumbia
Seatle
Smiley Lithographing & Printing Co
Columbia St. Main
Apert
Stamy Crubber
St Nat’ Bank
Pacific Coast Stamp Works
Baker Bidg
Smith
Fox, Blick and
Pact Typewriter & Supply Co
N. Y
Jacob Smith
Pioneer Square
W.D. Walker
Epler Block
Second Avenue
L. Prp
Rpm
John Dunlap
People’s Bank
Frank Brooks
N. M. Cook
Wm. T. Lovering
J. M. Brown
Dr. Dalton
Westlake Ay
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