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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1911
Page
7
Historic Everett turmoil as Stone & Webster imports 40 strikebreakers to replace workers. Police augmented under Mayor Hartley to curb crowds and identify inciters after a mass Coliseum rally, while the car lines resume service and a wagon line is urged to aid strikers.
Senator Robt L Owen of Oklahoma to Press expresses gratification over Supreme Court ruling upholding state bank guaranty laws. He says banking is a public business and states should safeguard deposits. Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska laws upheld. bankers must provide security for public funds.
Miss Stanley, a young Atlanta public school teacher, received over 1000 marriage proposals by mail after a will left her $100,000. She says she will not consider offers, noting that love should be for herself and not for money.
Deputies report Chilli Rossi’s arrest linked to a group making extortion threats via a so called black hand. They say two to three other prominent members are suspected. Rossi, in Seattle two months, and four Italians were observed nearby as deputies waited for the suspected arrival.
New commissioners David McKenzie and M. L. Ham announce Dr. W. P. O'Rourke to sue Dr. W. H. Carson as superintendent of the county hospital. Others slated for salary reductions include Harry Rief warden Gus A. Jones agent F. C. Hoye Edward Hannan John Thurston and W. C. Pendleton.
Bristol Tennessee news reports the Bristol Ministerial Association adopted resolutions to refuse to marry eloping couples on Tennessee soil. A local parson has married nearly 4000 couples from Virginia and West Virginia where under 21 requires parental consent. In Somerville Massachusetts Rollins, 17, confessed to faking a hold up to cover a Christmas diamond ring theft and to impress his girlfriend.
A Chicago letter recounts six locals traveling in the Holy Land who were captured by Bedouins and condemned to die but escaped later, detailing their peril and survival in a remote desert region.
A fragmented OCR page lists prices for butter from Eastern Washington and Western markets, with apples, potatoes, cabbage, cucumbers, pears, strawberries, and cranberries. Regions like Wenatchee and Yakima are mentioned with various prices such as 1.26 for strawberries and 4.60 for another fruit, alongside general market notes.
The New York Northern bank and its nine branches closed after alleged thefts of nearly half a million dollars. Robin Rabinowitz, former president known as Robin, was sent to a sanitarium as a paranoiac. He had arrived in America sixteen years earlier with little money and worked as a bootblack.
Two bandits robbed a San Mateo suburban car at Huntington Park in San Francisco. They boarded the trolley, forced the conductor to surrender, and escaped with 70 dollars in cash and a pocket lantern light. The crew was searched. the car carried no passengers.
A chaotic collage of notices includes subscription details and payment prompts for The Star, funeral directors listings, lost and found items, personal ads, marriage ceremonies, employment requests, and various real estate and misc advertisements across Seattle. Submissions mention services, ad rates, and contact lines for multiple businesses and individuals.
New seven room modern bungalow near Phinney and Woodland Park with full basement built ins and mountain view priced at 2660 dollars with 160 cash and balance. L. B. Evett & Co list with Phinney car or 66th street access and phone numbers Norah 16 and Ind Green 42.
Beattie area acre tracts near Bremerton offered at low prices with easy terms. Properties lie within city limits near North End and Green Lake reservoir, with potential value rise as the car line is extended. Timber on sites unused, running water, good soil, and close to Beattie with rail and road access.
Real estate and land offers spanning five to ten acre tracts near Seattle and Kirkland. Listings include six to ten acre plots with varying prices from 260 to 2100 dollars, 15 acre and 40 acre bargains, garden and farm lots, and development tracts near Everett and Bremerton. Agencies include Somers Company, Blisworth Realty Co., Clifford & Van Arsdale, and Burke & Farrar Inc, with terms offered and transport nearby.
Reports from New Orleans state rebel forces under General Luis Duran moved rapidly toward Tegucigalpa, outpacing government troops led by troops under Lee Christmas. The advance of about 2000 rebels began in southern Honduras and aims at Tegucigalpa, with Christmas marching toward Puerto Cortez to join the siege plan.
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