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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1912
Page
3
Report claims Ambassador Robert Bacon quit after refusing to back President Taft for renomination. Col. Theodore Roosevelt dismissed the story as absolutely too absurd for comment.
Dispatches report imperialist mutineers burning schools killing men and looting homes in Kuldje as foreigners flee to consulates. Other item notes a San Francisco inquiry into Mrs G H A Davidson and a reverend’s loan incident with a fatal claim.
In San Jose on January 13, F. Bennett finally wins his case after two years of litigation. A prior judgment of fourteen dollars and ninety cents against him in August 1909 was reduced to a net gain of one dollar and fifty cents on appeal.
A dense list of market prices for produce and meats with various items such as cabbage lettuce onions apples and eggs. The text notes averages and ranges for items including tomatoes pears and spices and mentions locations and weights though specifics are fragmented.
Galveston Texas January 12 Uncle Sam has spent about 2 million dollars and 30 years on a Texas harbor between Galveston and the Rio Grande. Port Aransas is planned to be 65000 feet long half a mile wide and 20 feet deep with natural sandbar protection requiring deepening and channel cutting. A deteriorating jetty near Aransas Pass is being removed by dynamite with the Guadaloupe engineering crew conducting the operation and the vessel withdrawing before detonation.
Pale and nervous Dr. Harry Webster admitted guilt in the murder of his wife Bessie Kent Webster in Oregon. Judge Farr presided as Webster, his mother, and the victim's mother attended. the two mothers met without recognition in the courtroom.
In San Francisco on January 13 a dining room full of fashionable guests found no dinner as the manager investigated. The cooks, suddenly called chefs, had become fathers during the night, leaving no discharges or replacement.
Chicago Jan 13 Mrs Emma McManigal was awarded temporary custody of her two children pending divorce proceedings against her husband Orti¢ E McManigal the confessed dynamiter. Santa Barbara Jan 13 final testimony in the murder trial of John Rech for the death of his newborn babe was given and the state’s closing argument began. a jury verdict was expected soon after noon.
Peter Albert Smith shared a farewell dinner with his second wife in Ban Mateo California on January 13 after a divorce. The sole dispute centered on furniture with Smith quipping about furnishing for a third wife.
In San Diego on January 1 United Press Leased Wire reports Judge W R Guy refused to admit a spirit message from Michael to Mrs Mary Hasty as evidence in the Thurston will case. Attorneys for Mrs Tingley objected. ruling upheld.
Major General Carter states that 32,000 trained Japanese soldiers were smuggled into Hawaii since the Russo-Japanese War and warns of Oriental seizure risk. The United States plans to deploy 13,000 troops to Hawaii to counter the danger.
A historic ad promises Cascarets gently cleanse and regulate the stomach liver and bowels to end sour stomach belching gas and indigestion. It touts immediate relief by morning with a 10 cent box and claims benefits for the whole family including children.
A political diatribe alleges a scheme by timber land interests to steal school funds in Washington. The speaker lambastes legislators for protecting privileged masters over children, condemns corrupt partisanship, and urges voters to elect representatives of the plain people. Signed by HOWILN J. BROWN, PD. D & 713 Firat Ave.
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