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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1910
Page
5
Fragmented text fragment mentions payment terms and a possible market or sea related reference. No clear persons, organizations, dates, or places are readable. Content is too damaged to determine a coherent news item or event.
Deciphered from a garbled 19th century text, Edison declares a labor kingdom ahead and discusses machines, income, and social change. The excerpt foresees cheaper power, railroads, and widespread work, urging people to embrace industrial advancement and new social orders.
A futurist discussion argues the aeroplane must follow helicopter principles to rise above weather. It notes wind challenges, propeller speed, and ice reduction while imagining centralized control and new fuel use. The speaker compares fuel efficiency and cites Fischer on chemical food and the need to curb whiskey.
The article profiles McParlane, a Seattle businessman with deep local ties. It highlights his dairy start in South Seattle, lease of the Ladd estate, leadership of Argo Lumber, and shift to teaming. Support cites his financial independence and knowledge of West Seattle and the southern city areas.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a murder case with a suspect identified as a heavy guard. The text mentions motive and the investigation’s focus on the nurse and others. Details are garbled but imply a crime scene and questions about guilt.
Paul Webster was arrested by Staten Custom officials near Blaine while aboard the Owl from Myr ng n. The haul included 20 pounds of opium across the line and 26 caps worth about 400 dollars. Federal authorities say a gang of opium smugglers has operated near Vancouver for months, bringing in thousands in profits and groceries hidden with the drugs.
Ina Smith of Phillip Lb Hintth seeks divorce accusing the same convict, now jailed at Walle Willa, of another assault earlier this year. The complaint rests on the claim that Siot remains a convict and details are provided in the filing.
J Greenberg a tenant at St James Apartments sent his last dollar to a police for safekeeping fearing thieves. He loaned 1500 to William O Conn or for what he believed was the original miracle painting a security. Police opened a crude reproduction found in a trunk and Greenberg has vanished after showing the trunk to an expressman.
A juvenile court judge cites alcohol abuse by parents as a major cause of youth crime. Judge Frater condemns fathers and mothers who drink, telling Barney Mahoney to avoid whisky and beer and noting the link between parental intoxication and late night delinquency.
A court case debating whether a wife may contract for a sewing machine without her husband’s consent. Mrs Davin signed a contract for a 1909 model, claiming community property rights. Attorney William Wray argues the sewing machine benefits both, while the husband seeks judgment against the machine agent and eventual further action in superior court.
Walter H Hamley, a 32 year old steam shoveler and former Portland longshoreman, vanished from his Seattle home December 8 after stating he would search for work. Relatives believe he was killed. his mother, in critical condition, appeals for clues at 1217 49th Ave North. Hamley is 5 feet 9 inches, 150 pounds, with light brown hair and blue eyes, dressed in a gray striped coat and dark clothes.
In Washington D C Oklahoma Senator Gore blasts the Taft gag rule and urges Democrats to defend free speech. He argues progress and public knowledge clash with patronage and political pressure. Congressman Underwood defends Pinchot saying public welfare supersedes rules and shouts of fire can be justified to protect the people.
In a Seattle rooming house Miss Plockleman killed herself after a lover’s betrayal. A crude note from Henry Still Loved Her was found in her trunk. Louila Hunkleman, posing as her husband, fled. a neighbor heard a man rush for a doctor as she begged to die peacefully.
Property owners whose land would be accessed to fund widening and deepening the Duwamish River have signed a petition urging the county commissioners to create an assess ment district for the work. Most landowners consent to bearing the cost, two oppose, and the Duwaniah River Improvement club decided to present the petition at once.
Joshua D. Baker aged 69 registered for the first year class at the University of California Berkeley making him the institution's oldest freshman. He plans study in entomology and physiology joining Prof. Ralph Menton to learn about bees and beekeeping while leveraging life experience to keep pace with younger students.
Mrs. Sarah Frances Norton, a pioneer of American woman suffrage, dies at Troy New York at age noting her 1893 panics loss. She survived on a small pension from her husband’s Civil War service and left a final note warning against philanthropy pursued for fame.
Michael Myhra, a brakeman disabled for life after being dragged by a switch engine of the Chicago Milwaukee Puget Sound railway, was awarded 11250 damages by a Superior Court jury before Judge John F. Main. He had sued for 24750.
Aviation Field Los Angeles January 14 Hundreds of school children flocked to the field as threatening weather kept crowds away. French camp mechanics overhauled Bleriots while Chas K Hamilton teased a possible altitude attempt to beat Paulhan. He eyed a Denver meet and exhibition flights there. Principal events planned include a speed race between Enaban and Curican as rivalry heats up with Pauihan vs Curtiss.
Judge Frater sentenced Joseph Fullmore Jack Sanders Arthur Swanson John Paulson and Herbert Becker to terms from one to fifteen years in Monroe reformatory The five youths each under 19 were branded a disruptive gang that troubled Seattle police for months
A retailer touts its school shoe line with careful selection of leathers and precise making. The message emphasizes correct form, comfort, good appearance, and sturdiness before offering the products.
A summary of dispatches reports Reid resigns as Hock Finnland executive chairman and Pearson takes control, Watson and wife awaiting a Kingland encounter on the Adriatic, a Duluth stabbing leaves a man dead, a Fairbanks body found frozen en route to Iditarod, Swope heirs allege murder for fortune, New Mexico Arizona statehood bill advances, West Point cadets guilty of hazing, Kaiserin Auguste Victoria arrives at Plymouth battered, and Marty Price killed by a contractor in Watsonville mistaken for a robber.
Ma seillon January 14 United Press reports General Jacob Coxey once leader of the commonweal army keeps hens at fifty dollars a dozen. His flock costs sixty dollars per bird and eggs fetch a premium. He feeds corn on the cob in winter to keep hens productive and roosts them in a warm chicken house.
Last week a busy piano market in Seattle saw out of town buyers act on exceptional discounts at Eilers Music House. New pianos from 142 dollars, used ones as low as 96 dollars, with stock from Lacore Piano in Washington and brands like Sohmer and Kranich & Bach attracting crowds. Organ prices begin at 13 dollars and used players at 48 to 104 dollars, as the Pioneer Piano House clears inventory from its recent acquisition of Lacore.
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