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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1913
Page
3
Reading shows varied price listings for meats including veal pork mutton and poultry, with notes on smoked meats and sausage. Crop prices appear for vegetables such as rhubarb potatoes carrots cauliflower lettuce celery and local berries, plus feed grains like timothy hay and corn products.
Mary Boyle O Regan reports on child trafficking fears in New York after two sisters, Margaretta and Josephine, vanish while seeking summer work. Tony Marzo, 10, recalls rescuing one girl and stories of a broken family, a cramped cellar home, and dangerous men. The piece highlights dangers facing working children and parental guidance.
A gigantic searchlight at Pike's Peak mountain top near Colorado Springs will illuminate the area for hundreds of square miles. The beam, operated with a semaphore system, promises a visible display across a broad region starting July 3.
Workmen prepare a platform for the light and semaphore in front of the Summit House and fix the electrical connection. A young American gains popularity in Paris by opening a real popcorn shop.
Washington reports that 604 cases are pending as the Supreme Court enters a four month recess. Salaries continue during vacation. Chief Justice earns 13 500 dollars, associates 12 500, with secretaries and staff. Court faces docket delays and an aging term with 1 180 cases carried over and 576 disposed this term.
In Atlanta on a world tour, Ellis Whitman, an ordinary looking youth, demonstrates extreme joint laxity by dislocating nearly every organ. He reportedly can move his heart below the diaphragm to be felt at the waist, showcasing one of nature’s curiosities.
John D. Rockefeller plans to fund $3,000,000 annually through the general board of education to educate Southern farmers in farm improvements. The board, a Rockefeller creation, works with the Southern board of education and will receive help from the department of agriculture.
Human bones and clothing fragments found eight miles from Valdez identify as remains of Dr. Logan a physician who died aiding invalid prospectors in the Copper River region during the winter of 1898. He sacrificed to help a party travel over a glacier toward the coast.
Washington Pa July 2 The town of Huston near here is in great excitement after Burgess L F Welsh and Miss Helen Hemphill were shot on the Welsh porch. A bullet grazed Welsh at the temple and a second shot hit Hemphill in the leg while they spoke with Mrs Welsh.
District Judge P. James Cosgrove abruptly sat during convening as a tack punctured his chair causing a brief panic. A court reporter found and removed the sharp object and proceedings continued in Lincoln Nebraska.
Moore presents Hanky Panky while Metropolitan hosts a lark. Seattle offers The Short Cut with Orpheum and several vaudeville houses featuring Clemmer Photoplays, Melbourne Photoplays, and Alhambra showings alongside Grand Vaudeville and motion pictures.
The new Colonial theatre near Fourth Ave and Pikest nears opening as a slate of features runs at Clemmer and other venues. Films include The Knight of Cyclone Gulch and Dredges and Farm Implements in the West, with multiple showings through Sunday across venues such as the Clemmer Alhambra Olympian Home Yester Grand Black Cat Society and more.
London reports Miss Lillian Lenton, a suffragette convicted for arson at the Kew tea garden pavilion, escaped from her residence in men's clothes. She had been ill since a hunger strike and was released from jail in March due to illness.
Frances F. Grove received ten months in the county jail after pleading guilty to rifling mail while at the Tacoma post office. J. M. Morrow got three months for transporting an immoral woman from Chicago. William Jennings of Seattle faced six months for taking a $100 check from a letter at the Washington hotel.
Pedro Gonzales, after a second trial, found guilty of first degree murder for killing Martin Chabaria at Fort Lawton in February 1912. Jury recommends life imprisonment, not the death penalty, guidance the judge must follow.
Telegrams report Raoul and Julio Madero brothers of former Mexican president Francisco I. Madero were attacked in a San Antonio resort on Monday night. Julio Madero is said to be dying from a fractured skull.
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