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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1911
Page
6
At a general hospital in Los Angeles a three way incident between Lewis Wilson and Colburn left Mrs Orde McManigal with a partially paralyzed left leg. Doctors report no major change since she was admitted about a week ago and a definite treatment plan was set.
Police conduct a thorough San Francisco Bay search to recover Mary Gertrude Sly who disappeared after entering the water the night she vanished. The authorities believe drowning is the likely cause and note the usual buoyant period has passed.
Chicago reports a judge advising Mrs Bertha Frank to keep a tub of cold water by the bed to break her sleepwalking habit of stealing coins from her husband trousers. The court heard Frank’s claim she woke in sleep and took money. Atlanta widow seeks five civil war pensions totaling sixty dollars monthly for five husbands.
William Murray a Yonkers liquor dealer survived a three bullet assault by Miss Ray Mitchell and rushed to obtain a marriage license with Miss Hel Combes. Murray told the clerk he had no time to have bullets removed because he must marry.
The Interstate Commerce Commission report shows California heading railroad construction in fiscal year 1910 with 260 miles of new lines. Only four other states exceeded 100 miles in new construction.
In Havana on July 27 the US battleship Maine wreck yielded more bones bringing total skeletons found to 16. Officials fear most of the 69 missing may lie in the portion destroyed by the explosion.
An ad offers a freckle treatment promising a money back guarantee if it fails. Customers are urged to obtain emhine-double strength from Bartell Drug Co and try a single treatment to erase freckles and improve complexion.
Leon Mitchell freed from the jail at Brichito by his widowed mother who battered the door with an axe. She rode into town armed with an air pistol as a crowd watched. Mother and son mounted horses and rode out of town after the escape following an intoxication charge.
Connecticut mourns as Carl H. Seymour, 41, and his brother-in-law Joseph Gill, 38, both near 400 pounds, die within hours of each other at Waterbury scales. Special caskets will be made for them.
A movement to form an independent political party controlled by organized labor is being pushed in Illinois. Launched at a Rock Island convention with AFL approval, 800 unions representing over 660000 members have been asked to consider the proposal.
Secretary of the Navy Meyer and Mrs. rt Goelet accompanied the submarine Octopus as it dived beneath Narragansett Bay for a successful wartime test run signed with Navy confirmation and public interest.
Vatican dispatch reports Pope Pius greatly improved today with his health nearly normal again. The bulletin notes steady recovery following recent illness as church observers watch for further official statements from Rome.
Local notes list fresh produce and prices for Eastern batter Ka mis. Vegetables include potatoes onions beets cabbage lettuce tomatoes cucumbers celery and peas with varying prices per sack or bunch. Fruit items listed are apples navel oranges and strawberries with per gallon pricing for public Lake Washington fields.
President Taft sent a congressionally transmitted message defending his Alaska land actions at Controller Bay. He asserts no improper influences or monopolies stemmed from his decisions and clarifies the 160 acre limit and federal land reservations. He warns against depictions of malice and urges investment under reasonable terms to develop Alaska’s resources.
Roosevelt argues the government must hold the Bay outlet free from private sale. He cites October reductions of government reserves including 12 800 acres and questions propriety in land claim filings. The core demand is to keep the Bering River coal field outlet under public control to prevent monopoly.
Taft explains he alone pushed enlargement of an elimination from 320 acres to 12,800 acres for a tract facing the channel and a terminal railway. He says secretaries concurred, but he proposed and gave the reasons for the change.
Motion Picture Shows Pastime presents The Two Mothers drama and A Cheyenne's Courtship drama. Foowhead's Heels comedy and Miss Alfreda Van Ness songs. Dream features Jenkine Joins the Temperance Club comedy and The Lore of Vanity drama with The Daughter of the Watch Henares and The Ghost. Odeon shows The Lost Horse drama and The Two Devotions drama with Marvels of Horseman ship. Alaska offers The Converts drama and The Irish Boy drama along with The Trust Busters comedy and The Unmailed Letter drama.
In Philadelphia on July 27 a new pest called the googoo gnat stung eyelids. Charles Lehr of Fifth Street was hit near Broad Street and Girard Avenue, leaving a walnut-sized lump after the sting. He was treated at St. Joseph's hospital with pain and irritation.
July 27 in Lobrige a clash between royalists and republicans left Benor Costa dead, a republican leader. Three others were killed and 14 seriously injured as violence erupted inside a church.
Rudolph Dubrokoop of Berlin told Chicago photographers that American women do not know how to pose for photographs and that mastering the art would reveal their beauty to the world. He spoke while en route to St. Paul for the American Photographers Association convention.
Portland officials announce a proposed city charter to be voted on next January. The plan sets a mayoral salary of 6000 dollars per year and six commissioners at 4800 dollars annually each, as outlined by the charter revision committee after its latest meeting.
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