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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1913
Page
1
The readable text lists various items with prices and vague descriptions. It mentions draped fabrics, dinner items, a few quantities, and a reference to colors and accessories. Specific names, places, or dates are not clearly legible.
July 12 morning paper charged Miles Poindexter, a progressive senator from Washington, with placing 11 of his own family on the government payroll. The Star dispatched Gilson Gardner in Washington to thoroughly investigate. Poindexter wrote The Star defending himself as part of a reactionary effort to retard the country’s work, while Gardner notes the attack coincides with his Alaska development bill.
By Fred L. Boalt a diarist recounts being asked to judge which of six diving nymphs has the best shape at Pantages theatre. He notes the challenge of remaining unbiased among the alluring contestants including Lottie Mayer and others from Brooklyn St Louis Montreal Portland and Cincinnati. The piece ends with his confession of confusion about women and fading friendship with Miss Mayer.
Adolph A. Gust remains jailed after Judge Humphries ordered $5 to secure his liberty though Gust claims wealth of $300,000, half of which was awarded to his ex wife Sarah A. Gust amid a $3,000 court costs debt. His bond was reduced from $19,000 to $1,000, yet Gust has not sought bonding or paid costs, choosing silence and confinement.
Washington July 30 a critique clarifies that Poindexter only appointed a younger brother to a Senate document room post earning $1,000 yearly. The article debunks claims of a broad Poindexter payroll and notes other named Poindexters lack official government roles. It ties the attack to Alaska development interests and coal trust opposition.
The Star reports a crippling heat wave across the East with dozens dead and many prostrations. Chicago leads with thirteen deaths, New York and Philadelphia report multiple fatalities, while Seattle stays cool as a telegraph operator notes a draft. Hospitals brace for a busy day as relief remains unseen.
Calumet Michigan July 30 miners and militiamen fought this morning as 50 shots were fired at the Isle Royale site. Two miners are reported wounded while soldiers sustained injuries. Independent and ap pallings open to young women of stenography and secretarial studies are advertised at a school on 4th and Pine. Victoria C F July 30 reports Capt Helstrom and four crew members of the fishing schooner Weld ing from Seattle missing after wreck near Frederick Island. others were rescued to Vancouver and Seattle. The captain and four men left the wreck in seven boats and returned to the scene the next day after directing the others to shore.
In Minneapolis a hotel cafe waiter collapsed from joy after receiving a $900 tip from Charles Gates son of the late John W. Gates. Gates paid a $100 dinner bill with a $1,000 bill and slipped $900 to the waiter, who kept the money despite the fainting spell.
Hulet M Wella Bruce Rogers Millard Price Kate Sadler and Joe Jarvis dubbed the most maligned in Seattle will sit on the platform at a Dreamland rink event Sunday where former Milwaukee congressman Victor Berger will speak. A public reception follows the meeting which begins at eight. Playgoers with tickets for The Colonel and His Friends get in free.
The body of Owen Price, 12, son of Fred Price of Nome, Alaska, was recovered from the Burbon creek dredging pond where he drowned during a swim. Also notes Seattle's population figures from 1890 to 1990 and the city directory count.
In Sulphurro's boardroom style clash the council chambers heard a grim debate. Manager Stewart warned 10 percent of patients would die if prescriptions were filled exactly as written, while Dr Grant Calhoun countered by counting patent medicine victims. The committee ruled it a draw and the measure moves ahead with chloroform for Councilman Griffitha.
In San Francisco on July 30 Miss Vera Burson a telephone girl settles a dual romance by drawing straws between suitors Edward A Tolley and Frederick Hadley Tolley drew the long straw and will marry her August 16 at her parents home in Alameda. They will honeymoon in Los Angeles. Burson says the affair was not to be ashamed and explains how both men courted her and how she chose Tolley.
Loaded with men and gear for a new Yukon strike the steamer bound for White River sails as 6,000 men plan to winter in Shushanna. Women attempted to buy tickets, two stowed aboard in men's clothes, while saloonkeepers stock up for winter travel and merchants prepare inland bases.
Worcester reports Leslie Elliott explains his decision to marry Emma La fleur despite his uncle's opposition. He had left her waiting at the church in Malone Kentucky, but vows to wed. Other items note owl buses in London, gentler station announcements in La Crosse, a policeman with a costly apartment, a Cardinal Mercier letter about Ghent art rooms, and a Chicago divorce suit over a chicken assault.
Not guilty pleas were entered today by Maury I Dizes and F Drew Caminetti on Mann Act charges before United States Judge Van Fleet. Diggs trial to start next Tuesday with Caminetti to follow. Government expected three to four days per case. Defense moved to quash indictments and demurrers were denied.
Mrs Ava Willing Astor and her daughter Muriel arrived on the Inner Olympic in New York. Vincent Astor met them at the pier. Mrs Astor aims to block his 6000 acre estate from becoming an experimental farm as she heads to Newport to contest social leadership of the Faget.
Signatories Bulgaria Servia Greece and Montenegro conclude a five day armistice in Bucharest on July 30 and agree to a peace conference in the period ahead. Leaders from the four nations meet to discuss terms and next steps toward broader settlement.
At stockyards speculation rises on a sacred bull shipment from B C Manniger. In Massachusetts a cow gnawed by dynamite explodes the scene and in Maryland a boy tickles a mule, dislocating his shoulder but the animal resumes normal status.
Four coupons clipped from The Star numbered consecutively plus 15 cents buys a 65 cent pennant. Oregon State Pennants out. California Pennants due next Monday. Pennants mailed for 5 cents extra. Bring or mail to The Seattle Star 1307 Seventh Ave near Union St.
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