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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1911

Page

7

People's Army for Government Coal Development Sweeps Alaska

A call to action urges signers to join a statewide movement advocating government control of coal development in Alaska. The piece claims Morgenheim supporters block development, praises citizen petitions to Washington, and notes Oregon and California joining the effort.

People's Army Seattle Army Ee Alaska Morganheims People's Washington Oregon California The Star

Petition for Alaska coal mining commission and public coal lands

Washington residents petition the president and Congress for relief from coal shortages and high prices. They seek an Alaska coal mining commission, government coal bunkers in Washington, a new railroad and dock at Controller Bay, navy coaling stations, direct sale of coal to the public, and bonds sold by popular subscription.

United States OF America Congress State of Washington State of Washington Alaska Coal Mining Commission Pees Owit Alaska Controller Bay Navy Interstate Commerce Commission Geattle Tacoma Everett Gray’s Harbor Panama Canal Alaska Coal Mining Com

Striking Young Singer Eleanor Robison Tops Local Photoplay

Eleanor Robison twenty seventeen is praised as a photoplay champion. She tours Eugene Levy houses in the city and sings to audiences claiming the moving pictures offer the only real live attraction on the show.

Eleanor Robison Eugene Levy Eleanor Moving Picture House

Ashes to be scattered from Statue of Liberty

Discovery of jewels and part of an annuity will fund cremation for Mrs. Christine Hazelton of New York. Her body has lay in an undertaker's rooms in Atlantic City since Wednesday. Mme. de Maich of New York, a close friend, will arrive tomorrow to take charge of the arrangements.

Atlantic City Christine Hazelton New York Mme. de Maich

Rockefeller to retain control of Standard Oil after reorg

Rockefeller ownership of the Standard Oil company and domination of its affairs will continue as formerly under the reorganization. All of the new companies will be controlled by Rockefeller and his associates.

United Prese New York Rockefeller Standard Oi! Company Standard

Theatres Show Silent Drama and Vaudeville Week

Seattle audiences watched The Two Orphans at multiple houses with Moore Chauncey Olcott and Ann Phillips in a minor role. The Grand theatre offered Eleanor in Van outfits and a musical number amid five motion pictures and a menagerie of roosters.

Rama Carrie Egypt Boulogne Eustis Eleanor la van Fletcher Ircuit Atlantic City Sydney Ferney Reginald Watts Moore Chauncey Olcott Seattie Alhambra Seattle Theatre Ann Phillips the Grand Eleanor Van Sacoy Grand Theatre

Macushia at Moore Opens Week with Olcott's Singing

Chain Olcott presents Macushia at the Moore with strong singing and solid acting. The show blends song and drama as Olcott directs the familiar tale of an honest stable boy and a racer to victory, lifting an old mortgage. Olcott is praised as a leading Irish songster and capable performer in drama.

Chain Olcott Olcott

Richarda and Pringle's Minstrels at the Alhambra This Week

Georgia minstrels Richarda and Pringle present at the Alhambra theatre with Clarence Powell delivering his usual humor. John A. Watta performs "Silver Threads" alongside dances and monologues. The Seattle engagement continues with lively vignettes and audience-pleasing routines.

Richarda and Pringle Georgia Alhambra Clarence Powell John A. Watta

Steel Trust Testimony to Resume in Tennessee Case

The Stanley committee will resume steel investigation testimony tomorrow with C. P. Perrin on the stand. Perrin, an expert engineer, examined Tennessee properties before Moore and Schley gained control and reported vast coal and iron deposits at Tennessee Coal and Iron.

Ed United Prere Steel Trust Tennessee Coal & Iron Company Stanley House Committee C. P. Perrin Perrin Tennessee Moore and

Fauna Mining Promised in Quarrel Report

In a brief exchange cited by the Boston Transcript a couple dispute over a future labor of love. The woman warns the man will find her a mine of fauna while he vows the task will be the sweetest labor of his life to correct them.

Tom Boston Transcript

Woman Seeks Aviator License After Daring Flight

Miss Blanche Scott, student of Captain Thomas Baldwin, applied for an aviator license after proving herself in a 60 horsepower biplane. She dazzled spectators at Mineola aviation field with a cross country flight that startled observers.

New York Blanche Scott Thomas Haldwin Scott Mineola

Albania Turmoil Escalates as Troops Reinforce Front

From Constantinople reports say high officials dispatched more troops to Albania to quell weeks of guerilla warfare and massacres. The moves are viewed as confirmation of preparations for hostilities with Montenegro and mass Albanian refugee flows to avoid danger.

United Prere Constantinople Albania Turkey Montenegro

The Cowardly Sort

A martyred statesman recalls a cowardly egg being thrown at him after rising to speak. He defines a base cowardly ex as one that hits you and then runs, illustrating a smear by verbal jab versus direct confrontation.

Paul Pioneer Press

Markets Painted By Grain And Goods In Listing Style

A fragmented market page lists items such as butter meats pork loins and shoulders, live hens and geese, and various produce including strawberries potatoes onions lettuce celery and herbs. Prices are scattered with illegible figures, showing a snapshot of a mid century grocery or general store catalog with quantities and measurement terms.

Clark

Seattle Couple elopes for secret marriage in auditor’s office

Miss Geneva M. Testera and Dr. James A. Ghent wed privately after hours in the auditor’s office. Ghent, a state legislator, had written the oath claiming he was free of pulmonary tuberculosis. They left for New York immediately after the ceremony.

Geneva M. Testera Seattle James A. Ghent Auditor’s Ghent New York

Robbers hold up city residents in two quick incidents

A robber at 410 Weatlake Ave Minorcv and Senecast. found his victim had only a dollar watch and returned it saying keep your contributions, kind air before leaving. Nearby at Firat Ave and Main St Gus Bordstrom was robbed. assets totaled 66 cents and a dollar watch as the thief thanked the victim for small contributions.

R. H. Grown Weatlake Av Minorcv Senecast Green Gus Bordstrom Firat Av Main At

Forty Years a Policeman Champion Cup

TOLEDO July 31 Inspector Edward O Dwyer marks an extraordinary police career as he begins his forty first year with the Toledo police department. He has missed off duty only seven months in four decades, three due to on duty injuries. Now in T1 years, he has been eligible for full retirement for 16 years but remains in active service. During a political upheaval he stood as the sole Toledo officer for several days.

Toledo Edward O Er O'Dwyer

Coalman Feaman and Gasman Walked into Town

A playful exchange features a coalman who appears blue a cheerful figure called the feaman and the gasman always merry. The joke hinges on regional nicknames for utility workers and a boy asking about perpetual happiness.

Feaman

My Boy Victim of City Life

Mrs Agnes Gelder mother of the youth accused of murder arrives in New York for the trial. She says she has borrowed money to hire counsel and pleads for mercy, blaming city life and hotels for her son’s downfall and death in the electric chair.

New York Agnes Gelder Jackson

Water shortage sparks concern at county hospital

Last winter and spring reforms limited the harsh conditions after the nurses strike and Dr. O'Rourke's resignation. Now the county hospital reportedly faces severe water shortages, with sanitary conditions deteriorating during hot weather under County Commissioner Lafe Hamilton. Detected shortages threaten operations in Detroit and Seattle notices include detective readiness and local ads.

O'Rourke Lafe Hamilton

FARMS AND ACREAGE for sale North of city and near university

Numerous real estate ads offer 40 acres north and east of the university at $12,000 with terms $1,200 cash. up to 60 acres waterfront with homes, orchards, and good soil. five-acre chicken ranches with modern cottages. waterfront and lake shore land near Hood. multiple firms including CHARLES SOMERS COMPANY and F. M. JORDAN & CO promote acreage, cottages, and lake view lots with varied down payments and four-year terms.

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