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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1911
Page
3
Readable fragments suggest hasty notes about a forest area with possible fire risk. Mentions trails, safety concerns, and restrictions or closures under review, but details on location and dates are incomplete.
A series of disasters on June 12 across Wilkes-Barre and Binghamton reports a lightning strike killing a child and injuring others, a heart failure blamed on thunder, flooding and fire damage in New York, and extreme heat in Pittsburgh causing six deaths and numerous prostrations with a 93 degree day.
San Francisco coroner Dr William Waieh was hurled from an automobile off a 400 foot cliff near Mill Valley. He survived after transport to Mount Zion hospital with a fractured skull and multiple bruises. The crash occurred when the driver tried to turn on a harrow road and his wife urged the party to abandon the vehicle.
Sad Bess wedding occurs as George Matthews editor of the Express dies. The ceremony for Mr. and Mrs. J. Randall Williams Jr. of Philadelphia took place at the dying man's bedside with his presence sought at the wedding. Financial notice follows for The People's Savings Bank Seattle detailing resources and liabilities as of May June 1911.
In Farmington Maine on June 2 the mutilated body of Mrs Etta Taylor was found in a shallow grave in her doorway. Her husband Marshal Taylor a professional guide was arrested along with Gida Searles his house keeper since Mrs Taylor disappeared. The arrest follows the discovery and the husband showed no emotion when the body was viewed.
Kansas City report says two year old Lawrence Robbins is out of danger after ingesting carbolic acid from a bottle left within a nurse absent reach. The incident occurred June 12 as the child obtained the bottle and drank its contents.
Aviator Charles P. Walsh remained unshaken after a Saturday crash near Madison Park. He will leave Seattle for Centria to make several flights using a replacement plane after his machine fouled a telegraph line near the lake. Walsh, bruised but unharmed, said accidents happen and pilots must keep steady nerves.
Beau Beaudet drove a Cadillac from Oakland Mole to the Capitol Hotel in Sacramento in two hours and 46 minutes setting a new speed record. The previous best was three hours and twenty minutes in a Mitchell. Beaudet beats it by twenty four minutes.
Dr Emma W Movers curator of the neuro path ological department at Harvard medical school is dead aged 82 after contracting tonsillitis germs while seeking a cure or preventative. Born in Greendale Wisconsin she studied at the University of Michigan medical school and Munich. The New York item notes a 55 000 dollar check returned by a 19 year old messenger James McCarthy who received a dollar reward.
Frederick Gebbart and Thomas Barnes were executed in the Sing Sing death chamber as part of capital punishment. Gebbart, who killed his wife Annie Luther in Newark under the name Otto Mueller, and Barnes, who killed John P. Leonard, faced the fatal current together. Separately, a worker at Califor nia Canning in Milpitas died after falling into boiling water. In Lacrosse Wisconsin, heat caused one death and multiple prostrations as thermometers hit 99 in Racine. Puebl o packing firms receive limited freight-rate refunds totaling 40 cents from Rock Island, with local shippers claiming 25 000.
A vintage advertisement extolls Cascarets as a gentle laxative for biliousness. It contrasts Cascarets with harsh purgatives, urging readers to carry a box, take one when needed, and consult a doctor, claiming modern medicine favors gentler options.
In Baja California the fall of Cullacan and Mazatlan is described by Captain Miranda after rebels led by Gen. Bandera and Gen. Iturbide captured the towns on May 31. About 1000 people are said to have died, including women and children, amid street fighting and arson as rebels advanced from east north and south. A later note mentions a laundry wagon serving Seattle areas.
Delegates from 43 Pacific coast longshore unions met at the Labor Temple in this city to begin a week long convention. They aim to organize Puget Sound port work and address wage declines and blacklisting since the recent strike. A confrontation with major shipping firms is anticipated.
Ramecy, a house furnisher, relocated to 1923 First Avenue. Best Mattress in Seattle advertised at five dollars.
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