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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1912
Page
6
The thirteenth earthquake in six days was recorded by the seismograph at Saint Ignatius College Cleveland at 6 51 AM lasting 44 minutes. Observer Father Odenbach estimated the quake occurred about 1000 miles away.
A profile notes Cornell alumni known as the "boy" in his youth who has since become a wealthy figure. The piece details his age of 64 and a rustic lifestyle despite wealth, drawing contrasts with his early reputation and ongoing public interest. The tone remains observational and mildly admiring.
James J. Buchanan aged 64, president of the Pittsburg Trust Co and a Pennsylvanian leader, briefly attended Cornell University as an agriculture freshman to learn farming. He traveled from Pittsburgh to Ithaca weekly, missed three lectures, and was summoned before the faculty where he was reprimanded.
James Storey a year old son of G C Storey of 1006th Avenue N fell from a raft on Lake Union yesterday afternoon and drowned. J J Kelly nearby pulled the child from the water but could not save him. Two companions fled, later stopped by Rainier Laundry staff who notified police.
A forger swindled Garrish Bros, Won derling, and Corey & Kidder by presenting four bad checks. three cleared, totaling 35.25. A stranger bought groceries at Garrish Bros for 4.90, paid with an 18 dollar check, then repeated the scam at Won derling for 15 dollars and at Kidder for 12.16, netting about 35 dollars.
The pioneers of Washington are dying off rapidly as 34 names failed to respond at roll call in Madison Park. Denny was elected president of the Washington Pioneers Association, one of 24 early Seattle settlers who arrived in 1851, eldest son of Seattle founder A. A. Denny.
County commissioners and John Fox of Astoria Iron Works sign a contract to relocate the plant to Seattle by October. A 10-year lease of county industrial tracts is secured at $427 annually. Astoria Iron Works makes gas engines, with two thirds of its work from Puget Sound.
Reno Nev June 12 George Wingfield the wealthiest man in Nevada is United States senator after Gov Oddie named him to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Geo Nixon Wingfield started in Goldfield as an investor and has built a fortune estimated at 20 to 30 million dollars He and Nixon were partners in real estate and banking up to 1909.
Boston June 12 state police prohibit manufacture or sale of trick cigars that explode. They are forbidden under the same rule governing storage of fireworks and blasting materials in the state.
A Washington Evening Star snippet features Meandering Mike proposing an experiment with a dog in a yard. He offers a sandwich if a stranger stands by while the dog is unbound, prompting uncertainty about the animal’s bite.
Rollo I. Read a 32 year old miner and brother of Geo Read a San Diego real estate man was crushed beneath the tonneau of an overturned automobile and died at Reno Nevada. He operated a bullion mine at Clio California near where the accident occurred.
A progressive candidate won a renomination bid in Pennsylvania defeating incumbent John Dalzell. The result marks a surprise upset in congressional party contests.
The Interstate Commerce Commission sustained the Medford traffic bureau claim that the Southern Pacific rate from Medford Oregon to parts of California including Hornbrook and Edgewood was unreasonable.
New York June 12 The Boy Scouts organization plans a wide campaign for a safe and sane Fourth of July this year. Workers at the Russell Sage Foundation prepared statistics showing the value of a safe Fourth to the nation’s boys.
A dialogue segment centers on a doll with a human-like bond. The child and narrator discuss fondness for the doll as a stand-in for flesh and sawdust, revealing a macabre mood and unsettling curiosity.
Albany June 12 A Western Union telegraph operator Ramee J Herschberger aged 60 shot himself, believing he failed at using a typewriter after forty years of work. He had always favored the pen and grew melancholy when told to use a machine.
Senator Jones writes the Chamber of Commerce notes the Interior Secretary will establish a torpedo station at Bremerton in Puget Sound and has urged amendments to the naval appropriation bill. He cites the 1910 act providing 145000 dollars for a Pacific coast torpedo station and seeks relocation to Puget Sound.
Mrs. John H Burgard lies wounded after Agnes Fisk, described as mentally unbalanced, attacked her in her Portland residence. Fisk entered under pretense of making a call, struck with a chair, then choked Burgard before fleeing. sister came to aid but Fisk vanished.
Andrew Lang, mayor of Platteville, has secured a license to run a saloon. It will be the town’s only refreshment place with strict rules: no chairs or tables inside and no goods displayed in the windows.
The document claims Washington state covers 42 775 040 acres, larger than England and Wales together and twice Ireland. It notes eight U S cities use commission government, Galveston in 1901 first to try it, and compares governor salaries from 2 500 to 12 000 dollars per year.
The Senate went on record in Washington on June 12 in favor of abolishing the Commerce Court. A motion to strike the court provision from the bill failed 23 to 36, with progressives and Democrats opposing the tribunal, signaling possible Senate acceptance of the House action to abolish the court.
In a party line vote the House Judiciary Committee moved to postpone indefinitely the workmen’s compensation bill, delaying potential action on the measure.
A Duart farmer Richard Moore reports a colt born with eight feet, now down to seven after one dropped. The colt runs and paces well and may require special shoes as it grows, seen as an unusual but remarkable animal by locals.
Mrs Lizzie A King aged 60 residing at Goldie apartments 15th and Madison died suddenly at the home of Mrs J P Reynolds 3627 Carr place yesterday afternoon Her death attributed to heart failure She had visited her grandnephew who was bound for marriage eastward She is survived by two children both residents of the city
June and Mrs John Swind both 90 years old celebrate 70 years of marriage at Bellville. They say divorces have no terror for them and share thoughts on happiness. Swind notes they never quarrel seriously, only petty disagreements, with toleration and steady work as keys to contentment.
Fragmentary text mixes advice about life tolerance work and arbitration with phrases about cultivation, keeping up with the past and making a wind shield in old fashioned ways. The readable content appears as scattered ideas rather than a coherent news item.
A historical study notes Theodore Roosevelt stays active after the presidency while Jefferson, Adams, and Jackson era leaders continued influence. It details Adams's long congressional career and Van Buren's political involvement, highlighting how ex presidents remained engaged in party and public life.
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