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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1910
Page
9
A thunderstorm left 6 dead and 97 injured as lightning struck picnickers taking shelter in an iron fenced building near Berlin. The blast follows reports from Breslau where seven also died from lightning.
Robert Wade a tailor of 718 Lakeside Avenue and neighbor H L Williams a merchant were ducked when their rowing shell overturned on Lake Washington last night. George Tennant who was also rowing aided in bringing them safely to shore.
London report states Capt. Herbert Fairburn of the Royal Horse Artillery was cleaning his uniform with cyanide of potassium when he misidentified it as whiskey. He swallowed the poison and died in agony.
An advertisement for Our Method teeth claiming to replace partial plates with fixed dentures that restore speech and taste. It offers free mouth examinations, testimonials, neighborhood references, and a written guarantee from Regal Dental Offices at 1405 Third Ave NW corner Union 81.
Superintendent Valentine cites a supreme court decision requiring railroads to build overhead bridges and pay for approaches on streets laid out after tracks. Bills pending before Seattle council name Great Northern at Holgate Connecticut and Landersta Oregon & Washington on Seattle boulevard Fourth Ave and Columbia & Puget Sound at Connecticut and Landersta.
Miss Hepburn and Miss Gasser organize an ice cream social tomorrow evening at Mrs J B Hoyt's residence 719 23rd avenue Indianapolis. Lennie Alberts Pittsburg chorus girl killed in automobile wreck near Seattle last night when car with five passengers plunged into a ditch pinning her. Seattle residents astonished by wallpaper shop boasting 6000 patterns and 1910 stock ready for inspection at Federal Paint and Wall Paper Co 1314 1st Ave Arcade Annex.
The Oriental Pool Rooms offers 46 pool tables and 4 256 3ole tab. It includes a bar restaurant cigar stand and seven chair barber shop. Claimed to be the largest of its kind in the world with 10 cash given away daily. Located at 1413 16 17 Third Ave between Pike and Unica.
Fred Bostow a 56 year old yard foreman for the Northern Pacific killed himself Saturday night near the Oakland school in Tacoma after declaring to his wife he wished to live as a well man or die. His body and a 38 caliber revolver were found in bushes. He leaves a widow and two daughters.
June 13 Canton Ohio A former convict prankster Nanamaker shot John Popa and two others at a Loulaeville church during a wedding service. Popa was wounded fatally? The priest intervened to stop a lynching as Nanamaker claimed a prison sentence based on Popa's testimony.
The Household Supply company opens at Tehouptioulas and Cravierot to cut costs by purchasing direct from producers. Stockholders save 10 percent in week one with aim to 26 percent overall, as the firm seeks direct contracts with producers and eventual farmer-dairy outputs.
Tomorrow afternoon at Dugdale's park a major baseball event unfolds with a flag raising to honor last year's Northwestern pennant winner Seattle. The Beavers and Turks duel on the field at 4 pm after a 2:15 band performance, in a scene of festive pageantry and regional interest.
State Senator R D Long, attorney for Vera Prosser, is in Seattle at the Rainier Grand hotel. He declines further comment but predicts her acquittal and says she will likely be tried in August with no bail pending.
H C Foxworth, a noted bridge builder from Hattiesburg Mississippi, was arrested in Seattle by Pinkerton agents on a forgery charge dating to 1904. He allegedly forged five county warrants for $1,000 each and one for $5,606, selling them to the Citizens Bank of Hattiesburg before fleeing. He will be extradited to Mississippi under Deputy Sheriff Ram Klein.
Olga Olson aged 20 narrowly escaped death from gas in a rooming house at 1418 Eighth Avenue last night. Landlady Mrs O Anderson found Olson unconscious this morning after entering the room and opening windows. Police and an emergency doctor rushed to the scene. Olson had revived by their arrival.
Henry T. Gage of California, the new minister to Portugal, took up residence at the American consulate after presenting credentials to King Manuel. The king received him cordially.
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