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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1911
Page
7
A collage of quirky dispatches from Fort Collins Fort Wayne Moffat Meridian and Greeley recount unusual incidents from a ghost at the Home Club to a misfit wedding plan and a dramatic prison stay One item notes a mystery bell ringing ghost while another reports a dancer in a kabuki outfit and a hoarder of misheld beliefs nearby.
The son of former Postmaster General Wanamaker has taken out an extra life policy worth 1 million dollars, bringing his total insurance to 4.5 million dollars and securing the status as the most heavily insured American.
Jackson Michigan June 22. Frances Simpson daughter of Warden Simpson of Jackson prison married Ralph Hopkins of Detroit at the prison residence. Two hundred convicts sent a carved wooden chest containing two hundred sets of congratulatory verses carved as a wedding gift from the inmates.
Edward B Strout of Nahant plans a nine mile harbor crossing from Boston to Nahant in Harry N Atwood's aeroplane on Sunday June 25 to prove to his wife Lynn he can fly to dinner. Strout, taught by Charles G Glidden, will pilot and land on his estate if he wins permission to buy his own plane.
ST. JOSEPH MO June 23 Fred Millis a negro was taken to the penitentiary at Jefferson City yesterday convicted of forgery. Although unable to read or write he forged his employer s name with an acquaintance guiding his hand. Mills would not confess his partner.
John Slothover, aged, died at a York hospital from injuries after he stepped between an automobile driven by George Glee and his pet dog to rescue the animal. The dog was killed in the incident.
A terse roundup reports Rev. T H H Gardiner, jailed for wife murder, attempting suicide by hanging for the fourth time in a week in Ellenburg. Other notes include Tacoma cafe raid with a missing 11 year old girl, Olympia board member reappointment, Everett flood damage from a dam failure, and railroad construction plans in the city.
The Connecticut board of health finds twenty two varieties of mosquitoes. Revy Cortlandt Myers of Tremont Temple Boston comments that New York has long been regarded by clergy as religiously impossible.
Local ad promotes Yours for Bargains at Spinning's Bargain Store located at 1416 Fourth Avenue offering discounted goods and weekly sales to attract shoppers.
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