10 Mar 1910
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1910
Page
1
The story recounts a sailor who stole a child, and discusses plans for dirigible flights across the country. It mentions a Hamilton and a manager named Al, with references to air travel toward Japan and earlier work with Alexander Graham Bell. Careful weight calculations are noted for passenger safety.
A cryptic United Press story hints a wedding ring may influence Enid Saloon's hold in Chicago amid crusaders and anti temperance efforts. A widow speaks of prayers, leadership, and possible purchases to curb temptations as elections approach.
The article notes the famous comet has disappeared but will return around April 16. It explains the coma or light is blocked as it enters a solar ray zone, delaying visibility until it brightens again and nears Earth.
Rioters clash with police as ten thousand gather near Philadelphia city hall at 2 20 pm. Officers fire after order from superiors. hand to hand combat injures many and clubs and pistols are torn from officers.
A Slav followed Louis Franich into a rear room of a saloon near King Street early this morning and robbed him of a roll containing 100 dollars in bills and 250 dollars in gold. The report notes a racist descriptor used in the account and includes unrelated quotes about women and imagination.
Day laborers in Spokane rejoiced as the city council approved higher wages. The measure raises day labor from 2.75 to 3.00 and team labor from 5.50 to 6.00 per day. Attree police matrons for the jail were shelved for later consideration amid calls to improve jail conditions. Councilor Bhafer defended the police and jail against charges from the city club.
United Press report from Khartoum states Colonel pente will arrive Monday March 14 ahead of prior schedule. The former president is due to arrive in time to greet Mrs. Roosevelt and Ethel Roosevelt, who will reach Khartoum a few hours earlier. The Roosevelts plan to depart for Cairo next Thursday.
Two sisters, Elaie Puts and Sophie, stepped from a wood wagon onto Grand Boulevard near Harrison Street when an auto belonging to George F Dearborn struck them. Sophie was taken to Pacific hospital with non serious injuries. driver and bystanders assisted.
Rev. McGill admitted under oath that a prior affidavit alleging neglect was a falsehood. The trial in King County jury marks the first case to decide if Claude Douglas, 17 months, is being neglected after his mother died and Washington Children's Home Society seeks custody.
In Olympia on March 10 Mrs An nabelle Parquher and her divorced husband Edward Farquhar died in a suspected death by own action pact. Farquhar reported his wife was dead, and after investigators found her body in his room she had swallowed poison. He then shot himself, dying minutes later.
Four shots were fired at 3 46 am by Patrolmen Morris and Davis as they spotted two men leaving a house at Ninth Avenue and Washington Street. They captured one suspect, Fred Holtz, described as colored.
A Seattle boy Charley Lambert aged 13 fled his home after leaving with a drunken sailor. His worried parents fear he may be aboard a windjammer or oceangoing ship. Police search Victoria and Seattle continue for weeks, with family hopeful yet fearful.
The weather page notes showers possible tonight and Friday. Light east winds are expected across the area as conditions shift through the period.
The Star placed a For Rent ad for two apartments for Mrs J Wieir of 1727 Yesler, listing a 1723 Tester Way unit and a house tag rena. It promotes Star rental services with rates and contact numbers, noting office details at 1907 11 Seventh Avenue.
Joseph Fels of Philadelphia denounces Carnegie Morgan and Rockefeller as robbers during a Chicago dinner address at the University of Chicago settlement. He vows to spend his fortune to undermine the system enabling their wealth and promotes single tax propagation across multiple nations including the United States England and Denmark. An executive committee scouts locations and Oregon is favored for headquarters.
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