Meat Up and Philadelphia Goes Hungry
Philadelphia reports meat prices rising to five to ten cents above normal with strikers and their families suffering. Disston Saw Works Tacony workers quit. leaders foresee plant closure by night. City encounters minor disorders as streetcars are stoned. Federal intervention eyed as peace efforts fail. Nagel and Neill to investigate. Taft urges Roosevelt peace commission involvement.
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Philadelphia
Tt In
Neat
Disston
Tacony
Charles Nagel
Commerce and Labor
Charles Neill
Washington
Taft
Industrial Peace Commission
Roosevelt
Poison left at minister's door foiled plot
A Presbyterian minister Rev A J Voegiin in Trenton New Jersey found white powder on bread loaves on his doorstep. The bread was sent to State Chemist Raymond B Fitz Randolph who said it contained arsenic enough to kill fifty people. Police take over the case and pursue leads to identify the assailant.
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United Press
Trenton
WN. J
A. J. Voegiin
Raymond B. Fitz Randolph
Voegiin
Ice
United Poems
Toppenish
Bank
Ank
State Bank
George D. Barber
Barber
Shanghai artist almost shanghaied at Frisco dock
San Francisco report details John Wedemere Couch painter narrowly saved from being loaded into a launch with drunks bound for Point Barrow Alaska. A crimp lured him aboard a whaling vessel crew, but a bull-necked traveler intervened and forced the pair ashore. One of the boldest shanghaiing attempts in years.
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United Prec
San Francisco
John Wedemere Couch
Winthrop
Point Barrow
Alaska
Baum
Couch
Yeures
Dreamland Rink Hosts Benefit for Seattle Trade School
The Seattle Women's Trade School, at 820 34 the Arcade, plans new departments and expanded space to train girls for independent living. Millinery and domestic science will be added and sales of finished goods will occur. A charity dance is set for March 22 at Dreamland hall, with Michael Pleher donating the venue.
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Seattle Women's Trade School
Arcade
Mme Zamora Criswall Cauffman
Women's Educational Club
Glrte
Dreamland
Michael Pleher
George J Ryan Praised for Democratic Vote Support
George J Ryan, secretary of the democratic central committee, receives much credit for the large vote total secured for Judge Moore in the recent election. He moved to Beattie seven years ago and has since worked actively for the democratic party, serving as county central committee secretary and King County Democratic Club secretary. His father was the democratic candidate for governor in the state election there.
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George KE. Ryan
Democratic Central Committee
Moore
Ryan
Beattie Note
County Central Committee
King County
Democratic Club
Mr. Ryan
Kaname
Inet
Fork in Stomachs After Throat Check Incident
Bridget Brady swallowed a full sized table fork while testing her tonsils and the handle lodged in her throat. After 34 hours the fork was removed in surgery at a San Francisco hospital.
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San Francisco
Cal
Mises
Bridget Brady
Stranger Buys Man A Drink then Robs Him on Train
W R Miller of Whidby Island boarded a Great Northern train to Seattle at Everett. A well dressed stranger offered a drink and Miller drank. He woke up penniless in Seattle with $80 gone and the stranger missing, police notified.
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W. R. Miller
Whidby Island
Great Northern
Seattle
Everett
Miller
Seatile
Charles Harold to Give Free Exhibit in Seattle Tonight
Charles Harold a renowned physical culturist and strongman now in Seattle will present a free exhibition this evening at the Seattle school of virology on Third avenue and Union street. The event begins at 7 p m.
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Charles Harold
Seattle
Seattle School of Virology
Third Av
Union At
Patten Returns Home After Manchester Demonstration
United Press reports Chicago wheat king James A. Patten left Manchester on the Mauretania after being booed from the cotton exchange and facing a near mob. He blamed local unionists and asserted he bears no responsibility for supply and demand in the world market.
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United Press
Liverpool
Creelfallon
Manchester
James A. Patten
Chicago
Wheat King
Halley
Patten
Manchester Cotton Exchange
Everett case on non-support to be dismissed by prosecutor
The proseuction in the Everett non support complaint says the matter belongs in divorce court after a conference with Ernest G Everett and his wife Pauline Everett. He claims a monthly allowance history, debt, and disputes with mistress Jessie Martin while denying abandonment.
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Prosecuting Attorney's Office
Mra
Pauline Everett
Koverett Apartmente
Si7
Harvard Av
Ernest G. Everett
Vanderveer
Everett
Mne
Jessie M Martin
Mia Fwerettle
Bobe
Ernest Paul Everett
Mra Everett
Overhead Street Plans Advance in Firetay Proposal
The preliminary plans outline three overhead via ducts from Firetay to the water front connect with an overhead street along Railroad avenue. The council has approved the scheme and estimates are being prepared for erection.
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Firetay
Man who eats sand and grows fat on it shocks town
Dr William Windsor claims he eats sand and gains strength as he advocates a sand diet. He markets Mississippi sand as a health product at 50 cents a bottle, hosting nightly lectures and urging others to try the sandy regimen. He says children may eat sand too, provided it comes from his sand bar and is prescribed by him.
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William Winden
Dr. Windsor
Windsor
Firetav
Mississippi
Adam
Roosevelt says he quit hunting after African expedition
In Soudan aboard the Dal Roosevelt honors five newspaper correspondents and confirms he has given up hunting. He praises Commander Peary and his polar achievement, calls himself content to lay down his gun, and plans to complete his African trip story.
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T. R
Rabak
Soudan
Theodore Roosevelt
Dal
United Press
Nile
Abbas
Calcott
Mander Peary
Iites
Sayling
America
Africa
Seattle boys prank thrills Pacific coast sailors tale
Three Seattle youths sent a surfaced mock message claiming the bark Genesis was sinking and sailors would drown, signed by Archie Lind Charles Gustafson Floyd Stone. Merchants in San Francisco investigated, finding no Genesis bark listed, deeming it a fake. The boys have ties to a local company, and two are in Oregon while one is at home.
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Seattle
Clatsop Hay
San Francisco
Clatsop Beach
Genesise
Archie Lind
Charlee Gustafe
Floyd Stone
Benis Brose Bag Company
Beattie
Merchants’ Exchange
San
Francisco
Genesi
Bemle Brow Rag Company
Stone
Beck
Oregon
Farallon 3 Missing Men Rescued After 63 Days
Four of the six crew from the schooner Farallon are rescued in Seward after 63 days at sea. Gus Swanson Charles Peterson Albert Batley and Otto Nelson reached Seward aboard the revenue cutter Tehoma and will sail to Seattle on the Taboma. Bourne and Captain Widder remain at Kodiak and Afognak respectively awaiting further arrangements. The men recount a two month struggle for life ending in survival.
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Seward
Alaska
Farallon
Tehoma
Seattle
Gus Swanson
Charles Peterson
Albert Batley
Kodiak
Otto Nelson
Charles Bourne
Afognak
Kafilar Bay
Capt. Widder
Ben Wolf
Taboma
ODD BITS OF NEWS FROM ACROSS THE NATION
A scattered wire and local notices recount various incidents. Taft family communications surface in Chicago. Edward J. Nally is hospitalized under an alias though not seriously ill. In Aberdeen a $200 reward is offered for John Hoffman’s body linked to William Gohl. Belmore Browne plans a May ascent of Mt. McKinley to recover Dr Cook’s records. Albany reports soaring bids for supplies in state lunacy commissions. North Yakima sees a street clash ending with three Italian attackers jailed after slashing G. G. Lee and escorts.
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Aberdeen
John Hoffman
Willam Gohl
Gohl Tetill
Jalil
Monterano
Bishop Spellmeyer Found Dead in New Jersey Hotel
Bishop Henry Spellmeyer of St Louis was found dead in his bed at the Hotel Dennis in Trenton. Heart disease listed as the cause. He was in the East to preside over the 74th section of the New Jersey annual Methodist Episcopal conference, meeting in Atlantic City. He had been elevated to the episcopacy in 1904.
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United Seal
Trenton
N. J
Mishop
Henry Spellmeyer
St .Louis
Hotel Dennis
Bishop Spellmeyer
New Jersey
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Atlantic City
Taft Cabinet Prefers Cotton Seed Cakes
In Washington on March 12 members of President Taft's cabinet sampled cookies and pastry made from cotton seed flour. They declared the confections "just as good" as wheat flour treats after Secretary of War Dickinson Innon hosted the feast, receiving the food from a Texas nephew.
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Washington
Taft
Dickinnon
Texas
Seattle man praises Bake Oven treatment for rheumatism and catarrh
A Seattle resident, Mr. Sederboom of 638 East Tiest Street, credits Loughney & Loughney with curing his rheumatism and catarrh through Bake Oven therapy. He reports improved nervous condition and circulation and urges others to seek their free consultation at suite 220 225 People's Savings Bank Building, Second Avenue and Pike Street, Seattle, with hours 9 am to 6 pm daily and Sunday access.
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Seattle
Sederboom
East Tiest St
Water Department
Loughney & Loughney
People’s Savings Hank Building
Second Avenue
Pike Street
Subscriptions and notices from the Seattle Star page
A scanned Seattle Star page lists subscription terms and delivery details, plus multiple birth and death notices and a dense assortment of classified items. The birth notices include names and dates, while death notices list individuals and hospitals. several advertisements and legal notices are interspersed throughout.
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Philadelphi
Sam
Hy Calted Press
Shanghai
Frisco Dock
George J. Ryan
George E. Ryan
Manchester Apinners
Martin
Pasadena
Dr. Cook
Cook-Peary
Peary
Seattle Boys
Pitthburg
White House
Charles F. Taft
Edward J. Nally
Postal Telegraph Company
Michael Keen Hospital
Tacoma
Belmore Browne
Mt. McKinley
Persona
Albany
State
North Yakima
G. G. Lee
Lee
Great Northern RY
Ilas
St. Paul
Spokane
Oriental Limited
Southeast Express
Kansas City
Billings
Burlington
Columbia
Bishop
Albert Sederboom
Seattle Star
Seattie
Buneet
Main
Ibert
Onan -Amelia Monsen
Minor Hospital
Tomer
We & T
Waalton
University
Eal
Sunes
Ake Hide Wermar
Wanrte Fireet
Pac
Wee Age Wa
Marine Corps
Ationali Barber
Washington St
Saleeien
Bennett
Marden
Hiram Barten
New York
Ifeier
Maynard
Beattie Agi
Piret
Etna
King's Mate
Saleemen
Teachh Dancin
Pers
Ticate
Ivertine
Owr Cash
Sear Stock Co
Salem
Ren A
Ad ‘ Ager J ’ HK
Reirner
Warren
Fae
Tpe Tayan
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