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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1912
Page
3
Oysters bred in local waters yield pearl finds upsetting residents of Metuchen and Montclair, with the largest reported at $500. Families rush to buy oysters for meals as an oyster famine rumor spreads across New Jersey towns.
Mary F. Carleton recounts Chinese girls fleeing a mission school to join revolutionaries after Poochow. They escorted 200 boy recruits, defied authorities, and sailed toward Shanghai amid military and customs opposition. The scene includes audacious defiance and missionary observers.
A smoother finish for a new Christmas meerschaum pipe is shown. Readers are instructed to cut a bottle bottom to fit the pipe bowl, seal a stem joint with paper and wax, insert a second pipe stem, pack tobacco, and smoke through the neck end to color and protect the pipe.
Binns describes building a neat wireless setup with a shellacked board fastening coil tuning, detector, one point switch and binding posts. He lists wiring steps from posts to detector and switch, grounding, aerial setup, and testing by listening to signals, noting 25 mile reception and a future transmitter lesson.
In Santa Cruz California on March 19 Greerold Loy Eng, a youth with a troubled family background, reports thefts near Correltoe and asks authorities to send him to a reform school to learn a trade and become a better person.
In New York on March 3 Miss Dorothy Taylor, linked to Claude Grahame, proclaimed she is entirely satisfied with her freedom as she awaited England. The remark came after reports of an engagement were circulated in social circles.
An advertisement urges readers to consult their physician about Ayer s non alcoholic Sarsaparilla. It promotes the tonic as a blood purifier nerve tonic and digestive aid with no alcohol or stimulation, suggesting doctors decide suitability.
Miss Mary F. Ledyard, longtime kindergarten supervisor in Los Angeles public schools, plans to depart for Foo Chow, China, to implement a complete kindergarten system in the new republic.
Don Horan of Bakersfield visits Memphis after forty years to locate heirs and establish a claim to a fortune valued at $250,000. His sister accompanies him, with property including land in the city business district. They located an heir in a convent in St. Louis.
St Paul March 23 Miss Blois L Calihan described as a woman who knows practical politics has returned from retirement to lead the Taft campaign in Minnesota becoming the chief of the local Taft headquarters.
A man recalls twenty years of drinking and how his wife persisted. She pressed him, set a deadline, and offered hope she could not give up. Her insistence and support finally led him to stop drinking and remain sober.
The item lists a 1 inch board 15 inches square with six binding posts a LED one point switch and a dry battery. It notes prices from electric supply houses: 50 cents for the board 15 cents for the switch and 25 cents for the battery.
The passage describes a new ingrowing pipe designed for fast moving vehicles. At 80 miles per hour ordinary pipes burn out, so the invention protects the bowl from the draft created by car or airplane motion, offering comfort and convenience to motorists and aviators.
Announcement notes incorporation on March 19 as the Sherman Printing and Binding Company with formal respectfully worded presentation.
Market notes list Wenatchee apples and naval oranges with varying prices. The fragment mentions quality and quantity cues, indicating trading activity and price ranges for produce items.
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