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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1912
Page
6
Court case listed against Mupahre Momeo Medicine Company by defendants Klam and Ann Streets seeking resolution of a civil dispute in a New York jurisdiction. Proceedings record party names and venue but provide limited substantive detail on claims or outcomes.
Reported during a tense Hillsville Virginia incident the county courthouse near Judge Massie saw deputy sheriffs and jurors struck by mountaineer gunfire in a fatal standoff. A raft of three log sections with an airtight center stash was described as a symbolic centerpiece. Fear surrounds the steamship Hamburg after a March 23 report from New York.
Havana Cuba March 23 A dramatic profile of Felix Garcia the "crazy youth" who founded a clerks club in 1878. The organization grew to 28 000 members with hospitals a grand clubhouse school and gymnasium valued at about 2 million dollars. Members pay 1 50 monthly and can join or leave anytime. The club promotes health education and mutual aid to lift workers from poverty.
The socialist periodical Appeal to Reason will cease publication soon. Editor Fred D. Warren cites heavy workload as the reason, calling the Leavenworth prison scandal issue the paper’s swan song. Published in Girard Kansas.
Six inmates of the Huron county infirmary died overnight after being overcome by gas. Seven more are in critical condition as ward attendants found the victims this morning and physicians work to resuscitate the injured.
John Laimber a wealthy contractor aged 89 died in New York today. He went to California in 1849 and was a member of the vigilance committee of San Francisco in its early days, a noted figure among frontier communities.
In New Westminster on March 23, The Girl From Hector's played to a crowded crowd after Canadian immigration officials delayed entry and local women's council opposed. Police provided supervision while the bald headed Tow left disappointed.
United Press report from Philadelphia shows Congressman Henry Harrison Bingham of Pennsylvania dies at home aged around 80. A Civil War veteran, Bingham long served in Congress and was nicknamed Father of the House. Also noted is John W. Noble, 86, Civil War veteran and former secretary of the interior, dying in St. Louis.
In Muncie Indiana on March 23 twelve men with artificial eyes dined at a seven course meal hosted by Marie Hartley. Each guest wore a glass eye and after the feast the eyes were packed and sent to the hotel proprietor for inspection. The proprietor opened the box in front of the operator and fainted at the sight of the twelve eyes.
A ten day cease fire ends a major San Francisco Bay Area tong war as Gum Man Kung and Bing Kongs sign the agreement. The pact limits interference while prosecutors pursue five Gum Lan Range suspects shot Thursday night in San Francisco Oakland and Sacramento.
Dismayed by the capture of Biden Edwards, the Allen clan of outlaws led by Hidna Allen retreated deeper into the Hive Midge mountains. Authorities spurned their plea to plead guilty to second degree murder and move trials from Carroll County, pursuing fugitives with intensified effort.
At the Allendale cafe a crowd of about 20 Cotterill supporters heard accounts of the election win. Speakers credited Edgar C. Snyder and Lucy Case, The Star, and women voters for the victory, with Pigott acting as toastmaster and Cotterill pledging two years of earnest service.
Gaby Deslys, praised for aiding Portugal's republican mood with her stage presence, has returned to Vienna from a U.S. tour. She enjoys Vienna but notes Americans treated her differently. She plans another U.S. tour, claiming potential earnings of about $30,000 a month there.
Joe Considine died yesterday in the city hospital after a shack shooting at Ballard Beach Tuesday night. He had spent the evening with Henry Haight and A. W. Stephenson. the three were friends. Haight and Stephenson may be held as persons of interest. Considine was found mortally wounded the next morning and could not identify the shooter.
New York March 23 Patrick A Whitney corrections commissioner orders a teacher at the city reformatory on Hart's Island to use music as a major tool in reforming youthful offenders. The move ties cultural instruction to rehabilitation at the reform school.
A protest meeting against the detention of Fit Kagan and Vassilla Lichatoff at Tacoma is planned at the Dreamland rink tomorrow under Seattle socialists. The men, labeled anarchists by officials, are described as political refugees escaping Siberia.
Arlington National Cemetery marks the 13th anniversary of the Maine disaster with 34 caskets containing bones from Havana harbor. Taft, Cabinet members, diplomats, and military officers attend as flags fly at half staff. A 25,000-strong crowd watches the procession along Pennsylvania Avenue to the navy yard where the remains are moved from the cruiser Birmingham.
Mrs Laura Hill of Seattle devised a life saving raft after Yukon peril and a violent storm. While a 15 foot fishing boat capsized two men clung to a log raft and survived as the gale drove it ashore shaping the invention.
Eugene report from the university registrar shows women students achieve higher scholastic work than men. In general, resident students living in Eugene outperform daily commuter students from other localities.
Prof. Bitton Fulmer state chemist and head of the state dairy and food department has been announced as the candidate to succeed Dr. Harvey Wiley as head of the bureau of chemistry in the department of agriculture. Fulmer brings sixteen years as a chemist and is urged as desirable by influential persons for being unconnected with the Wiley controversy.
A Canton report describes a surgeon guiding a patient through a forty minute operation while the subject sang along, held in hypnosis without anaesthesia, entertaining the operating doctors as the procedure concluded.
Funeral services for J Edwart Hawkins a Negro attorney who died yesterday at Providence hospital will be held Sunday afternoon at 30 o clock at Bethany Presbyterian church. Hawkins came to Seattle 21 years ago from Illinois where he was born 48 years ago and earned his law degree while working as a barber under Will H Morris. He gained notable success and amassed a considerable fortune. He is survived by his widow.
An interurban car traveling slowly struck a cinder pile and plunged into a canal in Peru Indiana. Eleven people were taken to area hospitals for treatment of injuries reported today.
The fragment suggests a saying about domestic harmony versus eloquence, noting that practical home life can outweigh impressive rhetoric. No named entities or clear event context are present.
The readable text seems garbled and incoherent about dieting and health claims. It mentions weight, homes, and rapid changes but lacks clear facts, dates, or identifiable names to summarize into a coherent news item.
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