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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1910
Page
4
The obituary notes funeral services for David J. Brewer at a Leavenworth home. He had been a prominent figure and will be buried at the former burial site following a wake.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate railroad company plans at year end for former workers. Mentions monthly pay figures around $309 and references to prior employees facing reduction or separation.Context appears as a historical labor record snippet with incomplete details and names.
Fragmentary text describes a March 31 event involving insurgents and MOA measures. It mentions statements, debate, and a fight for representation, with reference to a near outcome and people’s engagement in discussions about the result. The readable lines are unclear and lack concrete details.
New York report outlines Piet Wing and associates launching the American Wholesale Co-Operative to organize retail co-ops, centralize buying, and bargain with wholesalers. The plan starts with bread, groceries, and coal, selling mainly to members with dividends valued at 10 to 12 percent and a path for nonmembers to join through stock.
Julia E B Robbina tells Judge Prater that John C Robbins gave her only one dress and no sink hat in 29 years of marriage. She says she did housework and clothing, endured beatings, and harsh language. Judge Prater grants a decree on nonsupport and cruelty and she seeks reopening to prove alleged improper relations. Charles K Hamilton in Spokane may fight twice in Seattle, flights planned at Pleasant Beach.
Morris Kaplan head of co operative stores in Duluth Indiana estimates that the consumer pays 40 percent more than the producer earns due to waste and profit from extensive middlemen handling. He notes articles travel long distances in a circle before reaching local purchasers. The producer sells to the local merchant who sells to a jobber and a commission merchant, then another jobber and an agent until reaching the ultimate consumer.
Four Taft chauffeurs say Taft will be in an automobile smashup unless he slows down. Taft warned his fast moving orders may cause wrecks. He narrowly avoided collision with a surface car when speeding to the Pennsylvania depot at West 28th Street.
John R. Seifert, father of 16 year old Gertrude Seifert, leaves San Diego for Chicago and New York then Europe for two years. He promised the couple may marry after 18 months if they wish, following an attempted elopement that prompted the change of plans.
Pr E B Sullivan Jr was fined by Judge J T Ronald for assaulting tailor J D Galehouse after a dispute over payment for a coat repairs Sullivan refused to pay more than 20 5 cents prompting a fight in the tailoring shop Sullivan fled with the coat resulting in a fine and costs totaling 270 dollars
A woman refused to open the case and departed the courtroom condemning the court inquiries. The scene highlighted tensions between the participant and the judicial process.
W H Dixon a Houston car company head leapt from a hotel window in Colorado Springs. He escaped serious injury and was found by a passerby then taken to a police station and sanitarium. He later recovered rationality and said he had no memory of events before the fall believing he may have slept walked.
Captain W. H. Hillis a noted Seattle pioneer mariner died suddenly in his Rosita Villa apartment. He complained of chest pain earlier and was found dead this morning at age 64. He had lived in Seattle 32 years and ran steamship lines to Bremerton and Tacoma before retiring. He was a Mason and leaves a widow and son William J. Ellis.
Cora Ovek, 22, jailed in Cliveland for starving herself for 45 days after swearing an oath. She declares she will not eat for 10 more days while police fail to advance in the Nora Gauwthier murder case at the Eureka house, killed Monday night.
Loughney and Loughney Rheumatic Specialists extend a ten day free course of their new remedy and bake oven treatments to Rheumatic sufferers unable to reach offices. The program includes a consulting medical doctor and covers Seattle and nearby areas.
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