New Pay Car System Disrupted By Cow Incident
A new pay as you ride streetcar service introduced today faced crowd disorder when a cow approached the gates. Passengers scrambled for front entry as conductors warned about a $5 gold piece and the potential for delays. Manager Potter noted the system will roll out further across cities, with safety reviews to follow.
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George Ih Park
Amd
Gould
Beattie
Witem
Inagura
Potter
Toda
Capitol Hill
The Story of Gladys
A Seattle Deaf School pupil Gladys rises from hardship after scarlet fever steals her hearing. With support from the Washington Home Society and the Children’s Home Society she learns speech, gains a home, and illustrates the charity’s work. Readers are urged to contribute to build the society’s “fence.”
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Providence
Children’s Home Society
Seattle
School For the Deaf and Dumb
Longfellow
Washington Home Society
Gladys
County officials gift 10000 to private Western Washington Fair
The county board committed $10000 of public funds to the Western Washington Fair association a private for profit entity. Commissioners Carrigan Abraham and Rutherford are directors in the private firm and voted the grant, offering no public hearing or exposure to taxpayers. The association plans a fall show to promote King County. Public oversight is dismissed as funds are deemed spent.
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Board of
County Commissioners
Western Washington Fair Association
Seattle
Carrigan
Madison Park
King County
M. J. Carrigan
Dan R. Abraham
A. L. Rutherford
Abraham
Rutherford
Abraham and
Carrigan, Abraham
Explosion In Crowd Wounds Dozens At Event
A large explosion injures fifteen to forty people near a public gathering. Witnesses describe a dense cloud and scattered debris as emergency crews rush to aid the injured. Local officials investigate the cause and assess the scene.
President raft will third suit the America
Fragmentary OCR text references a president and suits he may take against America but lacks clear names dates or events to form a coherent news record.
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Raft
America
Roosevelt Leaves for Berlin Amid Voice Strain
Former President Theodore Roosevelt departed for Berlin at 11 this morning. His inflamed throat forced trimming of speeches, but doctors expect a three day course to restore his voice before the Berlin address. Ambassador Hi will host the party in Berlin, and royal entertainment plans were altered after King Edward's death. Roosevelt travels in trains furnished by Sweden and Germany, meeting at the frontier.
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Stockholm
Theodore Roosevelt
Berlin
David J. Hi
Roosevelt
Edward
Roosevelts
Germany
Wife of William Dean Howells Dies at Home
New York reports the wife of author William Dean Howells died at her residence on Saturday. The couple married in 1862, leaving a long marriage noted in remembrances.
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New York
William Dean Howells
Howells
Tacoma Girls Attempt Suicide In Tent Crisis
Within 24 hours Queenie Stanford aged 20 and Lila Mead aged 19 swallowed mercury via tea in a personal crisis. Stanford, recently from Everett, died before emetics could be given. Mead, from Everett, was on the road to recovery.
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My United Press
Tacoma
Queenie Stanford
Lila Mead
Stanford
Everett
Mead
Vice Notice Served Over Beattle Gambling District
Formal notices prepared for service on Mayor Gill Chief of Police Wappenstein Sheriff Hodge and Prosecuting Attorney Vanderveer claim gambling games operate openly and a vice district exists. Attorneys Blaine Tucker Hyland represent many Beattle property owners backing the anti-vice move from a South End group. If not halted the crusaders will pursue court action to force city cleanup.
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Gill
Wappenstein
Hodge
Vanderveer
Blaine, Tucker & Hyland
Beattle
South End Improvement Clube
Hyde Wife Testifies in His Defense in Swope Murder Case
Mrs Hyde, wife of Dr Hyde, testified in Kansas City that she and her husband faced serious estrangements over courtship and marriage. She described the Swope family water episode and claimed Dr Hyde advised against hydrating the Swope clan, while she admitted placing poisoned water in their car without his knowledge.
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Kansas City, Mo
Mre. B. ©. Hyde
Dr. Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
Logan H. Swope
Swope
Ms. Hyde
Mrs. Hyde
Hyde
Advertise Vacant Rooms by Phone to The Star
If you have a vacant room step to your phone and send an ad to The Star. Costs only a few pennies.
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Star
Missing Link Darwin Theory Debated At Orpheum Show
Charles the First, observed by Professor Merriam of UC Berkeley, is said to show humanlike reasoning albeit with strong human vanities. The German surgeon suggests possible speech after education. the spectacle plans city tours, mayoral visits, and bicycle rides, with occasional clashes over an anticigarette law.
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Charles the Firet
Orpheum
Darwin
Merriam
University of California
Charies
Charlies
Firat
Charles
Witte Charles
Gill
Man Shoots Man In Retaliation Over Divorce
Luke A Miley shoots Ethan A Morrison as Morrison walks with Miley’s estranged wife and child. Morrison suffers two head wounds and is hospitalized with a chance of recovery. Miley surrenders to police. no charges yet, as authorities await Morrison’s condition.
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Ethan A. Morrison
Luke A. Miley
Woodlawn Ay
Sixth Av
45Th St
Morrison
Seattle General Hospital
Miley
Sergt. Dolphin
Rodgers & Kohler
Federal Av
Morrigon
Yankee Matador Harper Lee Fatally Hurt in Mexico
Harper B. Lee, Texan and the only American matador in Bull Ring history, died at Guadalajara's American hospital from injuries suffered in a bullfight yesterday. He killed the bull and bowed to the crowd before collapsing. A college man and fortune seeker, Lee learned the toreador craft from small Northern Mexico bouts to national fame.
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United Press
City OF
Mexico
Harper B. Lee
Guadalajara
Lee
Soijor
Republic
Odds and Ends From Everywhere at the Hotel St Regis
The dispatches list a range of brief items. Notables include Albert Terace Joy casting King Edward’s features and Sir Luke Fields sketching the late monarch. Philadelphia reports a circus chariot accident where William Wells died saving children. Tacoma notes Tony Bush, “The King of the Berry Growers,” drowned with body not found. Seattle’s A Y P exposition spending and gains. Minneapolis’ Levi M Stewart dies leaving $5 million. an auto crash in Detroit. Bryan collecting a zoo for Lincoln. Pittsburg notes Nancy A Bingham’s suicide. Riverside California fatality to a motorist and son. Washington pursues bucket shop inquiries and a central bank stance. San Francisco reports a pajama-clad DA capture. Taft’s stance on central banking. a Ben gon death. interurban car passengers. Seattle-W Everett car remark. Denver man shoots two, fatally wounded.
Funeral Plans For King Edward VII Are Announced
Tentative arrangements set for May 20 funeral with King George and visiting royalty in attendance. Edward’s coffin, hewn from Windsor oak, lies in state at Windsor and will travel by gun carriage to Windsor for interment at the mausoleum after public viewing. Theatres reopen as the king wishes to spare unemployment from closures.
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United Prem
London
Edward VII
Buckingham Palace
Windsor
George
Catafalque
Mary
Alexandra
R. Oyal
Windsor Castle
Albert Memorial Chapel
Royal Preserves
Edward
Was the Star of Bethlehem a Comet
Webster City Iowa May 9 From St Pauls Universalist Church pastor Dr Spicer presents arithmetic proof that the star of Bethlehem was Halley’s Comet not a guide He asserts Christ’s birth occurred four years before AD date and the 75 year comet cycle coincided with that time
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Ualted Press
Webster City
Star of Bethlehem
Halley
St. Paul's Universalist
Spicer
900 Bodies Recovered After Costa Rica Earthquake
Reports from Cartago state 900 bodies have been removed from wreckage of the earthquake that destroyed San Jose. The death toll is estimated at 2,500 with Paraiso showing about 1,000 deaths. Paraiso Orisi and Pococo were struck, and rains worsen refugee suffering.
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United Press
San Jose
Costa Rica
Cartago
Paraiso
Orisi
Pococo
Showers Tonight or Tuesday Wet Weather Moves In
Light west winds accompany a forecast of showers tonight or Tuesday. The brief system brings chances of rain with unsettled skies across the area. The approach of a low-pressure trough may maintain damp conditions into the middle of the week.
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Little Gladys
Washington
The
Iyde
Walted Prece
St. Regis
Albert Terace Joy
Luke Fields
Philadelphia
Willam Wells
Wetes
Tony Bush
Vashon Island
Bush
Minneapolis
Levi M. Stewart
Stewart
Detroit
Bryan
Lincoln
Tom Taggart
Pittsburg
Nancy A. Bingaman
Vasgar
Riverside
Cal
B. B. Bush
Mia
Ae Eaten Breedlove
Attorney General's Department
Cotton Pool
San Francisco
Fickert
Taft
John A. Bengon
Contra Costa
Seattle-Everett
Yeeterday
Pacific Northwest Commerce
Denver
Chester L. Wood
Amuck
Wood
Westminster
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