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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1912
Page
8
A Seattle patrolman identified as No. 86 stands calm as a furious teamster berates him for crossing. The teamster relents after a brief exchange. the officer recalls keeping temper in check, and both acknowledge the value of calm police work and mutual respect in public service.
Judge W H le of the firm Bogle Bogle Merrit, longtime counsel for the Alaska Steamship Company, was today elected second vice president of the company.
John Contracting Co. received the water mains contract on 18th Avenue and nearby streets with a bid of 25 692 50 amid ten competing bids. Oriental American Carnival Co. gets approval to set up a two block fair zone between Jackson and Kingston for a July show.
Quincy Mase reports that on May 15, after a separation lasting two months, Mrs. Anderson obtained a court order forcing Dr J H Anderson to pay her two dollars weekly. She then returned home and prepared his dinner, and the couple were reconciled.
John Conley, a Pennsylvania freight engineer, spotted Georgia and Edgar Rush, young children of Mrs. John Brush, Columbus, in the railroad path as he entered Muncie early today. He stopped the locomotive, carried the children to their mother visiting here, and ensured their safety.
They began a platonic reading of Lucile then shifted to a book about building a $1000 house. In court, Charles B. Cushing and Charles M. McGuire won a verdict of 27500 against Monarch Timber Company for commissions on a 500000 logged timber lands sale.
The port district of Seattle began condemnation proceedings yesterday to acquire block 372 Beatle tide lands for unit two of harbor improvements. Shipping men on the Pacific coast are urged to contribute to a memorial land planned for wire Operator Phillipe who died heroically while aiding a fated steamer. A permanent relief fund is planned for all wireless men who die in duty. Mount Vernon Illinois A Frees bird ox attacked a hive of bees for fun and the bees stung the dog to death.
William F. McCombs, a young New York lawyer, quits practice to back New Jersey Governor William S. Edwards in a presidential campaign. Wiliam Edwards attends a dig project in West Virginia aimed at the deepest hole, while a separate government suit on coke duties from Comox, B C, sees assessed value rise from $3 to $5 per ton.
General Homer Lea, long in serious condition since returning from China where he aided a revolution, is much improved in health according to a telegram to his sister Mrs. Lea White in this city.
A Chicago May 15 dispatch notes Mayor Harri son receiving a bundle of letters from elementary school children describing mosquito habits and proposing city actions. Other items report a tramp exchange with Mrs. Youngwife and three bachelors agreeing to adopt babies per Illinois mothers congress plan. Judge Newcomer rules a pedigreed dog killed by a train due to ordinary care and diligence, awarding $200 to owner C. R. Barrios.
Early today unknown persons seized a steam roller and drove through Elgin trimming lilac beds and shrubbery causing damage as the machine wedged between two trees during their escapade.
Mount Vernon reports Theodore Gifford visits Yonkers to see his wife who has remarried, under the belief he was dead. In Pittsburg police chief Lipps loses job after using substitutes to guard West Homestead while he played ball.
Arthur Watts, a chauffeur recently released from jail, drove by and struck Edward K. Rogers after a prior sentence related to a woman killed by his car. Authorities report Watts had been out less than 18 months when the new fatal collision occurred.
Detroit Free Press notes a character described as overly fussy about car production. The snippet mentions him pausing to set aside a cigarette during fueling, illustrating a fraught work habit and peculiar conduct surrounding manufacturing.
A strike by men attendants at the dunning institutions for the throne left the county with 2000 unguarded maniace on its hands. The strike ended 10 hours after it began.
Short clippings recount a judge ordering alimony for a travel man’s wife, odd exchanges on Fifth Avenue, Jamaica ginger crackdown in the city, Garibaldi brothers joining Mexican forces, a St. Louis horse incident, a trolley fire quitter rule, and the police naming a mean thief, all dated from various U.S. towns.
Putnam Connecticut Mrs J B Kent secretary of the Women s Foreign Missionary society received a diamond engagement ring from an unnamed woman as the most precious gift she could give to the cause.
In New York on May 15, Smoke the dog mascot of fire truck No. 16 was run over and killed by the same truck. The piece notes the dog’s hero status with the Equitable fire department. Other items include a woman claiming to be Sara Bernhardt found with a padlock in her corsage, and local oddities such as a baby found on town hall steps with a market basket.
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