Buffalo Bill Contest Promises Cash Prizes and Reserved Seats
The Star advertises a Buffalo Bill Sells Floto circus stop in Seattle for three days starting May 2. Readers may win up to 50 dollars in gold plus 50 reserved seats by submitting essays on Buffalo Bill’s contributions to America, with several prize tiers and conditions.
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Sells-Floto Circus
Buffalo Bill
Seattle
United States
William Frederick Cody
America
Buffalo Bill Chimself
Star
Bill
Cody
Welfare commission testimony on Olympia minimum wage
A worker testifies that a store runs a commission system paying seven dollars weekly only if sales reach one hundred dollars. She notes a 25 cent shortfall yields nothing, and the bookkeeper says no one met the standard since she began, calling the employee an old worker.
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Welfare Commission
Olympia
Commission
Tacoma
Walla Walla
Olson
Jackson Sibaugh
Seattle
Florence H. Swanson
Raymond
W. H. Udall
M. H. Marvin
Sunnyside
Jeopardized U S Dollar Angers Americans In Vera Cruz
From Vera Cruz May 10 1914 the noisiest thing in Mexico is the jeopardized American dollar. An American businessman laments losses and calls for US troops to protect property while others argue tens of thousands of Americans remain abroad and profits haunt the capital. The piece contrasts home voting and taxation with business risk and ends noting the army at Vera Cruz sheds few tears for the worried dollars.
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Fred L. Boalt
Vera Cruz
Mex
Mexico
Plaza de la Cathedral
Mexico City
United States
Huerta to resign if US funds and terms agreed
Report from Mexico City claims President Huerta will quit only if the United States loans 400000.00 to Mexico Magdalena bay lease at 99000000 Carranza barred from the presidency and Huerta gains a say in his successor He would supervise a mixed Anglo Mexican German French English commission to oversee the deal.
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Vera Cruz
Huerta
United States
Mexico
Magdalena Bay
Carranza
Mexico City
A. B.C
England
France
Germany
Taxi Driver Arraigned as Kidnapper in Seattle Case
Stewart Steele a taxicab driver charged with kidnapping vaudeville actress Camila Casaleri and assaulting her during a wild February 19 ride through Seattle. On trial for a second time Judge Gilliam presiding after a prior 11 to 1 verdict. Casaleri described a harrowing journey ending when she escaped at high speed.
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Stewart Steele
Camila Casaleri
Seattle
Gilllam
Camila
Steele
King Street
Things You Ought To Know About Seattle 1909
A condensed preview covering Seattle from June to October 1909 for the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition. It notes Beattie's 94 square miles include 58 square miles land and 36 square miles water with three lakes and Elliott Bay, and that hundreds of thousands of visitors were drawn to the city.
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Seattle
Alaska
Pacific Coast
Beattie
Elliott Bay
Heven
Mrs. Magdalena Werner Faces Murder Trial
Mrs Magdalena Werner widow of Henry Werner the Isaquah rancher stands trial charged with complicity in his murder before Judge Kenneth Mackintosh. A crowded gallery watches as she is escorted to the chair by Deputy Sheriff John W Roberts. Jury selection to finish tonight.
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Magdalena Werner
Henry Werner
Issaquah
Kenneth Mackintosh
John W. Roberts
George H. Rummens
Do. K. Poe
Col. Howard Hathaway
Everett
Werner
J. Edgar Wright
Speeding Falls Off in University District
Residents along 14th Ave NE from 45th to 65th report fewer speeders and reckless drivers after a jumpy weekend. Chief Griffithe notes a perceptible decline while the sole arrest since Saturday is W. D. Preston, a salesman, taken in at 8:35 a.m. yesterday by Patrolman P. F. Haubris.
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University District
14Th Av. N. EB
Griffithe
W. D. Preston
P. F. Haubris
Jolly Telephone Charge Targeted by Local Clerk
L. L. Vellat, 3222 Walnut St., defies Pacific Telephone Company official C. E. Jolly over a five dollar cancellation charge. Attorney George Olson vows to challenge any collection suit, stating the firm lacks legal right to demand such fees. The Star promises updates on Jolly’s response and the dispute’s outcome.
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Pacific Telephone Co
C. E. Jolly
Jolly
L. L. Vellat
Walnut St
Mister Jolly
George Olson
Vellat
Alaska
Olson
Washington sets $10 minimum wage for preemployed mercantile workers
Olympia reports the Washington Industrial Welfare Commission will implement a $10 minimum wage for preemployed mercantile establishments within weeks. The commission details extensive hardships of young workers including four girls sharing a room, sleeping on floors, and eating skimpy meals to survive while rents average $2.50 to $3 weekly. The budget study cites 11,059 employed girls and a typical living cost of about $22.57 per month, urging reforms to improve conditions.
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Olympia
Wash
Washington Industrial Welfare
Washington
Edward W. Olson
Wington
Mexican Envoys Embraced by Residents at Hotel Astor
Mexican envoys to the A B C mediation conference were greeted by Spanish and Mexican residents in New York at the Hotel Astor. They exchanged embraces and kisses in Latin style before departing for Niagara Falls the next day.
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New York
Hotel Astor
Niagara Falls
Chamber of Commerce backs civil service reform charter
The executive committee of the taxation bureau approves a revision of civil service regulations as outlined in the new charter and plans to report to the chamber trustees at tomorrow night’s meeting.
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Taxation Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Hinky Dink Charter Defended By Commissioner At Socialist Hall
Elmer E. Todd, charter commissioner, defended the Hinky Dink charter before socialists at Socialist Hall 711 Olivet. He argued that cities with councilmen on nominal salaries are most successful in reducing taxes.
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Elmer E. Todd
Socialist Hall
Olivest
Terrible Tale of Lumbian Survivors At Sea
United States revenue cutter reached Halifax on May 18 with survivors from the freighter Lumbian burned at sea days earlier. Thirteen days afloat in an open boat left 15 aboard at risk, with eleven dying from wounds and exposure as others perished before rescue. Survivors endured lack of water and food, rationing rainwater with tarpaulins, and recount a six day to death toll before rescue.
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Halifax
United States Revenue
Eca
Lumbian
E Robert Tiere
Oscaredall
Peter Belanger
Mitchell Ludwigsen
Tiere
George Hull
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