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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1911
Page
9
Rebels captured Shanghai's native city of Nghai with little resistance. Foreign settlements remain guarded as Euro residents brace for possible fighting. In Pekin fears grow of a potential uprising as crowds flee and a wholesale massacre of man is feared.
Tacoma dispatch reports ex mayor P Wright blamed his assault on city engineer Bullard, contending old feud over Bullard’s removal. Wright now handles a large city contract and Bullard serves as inspector. Wright was fined 150 dollars plus costs.
In Waukegan Illinois on November 2 an Egg firm sold a dozen strictly fresh eggs. One egg carried a pencil dated Oct 14 and was not opened by Mrs Reardon who bought the dozen.
Gary Indiana November 8 A Gary millionaire Lewis A Bryan says he must live on twelve dollars weekly while he sues his young wife for cruelty. An injunction limits his living expenses to twelve dollars per week pending the divorce settlement. Mrs Bryan, younger than her husband, met him while serving as nurse to his first wife.
In Opelousas Louisiana on November 3 the jury in the murder case against Mrs J P McCrea over Allen Garland reported a disagreement after two days of deliberation. Foreman Hidalgo said the jury was hopelessly split and after a second disagreement the court discharged them.
Mrs. Francis M. Boggs widow of the Western manager confronts Frank Minnamateu her husband’s killer after a staged meeting in a Broadway hotel arranged by Capt. Paul Flammer. Minnamateu confesses the act claiming old grievances and begs to be shot.
In Los Angeles on November 3 the first woman jury in California acquits A A King editor of the Watts News of circulating an obscene and indecent newspaper. Juror Nellie Mooman, 22, said the verdict reflects honesty in reporting to aid the public rather than approval of the language.
A fragmentary passage describes Selia and her husband, noting danger ahead and his view of her as uninteresting. It mentions his low regard for women with musical talent as particularly unpromising.
A German scientific writer estimates the intrinsic value of a man or woman weighing 130 pounds at 7.50 dollars. He breaks down the value by components such as phosphor time sulphur albumen in the body and adds that the fat, lime magnesia and other traces contribute only small amounts.
In Marion Illinois on November 3 a coroner's jury found that George Kennedy died after choking on a beefsteak aided by something he drank before dinner. The verdict cites the food as the primary cause with a pre meal liquid contributing to the incident.
An advertisement promises a magatone lotion can smooth wrinkles reduce sallowness and blemishes on face neck and arms. It claims daily use with witch hazel and a small magatone package will brighten skin and discourage facial hair while improving clarity and smoothness.
Tomorrow at 9 a m the state will auction the south 120 acres of Blake Island at Port Orchard Kitsap county The land has been appraised at $600 per acre by the land commissioner EB W Ross brother of the commissioner may bid or not and Lawrence Colman a local claimant may bid if able The parcel is large and requires about $72000 to bid making it inaccessible to most buyers
F W Stevenson and Co brokers Bailey Building advise stock sellers to place sell orders. The short notice appears in a financial column with a cautionary tone about market movement and broker guidance.
Western Canadian police report part of the Bank of Montreal theft recovered in Westminster British Columbia. About $25,000 of the $257,000 taken was found when workmen uncovered a sack with $4,340 in gold and $20,000 in new five and ten dollar bills beneath an old wooden sidewalk plank.
A plan proposes operating dance halls as an experiment to prove that properly run dance venues improve social conditions in the city by guiding behavior and promoting orderly recreation.
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