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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1912
Page
7
The Star will provide the most complete election returns from the nation state and county with 30 minute lead. A big show is planned at Second Ave and James St with invites to readers as The Star promises complete extra editions tonight. The betting odd on Wilson carrying 25 states is noted despite histories of voting patterns.
Indifferent voters hurry to register as the campaign looms. At Lincoln Beach a tour car ferries elderly residents toward polling sites while clashes between ultra progressive and ultra conservative views spark bets on Roosevelt and Taft outcomes. The piece notes elderly voters like 86 year old J W Cal breath, and a turnout of twenty eight from the home.
RG Washington November 5 K Frost Republican candidate spoke to about 160 people at a Frost meeting and over 1960 attended a Federation of Labor and Progressive rally nearby Bob Hodge drew the crowd and was cheered to the echo. The Progressive rally was the town’s largest ever and Hodge is seen as likely to win Ellensburg by a larger margin than the other candidates combined.
The article outlines six men as potential presidents if no clear winner emerges on March 4. Taft would need to hold 22 Republican state delegations in the House and win three of four mixed delegations. Wilson must retain 22 Democratic delegations and grab three of the mixed ones. Taft and Wilson could win via House balloting, while Marshall of Indiana might become president by Senate vice presidency and succession, with Knox possible as acting president in a stalemate.
A jumble of brief items notes a president’s self display at the White House, Gov. Wil’s political read, 5 000 Filipino youths earning about $2 000 yearly, a 100 year old prisoner in police court, and scattered notes on divorce, farming estates above 250, a Presbyterian minister, a Seattle hotel incident, and cryptic references to a Turkish Caruso and a relative’s section.
An 8-year-old schoolboy, Harry Teast, became wedged between a double tree on the New Egypt school grounds. Contractor Marty Irons cut down one tree to free him. the boy was not seriously injured, though badly bruised and exhausted after the ordeal.
Rain is forecast tonight and Wednesday with high south winds and a noon temperature around 50 degrees.
Both major Seattle newspapers oppose John T Casey for Judge Superior Court and advocate Casey while progressive readers are urged to vote for him per The Star.
San Francisco reports the death of Mrs. Jean Witwell McComas, 26, wife of Mexican mining millionaire W. P. McComas, shot herself after a quarrel. This marks the third tragedy in 16 years for the man known as DMI McComas, who earlier lost his parents and brother to Apache attacks and was linked to the 1904 Los Angeles case against Mrs. Charlotte Noyes. The couple had appeared at Santa Anita before the fatal act, and McComas faced detentions before being released after authorities said Mrs. McComas did the shooting. Mrs. McComas’s condition was reported as likely to recover.
Charles Parker of Rockdale, after drinks with friends in a First Ave saloon, was robbed of 65 dollars by three assailants who beat him. Another theft at 50th and Phinney Crown shop yielded 20 dollars in goods. C H Becie’s Bowton block room lost 45 dollars and a 400 dollar diamond ring. Lamson Dye Works at 923 Yesterday was burgled while family dined upstairs. thief fled.
The imperial Turkish hareme and the city archives were transferred today from Constantinople to Brussa in Asia Minor, likely in anticipation of a retreat as allied forces advance, according to a dispatch received.
In Chicago on November 5, Andrew Firiek, 27, testified his uncle Frank Firlek, 51, offered to sell his wife for 30 dollars as a joke. The judge heard the elder man refuse, stating he would not sell his wife for 2000 or 2500. The nephew tied his uncle and left him bound. he was fined 100 dollars.
In New York a county clerk records all divorce actions in a book. For the first time in memory no names were entered as a lull in divorce litigation left the book blank. Reporters observed the clerks noted the absence of filings.
In Fort Worth Texas on Nov 56 a man reputed to hold the longest name in the world was naturalized. The full name contains 33 letters and begins with Gua Paphoubheo, followed by a long sequence that locals say cannot be pronounced but can be sung.
A Franklin County house in Bedford built of logs in 1798 by David Brown is being torn down to make way for new construction, marking the end of a historic landmark in the area.
A historical market listing shows items like English breakfast tea, pepper, cinnamon, mustard, cocoa, peas, and halibut with assorted prices and bulk quantities. The note includes shorthand and OCR garbles indicating unit prices and weights across multiple goods.
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