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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1912
Page
8
In Spokane a jail inmate, Jack Wilson, will eat only what he can beg or steal for two weeks after losing a bet that Roosevelt would win the election. The quirky item is paired with assorted regional notes on fashion, diet schemes, park land purchases, and a Seattle charity Thanksgiving dinner plan.
Spokane reports a runaway team driven by Bud Wilson collided with an auto driven by Harold Nelson at University street and Western avenue yesterday. Wilson injured while Nelson uninjured. Nearby, Mrs. Fred O'Hara died in a house fire, unable to escape. Bankruptcy schedules list liabilities of 2680.34 and assets of 500 in the Dutlevesen case from Renton. The Colissin theatre building at Third avenue and James street is slated for demolition around February 1 to clear space for a new courthouse.
A French temperance worker estimates that one man in France is connected in some way with the liquor business, implying broad social and economic links to alcohol.
A New York manicurist declines marriage after a wealthy relative leaves a fortune, saying she is too fond of her customers. The remark is noted amid the stage production Julia Caesar by William Faversham, praised by the New York Times as a fine ambition.
A miss in Oklahoma reports to the county attorney that her husband has left her. A Japanese official in Los Angeles says citizens are shifting from rice to meat to grow taller. The text ends with a note dismissing the conversation as superfluous.
The University Community Club will meet tonight at the University Public Library for reports from several special committees. The Great Northern Steamship Co. liner Minnesota departed Nagasaki yesterday morning, starting her homeward voyage from Oriental ports.
Musing on public perception a writer notes that even respected figures like ExJudge Grosscup are mistaken for Woodrow Wilson. The piece ponders why such mixups occur precisely when a man seems poised for happiness.
Reports from Everett Olympia and Seattle cover ordinance hikes to saloon licenses and council actions. Delegates named for an American minting congress meet in Spokane February 23 to 26. Church incorporations filed in Olympia and society meetings noted in Seattle area.
A report says several hundred pounds of dynamite are stored near the Renton mines where a strike is pending. United States Marshal Jacoby was telegraphed to Washington for authority to appoint 10 more deputies to handle the strike situation, though no disorder has occurred.
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