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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1912
Page
6
A noted "turkey woman" writes from Pacific Poultry Co. premises offering to deliver a large turkey to the Ryther Child Home on Thanksgiving Day. Donors can drop off gifts at market stalls for the little ones, with the fattest bird to be sent to Mother Ryther on Monday the 26th.
Five sailors who escaped from Bremerton Friday remain at large. They were under sentence from a court martial and charged with desertion and fraudulent enlistment.
Long Branch New Jersey reports a high share of aged residents. Seven patriarchs total 654 years with about fifty exceeding four score. The elder is William Redmond who will celebrate his 105th birthday in January.
Washington dispatches report direct wireless communication between Colon and the Arlington wireless station, covering 1,780 miles. Colon replied to a message with a curt fine, while unrelayed replies came from Guantánamo Cuba 1,200 miles away as well as Key West and St. Augustine Florida.
A 19th century advertisement urges mothers to replace harsh laxatives with Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. It touts gentle cleansing of the bowels, improved digestion, and a soothed stomach for children and adults, claiming no after effects and easy dosing with directions on the package. The ad stresses to ask druggists for the genuine product by the California Fig Syrup Co.
A brief local item lists Dr J D Grant practicing dentistry at 2045 Liberty Building Cor Third Ave and Walton Street near the Post Office. The fragment notes the address and location of the dentist.
An overview of the growing motion picture industry detailing audience size theater counts and production costs. It notes 16 000 to 20 000 theaters showing daily in the United States and a daily audience around 5 000 000 with tens of producing companies and vast investments.
In Belgrade Sofia and other cities reports describe relief efforts and casualties from the Balkan theater. Servian administration settles in Belgrade mosques and districts as Greek prisoners and aviators are noted. Turkish wounded die from gangrene amid surgeon shortages while Bulgarian hospitals expand using public buildings. A hoax at Constantinople sparks a station incident as Egyptian tensions rise over Prince Aziz. Officers losses mount near Kumanova with high casualty rates and regiments decimated.
An airman is reported as the first to die in real war, shot down by Turkish cannon during a scouting flight over Adrianople. The loss is marked as a notable milestone in the conflict. The name and unit are not provided in the readable text.
New York police investigate a string of unexplained child deaths linked to Buffalo postcard case. Records suggest a serial slayer, once tied to a Central Park hero case in 1902, may have attacked a child, biting the neck before death.
Nome miners in Seattle celebrate a rich strike in the Bay State group below Anvil Creek. They assert the find uncovers Nome's long lost third beach line once traced in 1905 but not seen west of Little Creek.
Boise Idaho November 18 Joseph Smith head of the Mormon church issues a statement denying that the church dictated or influenced politics in Idaho during the recent election.
Mrs. Pansy Lesh, who surrendered in Los Angeles two weeks earlier, arrived in Sedalia with a deputy sheriff and reiterated her claim of poisoning two Missouri women, Mrs. Quaintance and Mrs. Coe.
Angered by a defeat at Ballard high school, local fans rushed the field and clashed with visiting Auburn players. Patrolman Presho was severely injured as police intervened in the melee.
In Olympia on November 18 a new long distance rate schedule was filed with the state Public Service Commission by Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. The plan uses airline miles for distance and charges one half cent per airline mile per minute with a 5 cent terminal fee and a 50 percent increase for each additional minute.
In Fresno California Laura Hamlett 19 married to William Risch was cited in a note by Harold V Peck 22 a Santa Fe telegraph operator who died from swallowing cyanide Peck and Hamlett had been sweethearts in La Grande Oregon where both once lived
The body of Charles Newell, 22, was found with a bullet hole in a ditch near Centralia as he visited his fiancée. Police pursue his alleged attackers. Newell worked at the Centralia post office.
Captain John Oosterhuis was given one year in county jail and a $1,000 fine or more time until the amount is paid at three dollars daily. He was convicted of landing 22 Chinese on San Francisco bay shore near Hunters Point. They had been brought from Ensenada Mexico.
Vienna reports the fate of Austrian consul Prochaska after clashes with Servians at Priszend. The foreign office seeks government information amid fears of a murder. If no news arrives, the situation may worsen.
New Haven Conn Nov 18 Thousands of Yale alumni will miss the Yale Harvard football game next Saturday due to insufficient reais to seat all spectators. Yale players are housed at Greenwich for the big clash and trainer John Mack reports them in excellent condition.
Frank B. Hall, a city employed telephone expert, has arrived to begin preparing data for the ultimate establishment of a municipal telephone system. He arrived Saturday to start the work.
Denver dispatch reports Colorado women plan to press for senior state positions after the upcoming Democratic administration. At an office holders meeting they will issue an ultimatum to Gov elect Ammons seeking prominent state jobs and at least one federal post. Boise notes Gov Hawley will not resign to fill the late Senator Heyburn's unexpired term.
Tom O rien, who held up a street car and shot two men on Oct. 15, was sentenced to life in prison by Judge Morrow in Portland. The prisoner offered a defiant remark during sentencing. In separate dispatches, a priest saved the sacrament as a cathedral burned in Cannes causing about 100000 dollars in losses.
After a two month delay the Alaska railway project nears Seattle as a federal commission presses to reach Congress. The board seeks fuller support from the government to find the best railroad and trail routes, with tonight's remarks quoted by the Arctic Chamber of Commerce.
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