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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1910
Page
2
Toyo Morimoto a Japanese man, will be sent to Tacoma to face charges in the murder of Koamura at Orting Washington on the night of November 12. Morimoto expressed deep sorrow and said he intended to write to Koamura to seek forgiveness, believing Koamura had only been wounded.
In Minneapolis on November 25 Mrs. Amelia Schmidt seeks a divorce from her husband claiming cruel and inhuman treatment because she does not believe in kissing and says he kissed her with excessive fervor.
New York reports suggest the phrase may become literal as sensational European designs surface. Husum notes Mrs. KR Mathews starting a sawmill to cut 200 acres for Hill railroads, with her leading the camp and mill. Tebaccs may now flourish in the White Salmon valley, according to local farmers.
Crossing patrolman Charles Prothero at Seconday and James at for five years suffered his first accident yesterday when a woman was knocked down by a motorcycle. She was shaken but uninjured. No arrest was needed, but Prothero's prized record was marred and nearly brought tears to the husky officer who said he hated to see his record go to mush.
One company of Infantry from Foat Whip garrison departed Prescott today en route to Fort Huachuca. It is believed they will be deployed to patrol the Mexican boundary.
Eleven year old Stark Corley fished in Tyreford and baiting with corn drew a carp that measured 35 4% inches long, 21 inches in circumference and weighed 25 pounds.
A dog named Spot owned by Robert Rodders fooled a jury by stepping along the line and shaking paws to win a case about a cow and barbed wire. In Fort Collins students of Colorado Agricultural College faced an odd initiation by Alpha Pi Lambda that forced them to scrub sidewalks with toothbrushes before onlookers.
William N Head of Lawrenceburg Ind raised a bald full grown chicken in his kitchen. The bird was one of thirteen cared for by a mother hen that refused to nurse it.
Indiana tale from Sheluylvilm reports undertaker M G Tindall betting former Sheriff John Burk $160 coffin against Judge Sparks reelection. Judge lost, coffin claimed, Burk refused the casket, Tindall pressed to deliver it to the victor’s home amid confusion and a heated dispute.
The piece notes changes in Kansas politics as veteran politician Peffer, now near age 80, looks on at insurgents standpatters and Democrats during a major party clash. It remarks on his history across parties except socialism and hints at socialist gains in Topeka.
In Tokio 24 suspected anarchists charged with a plot to murder the mikado see trials postponed to December 10 to allow defense review of police documents amid expected death penalty upon conviction. In Chicago Earl McDonald 19 confesses after a holdup shooting of John Ostoszewsky and wounding E W Schurt.
Kansas City dated November 26 reports Judge A J L Anderson of Independence Ohio childhood sweetheart from school in Ohio. After dreaming her husband had died and she yearned for him he wrote to Mary E B Davie in Palisade Colorado and learned the tale was true. They married in Denver and arrived home met by brass band and a large arm chair.
A collection of items from across the region. Mrs. Elmer Hickford keeps moving city to city and seeks a divorce in Walla Walla. Paul Young collapsed from heart failure before a performance with Virginia Harned in Vancouver. Dr Francis arrived in sheriff custody, half shaved, at Winlock. In Bellingham a grand jury may examine a moral wave, including the arrest of a private detective for shaking down a locking house man.
In Bellingham on the morning of November 26 George Laporte and an escaped convict named Branley fled after being challenged at Magnolia and Commercial streets. A shot by Police Sergeant Jim Lee struck Laporte in the calf, stopping the escape, while Patrolman Pat Jessup captured Branley in a nearby alley near the American Reveille office. The two are identified as the suspects in a recent hardware store looting.
A concise etymology tracing how the word lumber travels from Longobards in Italy to English paws and finally to American timber terms. It explains how whiskered barbarians influenced the term, through Lombard rooms and pawnshops, to describe timber, junk, and the lumbering trade.
Spokane reports Mike Gilroy, thought murdered in Baker City, is alive in a local hotel. He says his miner’s card was stolen five months ago and the man now jailed for the Baker City crime uses that card and identity.
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