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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1909
Page
6
United Press reports in Great Falls Montana that last night thieves removed the body of Hatfield Conrad’s infant son from Highland Cemetery and are holding it, allegedly for ransom, after desecrating the grave.
Spokane dispatch reports Engineer Perry Norvell of the Northern Pacific helper engine misread his orders during a washout delay. He was to wait at Lind for NP train No. and the Great Northern passenger on shared tracks, but left after NP train arrived, causing a collision a mile west of town.
Wheeler Southwick of Joseph, Oregon, is jailed in Enterprise on a kidnapping charge. He reportedly shot at his wife, seized his child, and rode away on a horse before being captured beyond Enterprise.
More than two thousand men and women from all walks of life were invited by Loughney & Loughney specialists for rheumatism and allied ailments. The informal reception ran from 2 to after 6 PM with twenty baked turkeys and complimentary consultations, underscoring the firm’s popular and charitable image in Seattle.
New York November 26 Richard Parr a Treasury special agent exposed the sugar trust’s fraud on Brooklyn docks using false weights, prompting bribe attempts and threats. Roosevelt supported his mission, and Parr’s work led to indictments, confiscations, and a pay raise to 3600 yearly. He remains devoted, living at 414 West 314th Street and staffing long hours to build the case.
A Chicago News column wryly notes night watchmen face dark secrets and hard duties. It jokes that loafer pride misreads work, calls for wholehearted partnership in marriage, and warns that sudden success can grate neighbors. The piece also hints at young men' fear of rejection.
A collection of sharp aphorisms about success, self image, honesty, weather as excuse, and women's fortunes. The speaker contrasts personal faults with others' faults, notes how intent focus on small virtues hides larger flaws, and quips on women's feet visible if raised, attributed to the New York Press.
A fragmented exchange from the Louieville Courier Journal presents a riddle about a hard man to sult and a merchant’s remark on waiting and asking. The text then lists names and nicknames including Jenkins Hoskine Jonkins Farle tied to weather clerk and crook.
Navigating a four day gale along Lynn Canal and Gastineau Channel, vessels including the Georgia and Princess Ena reach Skagway and Sitka stalled near Shelter Inlet and Benjamin Cove. The Humboldt arrives bruised from a rough voyage as almanacs face wind predictions for Jamaica in 1910.
Entryman Charles J. Smith testifies that the Cunningham affidavit alleging an agreement to give Cunningham one eighth of each coal claim was not true as read. Smith, questioned by Sheridan, denies any prior beach agreement and says he believed the affidavit referred only to a Cunningham deal. The cross examination of Smith was mild compared with other entrymen who expected tougher scrutiny.
P. K. Moor president of the Seattle Bakers' union and KR B Hesketh vice president of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' International Alliance were appointed official delegates by the Central Labor Council for the Washington Federation of Labor convention in Quam I? January 11.
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