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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1911
Page
6
A Alaska bound prospector returns home with a tale of a salted placer claim sold to two Englishmen. tests showed rich gold dust in pans, but the miner secretly added gold dust by chewing and spitting in each pan, revealing the fraud.
A short heavy set footpad fired on three men along the Edmonds to Seattle road yesterday. Albert Brown was hit in the hand and William Manilla wounded in the leg as the assailant chased Brown. John Mela was shot through the arm. his watch and $9 were taken. All men were treated at Seattle General hospital. Brown discharged today. Sheriff Deering of Everett pursues the suspect.
The Rev. D. M. Spencer, a blind pastor from Gentry, Missouri, spent seven years producing a Bible with raised letters, financed at over $1,000. He previously created a hymnbook likewise in raised lettering and hired a reader to assist with typesetting. Spencer has preached across many states and once built a three room home and homesteaded a Nebraska claim.
In Terre Haute Indiana Miss Eva Close won 4300 against Winfield Fox a former daily hug and kiss habit ended when Fox married another woman. The jury needed 11 hours to decide the breach of promise suit. Fox a science teacher at Elwood High School was defendant.
Helena Montana November 27 a Northern Pacific brakeman H E Ekleberry died hours after a train ran over him He severed both legs with a knife while workers sought jacks to lift cars from his mangled legs The act was described as an exhibition of iron nerve.
Tomorrow evening at the First Presbyterian church a large trained chorus will perform Rossini's Stabat Mater with soloists including Miss Lacey soprano contralto Mrs Sylvia Ware Ireland tenor Mr Joshua Johns Tacoma and Charles More basso. The chorus numbers about 30 and the second half features miscellaneous renditions.
Secretary to the President Charles D. Hillen denied a Columbus Ohio story that President Taft would urge a presidential preference primary in Ohio. He called the report false and said no such move was planned.
A young man of about 20 entered the Star meat market at 2700 Jackson Street Saturday night and showed a revolver to the clerk. He demanded cash, took money from the drawer, and claimed he would not shoot unless forced. He fled. no identity has been found.
The Mueller fur shop at 1612 Seconday lost about $8,000 in furs and coats after thieves broke a rear window. Patrolmen T G Montgomery and W B McGraw were suspended five days each by Chief Bannick for failing to notice the broken window.
London November 27. Young polar bears awaiting arrival at the London Zoological Gardens will be mothered by a dog. Barbara, the polar bear, grooms by gathering straw and building a nest, but previous cubs have died.
Rev ER V Shaylor of St Mark s Church urged City warning about water shortage and divine providence after last week s dangers. He blamed engineering oversights and melted snows for the crisis while stressing God s love and protection of property homes and lives.
ST LOUIS on November 27 Anthony F Wice who labored over a year on a coal free heat generating invention died when a basement explosion occurred just after he carried a lighted lantern from supper. The blast destroyed the home and he was found dead at the scene.
The article cites Rev. T. B. Thompson who blames Uncle Joe Cannon's cigar for his defeat in 1912. He argues the cigar symbolized a pugnacious conservatism that deterred reformers and invited opposition within the Republican ranks.
A judge sentences a killer to support the widow of his victim. The court cites justice and rehabilitation, offering the chance to redeem himself. Judge Backus remarks the sentence protects the victim's family while punishing the crime.
Emil Samenfink of Milwaukee pleaded guilty to killing Albert Jutramnaki in a card quarrel. The judge ordered Samenfink to support the widow and her child for two years and to report to a probation officer, with immediate additional penalties if needed. Samenfink wept and said he would do his best to help Mrs. Jutreinski.
United Press Leased Wire reports Dr. Robert J. Sprague of Amherst College blames women's fondness for rage and automobiles for a shrinking birth rate. He says women's colleges are old maid factories and that professional women avoid marriage, preferring careers over homes and babies.
W C Schmalin of near Midland investigated a rattlesnake that wandered inside his home. The snake had become tangled in sticky fly paper and tied into knots trying to free itself. He ended the ordeal by dispatching the reptile with a club.
Viola Mathews five year old of Pasadena died after a jjackstraw was removed from her throat following choking during play. The girl placed the toy in her mouth yesterday and could not dislodge it. An operation was later performed to save her life.
Lafayette Choate pleaded guilty to beating his wife and tying her to a harrow in a field near Birmingham last July. Judge Trimble sentenced him to thirty days in jail after Prosecuting Attorney Simrall said the wife had caused Choate trouble and that he had already served four months in jail.
George Walter of Memphis, 87, in Richmond Michigan, sought coffin fixtures for his wife after buying one for himself. He left an undertaker’s here when prices exceeded his budget by 60 cents. He issued a challenge to race or wrestle any man his age for a $100 purse.
Ten men were injured when a partially wrecked bridge on the Columbia & Puget Sound railroad collapsed while crews cleared driftwood near Maple Valley, 20 miles from Seattle. One man, Gilbert Thompson, is missing presumed dead. others from Seattle and Tacoma are hospitalized but expected to recover.
New York City eyes Henry George single tax as a revenue source with Mayor Gaynor a believer. City Comptroller Prendergast seeks data on real estate, land, and improvements, and Mayor Dilling has asked Otway Pardee to obtain the information.
William A Marlin two years old has gone to Jail to escape his forty year old wife a trained nurse whom he recently married. Miss Margaret Glass a nurse cared for him during illness then married him and took him from his daughter s home. He claims mistreatment but says he loves her.
In Buffalo a fifty year tale ends in marriage as Judge William Eastman of Omaha and Mrs. Sarah J. Green of Buffalo, once sweethearts aged 20 and 22, reunite at a veterans reunion. Eastman now 70, Green’s later life years apart, join in wedlock after long separations.
Suffering aphasia, Mia Elizabeth Heppenheimer 80 left her New York City home at 114 East 119th Street and walked nearly 80 miles to Hastings New York in heavy rain. She had disappeared last January with $2000 and was found by a policeman the next day in Riverside Park after a newspaper report aided identification.
The North American cites an authoritative Roosevelt statement saying he will not support any man for the nomination. It asserts Roosevelt declares he is not a candidate and has not been at any time.
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