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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1903
Page
8
A collage of snappy lines and delicate jests from various columns. The snippets feature a dramatic outburst accusing a lover of deceit, a reporter’s pump encounter, a farewell tour icebreaker, streetcar fines in London, and quips about luck, war, and fame. The tone is quick, humorous, and episodic with names and places hinted but largely fragmentary.
A major battle for the Democratic mayoral nomination unfolds at tonight’s municipal convention. Mayor Mackle seeks renomination against C. A. Reynolds leading an anti Mackle faction. Reynolds backs Alex McDonald as his candidate. Incumbent councilmen face likely non nomination amid graft allegations. No other ticket fights expected. Union Savings & Trust Co opens all day Saturday.
In Olympia yesterday Governor Meltride allowed Detective Bergt Cary of the New York Police Department to return to New York with Frank H. Poor who is under indictment for grand larceny. A writ of habeas corpus was issued to detain the officer from taking his prisoner out of the state. Supreme Judge Pullerton approved the writ and will hear arguments Monday afternoon before Superior Judge Hell. Poor presides over the Citizens Light Power Company of Washington. He spent two years in New York settling the Marquant & Co. affair before coming to Seattle. Poor’s stay in New York after the bank suit was cited by his enemies as proof of prior trouble. The governor ruled the papers regular despite protest. The notice also includes an unrelated Scotts Emulsion advertisement targeting readers with health claims.
Bond was set for a defendant to appear in court Monday. The bondsmen named are Henry and Charles F. Chamberlain, with the amount secured by the judge Belt.
Washington D C Nov 2 Senatorial military affairs panel summons Ray Stannard Baker over the Francie article in the North American Review as Major Runcie testifies that General Wood instigated the attack on General Brooke. Wood defends expenses and denies influencing coverage while Roosevelt reportedly threatens possible withdrawal of nomination if culpability is shown.
Otie and Ben Johnson, Ballard youths, confessed to several petty thefts after being arrested last night. They admitted taking sweaters and gloves from in front of Fawkey Grubb store and hid the goods nearby until late Saturday.
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In Washington a discussion of Count Cassini and his adopted daughter the Countess Marguerite Cassini unfolds amid court protocol and diplomacy. The ambassador’s status, the Russian czar’s favor, and Cassini’s push to present a queenly household figure are weighed against European etiquette and the ambassadorial corps.
In Washington Marguerite, niece of the ambassador, wields charm and intellect across languages from Parisian French to German Italian and Russian. Her training in the old world earns her esteem as a murietan and earns the title countess after the count’s approval, provoking pushback from social rivals who had threatened her reputation.
The Western avenue markets saw brisk business with chicken duck and geese in plentiful supply. Turkeys are being disposed of opportunistically with many in cold storage awaiting potential price rises. Wholesale prices rise modestly across meats dairy and produce with fruit and grain offerings including apples pears oranges bananas and various hay and feed items.
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