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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1917
Page
10
WHEELING W Va Nov 30 W H Koch a well known produce dealer received a package from the postman. Inside he found a check for money he lost 13 years ago with the exact amount returned as remembered by Koch.
M Brooks, a hunter from Prairie Du Chien Wisconsin, has mounted a rare pure white duck with red eyes found in the wild rice fields of the Miesisalppi. He shot it while it flew in a large flock of ducks. The trophy is preserved as a currentty.
Federal authorities probe a secret anarchist group linked to German propaganda used by Italian extremists. One of 70 suspects is cleared after mistaken identity. many leaders provide statements to gain immunity. Some members earned American citizenship fraudulently, enabling possible deportations to Italy to punish those who broke morale of Italian armies.
The Alaska Steamship Co. freighters La Touche and Redondo sit at Seattle docks with valuable cargoes of mineral and finh aboard. More than 43,000 cases of finh will be unloaded Friday before the ships move to Tacoma to unload minerals at the smelter there.
Charles Lombard led the Wilkes theatre orchestra to the naval training station for a long concert after the matinee. The boys at the station enjoyed a lively performance during their Thursday program.
Charles Mix a farmer near Pierre South Dakota hauled a blanketed full grown hog to a doctor for medical attention using a pleasure car. Hoge are valuable these days.
James and William Barton, aged 81, twin handcart pioneers in Salt Lake City Utah, prove bachelor and married life do not affect longevity. Each reportedly ages alike with no wrinkles difference. The brothers, one a persistent bachelor, discuss marriage and fate, claiming both live the same years.
The war bureau and the American Federation of Labor study using about 100000 prisoners for war production. Plans include prison farms for food, reclaiming junk, and sorting waste papers and rags to feed industry while generating revenue for facilities.
The Washington conference December 6 will decide on a new White House picketing plan for the next Congress. Dudley Field Malone, ex collector of the Port of New York, will participate as militants receive medals for time in Occoquan and District jail. A National Committee of State chairmen will form, meeting quarterly, with a federal amendment push to Wilson and renewed fundraising.
In Mossville a burned church bell weighing 500 pounds sold at auction for $1.25 to Eugene Koreck the cheesemaker. He later sold it to Chicago dealers and shipped it, receiving a $137.35 check for the relic, valued for wartime metal prices.
A suitcase an oil can a bottle and several glasses contained whisky at the home of Charles Weber and Théo Lutten in Western and Vinesta. On Thursday Weber Lutten and the liquor were placed in city authorities hands.
London reports C C Gray of The Aeroplane argues imperial air power must outpace rivals to ensure survival. He cites mobilizations at Spithead and Salisbury and notes the RAF and RFC as full scale naval and army forces, with hundreds of aerodromes and growing manpower.
The stock of gold in the United States totaled over 3 billion dollars on October 1, nearly three times the amount held in August 1914.
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