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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1911
Page
8
A nine ton steam roller ran amok on University street opposite the Metropolitan theatre smashing into a garage. The engine bucked and toppled onto a yard. two or three curious bystanders watched. A wrecking crew will disentangle the machine from the building this afternoon.
Evansville, Ind. October 2. Frank Kuebler refused a divorce case then beat his wife at home. She rode to town with him, dismissed the suit, and the couple arranged dismissal with her lawyer. Kuebler paid the cost.
Dallas observes a rising murder rate with juries siding with suspects. The October report notes J V Harris, a streetcar conductor, killed by D L Hoffman, marking the fourth murder in 38 weeks and continuing a three year pattern of more than one murder weekly. Local phraseology labels them killings.
In Paris a pair of trained dogs has joined the Louvre night guard following the theft of the Mona Lisa weeks ago. In San Francisco reports along the waterfront say fortunes loom in shark catching as prices drop to 26 cents a pound.
In San Francisco R. D. Lowrey, a union member, owes Assistant Registrar Zemansky a ride on a wheelbarrow due to union rules. The report also notes Julius Rath of St. Louis who has a walking contract with the St. Louis club begun 14 years ago and still has miles to go.
The Paris budget sets aside 17,063,650 francs for the air force project, about $2.5 million, with roughly $1 million for upkeep. A. L. Crimm leads dedication at Queen Anne Christian Church, as union services draw many pastors and a large city crowd.
A lombryo financier in a crowded New York corner offered a cent for shoe strings prompting women to stop, lift skirts, and inspect their shoes. Some accepted the offer, others complained the strings would not stay.
The Model recalls Marrowby telling Jones he will lend ten dollars but is broke after moving to the country and purchasing a mowing machine. Jones asks if it is a runabout or touring car, and Marrowby clarifies it is a mowing machine.
James J. Hill plans a Seattle visit and speaks at the Commercial club dinner. Two new harbor buoys costing 2500 support safer mooring. In King County 294 of 397 teaching applicants earned certificates. Ohio Lt Gov Nichols guests of honor at a Democratic banquet. Ballard boy James Nelson dies from burns. Northwestern ship damaged after striking a pier. telegraph line failure cited. Northwestern States recreation sessions to open October 17. Ali Guffragette Club to reorganize tomorrow afternoon. Night grammar and high school registration begins tonight with classes at Broadway Lincoln Queen Anne.
Count Verindol with Vor Pranchnikoff are touring Seattle and will travel south through Canada the United States to Mexico and the Panama Canal before returning home. L H Weir Pacific coast secretary of the National Playground Association will speak at the John Hay Civic Center on The Supervision of Our Playgrounds.
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