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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1913
Page
6
In Mannington Kentucky Lucas Parsons shot and killed a large hawk near his home after the hawk attacked him following the loss of the bird’s mate. The male hawk had been shot at before and had not been hit. The female hawk measured three feet five inches from wingtip to wingtip.
Ruth James of Chicago, an inmate at the Elgin state hospital, overpowered a guard after a fierce struggle on a pitched roof and carried a person to safety eighty feet above ground before escaping. Local report notes the incident occurred during a personal crisis.
Sniveley, a 72 year old meat horticulturist from Shady in Martinsburg West Virginia, grafted a tomato stock onto a potato plant. The plant is thriving with blossoms and expected to produce tomatoes while potatoes mature at the root end.
King County commissioners approved the purchase of a 120 acre tract adjoining To kel creek toward Snoqualmie falls, expanding the county park to a total of 140 acres. The move makes the park the region's largest in the county. In unrelated items, John D. Rockefeller hosted 60 Italian laborers for a concert at his parlor and treasure ships install electric magnets to recover submerged metals in Pittsburg.
Local market listings show prices on seafood meats dairy and dry goods. Eastern oysters 3 for a dollar, salmon 1b for Be, bacon 2ic, peanut butter 19c per ib, navy beans per pound 3c, sardines 3 cans 10c, sugar and oats among staples with multiple vendors including WESTLAKE and CORNER stands.
A cablegram to Mrs. Louis Lane reports that the Lane expedition aboard the Polar Bear, iced near Flaman, may mush to Nome and board the steamship Victoria for the year’s final voyage from the Far North. Capt. Thomas Roff of the U S life saving service at Nome sent the message.
An advertisement piece describes land for sale at Greenbank Whidby Island with prices from 26 to 40 dollars per acre and terms up to several years. It mentions acres near Port Orchard, dairy capacity, good roads, and references Foster and other lenders. It promotes contacting firms like Aasen and Sexton Company and Marem & Co for maps and price lists.
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