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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1911
Page
6
Robt. G. Fowler the aviator announces a second attempt to cross the continent from Los Angeles. He remains undaunted by reverses and seeks the $50,000 prize winner’s title, aiming to be the first to fly coast to coast after nearly conquering the Sierras.
In Oregon two southbound passenger trains are held up near Glendale after six northbound S P freight cars derailed two miles north of town. The wreck damaged several horses in one car and interrupted service on local routes.
Tacoma report notes ten women served on the first Pierce County jury since suffrage, with thirty summoned. ten chose to serve while the others were excused. The piece highlights their conduct, the scrutiny they faced, and findings that women’s judgments were not swayed by sentiment. It cites Mrs Tuell and details on the Oliva-Williams cases with sentences and trial dynamics.
Professor J M Munyon urges Seattle residents to visit his offices for health cures claiming a divine right to perfect health. He criticizes medical profiteering and describes his Philadelphia staff and laboratories as dedicated to fighting disease with remedies he claims have shown wide patient gratitude across America.
Peoria Illinois October 4 W B Carter union president says he never heard Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and other railway groups would aid shopmen by refusing to handle cars previously handled by strikebreakers. He calls report news to me.
Senator George KE Chamberlain of Oregon was hosted at a noon luncheon by the King County Democratic club at the Rothekeller. He is slated to address the university auditorium this evening on The People of the Interest Which.
President Taft arrived in Cheyenne at 4 30 in the afternoon and stayed in his car until 8 30 before visiting Fort Russell. A Wild West show followed at Frontier Park featuring roping branding and broncho busting. Senator Warren introduced Taft at a Capitol Theatre address before he departed for Laramie.
Former Speaker Joseph G. Cannon voices a hard line on Alaska development saying the policy is to keep everybody out. He praises Pinchot sparingly and questions the wisdom of inviting conquest of nature. He spoke in Terre Haute Indiana on October 4.
A column of lighthearted and sensational snippets from New York Chicago and other places. Included are an elopement case involving Giuseppe Nelis and Rosie Fornabi, Barnard College freshmen learning “soul dancing,” a woman killed by a trolley, a Lincoln Massachusetts shooting leading to no arrest, shop theft of a cat and more arrestless or curious incidents.
EK A Edmonds testified at the Heyburn committee investigation in Milwaukee that large sums were spent to elect Senator Stephenson. Edmonds said campaign funds were wasted while Stephenson admitted spending but claimed no knowledge of how funds were used.
Officials at Lowell Observatory report Brooks' comet is gas dominated with little solid matter. Spectograms indicate the head contains cyanogen, carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, and hydrocarbons. The comet brightens as it nears Earth.
Report that Mrs Thain Roosevelt fell Saturday while riding with Col Roosevelt and their son Archie in Oregon. Condition not serious. incident observed after a horse stumble on pavement. The note also lists rail commission secretary George Goodall resigning for California. Market prices for produce and seafood follow.
London dispatch reports Portuguese royalist leaders predicting the restoration of monarchy in Portugal on tomorrow's anniversary of King Manuel's downfall. Advices say royalist forces control Chaves Barra Barranca and Guimares as ex-King Manuel returns to the city.
The Mexican race for vice president between Pino Suarez and Vasquez Gomez is uncertain as completes returns await review by the chamber of deputies. If needed, Francis J. Madero will call a new election after final results are received.
Three masked raiders looted the Missouri Kansas Texas mail and baggage car near Bartlesville Oklahoma. They secured only a small amount of booty. The incident was reported from Oklahoma City dated October 4.
A period market listing shows varied prices for dairy meats and produce. Butter 9% per pound, cheese ranges from 15 to 46 cents, fresh cottage cheese 15 cents, eggs not listed, vegetables like cabbage 60 cents per 74 pounds, onions 10 cents, apples and prunes priced per box or crate, meats such as veal stew 10 cents and lamb stew 6 cents per pound, fish and seafood priced per item.
The Seattle Star published Judge Fred C. Brown’s defense of recalls for judges. He argues there is no vested right in office and public officials may be removed for unfitness, comparing recall to discharge of an unfit employee and noting political influence as a concern in impeachment history.
A Taft reception committee plans a three dollar ticket for vice presidential seating at the Armory event next Monday night. The pricing divides attendees into crusts with unprivileged observers outside, while insiders receive reserved seating near the president, with no obligation for selected vice presidents to pay. The committee includes W. E. Humphrey, Sam Piles, John L. Wilson, R. A. Ballinger, J. D. Lowman, J. W. Maxwell, Geo. W. Dilling and C. J. France.
In San Francisco on October 4 Shirley Wicksham a chorus singer was killed in a joy ride in Golden Gate Park. Maud Long May Allen and J F Donnelly were seriously injured. In Tacoma on the same date EB Messinger reported his car missing after leaving it at the First Christian church door.
Reports from Jersey City dated October 4 state physician findings attribute Scheober death to the enormous burden of his 650 pound frame. A Vienna detective agency notes a new niche screening marriage prospects. San Francisco reports 1 billion dollars in gold coins already minted with silver to be minted for 20 years.
A satire on dyspepsia remedies promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets claiming they supply digestion aids like pep sin diastase and golden seal. It argues over eating causes indigestion, urging readers to try a 50 cent box or request a free trial from F A Stuart Co Marshall Michigan.
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