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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1912
Page
7
A court tale describes McGinnis after a jail sentence returning home to a critical wife. He critiques meals and housekeeping while his wife, once proud, laments lost respect. The piece notes jail life alters domestic life and mocks jail comforts.
City records show the Seattle Fire Department ordinance addressing day and night service hours, staffing, and duty rotations ratified by the City Council. The measure sets fire unit operations and healthful placements for personnel, with effective dates and publication notes recorded by city officials.
J Ross Clark Los Angeles railroad magnate and brother of former senator William A Clark retains custody of two year old J Rosa Clark Jr in a Superior Court proceeding. The child is son of Walter Miller Clark and is tied to the death of a Titanic victim. Mrs Walter Miller Clark remarried to Jack Tanner in New York.
A near debate at the Commercial club last night featured four congressional candidates. J A Falconer progressive candidate for congressman at large Will B Humphrey republican candidate Chas G Heffner democrat and Joseph Gilbert socialist spoke.
Three damage suits totaling 27500 are heard in Judge Tallman s court against the city over an automobile crash into a city fence at Spokane and Klickitat around August 18 1911. Linda Hodgson was killed and three others injured. Metzdorff and Howard charged in linked larceny case with a bench warrant issued for Metzdorff.
Commissioners Hamilton and Rutherford slashed jail matron wages from 76 to 60 dollars a month and the jail physician’s pay to 50 dollars. They argued it saved expenses to taxpayers after Budget hearings with taxpayers groups.
In Michigan Teddy Roosevelt spoke to factory workers and visited Houghton and Marquette while Governor Wilson accused him of courting steel trusts. In Beverly Taft returned home after a campaign trip and may tour the eastern states next.
A Philadelphia North American poll shows Taft leading on the Wall Street vote with 222 to 118 for Wilson and 34 for Roosevelt and Debs at the New York stock exchange. Among Jamestown and Falconer factories Roosevelt leads with 286 and 296 votes respectively, Debs and Wilson follow with smaller totals.
At opening of court Joseph Leffler for the defense asked to quash the indictments against 47 members of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers charged with illegally transporting dynamite. The defense vows to use every technicality.
Police puzzled by a nurse believed to be Dorothy Glass of Tacoma found at midnight in Portland's business district, waving her hat and shouting don't bat me. She was bruised, possibly attacked while tending an insane patient at an Eastside hospital and left semi conscious.
Cleo Boulanger the French Canadian who shot Beatrice Beaumont in the Strand case and then killed himself died at the general hospital at 2:30 this morning. He never regained consciousness after the afternoon shooting at 3:45 yesterday.
A cluttered price list from Public Markets in Concorde Iowa shows varied goods including Snow apples 2 doz Netted Gem potatoes and fresh pork. items span produce dairy and canned goods with prices per pound or per dozen, noting butter coffee lard and flour among others. The listing reflects local grocery offerings and daily market specials with multiple brands and weights.
A list of assorted fruit and produce with mixed pricing includes Concord grapes 600 box and 360 basket, pears, snow apples, Jonathan pears, bananas, cherries, cranberries, oranges, lemons, dry onions, Yakima potatoes, sweet potatoes, spinach, green beans, tomatoes, peaches, and Italian Prunes with varied per unit or per box prices. The notation shows units like 1c to 60c and dozens or pounds as price references.
Byron Phelps, long prominent in Seattle and King County, served as county treasurer 1890 to 1904 and mayor in the 1890s. He did not seek the auditor nomination but accepted a Progressive ticket bid while away from the city. A former boy soldier, he rose through wartime merits and later held duties as Livingston County clerk in Washington, similar to county auditor functions.
Bart Standard a Pomona bank clerk convicted of embezzling about 159000 from the American National Bank leaves for McNeill's Island federal prison with his wife at his side she pledging loyalty through the term.
Benjamin Tice was ambushed on a quiet road in Old Bridge New Jersey Oct by a band of men who demanded his possessions. The ringleader declared their aim was to take his whiskers and the attackers clipped them with shears, leaving Tice unharmed but facially altered.
City Prosecutor Guy Eddie is to be arraigned again tomorrow over alleged contributions to the delinquency of a minor, Mrs. Alice Phelps, with Juvenile Court Attorney McCartney stating further claims will be made against the moral censor.
A jumble of lost items and small notices includes a white English setter, a gold watch, a brown coin purse, a savings book, and various personal effects left or misplaced. Contact numbers and addresses in Seattle area are given for return, with sparse details on each item and several unrelated ads interwoven.
Classified help wanted items list female and general labor roles including hotel and restaurant work in and near Seattle. Entries mention job offices at Third Avenue, Union blocks, and various employers offering upstairs and out of town positions. Some listings request young women, dishwashing, finishing work, and sewing related tasks with pay and location hints.
Classified ads offer room and board for children with a trained nurse and cheap terms, plus partnerships for running a boarding house, farm and real estate trades in Seattle area. Listings include 116 W Republican Queen Anne 2330 rabies care, 312 Washington Ave Bremerton, 303 American Bank Bldg Seattle, and multiple land tracts, farms, and rental opportunities with prices and contact notes.
Classified notice describes multiple acreage offers including 10 acres near road and timber priced around 600 to 750 dollars per 10 acres and 6 acres for 700 with 75 cash and 10 monthly payments. Mentions proximity to schools stores post office and boat service with broker contacts in Tacoma and Everett area.
Real estate notices describe multiple farm parcels and 4 0 acre tracts along county roads with deep loam soil, no rocks, and easy terms. Listings include 6 10 20 40 acre tracts, prices like 1200 dollars and 356 dollars per 10 acres, with agents Ray Brouillet Co and Clifford agents promoting near Bremerton Kirkland and Bellevue areas.
Cheap city lots on easy terms near the City hall. Grubbed and cleared sites with water and imminent light, ready for plow. Magnolia Bluff offers short terms from $200, North End and Fremont plots $600 to $760 with $20 cash and $10 monthly. Street work paid, blocks from car lines, investment potential high.
Listings show multiple properties with prices and terms. Includes a 14 room modern cottage at Lot 606x100 for 1400 dollars with 400 cash and balance, Kirkland acres near Lake Washington at 750 dollars with staged payments, and 40x103 foot lots in Auburn at 210 dollars with low upfronts. Also mentions 1% miles from lake, and various addresses and agents.
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