Victory Ahead in Carfare Campaign and Gold Find Tale
In a Seattle scene Fred L. Boalt chronicles Nels Nelson once rich from a Shu shanna gold strike. Nelson hides from reporters and hotel staff at the Frye, while hopeful acquaintances chase a rumor of his fortune and possible return to rough beginnings.
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Fred L. Boalt
Nels Nelson
Bill James
Shushanna
Frye Hotel
Cordova
Shushanna Valley
Seattle
the Frye
150 Men Killed in Blast and Fire at Coal Mine
A devastating explosion at a coal mine left 150 men dead with hundreds more feared trapped as flames raged. Authorities said rescue efforts were underway but time was critical for survivors.
Huerta Vna Bad Corner Mexico Worries New President
Mexico faces growing concern over foreign relations as the new president inherits a turbulent crisis. Officials warn that Huerta’s maneuvering and regional pressures risk deepening diplomatic strains and complicating policy aims.
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Mexico
Pretty Miss Outwits Highwayman With a Kiss Rebuff
Miss Hazel Leonard of 917 Jefferson street encountered a highwayman on Spring street after a music lesson. He demanded her purse and three dimes she surrendered, but when he asked for a kiss she struck him with a clenched fist, sending him away in pain and reporting the incident to the police.
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Pretty Miss
Highwayman
Hazel Leonard
Jefferson St
Spring St
Miss Leonard
Polee
Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules City Cannot Bargain Away Public Powers
The Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds state authority to regulate public utilities over city contracts. It sustains the Public Service Commission in forcing Milwaukee Electric Co. to sell 13 tickets for 50 cents, despite a 1900 franchise for 25 tickets for $1. The decision mirrors Seattle's franchise issues and sets the stage for hearings in Olympia or Seattle.
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Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Ralph Pierce
Seattlelectric Co
Wisconsin Court
Milwaukee Electric Railway
Railroad Commission
Public Service Commission
Milwaukee Electric Co
Seattle
Puget Sound Traction Co
Pierce
Wisconsin
Bradford
Olympia
Supreme Court
Public Service
Sulzer Looks for Acquittal in Impeachment Flaw
Gov. William Sulzer’s supporters hail a discovered flaw in the impeachment articles as a turning point. They say the assembly may be convened to correct the error and the prosecution’s case is jeopardized, making conviction unlikely. In another item, Los Angeles officials report the state lunacy commission bought 301 acres for a new asylum site near Norwalk for $90,000.
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Albany
N. Y
Gov. Wm. Sulzer
Los Angeles
State Lunacy Commission
Norwalk
Aviator Missing After Flight From Hempstead Plain
Albert Jewell, an aviator who began a flight from Hempstead Plain to Staten Island yesterday, is missing with the wreckage or body not yet found in the Hackensack river. Authorities fear he was drowned after the flight vanished. Mrs. Mercedes Foster, widow of Los Angeles’ first mayor, dies at 105, ending a five generation line.
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Jersey City
N. J
Albert Jewell
Hempstead Plain
L. 1
Staten Island
Hackensack River
New York
L. L
Los Angeles
Mercedes Foster
Town In Review
the Star
Doc Crichton
Seattle Star
Tom Cochran
The
Star
Pennants Coupon No 92 offer from The Seattle Star
Any four coupons clipped from The Star consecutively numbered and presented with 15 cents at The Star office entitle the holder to a 65 cent Pennant. Texas Pennants are now out. Pennants mailed if 5 cents extra per Pennant enclosed. Bring or mail to The Seattle Star 1307 Seventh Ave near Union St.
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Star
Texas
Seattle Star
Seventh Ave
Union St
Mine blast at Singhenydd leaves hundreds entombed
Officials report 931 men entered the Singhenydd coal mine near Cardiff. By 3 pm, 371 were rescued. up to 550 more believed entombed as rescue work continues amid poor air and collapsing sections. Fatalities feared near 150.
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Cardiff
Wales
Singhenydd
Mexico Election Likely to Fail for Recognition
President Wilson and U S officials say no constitutional election in Mexico this month can be recognized. They deem the process a farce under the present dictatorship and expect no president elected then will receive recognition.
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Vera Cruz
Mex
Muerta
Mexico
Nowa
Washington
Huerta
Tacoma
Hertha
Wilson
Mayor Cotterill Returns from Abroad Ready for Duty
Mayor Cotterill arrived in Seattle at 11 this morning after six weeks away attending the national temperance conference in Cleveland and the international conference in Milan. He said he is in good health and ready to resume mayoral duties, but gave no clear answer on re election, promising a public statement within two weeks. More than 800 Cleveland stores now take precautions which almost totally exclude files.
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Cotterill
Seattle
Cleveland
Milan
Dredging Digs on the Duwamish River Near Nome Aid
Holt and Jeffrey begin removing 7,499,000 cubic feet of earth between the West Waterway and McKinsey's mill as part of dredging work celebrated in South Park and at the South Park fieldhouse with about a thousand attendees. The revenue cutter Tahoma under Captain R O Crisp is ordered to Nome Alaska to aid residents, needing two months extra rations for the voyage plus the three months already aboard.
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Duwamish
Holt & Jeffrey
West Waterway
McKintey's
Cant. R. O. Crisp
Nome
Alaska
Hamburg-American plans $7.5 million capital increase for new Oriental service
Hamburg October 14 Directors of the Hamburg American Steamship line announce a seven and one half million dollar capital increase to establish a new Oriental service via the Panama Canal.
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Hamburg
Hamburg-American Steamship Line
Panama Canal
Town in Review ruffles Seattle Star staff
A critical tirade from The Seattle Star staff warns readers away from the Town in Review column being run by an unauthorized employee. The piece cites insults toward Dr. Matthews, a Presbyterian moderator, and Judge, urging readers not to read the controversial feature.
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Sulzer
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Gen. Dominguez
John Lind
Mexico City
Everett True
Bob
Hesketh
Robert B. Hesketh
Matthews
Presbyterian Church In America
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Christopher Columbus
John Humphries
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