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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1909
Page
9
M H Shelton a Pullman car porter was stabbed under the heart at 829 S av last night and taken to City hospital. Mrs D B King hairdresser is jailed without charge as exhibit A bread knife is held. John Robinson another man and a female boarder were at the scene before Shelton was wounded.
A grocery proprietor E D Jensen at 24 West Sind street faced two masked youths with a rusty revolver. Jensen yelled and startled the robbers who fled. police were alerted but no trace was found.
Thomas Harlan an 82 year old independent candidate for Congress arrived in Olympia on the 5 a. m. boat from Shelton and found few residents awake to receive him He spent the day personally circulating printed campaign cards outlining his platform and message to voters in the city and region.
United States and Canadian independent steel makers held a dinner at the Waldorf Astoria last night honoring Judge Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the board of directors. The event reflected ongoing industry leadership and cooperation among independent producers.
Photographs show a Santa Fe wreck where a locomotive crashed into a crowd of forty laborers on a construction train near Three Bridges Topeka. Eighteen killed instantly. The scene drew officers of large steel interests and United States Steel executives. Charles M Schwab presided, J P Morgan spoke, and Sam Sickles of the city died by suicide after an after dinner speech. He left no known motive or prior history. Sickles was about 28.
In North Yakima on October 16 an incident involved a person leaping from an electric light pole to a fatal outcome. Rescue efforts and investigations followed as officials labeled the act a likely suicide. Police and bystanders reported the moment of the fall and its dire consequence.
A note on how a man’s pride and bragging rise from supporting an costly family at home and in town, suggesting status is tied to domestic expenditures and outward display.
Minneapolis dispatch from October 16 reports the American Board of Foreign Missions selecting Boston as the meeting place in 1910. Rev. Edward L. Smith of Seattle delivered an address on the cooperation of corporate members in the board’s work.
Neville H. Castle, nine years a member of the Nome Alaska bar, is appointed assistant United States district attorney for the second Judicial division at Nome.
An obituary letter from Mrs. Will A. Harris reveals Lamar Harris, once a noted attorney and orator, was her son and died by his own hand after a life marked by early thefts, Cuban War service, and a rapid fall from a $16,000 income into reckless joy rides and wine suppers culminating in a fatal Chicago incident.
A garage scene on Broadway shows car devotion as a car left cooling in the shade by 16th Avenue and Harrison Street prompts a spectator to urge arrest for heat endangerment. A repair visit on Upper First Avenue ends with a weeping motor lover over a damaged transmission case.
The Seattle Auto Club formed Friday night with M. Robert Guegenheim as president and plans for an annual auto show. They note nearby cities host major social auto shows and mention Louisiana Good Roads convention in New Orleans with two days of racing to raise funds for good roads.
In Olympia on October 16 Superior Judge Mitchell ruled a section requiring voters to declare party affiliation unconstitutional. The judge found the provision repealed by publication exceeded the act’s title and thus violated the law, nullifying that part of the primary election measure.
The advertisement touts Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a steady non alcoholic tonic. It claims no immediate highs or crashes and invites doctors to inquire about its alcohol free formula.
W. H. Pickens quits as director of racing publicity and advertising for Buick in New York City. He travels to Mannheim to select racing cars for an expansive campaign. He joins Benz Import Co and plans to establish their brand on the path to victory with Barney Oldfield as star of the team.
The postoffice department in Kansas City Kansas has spent a week testing motor cars to collect malt. Results due next week by Postmaster W K Childs. Franklin and the Cadillac were the two cars used. Local garage operators plan similar tests soon.
City motorials plan a test of auto fire wagons at Harvard and Union station placing autos in the heart of the auto row. Dealers contend a fair trial will prove autos superior to horses and cite Cleveland where humane groups push replacing horse haulage with motor trucks.
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