23 Oct 1911
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1911
Page
1
A misread OCR fragment references a Mare Shan Sun Fame production grant with inward routing notes. The readable text hints at financial support or approval for a film project labeled Fame production, but no clear names or dates emerge.
The Star compares October prices over 1911 to 1900, showing wholesale costs for butter eggs potatoes coffee sugar ham pork lard mutton beef veal poultry and more. It notes overall higher current costs vs the past 12 years, with some items lower or steady, and cites Uncle Sam on national price trends.
The second trial of Dr B C Hyde opens in Kansas City over the murder of Col Thomas H Swope, alleged poisoning with strychnine and typhoid accusations. Hyde previously faced a murder conviction overturned by the Missouri Supreme Court, with heirs and executors funding both prosecution and defense.
John A. Walsh former banker died in Chicago from heart failure at over 70. Released from Fort Leavenworth a week earlier on Taft parole his life traced a rise from 1849 to helm of Chicago finance before a 1908 53 count conviction for diverting 7 million in depositor funds to railroad and other ventures.
United Press reports in Arrisburg Illinois that six teen miners were entombed after a blast in O Gara mine No 9. Six rescuers brought to the surface unconscious and near death from toxic fumes during recovery efforts.
Occasional rain is forecast tonight and Tuesday with light southerly winds. The noon temperature is reported at 54 degrees.
Washington reports veterinary expert C Barnwell Robinson recommends vacuuming as a solution to fleas on pets after failing with pricey soaps. He observed his cat Pediculus resist at first but surrender after repeated cleaning, noting many fleas were killed. Pediculus now backs up to the cleaner daily.
About 4000 union members and supporters marched to Dreamland pavilion in Seattle condemning fees of organized labor and denouncing Taft. Speakers blamed the steel trust and Morgans, praised the McNamara brothers, and attacked unfit judges as Dr EB Brown and Rev Oscar McGill joined the event.
Boston bulletin reports Rev. Clarence Richeson facing possible release on habeas corpus as Harvard laboratory tests on cyanide may determine if he will be indicted. Defense backs an alternate suitor theory while Moses Edmands funds the defense amid a broad search for witnesses.
EL PASO Oct 23 The president elect of Mexico Francisco I Madero plans to visit President Taft in Washington soon amid Mexico unsettled conditions including the threatened overthrow of the government The talks are expected to cover possible U S intervention to protect American interests if the Reyes revolution develops.
The Star announces four winners of its flirt letter contest. Prizes include a box seat, four orchestra seats, two seats, and one seat for tonight or tomorrow night. Winners include JACK C. McPHERSON and MRS J. J. WRAY. letters praise playful flirting and bold charm as the contest criterion.
The document presents two editorials on flirting. Eva Corinne Perry defends light flirting at the top, while Eva Lightfoot condemns flirtation as improper for women and men. The pieces emphasize proper introductions and social propriety in courting behavior.
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