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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1911
Page
6
National guardsmen patrol Coweta Oklahoma as lynching and street clashes erupt after a black man named Suddeth allegedly assaulted a white woman. Four men wounded, including City Attorney Beavers and Marshal Hart, amid warnings of a possible race war.
A gold watch found in a corn field on the late Marshall R. Smith farm in Frelinghuysen township is claimed to have been lost around 1899 and turned over after 14 plowings. The finder, Samuel Hineline, reported the artifact, whose works are rusted, was nearly intact. A humorous confrontation ensued when a parent accused a visitor of kissing his daughter, but the visitor denied the charge, joking about kissing the housemaid.
Readers submit flirtation takes with varied tones from playful to moralizing. The letters discuss whether flirting is harmless, its social judgment, and how others perceive flirtatious behavior.
A brief poem reflecting on shared humanity and the pleasure of simple communion seen through discerning eyes, blue and brown, along the town’s avenue. The lines celebrate quiet connection across strangers in everyday scenes.
The writer jokes about flirting to win favors and a new dress, noting success last week with a playful jab at using charm on a partner. The tone remains light and cheeky, framed as a fashionable fan's tale of playful bets.
Kansas City Missouri October 23 Circuit Judge O A Lucas urged schools to teach marriage duties and responsibilities noting that youths train in academia with little guidance. His remarks followed E L Poindexter receiving a divorce after a three week courtship in which his wife allegedly threatened him with a butcher knife.
Mrs. Wm. Pierson Hamilton, daughter of J. Pierpont Morgan, arrives with Mrs. L. L. Stanton and two maids at the St. Francis hotel in San Francisco. The party, traveling incognito from New York, plans a three day stay and has not disclosed further details.
In Amsterdam on October 2 a scheme links a large Dutch dock and a smaller English dock with a ship inside the smaller unit. Both docks are towed from Europe toward the Dutch East Indies to avoid separate half world towings.
United States Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas declares he is a Woodrow Wilson man and sails for a mission to rally Democratic leaders in San Francisco during his honeymoon. The exchange includes a light quip from a local landlady and a witty boarder.
A manuscript fragment discusses how respect from men depends on a woman’s behavior and appearance. Elizabeth Warner suggests respect is earned by a good girl with curls and dimples. The piece contrasts flirtation with moral conduct in a witty, aged voice.
Rain delayed the fifth game of the world championship series between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Athletics for a fifth time. Persistent showers left Shibe Park ankle deep in water and draining was planned if clearing permitted.
Twenty eight market dealers were arrested by Officer Lowe for failing to cover foodstuffs at Pike Street, Westlake, and Sanitary public markets. They were held briefly and released on bond. Trials are scheduled tomorrow morning in police court.
Preliminary plans for launching Governor Harmons presidential bid in Oregon are under way. P C Leonard of Seattle, chairman of the Harmon campaign committee in Washington, will arrive in Portland in about ten days to start activities.
Special to The Star recounts Senator Robert M. La Follette’s early struggle against big business influence from 1885 to 1891. He details forming a local “machine” of common folk, distributing pamphlets, paying printing costs, and keeping voters informed to challenge patronage and money power in Wisconsin politics.
A plain Mission style dining chair with genuine Spanish leather slip seat in full box construction is advertised. Regular price $6.75, now offered for $3.75.
Police rushed to 2460 Sixth Ave where Officer Keefe found a boy, Clarence Johnson, 12, firing a rifle at a mill door. The youth admitted breaking in to steal cider and hid in the office after a shot was fired. He was taken to the station.
George Galisbury Seattle weather purveyor plans a climb with weather movies to the 18 story Hoge building beginning next month. He will sample chunks of weather atop the structure as the city grapples with costly living and new sky scraper plans.
United Press dispatch from San Francisco reports Chinese residents are removing queues to qualify as citizens of the new Chung Hwa republic. The edict signed by Commander Li Yung Huen mandates all joining must have their queues cut off immediately or be denied citizen status.
A queen mother statue once guarded in an Egyptian temple was identified in Blackburn auction rooms. An expert recognized the image as Queen Nefrath wife of Ramesses I and mother to the pharaohs, saved from disgrace after being stolen and stripped of wrappings for its jewels.
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