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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1910
Page
9
Dr H H H Crippen is sentenced to be hanged in Bentonville prison for the murder of Belle Elsmore Crippen. Lord Chief Justice Alverstone fixed November as the execution date. Miss Leneve, accused as an accessory, collapses upon learning Crippen’s fate.
Oct 24 in Moline Illinois Mayor George W. McCaskrin of Rock Island occupied a theatre box during the Gay Morning Glories burlesque show. Miss Mabel Mailuma sang Has Anybody Got a Kiss to Spare and the mayor leaned from the box to kiss her, smacking her on the lips as the audience reacted with excitement.
San Francisco authorities prepare quarantine measures for what is claimed as the citys first yellow fever case. The chief engineer of the tramp steamer Henley, a British vessel from Salinas Crag to Victoria, is the patient. He likely contracted the disease in Mexico.
In Ta coma housewives pay 60 cents a dozen for eggs, glad to get that price. In Seattle ranch eggs reach 55 cents a dozen. Butter from Washington creamery sells at 50 cents a pound, with two pounds for a dollar deal.
Nantucket reports a wireless distress from the tank steamer Oklahoma. Atlantic liners and U S revenue cutters join the search. the vessel is unlocated as of last night. The Acushna picked up the call for aid and relayed the missing status to authorities. Meanwhile in Springfield Peters Kohn arrives in wedding dress to face rival accuser in court. bail is set.
In Torrington Connecticut on October 24 15 year old Laura Ducommun wed her 25 year old cousin Numan Ducommun after her parents forced him from Chippewa Falls and she wrote she would kill herself. The marriage was performed at the First Congregational church parsonage by Rev Joseph Provost with the Connecticut Humane Society assisting during the crisis.
Albert B. Kreitler, third vice president of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union, said at a Denver labor meeting that three daily newspapers’ plants will “blow up” before the strike by pressmen ends, a bold claim amid the ongoing labor dispute.
A vivid critique of the Starkville Colorado mine disaster and its aftermath. The piece condemns stockholders and executives for prioritizing profit over safety and compliance, highlighting widows like Mrs. Cyla and Mrs. Baronski and the human cost behind corporate dividends. It argues the explosion arose from neglected dust control and sparse watering, with a half million dollar windfall noted. It questions official figures and the public narrative.
World famous Russian dancer Anna Pavlova brings a large company to Seattle in November. The program features six Imperial Moscow dancers, forty Imperial St Petersburg ballet, and an orchestra of thirty eight, performing a wordless operatic ballet as a full stage production.
The Boston court orders Mayor Hiram C. Gill and Police Chief Wappenstein to appear before Judge Gilliam to answer for contempt for allowing a restricted district to operate illegally. Fifteen property owners are named alongside them in the contempt citations and a nuisance charge awaits, with warrants to be issued pending a corrected complaint and potential arrests set for the afternoon.
Mrs Ella Rockenfield wife of baseball player Ike Rockenfield was assaulted at her home Saturday night near 1637 West Sith Street after 9 pm. The intruder slashed her left wrist and beat her, stealing $12 and fleeing. She regained consciousness five hours later and notified police.
United Press reports the passenger steamer George W. Elder running aground on the Oregon shore of the Columbia River opposite Fort Stevens. Lifesavers were dispatched but not required as of late last night. The ship was traveling between San Francisco and Portland.
Coroner Snyder ruled Arthur McCreary died by his own hand. An autopsy found death by strangulation with no other contributing factors. Night Watchman Fred Sheridan discovered McCreary as he came on duty.
T P O Connor Irish leader spoke at the Portland theatre to raise funds for the Irish parliamentary fund drawing a 7000 dollar turnout. He urged support for home rule and was warmly received by the audience after addressing the crowd at the Portland Press club where he was hosted yesterday.
Daniel B. Fleming a state railroad police man was arrested by Town Marshal Leng of Redding on a murder warrant for the beating death of 1 year old George Walker who was found unconscious on the roof of a car on the Overland train at Redding August 22 and died next day. Fleming protested innocence and was taken to Redding for trial.
John Odell was brought before police court after a sudden memory loss. He admitted someone slipped a brand new grip to him to sell in a saloon Saturday night and cannot recall where he obtained it. He will stay in jail until his memory clears.
A Washington Supreme Court dispute revisits the Green assumed risk rule in worker injury cases. The 1910 decision upheld that an employer cannot use employee violation of safety law as a defense, a stance challenged by new judges tied to corporate interests. The piece argues the judges’ ties influenced rulings, and previews further shifts in the law.
J Updale aged 27, a laborer, died yesterday by his own action. He attached a rubber tube to a gas burner in his room at 1908 Eighth av and placed the other end in his mouth, then covered his head with a heavy blanket.
The article reports Dr Mattie turning down a city salary offer of 10000 dollars after reading a letter to the Presbyterian church congregation in Seattle. He earns 6000 dollars annually and says the proposal would not fit his family situation though a two month term was offered.
Federal agents unearth census fraud in Portland Oregon as count errors surface. Allegations claim names were lifted from directories and added to enumerators records amid a sharp dispute over the integrity of the tally. A 16 foot 510 pound shark was captured in the Sound after a tense struggle with fishermen aboard a boat near market stalls.
A local piano dealer outlines a referral based program offering 20 to 24 percent savings on purchases when customers name eight or more potential buyers. For each name who buys, the referrer earns 1 percent credit toward their own piano, with extra 5 percent credits for sales to named individuals. The plan relies on mail correspondence and avoids aggressive sales tactics.
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