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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1912
Page
8
A readable fragment lists assorted grocery items with prices including coffee 38c and 60c, bulk cocoa 40c, vanilla extract 6 oz bottle, baking powder 20c, laundry soap 10c, and canned halibut 2 lbs along with salmon items. The text reads like a historical price listing with many OCR gaps.
Todd keeps baby light and begins a week of campaigned events with nightly speeches in Spokane and a Saturday meeting, then returns to Beattie. Paul Hutchinson, longtime Seattle resident and former Massachusetts legislator, promotes a new mileage ticket law from 1891. Dan Landon speaks at Coupeville as Landon Walker contend in progressive contests. Teats addresses Labor picnic and champions workmen compensation. Falconer and Bryan campaign for congress atlarge with other progressives and sheriffs candidates speaking at various meetings.
United States Marshals Lud Frank and George Devenpeck moved 14 federal prisoners from McNeill prison to Leavenworth's large facility in Kansas last night. The group includes four Alaska murder suspects. In Los Angeles, Motorcycle Policeman Walls chased a thief when a stranger stole his bike. Walls has rented a new machine.
A Boston Transcript note recalls a girl named Elsie who admits eating two blackberries from a box. She says one was to taste and the other to remove the taste from her mouth, provoking a severe scolding from her mother after a neighbor visit.
The Seattle branch prepares for the annual gathering of the American Association of General Passenger and Ticket Agents on September 12. Delegates will tour Victoria and Vancouver after the two day convention aboard the Canadian Pacific line.
The Northland Steamship Al-Ki arrives from Alaska with 23 000 cases of canned salmon 200 barrels of salt fish 50 tons of general merchandise and 62 passengers. It faced a severe gale in the Gulf of Georgia. Alaska Steamship Dirigo arrives with 25 000 cases of canned salmon in a large shipment. University of Washington registration days are September 16 and 17.
A character expresses ambition to become president someday and states his fate rests in the hands of his friends, indicating reliance on supporters for a political ascent. The exchange underscores personal ambition and the role of allies in a public ascent.
The Seattle Ministers' Federation heard candidates discuss themselves at its meeting yesterday. Geo. D. Conger, state superintendent of the anti saloon league, addressed the gathering.
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