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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1911
Page
6
Residents reported a strange religious sect, the Holiest Love society, living in a four room cottage with eighty four members, led by Sister Ruth who preaches dependence on divine command. Neighbors halted food gifts as worshippers shouted prayers, drawing a crowd outside the cottage.
Mrs. J. P. McRae, wife of Frisco railroad official, remains jailed as prosecutors seek disqualification. District Attorney Garland, related to the slain Allan Garland, opposes bail. McRae allegedly shot the man after alleged insult in her home. case tied to January 1912 court session.
Special to The Star reports the Holiest Love society in Zion City Illinois lives in one room, forgoes marriage, and sleeps on the floor to stay close to the Lord. Members claim no sex, preach purity, and hold daily services while shunning ordinary work.
President Taft began his Western campaign in St. Louis with three speeches. He signals acceptance of responsibility for official acts and aims to defend administration policies. Taft split day with meals, a football game, a baseball game, and a large gathering planned for the night. Champ Clark passed through the same station but did not meet Taft.
The city weight and measures ordinance faces a constitutional test in the state supreme court. City Attorney Ralph Pierce says if challenged firms do not appeal, action will proceed. Warrants issued for A J Rose and H Schneider, officers of Pacific Coast Fuel and Ice Co, after the cane case was dismissed. The ordinance requires goods sold and delivered to be marked.
Police and United States secret service men probe the death of Chas W. Allen founder of the leather trust a multi millionare of Kenosha Wis His body was found near an airshaft in the alley behind the Palmer House after he was seen in his fourth floor room in Chicago on Sept 23 officers seek to determine if it was suicide accident or homicide
Berlin women stage a boycott of show houses after police prohibit large hats in theatres. Authorities force theatre managers to enforce the rule under a fine of 100 dollars for each hat worn in violation.
Mrs Ima Wraggart asserts her stone house rocks due to the wind. The tale appears in a Sleepy Bye village setting in Minnesota.
The quotation describes recognizing the initial sensation of a cold before sneezing coughing or sore throat and suggests taking Seventy-Seven at once to prevent the illness. It presents a preventive tip framed as a health advisory.
Dispatches from St. Petersburg report M. Kokovesoff the finance minister has assumed the premiership. In the city of Kazan Stolypin was mourned at his funeral after his assassination in the municipal theatre a week earlier.
L. W. Young of the Washington Dairy received a 10 day jail term from Judge Gay after pleading guilty to selling skimmed milk with less than the legal 3.26 percent fat. The sentence marked a shift from fines to jail for milk dealer violations.
Chrisopher Columbus Wilson aged 73 arrives at the Atlanta penitentiary to begin a three year fraud sentence. Former president of United Wireless he was raided by post office inspectors and, while engaged to his stenographer aged 23, married her that same evening.
The piece notes Maine’s pattern of alternating wet and dry spells attributed to Finnegan, highlighting a recurring climate rhythm associated with the nickname. It frames the state as the Finnegan state due to these damp and arid cycles.
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