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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1912
Page
4
Rob Hesketh, new president of the city council, presided over the entire city yesterday in his first appearance in the local legislative body. The mayoralty vacancy arose after Mayor Cotterill departed to the Cedar River watershed to oversee the proposed impounding dam site.
Special Good Friday services were underway in multiple churches. St James Cathedral and the Church of the Immaculate Conception opened at 8 a.m., Trinity Parish at 7:30, and First Methodist Episcopal at 2:30 in the afternoon for union services. Rev. Maurice J. Bywater conducted the three hour Passion service at St. John's Episcopal Church.
More than six hundred people attended Maundy exercises at the Scottish Rite temple on Thursday. Seven divorces were granted at the courthouse yesterday. A midnight scare and a lighthearted burglarette exchange are noted in a wide collection of brief items. Gerald Frink of Seattle and P B Fisher of Seattle guests visit in Del Monte and other short notices. The public library presents The Golden Potlatch framed in Chinook by Edward Clayson.
Word reached George Linder that his father George Linder has died. He was a business partner of George Von L. Meyer the secretary of the navy. The notice indicates the death occurred in Hegtom.
In October 1911 Peter J Nelson reportedly fled after his wife Agnes and their two children fell ill with typhoid fever. Agnes Nelson seeks a decree of divorce citing abandonment and harsh treatment as grounds amid the family crisis.
Will of Thos. 8. Dodge filed for probate with petition to appoint Josiah Thomas as administrator. Relatives receive small bequests. a large estate portion earmarked for 75 years then a tal and academy to be erected. Also notes Elks installation and local divorce filings alongside civic meeting on Duwamish right of way and street condemnation.
The Single Tax club announces a regular noonday meeting in the committee rooms on Thirday and James t. Saturday. The soap quips about not quitting and defending as well as Lorimer.
A reflective musing on inherited sins and modern failings. The speaker notes fathers hid their faults, while urging restraint, warning that repeating those deeds could land them in jail. The piece contrasts past and present moral standards and warns against slipping from virtue.
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