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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1906
Page
2
The Star reports a broad crusade drawing notice from international audiences, league officials, and the general superintendent. The article highlights widespread interest and organizational concern impacting policy and public response.
General Superintendent Wallace Struble of Chicago will start the International Anti Cigarette League campaign in Seattle toward month end. A C Tucker says work will begin in the state within three to four weeks with school lectures and pledges, targeting minor smoking and enforcing state laws. The effort follows successes in Colorado Wisconsin and Minnesota and mirrors The Star crusade to mobilize local support.
Corporation Counsel Calhoun secured from Judge Hanford a modification of an injunction in the Third Avenue regrade case. The city may proceed with work north of Springer street, as the regrading continues under city ordinance from Pike to Yealer Way. The Hotel Lincoln owners previously halted work north of Cherry Street. work south of Cherry Street nears completion.
State news from Olympia reports tide lands sale options raised prices by 10 cents to 200 percent affecting Union Pacific lands. Raymond notes two new mills for E. B. Case Shingle Company. Walla Walla cites eight hour workday orders for city workers after an inquiry by State Labor Commissioner Hubbard. Search continues for G. W. George’s body in Walla Walla Irrigation pipeline. Ritzville elects G F Christensen J J Perking and Bert Linn to the Democratic county committee. Aberdeen hears of Eastern pulp interest in a potential local plant. Tacoma Mayor Wright vows to remove vice from lower Tacoma and bay front. Spokane reports sons of Dr J D Melsan injured by dynamite while thawing near Mead. Grants Pass man James Sheffner killed and Patrick Donohue injured by Granite Hill mine blast.
Standings show Oakland at Los Angeles and Portland at Fresno with current win loss records and percentages. The page lists 8 1,000 2 and 0 1000 figures, indicating scoring or ranking metrics.
Piper and Taft, a well known sporting goods firm at 1024 26 Second Ave, offers a fine assortment of baseball uniforms from $2, plus a complete stock of fishing tackle guns and all outdoor sporting goods in the city.
Harney P Wool? Pelty, pitcher for Mt. Louies Browne, mixes baseball and racing tips across seven races. He advocates angled pitches and selective plate placement, hoping to pitch ten more years, while noting his unusual profitable pairing of bat and ball with racing odds.
The page lists five horse races with varying distances and purses. Notable entries include a mile purse featuring Al Powell and Natey, and a 1 mile event with T. & Martin and Winchester. Telemetry and times appear for some races, with finishers such as Lord of the Vale and Peter Paul Sailer Boys.
Game Warden Reif rejected claims by Defility State Fish Commissioner Frank Womar that he holds any megret in lakes or in firms planning private Muhhatch eettes for market production. He denounced Womar's statements as untrue.
At a recent Georgetown council meeting Dr. Wooden was tasked to inspect the city water for impurities. The Water Co petitioned to lay additional 3 inch mains, referred to the Fire and Water committee. An ordinance to plank the county road to the bridge was drafted, and a 10 mph speed limit for locomotives, trains, and street cars was enacted.
San Francisco reports a claim that $750000 in dutiable goods were landed by Oregon crew members in launches at the port before the battleship sailed for Bremerton. Major Lea Febiger from the inspector general’s office began an audit at Fort Lawton and will inspect troops tomorrow.
For sale notice offers a cigar stand with inquiries directed to T. H. B. at the Detroit Hotel.
Local Oakland racing is idle Monday due to elections. Hot Springs and New Orleans meets end soon with horses sent to the Metropolitan circuit or Memphis. Brooklyn handicap futures list Bysonby as favorite. Meadows meeting near Philadelphia opens around June 14 and runs through summer to September with improvements anticipated.
Delegates from Free Methodist churches in Puget Sound meet tomorrow at Green Lake church for the annual conference. The city hosts numerous events including a masquerade ball, a hand organ request, and a Baptist hall convention session.
The report lists multiple steamers due to sail or arrive including Stuart from Tacoma, Kosmos Hermerithia, David Evans at Port Townsend for repairs, Bertha at Seward, Caswell preparing for Cook Inlet, Yangtese heading to down-sound ports, and San Mateo chartered for Honolulu. Also noted are City of Seattle from Skagway, Dirigo heading to the Worth with powder, Excelsior southbound, Northbound Colma in distress at Port Angeles, and Dolphin slated to sail north April 22 with repairs underway. Humboldt at Skagway, Jeanie delayed to April 13, Rainier and toindeaur bound for San Francisco, plus mining man J M Raffner arriving from Cincinnati en route north.
An advertisement for Easter hats from The Best W. H. Hutchinson Co. store at the corner of 2nd and Union. Hats priced at three dollars feature in a seasonal display.
After weeks of searching for a pure maple syrup ike Vedder from Montpelier Vermont finally finds the genuine Mapleine produced by Crescent Manufacturing Co in Beattle. He is overjoyed to discover Mapleine now on his family table.
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