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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1909
Page
5
Early hours blaze swept a crowded tenement at the corner of Eighth and Ninth, killing and injuring many. Firemen fought a fierce fire from 4:45 AM, bodies feared buried beneath furnace heat as walls collapsed and panicked residents fled. Property damage estimated at about a hundred thousand dollars with several structures destroyed.
The annual meeting of the Moon Workers league elected officers for the year. J Colman was chosen president, succeeding W from North Yakima. E K Col was secretary, with Mrs Mary W H Acoff re elected president. Other officers include Bellingham and Beattie members. regional reps listed from Riteville Tacoma Walla Walla Vancouver and more. The report notes Attentions from various members and mentions a doctor reference.
Emma Thomas begs to join lepers on Penthese Island to be near her son James Archibald Thomas, a 7 year old wireless operator. She is granted a position as attendant to the ten lepers, promising sacrifice for her child and the colony’s outreach.
In a Seattle letter Cecil Clegge describes Jerry Cousby’s death in Fairbanks Alaska on March 21 from a disease complication. Cousby was an assistant United States attorney for Alaska’s Third District and well known along the coast among lawyers and lacrosse teams. He arranged his affairs as his condition worsened and instructed nurses to avoid disturbing him until passing.
The University of Washington juniors select sophomore Clarence Kagan to play William in You Never Can Tell to be staged May 6 at Moore theatre. Joseph Harrison will interpret Valentine the dentist, with a cast listing Maim Clandon Olive Mavermann and others.
Prof. FP Tufts of Columbia University was accidentally electrocuted in Mayenne New Jersey while testing arc light power for public service. He connected a testing apparatus to an arc lamp, the current passed through his body, and he died instantly.
Robert Cassidy, king's counsellor and distinguished Canadian jurist, was held up on Ocean boulevard by a thug with a pistol Wednesday evening. He and JoW. Pugh, of Victoria, lost coins and valuables but recovered over $400 from the assailant. Cassidy afterwards treated the incident as a potential thrilling tale for his return to British Columbia.
Paris W. Horaham files for divorce in the Springfield DL superior court accusing his wife of an incident from 1868. He alleges she sat on the lap of a visitor named Duffy at their Syracuse home and that he ordered the man out while she refused to let him depart.
Last night the university musical groups at the University of Washington presented a combined concert in the new Auditorium building. The university quartet work was a feature and the choruses were pleasing. The band and orchestra showed the result of conscientious rehearsal.
The Johnston Piano Club system lets members buy pianos at dealer wholesale prices with no dues. Five hundred pianos purchased collectively cut freight and retailer costs, delivering about 80 to 190 dollars savings per instrument, with prices starting at 165 and installments as low as 1.25 weekly. Memberships are limited and clubs are filling rapidly. open tomorrow evening for inspection.
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