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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1909
Page
7
A scanned page shows a wide range of sale notices and classified items including doors frames priced at 448 per door, couches, dressers, and furniture sets offered by a local auction firm. Also listed are service ads for abstractors attorneys opticians and other professionals with contact details and street addresses.
Pretty Mrs Grace Merray Gibeon aged ten eloped with Albert Gibeon in San Jom California. She seeks divorce after learning her husband had secretly married Miss Eugenie Norton daughter of County Commissioner J R Norton of Clackamas county Oregon in 1903. He had never secured a divorce. The case highlights social dynamics and local scandal.
Bank clearings in Seattle total 1,648,268.90 with balances 176,202.05. Other figures show 9,586,186 and 14,681, and overall total 1,761,061 with 245,995 in unspecified categories.
Arthur Cromley 66 deputy county assessor at Hothell was struck by a Northern Pacific train at 11 am today. He suffered a fractured skull and several broken ribs and was rushed to Seattle General Hospital with poor prospects for recovery.
Chicago. Wealthy widow, 15 years older than a man, seeks a match as scores of young men from across the city besiege Rev. James W. Rowe to obtain prospectuses and specifications. Rowe, secretary of missions for the Methodist Episcopal Church, hopes to find the right applicant to please the lady and secure a $200 commission for the church fund.
Proposals unveiled in Washington for four year care of Alaska insane. Sitka Hot Springs Sanitarium bid 26 dollars per month per capita, represented by Delegate Wickersham. Crystal Springs Sanitarium in Portland bid 27.50 dollars. Wickersham cited transport savings to Sitka as justification. Award to be announced soon.
Dr. G Peterkin chairman of the King County Medical Society admitted that Dr Corson the county hospital superintendent virtually directed the inquiry and had time to prepare. The committee found affairs proper though food and oversight could improve. The report also noted no doctor lived at the hospital and private practices were allowed for the superintendent and assistants while paid by the county.
J J Shubert, leader of the theatrical insurgents in conflict with the theatrical trust, arrived Beattle and announced plans to build or acquire theatres in Beatle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Tacoma, Spokane, and other western cities. He said coast houses will receive fresh attractions from New York and Seattle shows will run two weeks.
Mercer Pa April 21 reports on the past life of Mrs J H Boyle held for kidnaping Willie Whitta in Sharon. A private investigator lists aliases including Mrs Frank Yorke Helen Yorke Helen Parker and others claiming a three year span of name changes after leaving her parents home. The detective says her claims of rich influential friends are untrue and notes the woman is daughter of William and Kate Parquhar McDermott with recent Chicago death of Mrs McDermott.
The garden in front of Mrs. John Proesis on 28th Ave was robbed and trampled last night. Tulips bloomed just before the theft. City police urged patrols in residential areas to be on heightened lookout for garden thieves.
Mrs. Thomas Fetili of Chicago will head Salvation Army women s rescue and slum work in the Western States and speak at the Salvation Army hall corner Fifth Ave and Washington. She formerly led Army work among Japanese women and will be accompanied by George French in the Western operations.
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce urges residents to prepare for a huge influx of exposition visitors. Secretary Yandel warns homeowners in Beattie area cannot grasp the scale of demand for accommodations in June July and August especially July and August.
The paymaster general reports the navy yard boilers use both coal and oil burners to compare costs. If testing shows coal is cheaper, the yard will switch to coal exclusively. the Chamber of Commerce was informed.
The Douglas City lodge of the Arctic Brotherhood forms Camp Treadwell after a large gathering led by Past Grand Chief L. Keller. Deputy Supreme Regent Tompkins and grand council delegates will host Lake Union Council No. 1660 at Sherrick's Hall for an initiation tonight. Public works and county officials plan a conference this afternoon on sick prisoner care at the city jail.
Beginning tomorrow morning changes to downtown car routing go into effect. Outbound cars from Wallingford Ave and Meridian Ave will use Third Ave and Priest to Weer to et, running between First Ave and Westlake Boulevard. Inbound cars will be routed near Navy and Jackson St and return from place without forming a loop.
Leo Mulhern a 12 year old boy disappeared from a Cincinnati parochial school in the afternoon. Police and family believe a kidnapping occurred after an anonymous letter demanded $300 to be sent to a stated address or the boy would be stolen. The Mulherns recently faced bereavements and an insurance payoff.
Jays Waters, accused of stealing a watch and $20 from J. W. Mahoney of 15284 Seconday, is jailed in the city jail. Judge Gilitany begins trial but Waters does not show, while Prosecutor Holzheimer seeks a continuance as Waters is found drunk and disorderly.
The case of R H Parkhurst charged with violating banking laws will likely go to trial tomorrow in the new federal court room. Frank Waldo Vaille, head of the Thirteenth division of the Railway Mail Service, arrived to set up Seattle offices and July 1 start.
George Hayes Monroe of Fresno was elected grand high priest of the grand chapter of Royal Arch Masons of California. He was chosen by delegates at the 65th annual convocation of the lodge.
A selection of inexpensive couch covers highlighted for home use. Three popular options include 60 by 72 inch sizes in rich Oriental and Kashgar patterns with durable fabrics. Reversible designs in light colors offer a serviceable 60 inch by 3 yard option priced at 4.95.
Includes items with prices: MAHOGANY DINING CHAIR $5.75 with leather seat and panel back, LADY'S MISSION DESK $13.75 oak quarter-sawed with drawer and files, PRINCESS DRESSER $24.00 oak quarter-sawed with serpentine fronts, MAHOGANY CHAMBER ROCKER $6.50, MUSIC CABINET $9.75 mahogany with four shelves, UMBRELLA STAND $1.75 oak with drain pan. various finishes described.
The Chamber of Commerce forms a nine member committee to arrange city decorating during the progress of the A.Y.P. BK. President McGraw appoints the group to confer with Seattle business interests.
In Prosser bakers cut bread to 3 cents a loaf despite higher wheat costs. Pilensbura reports the Knights of Columbus organizing in South Bend. North Yakima notes a 1 cent rise to 6 cents per loaf. Tacoma names Joseph Hawthorne as city council president. A Tacoma incident sees Playmates wrap a dead snake around 7 year old Clarence Seeley threatening his mental health.
Honolulu April 21 The governor weighs a measure dubbed the leprosy law that has passed third reading and awaits his signature. Support comes from several eminent senators and it would allow non physicians to treat leprosy asthma and tuberculosis when regular doctors declare a case hopeless.
In Los Angeles a city attorney examines charges that E J Harriman H B Huntington Gen Harrison Gray Otis EB Farr and other capitalists form a syndicate that bought land to obstruct the 20 million Owens River aqueduct project a claim presented to the city council by the Democratic League.
Lee Corder a longshoreman was seriously hurt yesterday afternoon after a fall into the hold of the steamer City of Puebla He was taken to Pacific hospital for treatment.
Mrs Isabella B Dickson aged 58 dies at home 1718 North 45th at. She leaves a husband four grown sons and a daughter. Funeral services set for Thursday at 3 p m at Biletta Undertaking Parlors.
President BE. P. Ripley of the Santa Fe and A. H. Payson of the Northwestern Pacific travelled from Tiburon to Willita, Cal, to survey ground for a proposed Northwestern extension to Eureka. The trip aims to assess feasibility and route details for the plan.
Moving slowly down the river a mountainous ice jam threatens Lewiston suspension bridge and riverbank hotels. The ice pack rushes over the falls at thousands of tons per minute, posing potential damage warnings.
Eugene Moore brother of a member of Pavey and Moore New York brokers shot and probably fatally wounded himself today in an office in San Francisco. He attempted to kill himself.
A petition by Mrs. Kyle seeks a city permit to erect temporary structures for open-air camps in public parks. The filing is pending with no action yet. The eighth annual session of the Grand Council of the Royal Arcanum of Washington meets at Pythian Hall starting 10 a.m. tomorrow.
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