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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1905
Page
8
A historic note cites a yearly insect tax on American farming totaling 700 million dollars plus fighting costs. Hessian fly damages wheat worth 100 million annually, with other pests like corn worm and boll worms causing multi‑million losses across crops, livestock, and storage. Disease spread by insects adds further economic harm.
At an Ohio Bar Association meeting officials discussed improving care for General William Henry Harrison’s gravesite at North Bend Ohio. The tomb atop a hill overlooking the Ohio River sits in a plain rough hewn limestone vault and has received little attention.
Chief Bennett enforces a morality drive ordered by deity councils barring women from saloons and arresting suspected loiterers. The Star’s crusade prompts officials to move activity from outskirts to center town. School directors, reorganized, elected Dudley H. Dee and William Dixon to vacancies. future plans include a new ward two school building.
The Taylor company brings popular shows to Thi Avenue with St by Gypsies drawing big crowds. Upcoming farewell performances feature Mr. Chas A Taylor's Hunted by Woman written in Seattle. Star acts include Tatum, Edd Leslie, Yale trio, Mile Callie, Rosco and Sima, and Leslie Pomeroy with a starascope feature.
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