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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1908
Page
5
Reno dispatch reports Laura Marguerite White of San Francisco trades society life for mining. She joins her brother Imot White and Richard Cole in Nevada’s Funeral range to seek gold amid desert hardships and hidden ledges.
White, a 22 year old woman, travels to Death Valley with her brother Wilmot to work a rich claim. She dons rough mining clothes and endures hard days at the site, proving strength and endurance while harvesting a fortune from the ledge despite obstacles.
Labor Commissioner C F Hubbard of Olympia persuaded delegates to choose Seattle as the 1999 convention site for the Association of the Bureaus of Labor and Statistics of America. Hubbard recently returned from the association’s 24th annual meeting in Detroit Michigan.
John Roberts of Capitol avenue has submitted two bundles of grasses to the Kittitas county exhibit for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition in Seattle next summer. One bundle is two feet of clover with unusually heavy heads, the other a timothy group notable for heavy heads though not long.
A Winton automobile driven by J B Moses of 750 N Broadway collided with the Hotel Harker omnibus at the Third Ave and James St corner last evening. Neither vehicle was damaged. The same auto had turned turtle on the Fort Lawton road months ago killing Mrs Ottolengul of New York.
Dispensers of possum, a new eczema cure, now available through druggists nationwide after previous direct-from-lab sale. The 50-cent size and a 2-dollar option are popular as Poslam stops itching on first use and heals chronic cases in weeks. Free experimental samples are mailed from Emergency Laboratories in New York.
Invitations to the Country club opening on August 22 describe an afternoon reception and evening dance. The organizing committee includes Chas Brantey W W Weat and Davison. Guests will be ferried by Bainbridge and Reliance steamers from city and Colman docks.
Mrs Michael Herzo of Minesville puzzles scientists by appearing sane eleven months a year while every August she becomes dement ed and shuns her husband though she remains kind to her tables and lives with two children.
The proposed franchise for a private watch and fire alarm service may pass the council over Mayor Miller's veto. Several councilmen said Saturday's apparatus test was not fair to the National District Telegraph Co. requesting the franchise.
The Puget Sound Salvage Company places the steamer Santa Cruz in commission to aid distressed vessels in Puget Sound, the Pacific coast, and Alaska waters. It is the first fully equipped American salvage vessel placed in commission on this coast.
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