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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1908
Page
3
The Republican candidates in King County press for anti graft reforms and strict bookkeeping. They pledge to curb road spending, ensure prisoners fed well through county control, and demand cost effective contracts to maximize tax payer value.
A Star reader letter from John Walter argues that divorce should be legalized to free unhappy couples. He recalls his own marriage’s misery caused by religious rigidity and his wife’s affair, urging separation for genuine happiness and quoting biblical views. He notes his wife died six years ago and expresses regret she could not remarry.
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Fragments describe transport in Colorado with mention of Pier 2 and daily trips for a round journey. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
A terse fragment notes an armed incident at Gee Hotel involving a main office and an individual named Ted. No further details or context are available in the readable text.
United Press dispatch from Memphis reports rising tension in Truman Poinsett County Arkansas over the importation of 12 negro laborers for Springfield Lumber Company yards. White workers and residents threaten to drive the blacks from the country and a posse visited the camp as the dispute escalates. Governor Pindall has been asked to intervene.
The true life story of Swiftwater Hil Gates, famed Alaska figure, is issued by Iola Beebe. The book chronicles his marriages and divorces, fortunes won and lost, and sensational exploits from Circle City to Dawson, detailing a tumultuous life amid the Klondike rush.
Pittsburg August 17 Miss Edna May Poenter an heiress of this city has married O Shigetoshi Majima a Japanese man at a village near Tokyo last Saturday evening. The engagement was learned by a cablegram to Mrs J Falston Livingstone an aunt of the bride Majima comes from a prominent Japanese family He was educated at Notre Dame and entered Harvard Law School three years ago He moved in Boston Cambridge society and met Miss Poenter while she was attending school in Boston.
A private cablegram from Mannheim Germany reports the death of Frank Hambleton a prominent Baltimore banker and financier. Hambleton who traveled to Germany for his health was among the region s best known financiers.
A dealer advertises new pianos shipped back by a manufacturer after prior order refunds. Forty-two instruments, two styles priced at 232.50 and 198, require six dollars cash and six dollars monthly. Each piano carries a five year guarantee and money back if not as represented. Hurry to Third and University Johnston Co building.
In Tampico Mexico on August 17 a massive oil fire at the San Geronimo crater rages despite efforts to quench it. Fire crews pump sand and mud into the opening in hopes of stopping the blaze as more than 100000 barrels burn daily.
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