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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1911

Page

6

Morals Board to Guide Tacoma Youth

Tacoma plans a public morals board to steer youth toward better conduct. Mayor will appoint ten members, five women and five men, to serve without pay, with dances in the high school stadium proposed to keep youths off streets. The effort followed a city hall meeting at the request of the public safety commissioner.

Ualted Tacoma Public Morals Board Commissioner of Public Safety Pettit

Market prices rise for butter and eggs amid steady overall trade

Butter and eggs show notable gains over the past week while the market remains steady in general. Vegetables and fruit list diverse prices from cantaloupes two for five cents to bananas thirty cents per dozen, with meats and dairy including butter up to 35 cents per pound and eggs at 30 cents per dozen.

Oregon

Roosevelt Supports Alaska Railroad Proposal

A fragmentary item notes Roosevelt endorsing a railroad from Alaska coal fields to Controller Bay and suggests expanding to a broader project. Other clippings mention a Tacoma municipal dance platform proposal, a mayoral candidate damages suit, a fatal threshing accident in Prosser, wind-caused danger in Granger, a Chicago to Pittsburgh civic effort, and odd incidents in New York involving an elevated rail accident risk and a ring box with a summons.

Roosevelt Uncle Sam Alaska Controller Bay Teddy Uncle Panama

New York man vandalizes department store window over fashions

Charles A Murphy, 37, of Elizabeth New Jersey, smashed $600 worth of plate glass in a department store show window after objecting to the fashions. His sanity is under probe. In Lebanon Indiana Rev H T Greenleaf resigns citing bread and water needs for his flock. he has a wife and six children and earned $600 yearly. The Geraghty family of five notes their son’s association with a Newport heiress. worries he was cheated. In North Yakima former Mayor Phillip Armbruster is under defense.

New York Charles A. Murphy Eisznbeth N. J Lebanon Ind H. T. Greenleaf Greenleaf

Beauty Waste List Sparks Chicago Consumer Claim

Mrs. George A. Trude, owed $27 for one month’s face powder, presents a Chicago list of annual beauty purchases: perfume and toilet waters $600, face powder $459, manicure $200, hairdresser bills $360, all in cosmetics totaling $1,875.

Chicago George A. Trude

Minneapolis chosen as convention site for Mercantile Agencies

The Association of Mercantile Agencies selected Minneapolis to host the next convention. The event aims to aid efforts to secure 250000 dollars from Congress for road construction in the Rainier region.

Minneapol Spokane The Association of Mercantile Agencies Congress Rainier

Stanley Rhodes Killed in Wreck Near Brooklands

Stanley Rhodes nephew and principal heir of the late Cecil Rhodes died from injuries in a car accident near Brooklands. His wife Mabel Rue sel, an actress, was severely injured in the crash reported at United Press.

United Prese Wb Don Stanley Rhodes Cecil Rhodes Brooklands Rhodes Mabel Ruesel

Pro attend paces at Madison park event

Five day clean meet at Madison Park starts Tuesday August 16 with attendance urged. Headquarters listed as Ast Thomson league at 1114 3rd av. Call for petitions.

Madison Park Thomson League Eve

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