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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
8
Tomorrow Seattle promotes local manufacture with merchants displaying city made items from aluminum to pretzels. The Chamber of Commerce bulletin lists locally produced goods and urges residents to buy Seattle goods.
National Commission on Uniform State Laws proposes making desertion and nonsupport felonies with prison and hard labor. The draft was read at the American Bar Association meeting, while other reports include commercial law and bills of lading proposals pending a final draft after another year.
The Amost Brown estate sues the city council alleging the Thirday cluster light installation cost is excessive and not properly apportioned per the ordinance. Today's Treasury Statement notes receipts of 1,671,796 and expenditures of 1,920,000 in Washington on August 21.
San Francisco reports Charles L. Harris, a Lands End restaurant keeper, escaped death when assailant Anderson Hresco was overpowered and taken to the police station after an early morning attack on the ocean beach tract.
Government counsel filed a petition for rehearing in the Standard Oil Co of Indiana case after Judge Landis imposed a $29,240,000 fine and the decision was reversed. Attorney General Bonaparte ordered the move following a Roosevelt White House conference, with federal prosecutors to vigorously pursue. The Missouri attorney general, addressing a convention, attacked the reversal as masking the real owners and offenders behind the legal fiction. A Persian shah dinner bill ranks as the world’s oddest menu, with the chef depicting each dish by simple pictures rather than words.
Sporadic violence continues near the local longshoremen strike as Italian strikebreaker is accosted by union pickets at Pier 14. He seeks refuge at Pier 7 then Pier 6 where a policeman intervenes. Two other strikebreakers at Pier 7 delay payment until escorted by dock workers.
Health department continues rat extermination as more than 1260 rats are trapped weekly and no plague infected rodent has been found since July 9. An inquest into Harry P. Blaisdell's death at the A Y P E grounds last Monday yielded no assignment of blame.
A Russian wolfhound with a 12 foot pedi length arrived in the city from Wolfhirat Kennels in Manchester New Hampshire and is signed to T R Shepard at St Michael. The dog is to be taken north on the Hyaden.
A humorous line from Harper's Weekly features an Office Pog quip about editors and a chaotic newsroom. The Office Boy replies with a blunt tale of moving workers away as they cause illness. The exchange highlights workplace stress and comic tension in a historical paper excerpt.
Judge A W Frater warned against wives rushing to divorce courts after minor quarrels. In the Crick case the 2 year old child was at stake as Mrs Crick left Vancouver for Seattle with the baby. The couple reconciled after a brief separation, leaving the court smiling and together.
Springfield Illinois residents resume business as quiet returns, but tensions linger in the negro quarter. Mrs Kate Howard, indicted for inciting violence, is released on ten thousand dollar bail as the grand jury continues considering other race riot related charges.
A Georgetown guardianship case ends with Judge Frater ruling that a six year old cannot be held as chattel for a board bill. Theodore Fisher was released to his mother after a brief deprivation, ending the lien dispute that arose when Mrs. Fisher failed to pay $15 monthly for the boy’s care.
A meeting is called for tonight at the office of R. C. Culver to adopt measures preventing an addition to the constable on Blaine street and Second avenue West and to compel abatement of the nuisance. Local property owners protest health officials handling of the nuisance and question the stable company's stockholders. Steamer Craigvar will load 600 tons of flour at the Great Northern docks tonight then shift to Pier 6 to load machinery and general merchandise for the Orient, sailing Tuesday.
Typhoid fever strikes children at the Catholic orphanage on 12th Ave and Judicine St. Health Commissioner Crichton orders quarantine as six or more pupils fall ill. Officials believe the illness was brought to the school by recently admitted children and have begun immunizations.
Amasa M. Eaton warned before the national commission on uniform state law that states must act for all, or risk the federal government grabbing powers. He spoke for about two hours on state rights and sovereignty as the commission gathered at the New Washington hotel.
A front page update lists multiple vessels and routes. Ships bound for San Francisco San Pedro Skagway Nome and Everett report cargoes including general merchandise poles green timber and lumber. Captains Soule O'Brien and others are noted with departures arrivals and coalings amid storm warnings and expected landings.
Eleven steamers leave Pier 2 at the Navy Yard for round trips. The Colorado drydock is cited as the setting for these coastal departures, outlining a routine schedule from the harbor facility.
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