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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1905

Page

5

Elected Mayor of Playground City After a Hot Contest

In the lower East Side a new playground city ruled by boys has formed around Hamilton Fish park. Nathan Kase won the mayoral race amid lively campaigns, with Sam Melitzer opposing on an anti corruption platform. Girls briefly mocked by banners watch as the youth run a mock city, policing the park with twenty officers and a silver badge.

Katherine Leckie New York Lower East Side MMI Immi-gotantg Father Hhe Son Hamilton Bish Park Tesement Nathan Kase Taramany Kase Sam Melitzer Hamilton Fish Park Playground Kelley Pallas

YERXA Wholesale Offer Includes Various Goods and Prices

A listing shows YERXA delivering orders of $15.00 and up with cartage. Items include Bree% bags, large white pleating soap, extra large soap, black pigs, sockeye salmon products, baking flour Verza's on the Pacific Coast, and notes about loaf sizes and bread quality.

Verza Pacific

George Washington dies at 89 in Centralia

George Washington, a Washington pioneer and founder of Centralia, died Sunday at age 89. The report notes other local incidents including a fatal log boom accident in Aberdeen and a severe fire near Houghton, with various community updates across Clarke County and nearby towns.

George Washington Washington Centralia William Bird Aberdeen Houghton Lake Washington

Local Public Schools Leader Dies After Typhoid Illness

C. W. Jones assistant superintendent of the local public schools died at Seattle General Hospital after a three week illness from typhoid fever. He was 35 and leaves a wife married in 1904 and his Kansas-based parents and sister. Jones joined the staff in May 1904 after endorsements from university officials and helped fill the Denny school principal post upon Storey's resignation.

C. W. Jones Seattle General Hospital Kansas Jones BE. Benjamin Andrews University of Nebraska John Dewey Chicago University Storey Denny

Former USDA official Surrenders Over Crop Report Conspiracy

Edwin 8 Holmes Jr former associate at a department of agriculture office surrendered to the U S marshal in Washington in response to an indictment charging conspiracy in connection with the premature publication of government crop reports.

Washington Edwin 8. Holmes, Jr Atletician Department of Agriculture United States

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