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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1906
Page
3
Sidney, seventeen, confessed to killing his father James Ane a former Yale chemistry professor and local business man with an ax at five in the morning on Sixth Avenue. The motive cited as a quarrel over money. body disposed in an alley after washing away blood.
Discharges and a climate of espionage grip the street car workforce as the Electric Company bans discussion of unions and municipal ownership. Employees report warnings and fear speaking with strangers or union supporters while the company pushes to suppress any talk of collective bargaining or civic ownership.
Bar Cress Drug in Seattle advertises women buying Carter's Beef Wine and Cod Liver Oil and Carter's Tablets at bargain prices. The notice highlights a $1.60 Carter's offer and a $1.25 bottle, drawing local attention.
City workers and Beattie Electric employees resist new ownership plans arguing lower wages and eight hour days under municipal control. Company spies monitor votes and pressure workers, triggering murmurs of strikes as workers resist being dictated to.
Matt Hioomness bas Med sues Puget Bound Electric alleging wrongful dismissal for a transfer and injury from a trainman's lantern. He seeks damages totaling 1900 dollars for injuries inflicted by a company servant.
Information filed against William Schulte charges exceeding the speed limit in an automobile. The filing records details of the traffic offense and positions Schulte as the defendant in the case.
A Star recount of the municipal election confirms Mayor Moore won over John Riplinger by 186 votes, reversing the original 15 vote majority. The article lists precinct by precinct shifts, noting Moore gains and Riplinger losses across wards and precincts.
Theaters report a prosperous run at the Grand with Stewart Opera Company providing a spirited performance. A Saturday matinee is planned and next Sunday the company will switch to Dorothy, while Star theater offers a new vaudeville bill rich in comedy and song for this week.
Ballard women will be present tomorrow at Bartell’s Red Cross Drug store located at 630 Second Ave for Bargain Day. Featured money savers include Very best Imported Olive Oil four ounce bottle for 1c Merck’s Phosphate of Sodium 1 pound boxes priced at 5c Hood’s Headache Tablets at 1c per bottle, urging attendance.
The Star patrons will see a return by Jimmy Wall a famed minstrel and the roughhouse team Charles A Macon of Mason and Mason and Lew elly. They present ten minutes of minstrelsy in a lively act titled The Onion.
The following plaintiffs were afAnted decrees of divorce Militan Martin and Juline Martin, France J. Pickens and James M. Pickens.
Bill Hurley manager of the Grays Harbor base ball team was shot in the leg by a merchant police officer during a raid on an alley. Hurley resisted orders, was wounded and taken to a hospital. The incident stems from an old feud with Brakeman William Usher.
The entrance tests for high school were carried on today to aid students from rural country schools. Any student failing in any subject may receive guidance and reattempts as part of the make up process. A local craftsman advertises handmade single or double harnesses at 212 Occidental Ave.
A persuasive pitch urges business leaders to invest in tangible real estate as a stabilizing asset during depressions. It highlights Port Simpson as a western Canadian hub, promising future outlets, railroad growth, and a harbor linking Vancouver Island to Alaska, backed by vast agricultural, mining, and timber wealth.
Sailors from Charleston Boston Chicago Oregon Nipsic Albany Preble Paul Jones and the training ship Philadelphia with the army transport Dix gather at the drydock. Take the Port Orchard Route boat from Pier 2 for an instructive trip to the navy yard. Boats depart at various times daily. Round trip six cents.
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