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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Dec 03, 1903

Page

8

Mary Todd Free After Grand Jury Testimony

A mixed group including Yakima Indians and federal officials gathered at the federal court building as Mary Todd of Tacoma testified before the grand jury. The panel returned a true bill against Mrs Whitney of Everett for sending obscene material, while Todd was discharged from the county jail where she had been held since November. Later sessions covered a whiskey selling case to Yakima Indians.

Yakima May Todd Tacoma Mra

Labor law violations alleged at Globe Laundry

W A Kennedy a former Globe Laundry marker accuses the plant of breaking state labor laws by overworking girls and keeping many employees beyond ten hours daily. He says he settled payment and plans to leave town, urging the state labor commissioner to enforce protections. manager Weaver denies the charges.

W. A. Kennedy Globe Laundry Company Blackman Olympia Globe Laundry Ance Kennedy Kennedy Elaime Weaver Globe Company

Employer Promises Job Upon Six Month Sobriety Pact

A former employee seeks work after losing his job at a Model laundry. The employer explains a signed six month sobriety contract offering $13 per week plus extra pay for fulfillment, with forfeiture if alcohol use resumes. He notes limited overtime and that workers are not forced to work beyond their regular hours.

Model Laundry

Lake Union Improvement Club to grade Pastlake Avenue

At the next regular meeting the Lake Union Improvement Club will consider grading Pastlake avenue for a quarter mile to enable double tracking. The recent streetcar collision near the University line underscores the danger and supporters urge upgrading the street to Mercer to Galer streets.

Lake Union Improvement Club

Fair Edna Hopper Heads to Victoria for Dune Muir Estate Suit

Edna Wallace Hopper the actress and former wife of DeWolf epee arrives in Beattie en route to Victoria to attend a trial over a share of the Dune Muir estate as her mother's heir. She is escorted by New York lawyers Edward P. Coyne and J. Juden. The party learns there was no boat to Victoria last night but British Columbia attorneys attended the court opening. The suit has lingered for some time and Hopper previously passed through the area on related business weeks ago.

Epee Beattie T Victoria Dunemuir Edward P. Coyne J. Juden New York British Columbia Miss Hopper

Captain Halstead Returns After Typhoon Loss

Captain Halstead of the Benjamin Sewall, lost south of Formora Island in a typhoon, arrives aboard the lyo Maru and sails to Portat to report the vessel loss. One lifeboat with survivors reached Formoa. another drifted to Tobiga island where natives stripped and drowned all but two. The Japanese government promises redress.

inIcTo i B. C Halstead Benjamin Sewall Formora Island Portat Formoea Tobiga Island

Lights and Shadows From a Pawn Shop

A long extract recounts pawnshop life and the people who use it. It details borrowed money against personal property from fine clothing to family mementos, revealing the human stories, motives, and risks behind the window display. It notes thieves, gamblers, and a Booth anecdote about pawning himself to raise town funds.

Typhoid Epidemic Expands as Beaver River Water Suspected

In Butler Pennsylvania sixty nurses arrived today from Philadelphia and about a hundred physicians are on site. Health bulletins issued to towns along Beaver River warn of an ongoing typhoid outbreak with an expected three thousand or more cases before it subsides. The water source has been traced to Beaver river and authorities urge precautions.

Santa Claus Philadelphia Beaver River

King Bros Offers Comfortable House Coats at Reasonable Prices

After a long day a man deserves a cozy House Coat available at King Bros. 914 Issue. Prices range from 3.50 to 20.00 with free Want Ads on the Classified page.

King Bros

Cable car gripman injured in glass door plunge

Gripman Dixon of a James Street cable car sustained head and facial injuries after diving through a glass door in front of the car this morning. He failed to release the grip between First and Second avenues, causing the car to strike a stationary wheel that powers the cable and lurch violently.

Gripman Dixon James Street

Humane Officer Files Complaint Over Balky Horse Beating

Humane Officer Clarke swore out a complaint in the prosecuting attorney's office against George Peterson, a driver, for beating a Balky Nag horse with a foot crowbar last Sunday. The case seeks legal action for animal cruelty.

Humane Officer Clarke

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