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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1905

Page

8

Murphy Wins Out Over Common-Use Clause Fracas

After a lengthy committee session and a heated panel of two members, the corporations committee granted most of Councilman Murphy's demands. Seattle Electric agreed to a franchise with a common-use clause along the route from Pike to Warren via Seconday. County Superintendent Storey announces a five day teachers' institute at Beattie High School beginning January 2.

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Tiny Countess Levina de Magri at Seattle Palace Hotel

Levina countess de Magri once Mia and Tom Thumb visits Seattle with husband Count Magri at the Palace hotel. At 64 she remains upright and full of enthusiasm amid public interest in her tiny stature.

Levina Countess de Magri Mia Tom Thumb Seattle Palace Hotel Count Magri

Middy 18 Sentenced at Navy Academy

Meriwether, a midshipman, is confined to the academy limits for one year and reprimanded by the secretary of the navy. Secretary Bonaparte modified the sentence to permit participation in the annual practice cruise while remaining on campus.

Lightship Foundered Off Nantucket in Severe Storms

The south shoal lightship Nantucket foundered Monday at 4 o clock, all hands lost, but the lighthouse tender Avale rescued the entire crew. Severe storms threaten ships along the coast and fears rise for other vessels. John Mork, deckhand on the steamer Utopia of the Great Northerns, seeks $25,000 damages for injuries from a falling derrick on November 28.

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