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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1903
Page
3
The executive committee discussed offering cash prizes and trophies for top teams and players as the city bowling league begins. Entries open soon with a May finish planned after a 50 game season, and a state association may form if local interest grows.
The schooner George H Billings cleared Tacoma and was towed to sea with 1 215 257 feet of lumber consigned to Adelaide The Shawmat of the Boston Steamship Company will arrive at Union tomorrow to complete the Orient cargo The Missouri a British steamer formerly the Stanley Dollar will sail today with coal for Japan and China The Oania sailed from San Francisco for Victoria and Puget Sound ports The Pacifi Coast Company steamers Valencia and City of Puget Sound will sail tomorrow The Valencia and City of Puget Sound will head for San Francisco and canal points
A seller lists assorted items with discount prices including ToOne and All Christmas items, fur trimmed velvet capes, children coats, womens fleece lined shirts and drawers, and men's fleece lined shirts. Prices range from 12.50 to 2.25 and 0.45 to 0.50.
Fragmentary text lists bargains on an 18T floor and various song titles and artists. It mentions Flower Song by Fareed, Caprice, Been es from Terrace, Chauncy Alcott, Out in Moonlight, Ida Hannum, and Eternalse Inveresse, with references to spools and cotton brands.
Superior court judge Tallman decides that the statute of limitations does not bar special assessment liens on real estate, aligning with supreme court reasoning on ordinary tax liens. The case, brought by T D Hinkley over a levy for street improvements, may go to the supreme court.
It was learned that George Grace of Grace Welch Commission shot himself, dying after days of drinking and quarrels with Mme De France. He reportedly left mining lands in Monclova and property to Mme De France. post mortem by Coroner Hoye found a 48 caliber bullet. Funeral services through the Masonic lodge are planned, with no inquest.
A weather forecaster jokes about a sunlit Christmas while a New York city incident unfolds. The report notes a rooftop observatory scene and a clash at 822 Thirty-first avenue south where Joe Benton and William Edwards fought, leaving Benson with a badly battered face before Edwards fled toward the sandpit.
Citizens surveyed show strong defenders of the civil service, while several officials and labor leaders express support or call for limited changes. Opinions cite efficiency, insurance impacts, political influence, and the need for possible reforms before a next election vote.
By year’s start two Seattle families claim the title of Guam’s first white child born. Rose Agana Stimson, daughter of a local shipping man, and Jule Agana Ryan, born to Paymaster E D Ryan of the U S Navy, spark a dispute over who arrived first on the island after the Spain American War.
Fire broke out in the sanitarium run by Mrs. Hilda Van Buren at 2 Third Avenue near Columbia this morning at 10 45. The frame structure was in danger before the chemical apparatus of the fire department stopped the blaze. The stove in the kitchen started it as the cook attended other duties. the pipe nearly touched the ceiling igniting woodwork. Mrs. Van Buren was in Tacoma at the time.
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