Saloon Payroll Cashing Practices In Seattle
A historical note explains how workers cash pay checks at saloons with discounts for quick cash. Employers pay workers in cash biweekly or monthly to avoid large cash balances. Saloons become wage hubs as workers convert earnings into drink, raising concerns about identification and potential financial risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waloons
Seattle
R Bros
Seattle Hardware
Bolcom Kiis
Moran Company
Dennay-Renton Clay Com
Pacific Coast Mitk Company
William J. Byrne Detective Agency Opens NY Office
William J Byrne, once a top secret service investigator tied to Washington land frauds and San Francisco graft, relocates to New York to run his agency in Park Row. He has already been retained by the Bankers' Association to provide protection for about 11 000 banking interests.
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Ctive Burns
N. Y
United Prem
York
Dec
William Is
Secret Service
Washington
San Francisco
Beal
New York
William J. Byrne
Park Row Build
Bankers’ Association
Mob at Steinheil sale draws crowd of 15000
A public sale of Steinheil property in Heil attracts about 15 000 people hours before doors open at the Hotel Drouet. Police struggle to clear the staircase as antiquarians and ladies rush in, several fainting as the dense crowd swells. The scene follows the Drouet murder case at the villa.
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Catted
Heil
Steinheil
Hus
Drouet
Agsault
Yma
Wireless chase nets prisoner aboard Brazos liner
A passenger ship the Brazos overhauled at sea and the police boarded to transfer a prisoner to New York. Bates, held since departure from Weston Texas, faced charges after a wireless alert reported a wanted man aboard the vessel and a robbery connection involving $1000. The incident halted four hours after sail and drew swift official action.
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Ly United Press
Weston, Tex
Bates
Will
New York
Brazos
Perett
Wella Fargo
Reisel
Tey
Bangedah Accuses Wife as Divorce Filed in Court
Dec 28 report states Bangedah would not reveal gift plans to Obriet Vine. She kicked him from bed, struck him with a curtain pole, and fled the house. Sangdah seeks divorce. Mrs. Bunedahi, the bride, is mentioned as a party in the filing.
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Becaus B. Bangdah
Obriet Vine
Sangdah
Bunedahi
Fate of the Susie M. Plummer and its crew remains unknown
The schooner Susie M. Plummer and Captain Harry L. Haneen with 14 crew members vanished after 20,006 feet of lumber loaded at Everett. Rescue tugs searched the area near Flattery while the Kaga Maru reported a waterlogged abandoned boat, but no trace was found. The Snohomish returned to Seattle empty, leaving the mystery unsolved.
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Susie M. Plummer
Harry L. Haneen
Suste M. Plummer
Sean
Seattle
Everett
Plummer
Hansen
Flattery
Fewer divorces linked to women voting says delegate
Emma Smith DeVoe, newly appointed by Gov. Hay as a delegate to a national conference on universal legislation in Washington, notes a trend of fewer divorces in states with women voters. The item juggles political chatter, civic notes, and city politics from Seattle.
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Emma Smith DeVoe
Hay
Washington
Plot on to get Pinchot's scalp and fight forester too active
Washington dispatch argues a plan to force Gifford Pinchot from government service. It links Taft with Hitchcock and Wickersham to back removal amid pressure from Guggenheims and power interests. Publicity is urged as the pathway to an open investigation and a decisive verdict. Pinchot refuses to resign.
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Pinchot
Forester
Washington, D.C
Dee
Gifford Pinchot
Government Service
Land Office
Forest Service
Taft
Frank Hitchcock
Gen. Wickersham
Hitchcock
Ballinger
Guggenheims
Standard Ol
Electric Power Trust
White House
Congress
Strike threatens wider railroad walkout as talks fail
Minneapolis dispatch reports AF of L railway chief Partham heads to Washington to seek federal aid and urge Taft to act on the switchmen strike. St Paul notes talks have collapsed with a looming threat of a general walkout of allied railroad orders, after a disputed settlement collapsed.
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United Pree
Minneapolis
Minn
Partham
Railway Department
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Northwest
Perham
Taft
Interstate Commerce Commission
ST. Paul
Hawley
What Might Have Been Irish Scholar Patrick Smith Dies at 36
Patrick Smith, an Irish gentleman and scholar, died yesterday from alcoholism. Police found scraps of his writings including songs, poems, plays, and fragments of philosophy, revealing latent promise unfulfilled due to drink. The fragments show a mind capable of poetry and drama.
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Patrick Smith
The Last Sprint of Patrick Smith the Drunkard Author
This piece recalls Patrick Smith, an aspiring author who sought success in theater near Bremerton. He repeatedly battled alcohol, funded a final play to prove himself, and collapsed during the opening night as his strength faded. He died soon after amid personal turmoil and unfulfilled promises.
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Smith
Bremerton
Pag
Smith Became
Patrick Smith
Reading railroad official collapses from worry in Philadelphia
B H Ball Reading railroad second vice president freight traffic manager suddenly became insane in his offices here today and was removed to an asylum. He had been greatly worried by traffic demoralization caused by recent storms across the Atlantic seaboard and his efforts to keep freight moving are thought to have contributed to his collapse
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Philadelphia
B. H. Ball
Reading Railroad
Ball
Atlantic Seaboard
Taco age ee. sane dollars and costs in court
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I Do Not Want to Talk to Any of These Women
Antonio Portopilio, shot after a police chase on December 20, lies at City hospital with a back wound. He remains hopeful for recovery, resting quietly and experiencing no pain, but he pleads for no female visitors as waves of flower bearing admirers surround him.
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Antonio Portopilio
Portopilio
City Hospital
Cashier Missing as $20000 Vanishes from Express Office
George A Capron cashier at United States Express Englewood branch disappeared on Christmas Eve with about $20000 missing. He vanished while six other employees worked in the room, authorities reported.
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United Press
Chicago
George A. Capron
United States Express Company
Englewood
Capron
Exposes Ballinger's War on Conservation
Collier's Weekly dated January 1 1910 claims the Interior Department opposes conservation policy. It highlights cheaper government reclaimed land versus private projects and questions the upcoming congressional probe. It mocks the Seattle Cunningham hearing and criticizes Interior agent Sheridan and associated legal tactics.
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Collier’s
Interior Department
New York
Department of the Interior
People
Collier's Weekly
Congressional Investigation of the Interior Department
Collier's
Polar Exploit Nets Cook About 100000 Says World
United Press reports New York World figures estimate Dr. Cook earned around 100000 from his North Pole claims with total public take possibly 160000. St Louis businessmen invited him in September and negotiations began with Cook proposing 26000 then 14000. The New York Herald paid 3000 for his first story from Lerwick. A book manuscript advertisement followed but early offers under 250000 faded.
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United Press
New York
New York World
Cook
North Pole
Lhes
St. Louis
New York Herald
Lerwick
Christmas Turkey Theft Lands Bremerton Men in Jail
Too poor to buy a turkey for Christmas, John Haley and Pat Shannon stole one from Carstens Brothers’ butcher shop in Bremerton on Christmas Eve. They were arrested for petit larceny and jailed in Kiteap County Jail to await trial.
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John Haley
Pat Shannon
Bremerton
Carstens Brothers
Kiteap County
Chance to Start Romance Appeals to Lonely Woman
Arthur J. Patnande of Southbridge Massachusetts seeks someone to correspond with and guide him about the west and Seattle. He asks Postmaster George Russell to locate a young man or a pretty stenographer or shop girl to become his information contact as he plans a visit. He does not provide age or marital status, making him seem likely bachelor and eager for friendship.
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Arthur J. Patnande
Southbridge
Mass
West
Seattle
George R. Russell
Pernande
Seattle Bar Grievance Panel Plans Secret Action on Holzheimer
The grievance committee of the Seattle Bar association meets in Seattle today to prepare testimony on Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Frank H. Holzheimer and the $1,000 Leavitt blackmail. The panel may recommend disbarment to the superior court judges. Eight lawyers serve on the committee.
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Frank H. Holzheimer
Seattle Bar Association
George R. Tennant
Holzheimer
Leavitt
Superior Court
The
Bar Association
James B. Murphy
Everett Smith
King Dykeman
George B. Tennant
George H. Revelle
Henry F. Blake
Walter B. Beals
Winfield R. Smith
Special
Peyton
Vanderveer
Fleeing Osman Reichel Charged With Grand Larceny
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney John E. Perry filed a grand larceny complaint against Osman Reichel for allegedly shipping a cash register valued at 100 dollars. George Milroy, former partner in a pool and billiard room, identifies Reichel as the suspect. Preliminary hearing set in Justice Fred Brown's court.
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Osman Reichel
George Milroy
Reichel
John E. Perry
Fred
Husband Desertion Charge Against W L Mason
A complaint filed by Deputy Prosecutor Robert W Prigmore accuses W L Mason alias Mason of wife desertion and non support of two minor children aged four and two. Forrest Mason wife of the defendant testifies to a five year marriage and desertion around September 1. The case will be heard in Justice Fred C Browns court.
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W. L. Mason
Mason
Robert W. Prigmore
Forrest Mason
Fred C. Brown
Barber Held on Theft Charge in Ellensburg Case
W A Kelly a barber wanted in Ellensburg for grand larceny was arrested by Deputy Sheriff George Leighton and held in the county jail awaiting Kittitas County officers. Kelly faces accusations of retaining jewelry belonging to a woman who died in the Ellensburg home of his wife.
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W. A. Kelly
Iensburge
George Leighton
Kittitas County
Kelly
Ellensburg
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