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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1909
Page
6
Protesters and city officials clash as Pacific Railway belts lines and a canal project are approved. Residents around Lake Union expect property values to rise with new belt line use and a possible referendum on franchise terms.
New York City is named the borrowing champion by the census bureau with seven times the net debt per capita of any other city. If debts were divided among residents, each would owe 152 dollars, while Cincinnati Boston Pueblo Newton and San Francisco follow with high per capita debts. Seattle’s debt also rose in 1947.
In London remarks suggest waning loyalty to the King leads to the King's brother, the Earl of Connaught, becoming the next governor general. He is described as patriotic and intelligent, with substantial wealth and a racing stable. His move to Canada would be welcomed as a strong royal connection.
United Press reports Bishop Lawrence of Massachusetts urges church fairs and entertainments be run on a dignified business basis. He cites parishes raising money for organs while rectors endure unpaid bills and insists parishioners share upkeep of church lawns and sidewalks.
In Embreeville Newlin Township Chester County a few oxen are shoeed each winter attracting neighbors to a blacksmith shop once common twenty years ago. Ox teams remain rare on roads as horses adapt to autos and locomotives, making sightings of yoked oxen a curiosity.
Modern furnished rooms available at 804 Virginia at Eight Day. Rates from $200 to $4.00 per week. Everything new and clean. Contact The Virginia for details and availability.
United Press reports Wu Ting-fang Chinese minister ends Washington visit in 1959 farewell scene at the chamber of commerce meeting. He pledges to return and promises to visit friends in Baltimore in 1959 while leaving a solemn pledge with chamber president William F. Gude to meet again that year.
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