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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1908
Page
7
Long OCR fragment outlines proposed amendments to Seattle City Charter including licensing, public works, utilities, and election procedures. It references city officials, bonds, assessments, and publication requirements with dates and procedural details for amendment passage and implementation.
City council approves a tax roll amendment, directs publication for ten weeks, and sets delinquent penalties. The measure, to be voted March 4 1908, details assessment, collection, notice to owners, and penalties with state rules to govern failure to pay.
A scanned ads page lists rates for Want Ads and notices, with charges per line and per word, plus minimums. It references agencies in Ballard and downtown areas, stockholders meeting notices, and a lost and found entry, noting telephoned ad errors and theater loss.
A collage of midcentury classifieds lists wood and coal sales, sewing machines, dental services, optical goods, money loans, real estate offers, farm plots, chicken ranches, and farm equipment. Businesses named include Crescent Loan Company, Bank of America affiliates, Wheeler and West Wheeler, Miliman, and Adams & Frocks.
Extensive classified listing from Tacoma real estate pages. Properties include private hotel and boarding house with living spaces and steady boarders, several 4 room cottages, modern homes with lakeside views, and multiple vacant lots with easy terms. Also notes on rental houses, loans, and realty firms like International Bond Realty Co and W. H. King Co. Listings emphasize cash and monthly payments, nearby parks, university proximity, and development areas.
A garbled notice mentions a park car at Viret and Yestor with times 8 48, 10 46, 11 46, 12 45, 1 46, 2 48 and a stop at Gatewood station. It references salesmen on the ground and a monetary claim or prize.
Auction style notice describing Lincoln Beach West Seattle quarter acre lots with sale terms. Mentions Gatewood area, sidewalk, weekdays and Sunday access, price around 506 dollars with about 16 percent down and monthly payments. Provides contact via email and a wire company address.
An advertisement extols Tacoma as unmatched for investment with claims that $160,096,600 will be spent in three years on terminals docks and warehouses. It argues Great Northern Pacific and Milwaukee Union Pacific will favor Tacoma, citing the Columbia River canyon as key and inviting readers to invest via National Land Co at Pioneer Main.
John Nines, pioneer of the Duwamish river valley, died at his home this week. He spent 25 years on a farm at the head of the river between Georgetown and South Park and was 76 years old.
Francis J. Heney says he did not steal the letter from Santa Fe officials and declines to reveal how it came into his possession. He notes he has more letters and will release them at the proper time, explaining he sent the letter to the president after Ripley criticized the president. The dispatch originated in Los Angeles.
New York trading opens strong with small volume and soft spots appear. Reading leads fall three points, Union Pacific and Smelter down two. Week ends at lows after a period of irregularity with little public buying despite cheap money theory.
Howard Hasey’s attorneys filed a demurrer to the indictment alleging the grand jury was illegally constituted by Judge Reid’s order discharging saloon men. The defense plans to move the venue to Juneau, arguing the current panel is invalid.
The text advertises a Sunday course dinner at the Stevens hotel cafe from noon to an unspecified time, with a note mentioning city real estate. The readable portion remains fragmentary and unclear on exact details.
Preliminary hearing for Linda H. Haszard charged with practicing medicine without license was continued to Feb 13 under $300 bail. She claims the medical association backs the case and that humane society actions were unwarranted. The Weedon baby case and caregiver statements are discussed.
Sihei Hashiguchi, former war correspondent and editor of the Japan Current, plans to attend the Chicago Republican National Convention next June to push for a plank supporting naturalization of Japanese immigrants. He argues Japanese Americans are loyal and would fight for the United States in war, if needed.
A Washington state cold wave centers on 25 degrees at 6 am atop the Alaska building, seven below freezing, with 26 yesterday. Spokane reports four below zero, while Walla Walla stays above. Montana and Idaho face harsher cold as coastal winds may shift to snow in the upper coast. Seattle’s historic lows are recalled from 1893 and 1899 records.
Caldwell Idaho February plans outline prosecution of Harry Orchard for the murder of Frank Steunenberg. Prosecuting attorney argues no immunity agreement exists and Orchard must be tried for his life. Trial postponed to March or April. Orchard remains in Boise penitentiary.
Police headquarters housed 6 214 men in January, excluding arrests, with 1 100 lodging spaces used. More penniless men slept there in January than in all of 1906 or the first 11 months of last year, highlighting a sharp surge in need.
Superintendent Cooper and board officials record health data for January and December with diphtheria smallpox and scarlet fever case counts. The note mentions quarantine inspection and a discussion of insurance and skate prices in the same clipped entry.
A Parental school official visited Mercer Island and selected a site for a combined school and dormitory to be built this summer at an estimated cost of 8000 to 10000 dollars. Two existing buildings on the island will be used, but current capacity is strained andJuvenile Court sentences will largely be suspended until completion. For the first semester ending Jan 24 Superintendent Cooper reports 25714 original entries and that many pupils attended public schools in the first five months.
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