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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1908
Page
5
Misa Hadley poses as a maid to help Mamie the ill child while Mason and Darnell navigate awkward feelings. The charade continues as Hadley endures flirtatious remarks and hidden affections, with secrets about engagements and a planned departure adding tension.
D H Gilman, builder of the Seattle Lake Shore and Eastern and promoter in Seattle, has filed a bankruptcy petition in a New York federal court. Liabilities are listed at 942,331 with assets as none. His last Seattle appearance was with James A Moore seeking a franchise for street car lines in the northern city area.
W J Glover of St Joe Idaho sues police to recover gifts from Edna Gobel of Spokane alleging she married another man just before the ceremony. He claims she wore the trousseau and ring he had bought and even had the pastor wed the rival.
Seattle Tacoma interurban begins work on the branch to Puyallup. A jury is secured to try F. O. Bridgham of Seattle for wife murder. A Tacoma pond drowning rescue by boys in a human chain is reported. Low water halts steamer service on the Columbia. Mathias, ex cashier of the Exchange Bank of Maine, is in Belkn ngham. Hoquiam’s city attorney warns of action against the Sunday tid. Frisco plague patient discharged, city declares return to normal. Dog teams to race Nome to Candle, Alaska, April 1 with a 2500 prize.
Five thousand troops are ordered from the Northern Caucasus to the Turko Persian frontier. Small detachments have been moving forward for weeks as tensions rise over a frontier dispute involving Turkey and Persia.
Visit U S Navy Yard to see battleships Oregon Wisconsin and Nebraska cruisers Buffalo and training ship Philadelphia mammoth dry docks torpedo boats and prison ship Nipsic. Boats depart Pier 2 foot of Yeager Way five times daily round trip five tenths dollar.
Seattle Star Exclusive Service reports that Ah Wong sold his wife Wan Len to Lai Neg for 2200, triggering seven years of tong warfare. A peace treaty, signed by Chinese feudal lords and Consul General Sun Sze Yee, ended the conflict and restored calm to Chinatown.
Port Townsend reports January totals show 1734 sailors shipped or discharged, continuing a long term decline in sailing vessel demand. Despite a higher number of men, overall ship work remains down with steam sailors driving the, momentum, and a seven month fiscal year total of 21 736 men, up from 15 688 the prior year.
James Gibson, a contractor, was committed to a asylum after a perjury charge arose during a dispute over a North Yakima contract. He was discharged from the asylum on January 31 following a petition in superior court. The case involved employment agents and damages claims. the perjury charge was dismissed.
Andrew Carnegie offers 105000 more to fund three suburban branch libraries on the same terms as the first gift. The city must provide sites and maintain libraries. The library board, seeking funds, plans to discuss the proposal at a near-term meeting.
A state association of builders' exchanges was formed in Seattle yesterday by delegations from the Seattle and Tacoma exchanges. The group aims to extend open shop principles statewide with reorganizations planned in leading towns. BK. C. Cornall of Tacoma was elected president, KE. J. Duhamel of Seattle vice president, and J. J. Franklin of Tacoma secretary.
William J. Bryan addressed the Civic Union last night using the eighth commandment as his text to condemn stock gambling, sparking discussion among attendees and observers.
The Stockton city council voted five to two to close saloons on Sunday and to require restaurants drug stores and eating houses to stop selling liquor that day.
Teresa Carreno, famed pianist, will perform at the Grand Opera House next Monday evening February 10 under the Ladies' Musical Club. The Welte Mignon piano from Freiberg will accompany her, hailed as a historic instrument and a marvel of Europe. Tickets will be sold by advance order only.
Anna Metzger, a domestic for Mrs. F. Wax of 939 Twenty first Ave south, disappeared for a day causing anxiety. She was later found at a Green Lake family and said she found a new place. Mrs. Wax worried over her sudden absence and absence from work.
A local report notes concerns for a girl's welfare after her absence from a home setting. Authorities indicate the absence is unexplained and considered unusual while the subject is described as pursuing a new position.
The Seattle Real Estate association will entertain the Tacoma Real Estate association with a smoker and social next Friday night in the Alaska rooms of the Alaska building. Prominent operators from both cities will give addresses. A local committee led by R. Perky C. W. Corliss and W. N. Pinkston has the arrangements in hand.
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