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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
7
City Council discusses and adopts amendments to liquor licensing rules and city charter. Provisions cover license transfers, premises ownership, renewal terms, and penalties. amendments also set license fees and publication requirements for city notices.
Resolution 1195 proposes amendments to Article IV of the city charter affecting selections for city printing. It outlines bid requirements. sealed proposals with certified checks. publication in an official newspaper. bid evaluation by the Board of Public Works. safeguards for performance and bond of 5000 dollars. and timeline for bids and contract finalization by fiscal year start.
Resolution 1128 proposes amending Article VII of the City Charter to submit the amendment to Seattle voters at the next general election. It outlines board duties to study franchise obligations, require improvements for public safety, and report findings to the City Council. the amendment, if approved, would be ratified or rejected by voters in the upcoming election.
The document outlines the process for assessing property taxes, including amending the assessment roll, publishing notices in the official newspaper for ten consecutive issues, and giving owners at least sixteen days to object. It describes corrections, approval by ordinance, and filing with the City Comptroller and Treasurer for collection, with penalties for nonpayment and notice requirements.
Want ads list charges and agencies for local advertising in Seattle. Includes contact details for Downtown Kennedy Drug Co Ballard P H Mullin and main office. Also notes a stockholders meeting of Seattle Labor Temple hall No 317 Hawah on February 19 1968 and a misc sale listing fragment.
Auction notice shows machines from Singer Wheeler New Rome Standard Domestic Nation ei and others priced from $2250 up. 7 percent Belew and location at 191 First Street with numbers 4916 and 2676 in Indiana referenced.
A jumble of loan ads and notices from multiple lenders including The Star Loan Co and BALABY LOAN CO advertising salary loans with low rates and easy terms. Banks such as NATIONAL BANK, BANK OF CANADA, and others are listed with rates and services. Real estate and room rentals, including furnished rooms and unoccupied apartments, are interspersed, with various contact details and locations in New York and nearby areas.
Opportunity listing offers a new f-room modern house near Yasler Way for $4,500. Terms by Winship Bros at 300 Coleman Building. Lot 46100 noted.
Nevada on February 6 notes three voters registered at the comptroller's office, bringing the total to an unspecified number. Attempts to wreck the Nevada California & Oregon railroad express have become frequent, and the road management has offered a $200 reward for capturing the perpetrators.
The Fourth Avenue Hotel company is incorporated to erect a hotel on the lot south of the Seattle Athletic club. Richmond-Burnett controls most stock and will lead the project. The hotel will be eight stories tall and cost $100.
John Dyck and Eugene Kartzenbaum were knocked from a 26 foot scaffold while shingling for BR G Pape at Loyal Heights. Kartzenbaum may die with three broken ribs and a crushed kidney after landing on a stump. Dyck escaped serious injury by landing on a windfall. Kartzenbaum taken to Providence hospital. he has a family at Ballard.
Mrs Samuel L Crawford was elected president of the Fruit and Flower Mission society for the ensuing year. Miss Jessie Ballard gave a talk about her recent trip through eastern cities studying methods of similar societies and their work among the poor.
Sutcliffe Baxter receiver asks Judge Hanford for authority to pursue J. W. Doyle a former employee charged with stealing 118 dollars and 1 cent from the McCarthy Dry Goods Company. Baxter reports Doyle went to Mexico and handled large sums without receipts after the firm entered receivership.
The Moore-Tonight presents Geo Cohan's George Washington Jr with a full house expected. Seattle shows As Told in the Hill a stage piece. The Country Squire comes next week. Third Avenue stages The Bowery Girl to pleased audiences. Loie offers How Baxter Butted In with Daniel Frawley in The Pit next. Lyric features New Hurlesque in Bashful Venus. Coliseum Star Pantages Eden Musee vaudeville and novelties Venues list multiple acts opening tonight.
Deaths were registered for several residents including C. E. Dunham age 22 at 1125 West Fifty-ninth Street and L. V. Avenill age 32 at Wayside Emergency Hospital. H. E. Langdon age 54 died at 2911 Western Avenue and H. Johnson age 23 at 1500 Kilbourne Street. Infant of Ingersoll died February 4 at 2315 North Fifty-ninth Street.
Births registered today include a son to Hamilton to wife of A B Hamilton of Seattle on January 27 and a daughter to Schiff to wife of J A Schiff of 1835 East Fifty Eighth Street on January 29. The Washington Fire Insurance Company has already paid out 200000 in losses without quiddie or delay.
County commissioners announced the ferry will run on a fares schedule that covers operating and maintenance expenses. A delegation of about 100 eastside residents voiced protests against leasing to private parties or corporations. Commissioner Rutherford said the board will follow the delegation’s unanimously urged plan.
An inspection by the plague staff examined exposition buildings and recommended making all structures rat proof. The suggestion will be discussed at the board's next meeting.
A large informal party hosted by the university women will take place March 13 in the gymnasia to raise funds for furnishing a women's club building at the A.Y.P. fair.
Male students at the university will hold a mock republican convention March 26 and 27 in the gymnasium. The committee in charge promises to conduct it in true political style.
Seattle union No 17 of the Order of Washington will host its fourth annual masquerade ball at Columbia Hall on Seventh Avenue February 10. Prizes will be awarded for the most original and most comical costumes as well as a best costume prize and door prizes.
January arrivals at the King station of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific totaled 43,194, down 4,238 from January a year earlier. Departures showed no such decline, with other figures indicating a more stable pattern.
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