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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1907
Page
8
Mayor Moore defends himself amid insults on the council floor during the garbage question debate. Third ward member Hi Git led opposition against Mr Thomson and mocked a walking delegate and labor unions, prompting a clash with the mayor who praised dignity and warned against personal attacks.
In Seattle Tacoma, James Watson of Tacoma fainted just after filing an affidavit for a marriage license in the registrar’s office. He was revived after minutes and taken away. Watson and his fiancée Emma O’liren of Tacoma entered the license bureau with friends. The clerk asked him to take an oath but he fainted again. Neither bride nor groom stated correct ages.
In Bellingham Washington on February 8 the whisky shortage looms as car delays disrupt shipments from Kentucky distilleries. Dealers refuse to sell whisky by the bottle, a historic stance prompted by the freight constraints and Interstate Commerce Commission inquiries.
Arthur Hartmann the Wizard of the Violin performed at the Ladies Musical club concert to a well attended home audience. He displayed superb technique and rendered all numbers on his program admirably.
Great Northern railroad readies to start the Wenatchee to Oroville branch along the Columbia River. A Wenatchee dispatch notes a 3000 man construction force and 600 mules en route, with work to begin when weather allows.
A Great Western Railroad wreck near Freeport at German valley left engineer Martin Cline dead and two mail clerks missing. The train struck a car left on a siding near the main line.
Seattle Electric files petition for permit to install trolley pole lines in Green Lake area to serve a new car line from Wallingford and Latona avenues to the north city boundary. The route branches from Fremont Avenue and Ewing Street heading east and north to Sixty Fifth Street and Latona Avenue.
Work on the Washington hotel bill resumed after a three day shutdown caused by a restraining order from Lewie Construction against contractor H W Hawley. The order was set aside after Hawley posted a $6,009 bond and agreed to pay 1 cent per pipeline foot per month if infringement is proven at final hearing.
Following finance committee approval the city council authorized buying a half block of land near the Madison cable powerhouse for a new sub-stable station on East John Street near Twenty-fourth Avenue. An ordinance allocating 54 000 dollars funded the purchase.
Womens Night Gowns in white cambric with V yoke two rows of embroidery insertion seven 1 4 inch tucks neck and sleeve hems with hometitched ruffle. Regular value Soc. Fair price 39 cents.
James McCullough, the elderly man found dead in his Harvard avenue shack, did not starve or lack care according to neighbors who observed him for two years. Fast friends of the deceased plan a burial tomorrow at 2 20 PM led by L. H. Gray, James Taylor, Mr. Neufelder, and George Meacham.
The Great Northern lines in Everett Washington have let a $20 000 contract for coal and ore bunkers beside the improvement companys wharf. A dredging channel is underway in preparation for the structure with work to follow.
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