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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1909
Page
8
A sale promotion offers a Champion Gas Range with a free coal or wood range included. The deal highlights supply of two ranges for the price of one, suggesting added value for buyers seeking dual-fuel options.
An article recounts newspaper imagery of anti Japanese attacks in Beattie and Vancouver linked to Arthur Fowler reappointment as secretary of the Asiatic Exclusion League. It notes vandalism with posters and stickers targeting Japanese diners and shops and cites Fowler’s pledge to pursue anti‑Oriental policy amid white resentment.
A disrupted night in Relates Heights features a protest against industry practices and a heated debate lasting over an hour. Later, seven young men vandalize a white restaurant on Pike where a Japanese employee worked, highlighting racial tensions of the period.
An old advertisement prescribes a cough mixture using glycerine pine compound and whisky. It instructs mixing two ounces glycerine with a half ounce of pine compound and a half pint whisky, shaken and dosed every four hours. The note warns to use genuine Leach Pine compound from Leach Chemical Co. Cincinnati.
Wire briefs report Father J A Sigen set to resign after marrying Sadie Moran at a local church. Omaha notes tensions between whites and Greeks with police fearing fallout. Reports of unrest and labor strikes spread from Colorado to Idaho. A New York boy found in a church confessional raises questions. Legislative moves to remove voting rights from women gain attention. Roosevelt tours battleship fleet returning from Atlantic maneuvers. Friction over prison education costs and protests at Sullivan and Russell actions surface amid broader unrest.
Washington dispatch reports a treasury misstatement in committee rooms about the sundry civil bill. It notes confusion over funds earmarked for Walling Wallin and Everpa allocation showing 6,606 as a line item, with a separate 66,000 entry already in the bill.
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