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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1908
Page
3
The finance committee discusses public works to employ labor and prevent hunger. Thomson urges careful scrutiny of proposed improvements and supports a ten year bond plan to fund projects. Bankers differ on duration but a stimulus to create work is desired amid tightening times.
Pietro Soraceco and his wife killed each other in a morning confrontation at 4191 st. The man used a razor and the woman a large butcher knife. After exchanging slashes the man nearly severed the wife's throat and then slit his own throat, dying beside her. A three year old child witnessed the scene as police found the bloodstained baby crying amid a ruined home. The couple had prior trouble including a prior attempt by the wife at suicide in Los Angeles.
A sandstone block pavement laid a year ago shows severe wear with grey holes and deteriorating blocks. The bond required for five years may force contractors to replace imperfect stone, as the work proves unsatisfactory and risks traffic.
Count Ferdi Yon Hochberg once heir to the duchy of Rohnstock renounces his title and moves to New York with his partner. After a morganatic engagement and Kaiser disapproval he works as a chauffeur while his daughter is born and later gains potential rights to a countess title under New York law.
Sunday dinner special offered at the Stevens Hotel Cafe featuring a regular Sunday course priced at 56 cents in the mid afternoon to evening hours.
Port Townsend banks resume handling cash deposits and withdrawals. Sedro-Woolley reports new mayor D. M. Donnelly naming Patrick McCarty as city marshal for the coming year.
An ad from G. H. Brown Plumbing Co. promotes estimating plumbing and heating work with modern fixtures at a fair price. Located at 221 Pine.
The Moore presents Brown of Harvard with Henry Wou as the lead in The Man of the Hour style college drama. A Harvard crew boat race drives the plot with a love story, backed by a cast largely made of college graduates from New York tryouts and other cities. The show follows three years of success and aims to be a worthy successor after early runs at the Perpesea Theatre New York. The Grand Opera House schedules The Gingerbread Man all week.
Charles A. Taylor melodrama arrives with new cast led by T Daniel Frawley directing and stars Ney Moore as ingenue. Amateur talent night returns Fridays at Third Avenue venue. Also announcing last performances for A Stranger in a Strange Land Geska The Poul Tip and new shows.
Performance will be given tomorrow afternoon and last neat Saturday night. The Gingerbread Man is a musical fairy tale with familiar Christmas time characters. Carrie Major, Mabel Fay, Evelyn Kellogg, Nellie Rice, Ross Snow, Fred Nice, James MecBibourn head a cast, with Carrick Major and others. Amazona will be shown at the Grand again tonight.
Coming attractions at the Moore theatre include Florence Roberts in Zire and Shams likely. DeWolf Hopper and Grace George in Diver and Happy Grace George respectively. The Tattooed Man features Frank Daniels with George Washington Jr. The Grand presents The Devil's Auction Way Down East Red Feather Parsifal. Yon Yonson ends at Seattle tonight. Old Cross Roads tours next week at Seattle theatre starting tomorrow. A Celebrated Case at the Third Avenue theatre.
A preview of next week’s legislative bill titled The Female frames a debate on gender policy measures. Lawmakers expect committee action as stakeholders call for clarity on funding and implementation.
At the Moore theatre tomorrow at 3 o clock the Seattle Symphony will perform plus Kubelik solos including Witches Dance and a Wieniawski romance. The Coliseum features five Musical Hawaiians with Donnelly Retallion, James K Waite acts, and Lighthouse Point reel acts. Pantages vaudeville Monday offers Timothy Cronin the Verde trio, Loop the Loop Dogs, Coccia and Amato, and other acts.
A model nursery and a baby in an incubator are showcased at the Eden Musee. A 1.5 pound Greek baby is described as fighting for life with nurses and incubator care.
Janice W. Mears former sporting editor now ad manager at the Winton Motor Carriage Company has won the $2,000 prize for an 1800 word article on advertising ideas. His piece argues women buy 99 percent of food products and prefer evening papers for reach, noting housewives and households with limited incomes.
Lady Dorothy Bessie Dowdell aged 16, widow of Lord Jessup Dowdell of Straw Mill Castle England, married November 22 1906 after meeting in New York. Typhoid death of lord led widow to return to England to settle estate but she favors remaining in the United States. Her guardianship and social position abroad are noted.
A promotional notice invites visitors to the U S Navy Yard to view battleships like Oregon Wisconsin and Nebraska cruisers Buffalo and training ship Philadelphia and the prison ship Nipsic. Tours depart Pier 2 five times daily with a round trip fare of 40 cents.
On Monday afternoon the Star Theatre presents Abdaleh Kad er and his three Algerian wives in a novelty painting exhibition. De voy and Evans contribute a comedy balancing act the Three Kel tone performs xylophones and cornet, Heese and Mariette do whirl wind dancing, and Gray and Graham play saxophones.
The January 31 commencement exercises will mark the end of the term with only two formal graduates. Miss Cora Purr of Salem Oregon and Miss Mary Lee Pemberton of Tacoma are the completing students.
At the Odd Fellows meeting in Kent on January 11 the officers were elected for the next term. C. B. West was chosen Noble Grand H. A. Potts was elected Vice Grand L. B. Price became secretary Robert Ramsey was named treasurer.
Kent report states Miss Kate Roll had a finger severed by a machine while working at a milk condenser. No further injuries are described and the incident is noted with brief details.
A church scandal centers on Deacon Dresewell who insulted a fellow deacon as a numbskull over not ordering a made to measure McGregor and Willett suit offered at a discount. The note mentions 106 Cherry Street as a location tied to the matter.
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