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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1908
Page
3
Students claim the Washington school discriminates against girls in athletics and blocks coaching and support for the girls basketball team. They allege male teams get privileges, while female players lack funding and access to assemblies and events.
The Northwest Retail Harness and Sad diery Manufacturers Association will meet in Beattie on the second Monday in January 1909. About 200 active men in the wholesale trade support the effort led by Alex Duncan and friends to boost the association’s interests in Seattle.
A fragmentary item mentions Glover and a person or place unnamed. The readable portion hints at a 50c main item or rate but lacks clear details or context to determine a specific event or outcome.
Paul C Montgomery was bound over to the superior court after a complaint stated he obtained money under false pretenses. It is alleged he borrowed money using worthless certificates. Montgomery says he will plead guilty in the superior court.
A bill introduced by the public land commission seeks to reserve from sale all Alaska islands under 160 acres and provide for their lease.
The Nineteenth Century Club met at the Waldorf Cooking School Lecture with Mise Jones and Mins Meflinch. A Mirat Presbyterian church kitchen lecture opened a series on Domestic Economy. A social ball at Christensen's Broadway hall supported the Washington monument fund for the Alaska Yukon Pacific fair at the University of Washington.
Territorial piano dealer D B Johnston Co promotes an annual clearance sale with deeply reduced prices on pianos and talking machines. The ad lists Ludwig, Emerson, Weber, Steinway, Kimball, Knabe, Singer, Kemble Ward and Marshall & Wendall instruments with prices and terms, inviting cash or installment purchases and promising genuine reductions and money refunds if not satisfied.
William Peak and Gus Biogen were released after authorities found they were in Palmer four miles away thirty minutes before the shooting that killed A. K. Johnson. Deputies Shoeriffe Wise and Starwich confirmed the timing and possibility of the killers being at the scene. A family reunion at J. D. Jones of 1900 Minorcy helped establish Peak's alibi as Jones is his son in law.
Olympia January 17. The state educational department named judges for tonight's interscholastic debates on the Initiative and Referendum. Judges include Mount Vernon La Conner Dean J T Condon of the University of Washington and Snohomish-Chehalis Prof MH G Lali of the University of Washington Gleaned from the article section and district attributions.
A list of schools and academies including Olympia Auburn Whitworth College and Whitmad college are named with officials such as Prof A Reed Superintendent T P storey and Prof W Wa. The text notes a bye for Col fax in this series and each case will debate at the first place.
The seventh annual convention of Y M C A workers in Washington state met at the local club rooms beginning at noon with an executive committee session. It continued through the afternoon with talks on the Small Town Young Men and planned to discuss the city young man in the evening.
Dr Frederica A. Phillips sued A. J. Coursen, manager of Crucible Steel Co, in Justice George's court yesterday to recover ten dollars for professional services in dressing a wounded English setter's toe.
A misspelled and garbled note references Missourian securities and a request for public display. The fragmentary text lacks clear names, dates, or actions, making precise summary difficult. it hints at a financial notice or disclosure tied to a Missouri publication.
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