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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1908
Page
3
Mrs Mary of Tacoma reports her 30 year old son disappeared after leaving home. Detectives traced a large amount of money and a watch number as Seattle and Portland police join the search extending along the North Coast. She fears foul play due to his regular letters and dutiful nature.
A matrimonial editor in Seattle resigns after a year of handling marriage inquiries and ads. The piece notes a gender imbalance with men outpacing women in seeking matrimony and the editor’s task becoming impossible without more letters from the opposite sex. The resignation ends the editor’s run amid ongoing demand for matrimonial guidance.
A theft of carpet from a church, about a yard, sparked a two week investigation. The thief was caught by a witness, moved carpet in bundles to second hand dealers and pawn brokers, and later escaped custody during an arrest at Wasson.
Mrs Anna Bradley is described as poverty stricken with few friends and no aid from her community. She sold belongings to buy groceries and remains penniless, seeking help after years of hardship and empty promises. Germany rises in naval power per Colonel Geedeke’s forecast, signaling a strong increase in sea strength.
New York notes a flock of Hungarian nobles arriving for the Szechenyi Van derbilt wedding. They mingle with Vienna and Hungarian circles, with young counts eyeing the heiress market while New York society previews them. Count Anton Signay arrives as best man with the groom's brothers and friends.
State banks are in fine condition said State Bank Examiner A W who has just returned from a two weeks trip through Washington and the wheat belt. Banks in the wheat belt report an unusually heavy run of deposits.
Washington D C January 32 to present a petition for pardon of four laboring men serving 90 days for disobeying an injunction in the telephone strike. The president said he would look into the merits of the case. Bell ingham January 22 in a petition filed with Referee in Bankruptcy C B Abrams C C Croy of Blaine is charged with misappropriating 2000 from the Good Templars Company by disposing of the half of the company or trading it for property valued at 1400 and not returning proceeds.
New interurban cars are to be placed on the Seattle Tacoma line within a few days. The report notes arrival of the cars and plans to begin service shortly.
The article describes preliminary tunings and hammer-stroke testing to ensure piano strings settle in tune, emphasizing the tuning force, care, and mechanical balance. It likens buying a plane to a cautious purchase and urges shopping with a reputable firm with proven ratings and customer confirmation.
A Portland report details observation cars with two compartments and mahogany interiors, free seating, and draperies. Separately, W H Adkins of Forest Grove, Oregon, is shown as heir to a quarter of millionaire John Severs estate in Richmond Maine, and is in Richmond settling the estate.
Market stalls display 60 plus specials with large savings. Carnation cream sold at cents per can. Wenatchee apples, Pleisure Burbank potatoes and kale priced per head or bunch. Numerous produce items listed with varying per lb, per dozen, or per sack prices plus dairy, meat, and flowers. Readable items include oranges, apples, cranberries, nuts, pumpkins, and seasonal blooms.
The Sunset Telephone and Telegraph directory fails to reflect Ballard's annexation by Beattle last May. Ballard numbers are mislisted, the city heading reads City of Hard, and new addresses are not updated. Merchants and residents protested previous editions for segregating names and city residents.
Coroner Cagrofs reports sudden death yesterday in Columbia area linked to spinal meningitis. He acts with other physicians to enforce restrictive measures immediately. Officials withhold further details pending official statement.
Denver January report states Antoni Neroni, jailed in Canon City on four Italian murders near Florence, Colo, has confessed to killing twelve people, according to a Republican story.
Justice Brewer of the United States Supreme Court shocked bench traditions by criticising the president in a public address. The article notes long-standing court practice of avoiding political topics and discusses Brewer's Democratic ties and Cleveland appointment to the Venezuela commission.
A school of blackfish 20 to 46 feet long stirred Alki Point with about 50 seen yesterday. Ben Lickie reports the crowd as prodigious and compared it to Paget Sound being invaded by whales. Seven or eight larger fish reportedly passed by the Point this morning.
The Island Transportation camp steamers, owned by Byers and Hyere, are sold to Captains Barrington and Greene and will continue on the Island route. Longshoremen accept a new wage scale of 40 cents per hour and 56 cents overtime, a reduction from prior rates. The local Freight Agents Association names officers J. W. Alien as president, E. T. Pope as vice president, and J. R. Hanlon as secretary and treasurer. The French bark Pierre is distressed off Carmannah Point, Vancouver Island. The Jefferson sails north with a full list, and the Portland is due Saturday from Seward and Valdez.
A riot erupted last night in Berlin as unemployed protesters clashed with police who used their sal ova to quell the unrest. Geo P Wetmore has been elected senator of Rhode Island. A five year old baby, heir to the estate of Sir Malcolm Inglis of England.
William Jennings Bryan campaigns in Kentucky urging lawmakers to back Beckham for U S senator. John Sharpe Williams elected Mississippi senator. New York Republicans plan a Friday meeting with Gov Hughes to discuss the presidency. Tokyo reports Japan halting laborer emigration. A senate panel approves a penal code amendment making it a crime to disclose crop statistics in advance.
The California club began a campaign against impure milk. Cows were tested for tuberculosis and milker quarters inspected. Medical experts warn tuberculosis and diseased meat as dangers, urging action for children's sake.
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