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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1909
Page
5
Miss Mary A. Fleece describes a shift in the county jail focusing on inmate care, discipline, and safety. She details morning routines, gatekeeping, and the balance between kindness and firm management amid occasional disturbances and dangerous moments.
The interview outlines a matron's duties in a reform setting. She details supervising bedding and cleanliness, night care for restless inmates, and the emotional toll of guiding women. She also notes responsibility for children in the juvenile ward and the demanding routine from morning inspections to daily chores.
The Canadian Pacific Railroad will equip its Pacific coast steamships with United Wireless instruments. The Princess May, on the Vancouver Alaska run, will be the first to receive the apparatus. A United Telegraph Company inspector is in Victoria assessing the best location for the operating room before shipments from Seattle. CPR operates 17 vessels on Pacific waters and plans to fit them all with wireless gear.
The city papers plan a 2 PM event at the exposition grounds as weather forecasters loom large. Reporters, single or married, will gather in the Administration building for an afternoon of sights with no food or drink provided.
Mrs Mre Oll M Webb owner of the Person hotel on James street north side between Fourth and Fifth sues the city of Seattion for $1200 alleging regrade work damaged her property and forced tenants to leave.
The British Labor Party began its ninth annual conference with the largest attendance in history. Philip Snowden called the gathering to order and presided, with Keir Hardie Ramaay Macdonald and others set to renew defiance of old line parties before the conference commencements.
Washington issued a formal order to navy yards and stations reassigning officials. The move aims to create a general board akin to a general staff to prevent overlapping duties and improve efficiency.
London dispatches report the foreign office cannot confirm King Menelik of Abyssinia is dead. Earlier messages suggested his death but authorities showed little belief and offered no firm information.
Judge J Broyles announced that the Mount Fa and Shuksan Mining company will build a large smelter to process base gold from the Cant Baker mining district claim. The stockholders met in Beattie and elected officers J Minnemeyer as president J Brey as vice president W Butter as secretary treasurer G B Conaway as treasurer and W W Wilson as trustee.
The Oxbow Improvement Club formed with 20 charter members at Oxbow to push river deepening on the Duwamish and other South End projects. P Rollins elected president. W H Litchfield vice president. James Wilson secretary and treasurer. J R McLaughlin O H Hanson Ay Bio Com and Wilson named to executive committees. McLaughlin to represent the club on the South End Improvement Clubs executive committee.
The Keystone Church Men's Club of Green Lake held its monthly dinner last night. Violinist Misa Harper performed a solo from the Outlook review of current events, followed by Judge W. D. Wood’s address on Earnestness in Moral Affairs. The judge spoke on the importance of faith, social morality, labor and capital, and civic obligations.
In Salem on January 27 the Oregon House defeated a bill to restore the whipping post and passed a measure prohibiting hatpins longer than ten inches. A new bill by Farrell of Multnomah proposes abolishing loan sharks.
Washington January report shows Oregon electoral messenger U P R Butler fined $1000 for not delivering the state's electoral vote on time. He earns about $1200 a mile. with the fine he would have $200 left, though the penalty may not be imposed. A separate dispatch notes a wreck in Vienna area of Silesia and health board plans against Chinese laundries in Chicago.
A Seattle city council plan introduces a police matron post to aid women and girls. The ordinance, likely to appoint an experienced woman officer, aims to help women away from home and those lacking local support networks. The role would monitor and assist women in need, easing burden on male officers and charities.
James J. Jeffries announced by Wil Morris will headline New York vaudeville shows starting March 8 for 20 weeks. He will be paid $50,000 and perform at either American Music Hall or Lincoln Square Theatre.
A constitutional convention in Alem Oregon is provided for to revise the Oregon constitution. Delegates are to meet on the second Monday in October 1911 to consider the plan and pay options. Washington reports confirm the public printer selection for New York. ships depart from Colman docks to Puget Sound Navy trade.
Californian officials in Washington discuss cabinet prospects as H Bentley of Prandecona serves in interior posts. In Olympia, Selleconata backs a bill allowing municipal and school bonds to back public deposits in banks. J K Nelson of Seattle is named assistant chemist in the agricultural department in Washington.
Advertises a skin treatment that allegedly clears facial blemishes and itching within hours. Promotes a 50 cent trial package and a $2 jar, with Seattle availability at Quaker Drug Co. and free samples from the Amergene laboratories in New York City.
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