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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1904
Page
8
City officials debate enforcing eight hour contracts amid state law and city charter prohibitions on ten hour days. Contractors claim loopholes. Corporation Counsel says contract clause could empower enforcement, but delays and busy schedules hinder action. Meanwhile, local theater listings fill pages with plays and performances across the week.
An 1899 act enforces an eight hour day for all state county and municipal public works with overtime pay at one and one half for hours beyond eight, except where preexisting city contracts apply. The act binds all contracts and subcontracts for public work within the state and allows emergency extensions with higher pay.
The board of works awaits Corporation Counsel Gilliam's opinion on hour law applications to contracts. Gilliam's letter was lost, delaying final guidance as labor officials and contractors clash over ten hour workdays, with McClellan facing specific complaints and others evading liability.
Advertisement for a men only Turkish baths service located at 50 Meady A basement near Horton Market corner First Avenue and Washing Street. Features include basement access and local business listing.
The piece reviews E Sothern’s performances in The Proud Prince and If I Were King at the Grand last night. It praises his vigor magnetism and romantic stage presence while contrasting both plays’ regal settings and fairy tale themes with the actor’s lush love scenes and poetic dialogue.
Maybelle Douglas former Portland hotel cashier vanished then reappeared and wed Edward F. Jones. The note outlines her disappearance and marriage as reported in the era.
W. J. Hoffman, Philippine campaign veteran, was arrested by City Detectives Corbett and Adama on vagrancy charges. Reports say morphine use left him a wreck and terrorized residents near the old city reservoir on Beacon Hill. In police court he pleaded mind affected and was sentenced to 63 days in jail with potential transfer to an insane asylum for care, Hoffman a once educated man with a roving past.
A man described as rested and gentlemanly appeared, with no bad habits until he began to wee dfuge.
A Spokane dealer has received 2000 orders for photographs of ex Senator Turner as his vice presidential nomination gains strength. Eastern papers have sent representatives to Spokane for Turner and wife photographs and for coverage of the former senator's life.
The British suffered one officer and three men killed and four officers and twenty three men wounded in yesterday’s fight near Gyangtse after an assault on a Tibetan position. Enemy losses described as heavy. The report appears in the Herald.
A black couple, described as a negro and her husband, were found in a Spokane transient house where they had lived since eloping. The article attributes the union to alleged hypnotic influence. Mise Douglas, once an guest of Portland's finest hotel for nearly three years, moved in elite society. The Spokane note recalls a prior engagement as war queen of the Elke carnival.
Special dispatch from Camp Murray reports the first of a three day competitive range shooting tournament underway with teams from state national guards and regular forces taking part. The event marks the start of the encampment activities as shooters test skill and marksmanship in a formal contest.
OCR text shows partial phrases about a plat and a TM trust declaration. Key details are unclear due to corruption, but indicates a real estate or property filing item with mentions of plat maps and trust terms. Further readable context is needed to confirm involved parties and exact actions.
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