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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1910
Page
7
A Saturday night gathering in Seattle showed a large crowd opposing Beattie candidates and denouncing petty politicians. The event, planned a week earlier, drew scarce advance coverage in local papers amid strong rebukes of special interests.
Famed performer Ferguson aids a stage sting in a muckraking play by Harris and Klein. The show tackles truth telling in courts and government, with Ferguson starring in A Matter of Money about child labor laws and public interest rising in scandal exposing dramas.
The United Press report ties Grover Cleveland’s great grandfather to a claim of slavery for 16 gallons of rum. Investigations suggest the ancestor was reportedly captured on Guernsey, brought to Massachusetts, enslaved in Canada for years, then returned to Massachusetts aboard a steamer.
A derailed work car collision near the city injured multiple people including women and others. The motorman controlled the car as it sped, and emergency responders found serious injuries among passengers and bystanders. Details remain unclear due to fragmentary copy.
New York July 25 United Press reports J P Morgan is funding a 20900 dollar country retreat in the Orange mountains for Homer A Norris composer and organist at St George s Episcopal Church Morgan senior warden Norris will have a decorated studio to work in congenial surroundings once the building is finished.
Lira Paris July 25 Mrs Robert Chanter formerly Madame Lina Cavalieri opera singer and wife of a New York millionaire was operated on today for acute appendicitis. Surgeons say the operation was successful and Mrs Chanter rallied and is improving.
Berthinier Berthinier, 45, a Frye-Hruhe shipping clerk, died when his motorcycle crashed into an interurban train one and a half miles south of Auburn. His son EM Berthinier Jr., 17, suffered serious injuries. The elder lived at 4222 Sixth Ave. The son worked at the Washington Shoe Factory. The train did not whistle, according to the survivor.
About 80 friends attended the funeral for George Be Hall at Butterworth & Sons chapel in Seattle. The body was cremated after a dispute with undertaker James Pachell who charged $100 for services and held the body until Butterworth & Lone settled the bill. The hall estate of $125,000 remains unexplained.
An Eastlake street car crew spotted a blaze at 1009 Howell St at 2 30 this morning waking residents above and neighboring buildings. Firemen extinguished the fire, revealing losses of 250 to the Jasper Hepp Co and the People's Brush Co while the building owned by Fred H. Peterson sustained 1590 in damage.
The Second Regiment band will give an open air concert at Salmon Bay park in Ballard this evening. The event is free and open to all residents and visitors, promising a lively program of marches and popular tunes.
Summer at Alki Point brings Haller Beach Bath House to the season with dressing rooms showers and towels included. Visitors can rent cottages or buy tea coffee and ice cream at low city prices. An auto siding and so on offer convenience at the corner Yester Way and Occidental Ave near Haller Beach station.
Classified items show rental offers for rooms and apartments across multiple blocks, with details on furnishings, heat, water, and proximity to streets. also includes job ads for young women in telephone operations and a union picnic note, plus a playful exchange about telling time.
The Star lists subscription terms including price four dollars ninety cents per year and one cent per copy. It notes mail rates of twenty five cents monthly and outlines renewal by date on the address label. Readers are asked to report missed deliveries by calling Main 9400 between certain hours.
A compact clipping lists local funeral directors Butterworth and Son Profenaty Directors and licensed embalmers plus Esherman and Whiteen carpenters and jobbers. The notice also mentions various advertisements for employment real estate and services with addresses and contact details scattered through the column.
A crowded classified ad listing contains furnished houses and rooms for rent near Westlake and downtown Seattle. It describes weekly and nightly rates, steam heat, private baths, electric and hot water, shared kitchens, housekeeping options, and nearby utilities plus several real estate and investment pitches.
A flood of real estate listings dominates the page, detailing river and waterfront plots, lakeside acreage, ranches near Olympia, and city-adjacent lots. Properties feature terms like down payments, monthly installments, and exchanges for city property, with agents from Olson Hansson Co and Dixon & Co promoting varied locations north and south of Seattle along interurban lines.
For sale a new seven room house with bath, full concrete basement, double construction and a beautiful view of the Sound. Lot 650 by 100 feet. Price 2900 dollars. Easy terms offered and vacant property may be taken as part payment. Contact W. E. Greenway at 409 Burke Building.
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