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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1912
Page
8
Members of the King County Progressive League are urged to attend an important meeting tomorrow night. The sixth annual election of officers will be a chief item, along with several other matters of importance. The meeting starts at 8 pm at the Good Eats cafeteria, 110 Cherry.
A fragment recalls escaping coal and the clutches of Standard Oil and John D Rockefeller, with a sense of temporary freedom from monopoly during a period of industrial power.
Steamship Maripowa of the Alaska Steamship Co. returned to Seattle yesterday after a voyage to Alaskan waters. Passengers praised the trip and the treatment by Captain Moore and his officers, who received a letter of thanks from the travelers. The ship made a record run.
The steamer Humboldt arrived this morning with one of the season’s largest salmon cargos, as reported by the Cincinnati Enquirer. The dialogue quoted frames a brief worldly aside, reflecting local whimsy amid the maritime update.
Water will be shut off in the district between Atlantic and Genevieve streets east of Rainier Avenue and on the lower streets from Fifth Avenue North to Detter, and on Seventh Avenue North from Mercer Street to Aloha, on Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Construction will start today on a concrete lighthouse at Alki Point, planned to be 20 feet high and cost 23680 dollars. Secretary Douglas of Metropolitan Building Company leaves for Montreal to arrange English work. Miss Lucila Davis, nurse in a River ton auto crash, is recovering from injuries. Nicholas A. McDonald is being sought by his father Mal McDonald of New Argyle Prince Rupert Island, believed to be in the Northwest.
San Francisco guest John R Townsend arrived at the Palace hotel and found his room 4045 numbered 13. The clerk showed that the letters in his name also totaled 13, leaving Townsend perturbed.
T J Considine former grand president of the Eagles departed last night for the lodge’s national convention in Cleveland. After that he will travel to New York. Meanwhile construction began yesterday on a building to store tools and supplies for the Lake Washington canal locks project.
Following the state board of accountancy examination both Verna Bell and Geo L Landon were successful and awarded state certificates enabling them to practice as certified public accountants.
The Pacific Coast Theological conference begins this morning on Bainbridge Island. Rev. Alexander R. McEwan of Edinburgh delivers an address on The Fairlest Christianity. The gathering hosts ministers of all denominations for three days of rest and exchange of ideas.
City council actions compel Puget Sound Traction Co to offer transfers within 6 cents a ride and advertise 15 new franchise routes for car line extensions. Bids will determine franchise winners, with Haas dissenting on city advertising costs.
Dr. W A Cundy, a leading Pasadena physician, says smoking among city women is widespread and high school girls are smoking freely. Mrs. Calvin Hartwell notes awareness of female cigarette use while Jeremiah Rhodes, superintendent of schools, says the issue has not come before him officially. Dr Cundy adds I would like to see every girl in the city smoking that would start something.
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