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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1904
Page
8
County barber examiners announce that free shaves and haircuts will end for hoboes and the poor. Only paying customers may receive services during the ongoing clinics at the county courthouse.
W H Barr, accused in sensational charges tied to his guardianship role, has withdrawn from ongoing private defense related to the Pred 8S Harman matter.
Superior Judge Hell appoints George W. Thomas to take Barr's place as co executor of the will of Annie Harman, deceased, replacing Barr who previously served with Thomas.
An attack aimed at the Church of St Anny failed when a dynamite charge beneath an altar candle did not ignite. The fuse would have lit if burning continued. No suspects or identities are known at this time.
A Pike Street committee led by F. P. Mullen Henry Deck and others schedules two days of celebration with Sunday concert nightly illumination and five bands. Monday parade and Tuesday tug-of-war races and tight rope walking are planned amid a council glare over a cracker ban.
D. M. Brown of South Park reports a prize pieplant that emerged through two feet of soil without cultivation and now bears a leaf three feet wide and three and a half feet long from tip to stem.
Salisbury proclaims summer arrives with heat spike near 80 degrees and forecasts perfect hammock and ice cream weather. He vows to keep mild days, plans a West Seattle dip, and jokes about choking off winter as the official owl cheers the sun.
Tacoma June 4 Bob Taylor was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Gnell after being convicted of manslaughter in the killing of W. W. Barnes at the Puyallup Indian reservation two months ago.
Philadelphia June 14 The city celebrated the wedding of Miss Elsie Whelen daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Whelen to Robert Goelet at St Marys church Wayne The Whelen family is prominent in Philadelphia The Goelets are a noted New York family closely related to the Vanderbilts and other leading dynasties.
Condemnation proceedings to open widen and extend Lakeview avenue are being heard in Superior Judge Albertson's court today.
A threatened suit between Monarch Shoe & Clothing Co and a western railroad company over damages from a washed out shipment of clothing and worn goods was settled. Monarch receives $5,000, the goods were released immediately, and large drayloads of twisted merchandise are moved to the Monarch Store at First Avenue. The items examined are only slightly damaged.
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