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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1906
Page
8
Mrs Mathews in London describes a family's desperate poverty living in furnished rooms near the embankment. With seven dependents and sporadic work, they endure rent, fuel and food costs including oatmeal to feed the children. The mother recalls a baby dying in the workhouse and the harsh choice between shelter and child care.
A London writer, herself a victim of poverty, depicts life with seven family members in one room near the Bank of England. She details a two inch mattress, a smoke filled stove, a sealed window with brown paper, and primitive furniture as she recalls hunger and deprivation amid 12 million England at risk of famine.
Yakima property owners persist in pushing Yakima avenue paving this year. They debate materials with vitrified brick favored by leaders as most economical and reliable, while some prefer bitulithic but see it as experimental. Key backers urge action before winter to avoid mud and complete the job promptly.
A. M. Otto, five year agent in the city for the Northern Pacific Express, has submitted his resignation to take effect tomorrow. Henry Burton, six years agent at Spokane for the express, remains in position.
Alec Smith of Nassau wins the United States golf championship with a 295 total over 72 holes in Lake Forest. The event crowns Smith after four rounds of play, delivering a decisive victory in a national merit contest.
Tonight at Leschi Park a grand dance floor opens alongside a Wagner orchestra concert. The pavilion hosts a new maple floor praised as the finest in the world for dancing.
Samuel Montague, England’s leading expert on Russian Jews, says world outcry over outrages, especially American, will ease suffering. He predicts returning refugees and government recognition of Jewish value. Douma delegates will urge Christian peasants to live peaceably. He accuses the government of instigating riots to counter revolution.
Mrs. Margaret Dedmon was acquitted of murder in Mariposa California after being accused of killing her husband by pouring boiling water over him. The trial concluded yesterday with a not guilty verdict.
Paris reports Tenace Pade Rewski, famed Poleh plantet, has recovered from paralysis of the left side and plans a U S concert tour this fall. He will begin in October or November under Charlies A. Ellis of Boston as manager.
The Independent Telephone Company reports arrival of the first carload of switchboard equipment to expand central office facilities. Delays due to factory crowding are easing, with a large on hand crew ready to install. The upgrade aims to handle eight thousand new telephones and fifty percent more wire plant, plus expanded storage battery capacity. New exchange buildings at West Seattle and Green Lake near completion with switchboards to follow as buildings are ready.
New York reports that the Deutschsland and La Provence, noted as record holders, start their long Atlantic voyage. The text describes their bunkers filled with meat for fuel and handsomely steaming coal as they depart, highlighting the competition between German and French vessels.
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