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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1907
Page
4
The Seattle Star publishes an afternoon edition from 1309 6th Avenue with delivery seven days a week except Sunday. Subscribers are urged to notify the Independent office if a copy fails to arrive by evening, and to renew subscriptions in advance to ensure continuous service.
E H Harriman faced five hours of questions from government lawyers about railroads and millions. He claimed a mere $2,000,000 mattered little, yet critics argue the sum could fund safety devices, new workers, schooling, and healthier citizens, urging sincerity in his stance.
George W Perkina former first vice president of New York Life reimbursed the company for campaign funds. He returned Steamer Burns at Sea after the voyage. details incomplete. In Brest France a coal ship bound for St. burned at sea but crew were saved. Manitoba elections were held in Winnipeg yesterday with RodClim government results unconfirmed.
Portland reports 23 000 acres in Lane County sold to Michigan lumbermen for 900 000 dollars. The market move signals steady timber interests and affects local land values as detailed in the March dispatches from Oregon.
In a rapid wave of urban chatter New York notes slang shifts faster than pop culture. Terms like skidoo and twenty three fade while new coins appear such as iron men for money and assets called hos men. The piece catalogs shifting words and urges awareness of evolving street speech.
In Olympia the joint appropriations committee met last night but did not finish the work. The appropriation was proposed at 4 200 000 dollars with cuts expected. A public loan was debated reducing from 2 000 to 1 009 with an extra 4 000 dollars for office expenses.
Frank A Bell Reber and Samuel T L Crawford named appraisers for the Mary A Gaffney estate. T A Vincent administrator seeks to transfer small lots under contract with Mrs Gaffney.
A collage of clipped notes and remarks from diverse sources mentions Mae Wood suing Tom Matt for divorce, reappearances of Gustavus Winfield, and city chatter about crime figures and costs. It catalogs random quotes on politics, religion, a New Jersey preacher, Thaw case talk, a 3-year-old boast, Army of the Lord, and social venue chatter in Seattle and Knoxville areas.
Street committee approves widening from Minor avenue to KE Madison to allow K Pike and Union cars to run on Pike. New lines planned on EB Pike to the lake and an extended line to replace Pine street. Widening costs between 60,000 and 200,000 dollars with regrades along nearby streets and buildings.
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