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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1909
Page
8
Capt. Hurlbut builds Grubstake No. 7, a 60 by 12 foot floating grocery and merchandise store on the lake. The launch will travel among lake dwellers offering shelves drawers and counters with full stock, aiming to ease local shopping.
A chaotic local scene unfolds as Jack Mhee is arrested for shooting a man at Thompson Café. Shea and Hodge, dining, trigger a prank call to police channels, drawing deputies and bystanders into a humorous misfire amid the dawn confusion.
Fragmentary ad copy shows an optical department and mentions pool tables and bar equipment with unclear pricing. References to Crane and air service and a trade event between Pad and Unlou appear garbled and unreadable in places.
On Wednesday from 2 to 4 pm members and friends will be entertained at a Trembia ball Seventh and Pikests. Leona Folette and Mrs. Mattie Knapp hostesses. proceeds fund a peat room at the A Y P exposition.
A fragment describes Mr. Heneman owning a meat market near West 60th and North West Woodland Park. He ran a small ad in this paper twice for 22 cents and found a buyer. Another sausage and pork shop offers meats for sale with phone numbers North 1014 405 and Main 1060 or Ind 441.
An advert for breeding canaries and imported German birds offers breeding cages feeds remedies and a goldfish aquarium. The Guarantee Bird Store lists address 108 Brpimg Street between First and Second avenues.
Lincoln High students under Directors Baas and Brinson rehearse the four set comic opera Prin coms written from William Gilbert. Clyde Rowe and Beatrice Austin lead as prince and princess with 201 speaking parts by fellow students. Performances set for May 7 with box seating already selling fast.
Marmola Prescription Tablets claim to reduce fat by curbing fat forming tendency without harming health. The Detroit based Marmola Company says users may lose fat at about a teaspoonful per day and notes the tablets cost seventy five cents at drug stores. The ad asserts the tablets do not interfere with ease loving habits and are safe for overweight individuals seeking a natural change.
At roadway high school assembly a campaign begins for a Broadway High minstrela show to be staged at Moore theatre on March 27. Directors and students promote the production with promises of a top spectacle and strong comedy, naming George Marland as a key candidate to deliver laughter.
Ogden Utah reports that FP surrounded by many of his deputy chiefs including President Harahan of the Illinois Central and EB B Calvin of the Southern Pacific. BP H Harriman will soon preside over a conference expected to influence executive leadership across rail systems.
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