Gas price listings spark reader confusion
Fragments from a historical paper note a nine cent gas price claim and uncertain readings. The text hints at a local discussion over fuel costs and affordability without clear accounts or official sources.
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09 Mar 1910
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Seattle Star in Seattle, Washington
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1910
Page
1
Amendment No 1 Returns Majority for Commercial Interests
The precincts show a clear drift toward amendments favoring commercial interests as supporters claim a strong turnout and a narrow margin. The report notes 12 000 votes for the pro amendment side versus about 2 000 for the opposing, citing Ward analyses and a shift toward public service corporatism and restraint on vice elements.
Young man attacked on street near Westlake and Pike
Donald MacDowell eighteen of Denny Way was struck by a knife blow after leaving a car last night near Westlake and Pike. He was taken to City Hospital with non fatal wounds while a foreign assailant fled. MacDowell works at Lanter Printing Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Mac Teewell
Denny Way
Myrtle Woewlenek
George T. Woodcock
MacDowell
Ae Dem
Don
Ben
Frank P. Pratt
Greenwood Av
Den
Hose
Mra MacDowell
Aeenult
Fred Peterson
Donald
Westlake
Pike
Peterson
Lanter Printing Company
Weestern Av
End Marton
Yesler Way Cables Struggle To Stay Moving At Lakefront Power Plant
In Seattle the Yesler Way cable system fights to keep moving as three boilers burn and extra furnaces heat the water cooled by lake spray. Pumps run constantly to keep water out while coal is rushed to the furnaces. Lake water level drops, threatening docks and houseboats for days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heattle Plectric Company
Leschi Power House
Yesler Way
Would you go home
Personal column item asks if a man named Bill should return home after an earlier note "Bila" and "Babe" appearing in the Star Want Pages. The ad repeats tonight prompting speculation on domestic reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star Want
Bill
Downtown Seattle Feels Election Night Jubilation
Downtown Seattle celebrated last night with loud crowds in cafes and saloons as word spread of an overwhelming victory. Patrons filled Newport and other spots from 10 pm to midnight with cheers, toasts, bets, and drunken street crowds filling First and Second avenues.
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Seattle
Fon
Newport
Met
Waltera
Attr
Steve O'Tirten
Clarence Gerald
Sutherland’s
Towata
Vg Elgg
Beattie
Avalanche buries engine crew in Field British Columbia
An avalanche on an ice field in Field BC buried a locomotive and injured crew. Engineer McHae Fireman Lauderman Yard Foreman Matinprize escaped after digging out. A missing switchman was later found, and fourteen more bodies were recovered in Hagers Paes bringing total to fifteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Field
B.C
McHae
Lauderman
Matinprize
Mainprize
Lee
Hagers Paes
Cold storage a boon says Hill
James J. Hill president of the Great Northern railroad defends cold storage as essential for future consumption. He says critics harm the national effort and that the system benefits mankind by storing perishable foods in warehouses from times of plenty to seasons of scarcity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Mareh
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
United States
Operators Refuse Miners Demands At Conference
Cincinnati date reports mine operators in the eastern and middle states refused UMWA demands for higher wages and an eight hour work day. The decision came at the opening of a joint conference between operators and union leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Try
United Press
Cinncinnati
Ohio
Eastern
Middle States
United Mine Workers of America
Labor federation backs nationwide strike in sympathy
The State Federation of Labor meets in Newcastle and adopts a resolution urging a nationwide strike of all union labor in sympathy with Philadelphia strikers. In Philadelphia officials report most unions remain cautious, citing open shop practices and trade contracts, while 90,000 workers are believed on strike. A riot last night injured five men and a girl as strike breakers clashed with crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Prec
Newcastle
State Federation of Labor
Philadelphia
Tts
The
Typographical Union
Cramp Ship Yards
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Itin
Frankfort
Helen May
Peary in a Glass with Doctor Cook
Washington March 9 The House subcommittee on naval affairs voted unanimously not to act on measures honoring Commander Robert E. Peary until proof of his North Pole discovery is submitted. Representative Macon challenged Peary's narrative calling it a stretch of imagination and questioned daily mileages, citing polar speeds and comparisons to Dr. Cook and Edward Payson Weston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Prep
Washington
House
Subcommittee On Naval Affairs
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Peary
Macon
Arkansas
Dr. Cook
Cape Columbia
Brnett
Cook
Capt
Bartlett
Arctic
Antarctic
Edward Payson Weston
Boston
San Francisco
Mob forms after shooting as police curb strike rush
A shooting leaves Michael Osburn 24 shot in the leg John Maloney 18 shot in the arm and Frank Bromley 23 shot in the foot. A car flees down the street returns to the barns by another route and crowds turn violent prompting mounted police to restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Osburn
John Maloney
Frank Bromley
Seattle elects Hiram Gill mayor amid broad Republican repudiation
Hiram C Gill won the Seattle mayoralty by about 2830 votes over W H Moore amid a citywide repudiation of party machines. Republicans suffered heavy scratches in council races while nonpartisan reforms and charter amendments passed, including a shift to nine at large councilmen in 1911 and adoption of non partisan elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Charles Gill
Seattle
W. H. Moore
Gill
Moore
Charles H. Miller
United Labor
Harry Kilduff
Miller
J. W. Bullock
Frank P. Mullen
V. P. Hert
Hart
Petroviteky
van R. Pierson
George Gay
John M. Wolfe
C. Bohlke
C. A. Behnelder
United Labor Party
Lith
W. H. Weaver
Weaver
Frederick Sawyer
Cherry
Arnold Zhinden
George Harrison
James Conway
Eugene Way
Joseph Schlumpf
J. ¥. Kellogg
T. P. Revelle
E. L. Blaine
Highth
J. N. Denney
Max Wardall
Taft and Cannon Friction Over Auto Ride Incident
Washington March 9. President Taft and Speaker Cannon clashed briefly after a misread timing for a White House automobile ride. Taft promised a ten minute pass by the Capitol. Cannon waited 25 minutes and left upset after Taft failed to appear.
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Washington
Taft
Cannon
White House
House
Capitol
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