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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1906
Page
7
debate over issuing bonds to fund a new municipal street railway tests council support. some members oppose while others press for a public vote with Mayor-elect Moore promising to push the issue and remind the council of his pre election pledge.
A proposed municipal ownership push may spark a popular movement to submit the issue. Advocates intend petitions and council backing, arguing recall may remove delay from unfulfilled promises. A separate note mentions a bomb scare connected to union leadership, and a contractor plans to destroy Famous Cattle Rock near the Columbia for construction. A mob attempted to lynch inmates in jail. the attempt failed.
Telegraph briefs report the Chilean republic cabinet has resigned amid unrest. A note mentions the empress of China sending $60,000 to famine sufferers in Japan. A 48 pound dynamite bomb was found in the river at Wallace Idaho, with investigators unsure of its origin.
An advertisement urges readers to start saving weekly to build a substantial nest egg. It promises larger long term returns than any other asset, and highlights the State Bank of Seattle offering 4 percent interest on deposits compounded semi annually at the corner of First and Youler Way.
City finance committee favored an offer of 241000 for the Fourthay area stables with Weller Avenue. council accepted the bid at last night’s session. The article then notes a theater schedule with Beatty at Third Avenue and Murray and Mack at the same theater.
Scenic work by Third Avenue theater craftsmen accents Beotty in his life role. Taylor company stages Scotty, King of the Desert Mine alongside Paul Gilmore in Captain Debonnaire for three nights. Matinees welcome ladies and children for 10 cents. The week highlights include the Armatrongs and Rentfrow acts plus the Musical Shirleys.
John Peterson, employed by John O'Brien Lumber, was robbed of 4000 dollars near Bomersa on the Kalispell cut-off road three fourths mile from Som ers. Three men emerged from brush. one grabbed the horses, another the satchel, a third held a gun on the victim and sent him back toward Kalispell.
Broad assortment of all wool and union worsted suits with prices from $8 to $30. Includes 500 pure wool and worsted outfits in odd lots and single items, plus women and children's shoes, pants, stockings, and suspenders offered well under wholesale cost. Specialty discounts highlight Hackett Carhart & Co. makes and various serges, tweeds, and fancy worsteds.
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