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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1907
Page
6
A fragment notes Delaware divorce cases and aims to use publicity of trials as a deterrent and a method to separate marital differences. The text discusses law theory and the role of public administration in divorce proceedings.
At yesterday's Tacoma school board session the board approved a salary schedule change for next year. Teachers will receive a 10 percent raise, with modified wage scales and stipends for special service duties.
Fragments indicate concerns over pay equity in grade schools and high schools. The text cites principal salaries and about ten percent for male high school teachers, implying comparative pay differences and potential policy interest.
Officials of the Northern Pacific railroad in Tacoma are preparing schedules for a new timetable to be issued within days. The changes will affect nearly all trains, though only modest revisions are expected to current timetables.
Report from Copenhagen says Icelanders push for Icelandic flag as Denmark grants home rule while Iceland remains part of Denmark. Observers claim foreign traders favor Iceland’s separation to promote their interests.
The Railway Commission and the attorney general’s office released the notice to all railroads in Washington. A hearing on the cost of railway construction is set for June 11 in the state railway commission office at Olympia.
Miss Samille Aylesworth wore male attire to elope with Leon H.M. Benson after her parents objected. They beat their way from Tacoma to Hagerstown and were forgiven by the bride’s parents, returning home. Benson is promised a good position by his father-in-law.
Jack Conhor of Seattle with a lucky piece he found cleaned up at roulette in Goldfield. He netted about $4,000 from the game and left with several successful plays.
The contest offers a vacation trip as the prize. The route starts at Second Avenue and the James Street cable to the power house then to Madrona, via Madison Park, Madison cable to First Avenue. Transfer to Fort Lawten car then Green Lake car, around Green Lake, returning to Second James for a cold lunch handed by Mayor Moore.
Attorney M. Bruce, tied to state railroad boss Harry A. Fairchild, marries Olive Leonard in Kansas City. Leonard recently divorced her husband, a former Bellingham newspaper man now in Chicago. Bruce also recently divorced his wife. The couple plans to reach Bellingham around June.
In Pittsburg trials, Frank Emmett J J Dean and Charles L Cloee face fraud charges as witnesses describe how U S experts accepted condemned boiler tubes for battleships and other fighting craft. Defects were hidden by careful patching, masking bad quality. Loft report from London notes Mre PF Huntington of New York bought the late Baron Hirechs hat for 8 000 000 francs (9406 000).
In Mexico City May reports warn neither Mexico nor Guatemala can afford war as minister Liman Toni says conflict would derail industry. In Omaha a court dismisses a $110 debt after a widow offered a kiss as settlement, the judge ruling a kiss is not legal payment.
In Waycross Georgia in May a 19 year old Miss Lucia Allen married 40 year old W T Brunson. The bride weighs 1066 pounds and the groom 585 pounds highlighting an unusual ceremony at Brunson’s turpentine operation.
Mrs Geo Jay Gould appears on the stage again in two comedies with John Drew for the Lip Day nursery benefit. The event in the Waldorf Astoria ballroom marks her first public appearance since leaving Edith Kington and the Daly company.
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