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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1909
Page
8
The article outlines the Seattle mayoral contest with A V Bouillon the leading candidate from the reform camp. John F Miller plans to return to law, Griffiths contemplates candidacy, and Gill weighs a run with a protracted campaign. Cotterill is the Democratic favorite, while Moore declines a bid.
Excerpts describe a grim scene at King County Hospital with a dead man left in a basement and patients neglected. An undertaker contract profits from pauper burials while no relatives are found, leading to anonymous, ceremony-free interments in potters' fields.
A fragment notes a partisan clash in Seattle with Boullion deemed secure due to a large Republican majority. The text hints at a polarized stance but provides no concrete events or dates.
A complaint to the Superintendent of Public Utilities concerns flat wheel cars on the Capitol Hill line. The report notes many cars with flat wheels travel daily and references city ordinances prohibiting their operation and penalties for violators.
Municipal bonds totaling 4,000,000 will be offered by the San Francisco board of supervisors on December 6. Funds will be allocated to fire protection 1,200,000 sewerage 1,000,000 schools 800,000 a new hospital 440,000 garbage disposal 200,000 and Hetch Hetchy water supply 360,000. Funds become available shortly after January first.
President Taft spoke to a large crowd at the Macon state fair grounds and will depart with his party for Savannah after the address.
The Board of Education purchased five Hobart M Cable pianos for city schools. Broadway and Lincoln High Schools each receive one, with the remaining pianos allocated to Lescht Adame and Columbia Schools. Most city and county school pianos were bought at Eilers Music House.
United Press reports in Spokane that twenty men were arrested this morning as Revolutionists resume attacks on the anti-speaking ordinance. Industrial Workers claim $1,000 in aid from Chicago and pledge support from Portland and Seattle contingents. They threaten damage suits over alleged jail mistreatment and arrest conditions, with J. Foote from Portland editing local Industrial press.
Henry Guillon a 66 year old penniless nearly blind man working as a messenger for the Anti Tuberculosis League was set upon a street corner by a well dressed stranger who asked directions to a Pike address. While Guillon explained the stranger’s careless cigar flame scorched the old man’s overcoat triggering a morning scene as passersby rushed to help and calm him.
A garbled list shows vegetables and groceries with prices and items such as sweet potatoes onions apples lettuce turnips radishes watercress beef ham cheese cakes and coffee. The OCR yields scattered prices like 1.00 1.10 and 1.76 with many misspellings and broken phrases.
The article discusses the nascency of wireless telegraphy, noting continual improvements and the likelihood of future practical applications. It urges readers to consider the topic and promotes the International Institute of Wireless Telegraphy offering practical tuition at low cost in Room 105 of the Arcade Building U S A, phone 6920.
A large crowd gathered as Guillon tore off a burning garment. While his attention was diverted, the cause of the trouble escaped, and no one offered to pay for the damage or apologize. The old messenger is left without an overcoat and funds to buy another.
News late today reports robbers on the Hamburg American liner Prince Joachim blew open the strong room safe between last night and today and took $50,000 in gold. Police guard the ship while crew are under surveillance.
Advertisement urging women to wear a Vic toria Sanitary Belt with contact options Main 2108 or 614 Wash. Bidg., 705 tat ay, oe er for orders or inquiries.
The fourth Pianola Recital of the season is set for this evening at Eilers Recital Hall Third and University. It starts at 8 15 with works by Wagner Chopin and Wieniawski. Mr Bentley Nicholson and Mr George T Breeckow will play with PIANOLA accompaniment on a Chickering piano.
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