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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1903
Page
8
In Cheyenne Wyoming on November 12 the state pressed the governor to oppose commutation for Horn. Miller, linked to Horn in the crimes, provides a full alibi. Conclusive proof about Horn’s Bull is handed to the governor as he weighs Horn’s fate this afternoon amid cattle baron threats.
In a column mixing verse, humor, and local snapshots, Luke the Loon is satirized alongside a playful owl saga. The piece weaves light verse with jests about public figures and a mock Telescope editor, ending with a note on a ship subsidy law and a woman named Glory Warren.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a South Dakota divorce context and scattered names. The text mentions Sam, a Lowe, Bethany Missouri, and a joke writer whose work is questioned. The fragmentary lines hint at a public notice or column note without clear events or outcomes.
John Ke Humphries, a lawyer, protests the revolving electric light in front of the Empire theater on Fleet avenue between Marton and Madison streets. He claims he rented a room above the theater before it existed and the wheel causes persistent noise. He urges the public works board to revoke the permit if one exists.
The Seattle Electric Company asked the board of public works for permission to lay temporary tracks on Queen Anne avenue from Lee to Galer street to provide six minute service to the top of Queen Anne hill. Franchise Inspector Wheeler approved pending asphalt paving company objections as the block had a ripped up track for sewer digging that yielded no sewer.
The Ethel group of three mining claims near Silver Lake in the Monte Cristo district was sold from Cah Christopher and L Milladeux Cohen to H H Dearborn a Beattie capitalist. The deal reportedly totalled 510,000 with 140 cash paid this summer. The property features two vein strikes with iron sulphide ore carrying high gold values.
Belgrade reports the Serbian government paid 100000 dollars to the sisters of the late Queen Draga as proceeds from the sale of all her property. Grace Chalmers Brown of Cairo Bagot will speak on Mohammedanium and Berberiem tonight at Bethany Presbyterian Church Morrison Street and Third Avenue North replacing the regular prayer meeting.
J. K. Raage & Co. at 1200 Second Avenue, known as the Emporium, buys Aberdeen Packing Co. stock for 38 cents on the dollar. The Aberdeen store, famous as the good store, sold due to fish business failures and creditor pressure. The Emporium will pair with the shoe stock, mainly high-grade men and women’s shoes, offering Utte & Dunn footwear for less than half price.
An advertising notice promotes G. and M. Health Underwear by E. N. Brooke & Co. at 138124 Ave Arcade Building. It touts knit fits, guaranteed wear, and reasonable prices alongside Munsing Union Suit briefs and King Tiros products.
Classified page listing free want ads across multiple categories. Short notices include items for sale, services, jobs, and personal notices with contact hints. Readers are invited to place their own free listings on the page.
In Erie Pennsylvania a gravel car on the Erie Ellen Company line crashed into a passenger car near McKean killing five people instantly and injuring two. The dead include Mrs Bartlett Edenboro and Mrs Sherwood Cambridge Springs along with Mrs Amidon McKean and an unknown woman. The fatally injured include H Devin traveling salesman and Guisen Indiana resident.
Police, acting on city council orders, intend to drive out of Vancouver all houses and inmates of such houses. Proprietors and inmates must leave the city within three months under new directives.
Promoters in the city finalize plans for a new railway to the Similkameen tapping Canadian Pacific at Kamloops. Parliament recently granted a construction bonus. Leading promoters include KE Jukes of Toronto F A Fleming of Ottawa C W Keefer Ottawa G F P Harmer Toronto W H Merritt Toronto G A Beegy St Catharines and H H Collier St Catharines.
William Smale was shot and killed at his home in Burlingame Kansas by an unidentified assailant. Police say the Smale family has seen three mysterious deaths in a year and a half and allege a plot within the household involving relatives Thelf brothers Edward and Charles Thelf are under arrest as investigators pursue leads.
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