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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1909
Page
8
A fragment mentions individuals including Herbert Houghton and Wade connected to a swindling case. One person was convicted and sent to imprisonment, while another was not convicted, with reference to the state reformatory and a Star report.
The article touts Eilers Music House as the leading Pacific Coast music retailer offering the best instruments at low prices. It credits strong local customers and extensive advertising with maintaining quality and service. It highlights brands like Chickering Kimball and Pianola. It notes direct-from-manufacturer sourcing and cash terms through the store and its D. S. & S. Johnston Co location.
Fragmented directory items list patent attorneys physicians and photographers supplies with addresses and offices. Entries mention Brooks registered patent attorneys in Ceiman Block and Bettie Pattorn Model Works at 8 Main, plus physicians with names Lovenine Lember Bachange and others in Union Block and Leary hide Bedatos area.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, famed as the Mrs. Thaw involved in the Stanford White case, shows worn features as her brother Howard Nesbit is jailed in New Haven for peddling fake rings and later becomes a fugitive from further trouble.
Washington and New York reports detail sugar fraud data presented to the cabinet. Representative Parsons of New York accuses graft at the customs bureau while denying GOP politician ties. Attorney General Wickersham forwards Stimson findings on alleged crimes and market manipulation by the American Sugar Beets and Spreckels interests.
Three men from the Pay Streak demolition crew were injured when scaffolding collapsed on a building depicting the Monitor and the Merrimac during an expo project. R. H. Edderidge, Thomas Edrit, and J. R. Crow received treatment from Dr. D. H. Houston and were able to return home. A rumor of multiple deaths circulated briefly but proved unfounded.
Cutts an attorney in the New York block and a key organizer of Seat te school athletics is urged to seek school board membership. Harvard graduate, football player and coach, he is noted for deep study of educational topics. A health officer received a resident’s note about a five month old child suffering from misasies, seeking Parliament action.
Mrs. Leslie Howell won a $1,200 damage verdict against John Winters a Hoquiam merchant after a Superior Court judged he slapped her during a dispute over a unsatisfactory clothing purchase. Witness Mise Blomquist did not appear and was taken by sheriff on a bench warrant.
San Francisco reports a shift toward peace as the Yee family and On Yick tong agree to negotiate after four family deaths. Yee Sing says the Yees will meet On Yicks to settle financial disputes while resisting demands to drop murder accusations.
A former errand boy who passed away in New York at age 75 left an estate reported as sixty million nine hundred thousand dollars. Narration hints at a sizeable inheritance and speculates on the deceased identity. The text also contains unrelated ads and fractured lines about a Victoria sanitary belt and a telephone contact.
An announcement promotes a Majestic theatre matinee inviting about 60 Seattle women to attend the show. It notes where to read the page 7 notice and directs readers to Branch Office No 1 at 1419 Thirday to learn how to join the party and see a new way of renting after shopping.
A dainty cream named Othine is sold by the Raven Drug Co in a bounce package that allegedly removes freckles. The ad urges buyers to request the double strength and guarantees a money refund if freckles persist.
An entry for a local optical shop, Schuchard Optica, located at 1207 Second Avenue. The text promotes eyewear and comfort features with quirky phrasing and branding language.
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