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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1906
Page
3
Land, Nov 19. A veteran engineer described as not worn out by railroading looks back on 43 years of service. He recalls guiding a high speed Pittsburgh line, facing sieges of fatigue, and recalling the Morgan raid while stressing his continued readiness for possible retirement after many decades of work.
The late Mrs Maud Creffield received private funeral services in Seattle with burial in Seattle. Bether Mitchell, involved in the George Mitchell case, obtained court permission to attend. Mitchell left the county jail in custody to attend the funeral, and Miss Mitchell was seen in tears during the morning.
Property owners along Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth avenues Northeast and intersecting streets from Fifty-fifth Avenue to the lake unanimously request paving of these thoroughfares.
City plans asphalt road work at the earliest feasible date. Objections come from outsiders seeking inclusion. Lear Forbes & Lear relocate offices to a new building at Fifty-fifth Street. Varsity Pharmacy occupies their former Forty-second and Fourteenth avenue Northeast site. University Paint and Wallpaper Co opens in Murphy Building on Forty-third Street near Fourteenth Avenue Northeast.
Schedule of stump speeches by Shin aio Mill bureau members will be moved to later dates due to transportation irregularities preventing travel to town venues.
Engineers examined for licenses as civil service exams proceed today. St Mark's Church postpones Men’s Meet to Nov 27. Bazaar opens tomorrow for Women’s Guild proceeds. New Citizens mention names from Norway Germany Canada Scotland and Sweden. Police seize bedding load from a suspect named Fred Olson. he’s jailed awaiting trial.
A description of a hat using pink and red contrast colors. Velvet forms the red crown while the brim stays plain and emetic. A large tinted cherry cluster sits at the left front and pink plumes curl over the crown at the back.
Granite sauce pan and other ware offered at half price at Spinnings store with marked 40 cents and 0 cents sale values noted. The brief listing highlights discounted Granite Ware products in a local shop promotion.
Logansport Indiana reports opponents of Frederick and Charles Landis call the five Landis brothers The Royal Family as they campaign for reelection. Nicholas Longworth and Alice Roosevelt visited Frederick Landis in his district. After Panama, President Roosevelt will stay 24 hours with Walter Landis in San Juan Porto Rico on November 22. Both Landis brothers seek reelection amid hard-fought campaigns labeled The Royal Family.
Davy fell into poverty and hunger while Carnegie kept his dignity. A London poorhouse sent Davy into a country cottage where he would receive a pension from Andrew Carnegie, the American steel magnate, to sustain him.
Wilson and Riggio sold a five acre tract in Ravenna Springs Park addition to T Johnson for 6200. The buyer resold quickly at a higher price. Norton bought the end lot of the office site for 650 to deter development plans and protect views. University View addition sales surge while Norton tract lacks city improvements, and fraternal orders seek a lodge and public entertainments venue. W W Beck family moved into a new log house under construction with a pioneer style exterior and fitted interior.
The DankerDill company petitions the city clerk seeking 126 damages for 132 bags of cement destroyed by flooding in the Prudential building cellar on Railroaday after a sewer broke on Oct 20.
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