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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1905
Page
3
James A. Moore announces he is leaving the street car business for the near future. He says he is too busy with other matters to spend time negotiating a franchise and will not renew his application. The Star notes the council’s push for a common use clause has influenced public opinion.
A humorous tale follows a pint sized Irish man who storms into Dr Ludlow health officer seeking a nervous doctor to fix his anxious wife. The exchange riffs on malapropisms and poverty while the client berates high priced physicians and Dr Soandso is drawn into the odd request.
A Monday morning fire in Shreveport consumed the city hall, city market, and two store buildings. The city prison sustained minor damage, one person was killed, and three firefighters were injured. Loss estimated at 75,000 dollars. c. BD. Stimson, Ballard mill owner, announces support for annexation.
The Chicago Varnish Company highlights their highest grade varnish recognized by painters and finishers as peerless. They state capability to supply any amount, large or small.
The German baron von Holzhausen, 23, infatuated with Miss Gertie Millar wife of composer Lionel Moncton, broke into her London boudoir at midnight and killed himself after a note filled with love and despair. Millar and Moncton were not present. the baron had followed her from London to Nice, sending flowers and letters while haunting performances at the Gaiety. The inquest described a pitiful tale of devotion and unrequited love ending in suicide.
G J Massey a former Seattle railroad man leaped into the Gay at Aberdeen to save Mrs M E Kelly and her daughter Grace from drowning after their flat car broke loose from logs. He swam through logs, tore his old shoulder wound forcing the rescue, got the women onto a log and to shore where all were cared for. Massey, though wounded, is recovering at Mrs Kellys home with his bravery praised by the Kellys.
In St Paul on November 21 Bertone News Ren reports Mr. H. Osgood, a Tacoma lumber trader visiting Lincoln, Nebraska, watched a fictional scene echo in life. A 22 caliber bullet shattered his window as he read The Queen's Prisoner causing brief paralysis from shock.
Milan and Alpine club statistics show 166 accidents in the Alps this year with 66 fatalities.
East coast papers extol Seattle and the Northwest highlighting wealth growth and rapid clearings of house receipts. The city is described as a leading commercial center with increasing money in circulation and many people preparing to move there for the extraordinary prosperity.
County commissioners debate replacing sputtering gas lights with electric illumination in the court house. They favor electric lights but worry about the cost of rewiring after 15 years of rust and rodent damage. If rewiring is approved, bids will be sought, benefiting the lowest bidder and the electric company.
Fire gutted the George Roberts home in Collingwood Hillman City Tuesday morning at 10 o clock. Loss estimated at 200 dollars as the owner was away. Volunteer firemen and equipment from Columbia aided in checking the flames. Insured value unknown. Local council considers Pacific Railway franchise for tide lands and track rights to Wooterado Street. Cascade Electric line planned to connect with Great Northern, opening up about 100 mines. Work to start January 1.
Councilman Murphy introduces a resolution to estimate costs for a complete Second Avenue car line and to pursue municipal ownership after Beattie Electric rejects the council’s common use franchise. The push follows the formation of a Municipal Ownership league among local labor leaders as the city weighs eminent domain to control street railways.
More than 40 applicants are taking the examinations before the semi annual meeting of the state dental examiners. The tests will span a week and include dental practice as part of the assessments.
A German man about 70 sought a job at an employment office to work with cows and attend school. He balked after learning the fare to the penition would cost $1.25.
New York report notes President Roosevelt may mediate a cooperative effort by states to force life insurance companies to adopt safer, less extravagant practices. A conference led by State Insurance Commissioner O'Brien plans a meeting of state commissioners and, if needed, attorneys general and governors to devise a restructuring scheme for major firms.
Secretary Taft spoke at the Commercial club banquet in Kansas City praising continued American stewardship of the Philippines for more than a generation. He indicated many legislators may not live to see eventual separation consistent with the islands’ status. Separately a Knights of Columbus effort aims to open a school for dependent and homeless Catholics, with a general committee appointed to study the proposal.
Investment pitch touts Seattle area mining stocks Calumet & Hecla and Seattle Boston Copper Company with historic dividends and rapid gains. It urges residents to buy and promote local mining shares, highlighting potential fortunes and urging travel to California depictions with travel offers and ticket details.
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