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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1907
Page
8
A grim city scene shows twenty two hoboes booked for sleeping in box cars between 2:90 and 3:90. They arrive from roads and towns drawn to winter hardship, filling the condemned city jail as the jailer sings their capture.
Announcement lists a Women relief corps card party on Friday and Saturday November 22 and 24 at 2001 Seconday Seattle Art Exhibit. Society of Seattle Artists annual fall exhibit at St Francis parlors runs Monday through Saturday. Bazaar by Ladies Aid Society of First Presbyterian Church planned for December 6 with church meeting to plan. Organ fund entertainment at George F. Stone home 208 Four Ave N with literary program. Ladies of Temple de Hirsch doll fete December 5 and 4 in Concordia clubs Hoge Building. dolls for sale and music planned.
A bold notice warns readers they will lose money if they skip reading Joe Schermer's advertisement on page three. The brief item signals an asserted financial consequence tied to ignoring the ad.
Sime, prominent in state politics and a four term former state representative, wed Mia Malone of Cayuga Indiana. The ceremony was led by Rev Elmer Thompson of Miard with close friends and relatives in attendance. The couple planned a Spokane trip and will reside in Kalama Wash after December 1 following a wedding luncheon at the Lincoln.
The state supreme court voided a two year old order by the railroad commission prohibiting any freight rate increase without prior commission permission. The decision marks a victory for the railroads in a dispute over regulatory authority.
The street committee referred the Ballard property owners plan for opening a new boulevard to connect the area with Stone avenue extension from Woodland Park. The city engineer was instructed to seek a route that follows existing thoroughfares as closely as possible.
The Dairy Kitchen at 108 Madison Street resumes business after a ten day remodeling closure. Management invites customers to visit and enjoy the reopened dining space.
A delegation of property owners from the Fourteenth ward asks City Engineer Thomson Superintendent of Streets Maloney and Councilman Schmitz to review the ward as a committee and define cement walkways and parking strip layouts for future improvements.
A stranger entered the Working Man's Restaurant on First Ave near closing time and induced Mike Ready, the manager, to prepare a lunch. While Ready searched the kitchen, the intruder rifled Ready's overcoat and found $80 in the pocket. The thief fled and has not been seen since.
Mrs Emma Osborne wife of Hal E Osborne of 1415 East 70th Street wrote a farewell letter to her husband then took poison in front of the Flyer dock yesterday afternoon. She was taken to the police station and recovered from the effects as sickness and despondency drove the act.
Roy E B Thompson was arrested for petty larceny after police found carpenter tools in his possession that had been taken from a vacant Ward street house. He appeared surprised when charged.
Theodore Wilt s 4 Co offers a wide range of traps including bear wolf deer beaver otter fox mink muskrat rats and house burglar jumps traps at affordable prices.
From a comfortable San Francisco home to a cold cell the downfall of Mrs Anita Morton wife of physician PY Roller unfolds in a few months. Roller, blamed for wrecking a happy home and spending the wife’s money, triggered his own arrest by accusing Morton of petty larceny, claiming she stole his clothes. Morton was discharged while Roller faced legal action.
Water service will be shut off Saturday November 3 from 7 a m to p m in the area along Fifth avenue from Madison to Seneca Seneca from Fifth to Sixth Avenue and Sixth Avenue from Seneca to Olive.
The street committee rejected the Austrian Benevolent Society plot for a Ravenna cemetery after strong local protests. The decision blocks any future cemetery within city limits and follows community opposition.
A new assessment roll is planned for the regrade of Jackson Street. Property owners report a special committee’s resolution limits damages to six dollars per front foot. The council is expected to consider the measure Monday night.
A local store offers 50 percent discounts on knit underwear of various sizes and miscellaneous garments to clear stock. Window displays and table sales in the knit wear division highlight plainly marked prices to show savings. Some lines are discounted 10 percent to reduce remaining stock.
A striped outing flannel night gown features a yoke back and front with a roll collar and cuff trim. The listing notes a price but the amount is unreadable in the source.
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