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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1903
Page
8
The Savings Department accepts deposits from $1.00 and up and credits interest at 4 percent semi-annually. It also issues Time Certificates of Deposit at liberal rates of interest.
Contractor C J Erickson blames city officials for delays in regrading Pike street and vows to finish before the deadline despite disputes over due pay. He complains of signatory holdups by Comptroller Kiplinger and Mayor Humes and notes prior eight week delays. He cites Seattle Electric Company dirt on the south side as stalling progress.
Crane's Employment Agency at 117 Main Street draws a changing throng of workers from dawn till night as fresh bulletins appear every few minutes. Veteran manager Mr. Crane recalls a 20 year register with tens of thousands of names and notes that many Puget Sound elites began their fortunes through the agency.
A writer laments street disruption on Pike Street caused by street damage and sewer and water main projects. He blames the Sunset Telephone Company for wasting two months to clear a few poles, noting the city and utilities also slowed progress, costing him valuable summer days.
New York November 21 The th anniversary of the execution of the Manchester martyrs Allen Larkin and OBrien is to be commemorated by the Clan na nGaeilge of New York at the Murray Hill theater tomorrow evening. Principal speakers include James F Minturn Hoboken corporation counsel and Colonel Ricard Burke of Chicago. Burke helped organise the rescue for which the men were hanged and avoided death by fleeing to America where he served with distinction in the Civil War.
Misa Kelle Armstrong society editor and daughter of General N C Armstrong married James Dundas Lippincett a Philadelphia millionaire. The ceremony took place at the Sunderland place and the couple will reside in Philadelphia.
The James Osborne estate has 42200 dollars available to build a public hall, to be matched by the city. Executors A C Anderson Charles McDonald and EB Osborne notified the city clerk that the fund will be tendered annually until the city accepts the money.
Advertisement from BE. N. Brooks & Co at 1331 24th Ave Arcade Building promoting three dollar values on hats. Free want ads invite readers to see the classified page for more listings.
In court yesterday Mike Allen a black man was fined and sentenced for enticing young girls to his shack and paying pennies for kisses. Several girls testified that he bought kisses, and when they refused he struck them with a strap. Allen admitted kissing the girls and that he often gave pennies.
Jepth Doe passes away in the afternoon at Pierre at age 84. He leaves two sons, H. C. and V. Stapp. Mr. Stapp served as a Baptist minister for many years, previously in Nebraska.
After twenty years in Beattie at 1st Avenue, Frisch Bros Jewelers plans retirement from retail. They will auction stock and move into wholesale, citing Seattle’s growth and a believed opening in wholesale jewelry as the reason for the shift. The move comes with regret from the firm and a belief Seattle’s future will outpace rivals on the Pacific coast.
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