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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1908
Page
5
The Cleveland mayoral figure, despite wrecked fortune, stays devoted to low fare transit reform and public service. He reflects on Henry George's critique of inequality, vows to continue battling for a just city from a cottage, and aims for a democratic government that ends slums and suffering.
In eight years Johnson led a reform bid to make streets public property and cap fares at 3 cents. When the streetcar trust resisted, he fought for fair rates and municipal ownership, angering privilege networks. A Cleveland vote repudiated his car plan, leaving him financially flattened but emotionally steadfast in a broader people’s war. The fall is blamed on money power, yet Johnson claims no regret, valuing human bonds over fortune.
Ella Higginson writes Alaska the Great Country a book that blends history and narrative in her distinctive style. The work promises instruction and entertainment as it recounts camp fire tales of heroic men and women set against the vast north’s romantic frontier. Published by Macmillan, it aims for broad sales at the forthcoming exposition.
A laborer named Gilbert appears in a local court document describing a civil matter with Denay as defendant. The brief entry notes a hearing date and basic case status without additional detail.
A rumor reports German bankers refused to fund United road improvements citing graft and mismanagement. The item mentions a faction planning to acquire the center and to take over traction property on the first of the year.
A fragmented report from Aunington on November 24 notes a slowed process under the national forests acts in Marton County. The wording suggests legislative or administrative delays affecting forest policy implementation.
Ray Lamphere, accused in the murder of Belle Gunness and her three children, was brought to the penitentiary last night after being found fit for trial in an incident note from Nov 1.
Franela De Hark an Austrian cook, accused of harassing women in the business district, fled Patrolman Robert French from First Avenue and James to Second and Columbia before capture. De Hark, unable to pay $20 bail, was jailed pending court.
A local election preview outlines two tickets in the council race. Incumbent J. M. Sparkman is nominated for a second term on one slate, with George F. Beys or Be Rays as potential partner candidates and a separate slate led by M. J. Niet and O. Gong.
The A Y P executive committee named James G. Melkie to a new post to push state representation at the upcoming fair. He will approach winter-legislature states to secure funding for suitable buildings and expand outreach to western states not yet funding the state bar.
The Court of Errors and Appeals affirmed the convictions of Archibald Herron and Sabine Melville. If the pardon court does not intervene, both will be executed in the electric chair. Herron murdered the Rev. Laureel S. Prickett of Meluchen last July. Melville was convicted of an Alphonse Hellochie in May.
May Irwin and Flo Irwin square off over the use of Mrs Pepithem's Cardinal, a sketch by George Ade. Flo seeks attorney help to lift an injunction barring production while May claims a telegram from Vit asking for royalty rights. The dispute arises from a long-ago loan of the sketch and a management change with Charles Frohman.
J. L. Boyle a 62 year old rancher arrested Thursday night for drunk and disorderly died yesterday afternoon on the floor of his city jail cell. Officials say alcoholism likely caused the death and Boyle spoke with Jailer Charles Cummings twenty minutes before passing. Bonney-Watson Co. took charge of the body.
An advertised skin remedy named possum claims to stop itching from eczema and other conditions. It is applied externally with rapid soothing effects and is said to aid acne herpes rash tetter and related troubles. A 56 cent mini package and a $2 jar are sold at local drug stores in Seattle with free samples from the Emergency Laboratories in New York City.
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