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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1907
Page
5
A Seattle Commercial Club committee report, with only one dissent, urges an attorney general inquiry into a coal combine and calls for restraining tariffs. It cites prices up, profits about 125 percent per ton, wages up 10 percent, cost to mine under $2.20, bunker price $2.80, bunkers now $6.90. Output up 20 percent. no coal shortage but a price-boosting combine.
A Seattle Star column discusses a man seeking a wife through letters. Readers share sentiment about loneliness and soul over money, with one woman expressing interest in meeting the lonely man if reachable through The Star. She asks for guidance to locate him.
Enrico Tostli and Countess Montignoso confirmed plans for a United States tour as performers after their London marriage. He denied rumors that the countess is in a delicate condition and said she would defend her rights as mother to their daughter Princess Anne Monica Pita.
A bill titled to promote Alaska Yukon Pacific exports is prepared and will be introduced in the committee, with Representative L Jones in charge. After committee passage the measure moves to Congress where Senator Piles will supervise its progress.
The new pure food laws aligned with national standards go into force today. Grocers wholesalers and manufacturers must now discard goods not meeting the standard as the grace period expires.
Fans of John Ro McLean and the Cleetanut and Washington newspaper seek clarity after a Washington Post editorial urges Roosevelt’s renomination and reelection. The piece asserts Roosevelt’s unmatched popularity and urges party support, implying potential Republican turn.
Fred SF Bernd of Pasco Washington filed suit for divorce in Waterloo Iowa claiming cruelty and adultery by his wife whom he married last August. They met through a correspondence scheme and he believed the woman was his affinity. Buy your hat at Brooks Co. 1331 Beaconday.
The report notes a widower with three young children who were allegedly mistreated by his new wife. The article provides limited detail and does not reveal the stepmother’s name in the Waterloo dispatch.
John A. Fox of the National Rivers and Harbors congress will speak at this afternoon’s Chamber of Commerce gathering on harbor and river development in the West. The City Affairs committee will report on storage tank proceedings from the last meeting.
Seattle reports new highs in bank clearances ending Sept 30 1907 totaling 129 941 214 15 up from 118 941 100 72 last year an increase of 11 million or nine percent Building permits for the last quarter reach 3 281 valued at 3 618 198 compared with 1 947 permits totaling 2 680 294 in 1906
The steamship President of the Pacific Coast Co. will sail tonight for its last Nome trip of the season. It was the line’s first Nome voyage and drew one of the season’s largest crowds.
Blaine Washington October 1 customs officials are firm that many women are engaged in smuggling opium and silks across the line. One woman is known to have brought many pounds of the drug into the country hidden beneath the chiffon and flowers on her hat.
Two additional bribery counts against Louis Glass were scheduled for trial next Monday before Judge Lawler. Glass was absent. attorney O Connor appeared for the defense. A further stay of execution was granted in a separate conviction.
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