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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1909
Page
12
A jumble of local ads offers deals from Eagle Furniture promoting buy for cash and high prices for goods, plus Department FURNITURE CO and Country Loans advertising mortgages and vacant property loans. Other lines tout private money, livestock sales, real estate, and legal notices with multiple names and addresses.
Citizens in North and South Alt hold a mass meeting to oppose a proposed district after The Star exposed a syndicate plotting 14 houses for the underworld on flats near Alki. The mayor insists no district was conceived despite community demands and conflicting statements from syndicate financiers.
An advertisement touts Samose as a flesh forming food promising rapid weight gain and health. It claims 98 percent of users increase weight and strength, urging readers to try the product with a 50 cent deposit and a guarantee.
Today clearings show Tacoma at 2,123,973.61 with a balance of 210,444.10 Portland reports 1,395,065.00 clearings and a balance of 154,088.00 and another line lists 1,003,783.00 clearings with a 155,602.00 balance.
The Consul, famed for acrobatics and boxing, is interviewed in a dressing room at the Pantages theatre. He answers questions with humor about pole trips, geography, and his family’s acrobatic background, while dodging direct details. Milner and a reporter observe the talkative entertainer.
Kingston and party relay from Philadelphia to Seattle in record time as Ford car wins cross country race. Olaf Peterson, injured, was mounted in river crossing. Grod and Shag H. Garrod helped. Taft and mayoral messages delivered at Alaska exposition grounds during journey. Kingston plans return by train due to muddy Washington roads.
An ex city employee recounts how he obtained thirty thousand dollars through graft. The interview notes his transition into running a plumbing business with six plumbers and situates his shop near the city hall.
A Georgetown taxpayer accuses Roxey Reber and Nat McNatt of fostering vice near Georgetown with late night activity at McNatt’s saloon and an adjacent rooming area. He cites a Seattle robbery and warns the city council and police to address the issue, endorsing Bouillon for chief executive and urging protection of public interests.
J G Jonson writes in Seattle Star endorsing mayoral graft fight and Bouillon discharge. He urges citizens to demand reinstatement if Bouillon is innocent and to oppose ousting a public servant doing his duty.
A Seattle Star reader objects to the paper's coverage of Bouillon and Mayor Miller, accusing the paper of whitewashing Bouillon's official record and calling for fuller disclosure. The letter urges voters to consider a recall and questions readership alignment on the issue.
The Star argues taxpayers oppose Bouillon’s resignation, praising his honesty and zeal for the people’s rights. It condemns political graft and spoilsman greed, urging a leader flexible to duty and awake to graft’s wiles, while defending the paper’s independence. It questions how many men in office today.
A reader under the signature Sadder Dut Wiser Girl questions the goodness of the bench and urges common people to take action. The letter asks how a man described in the piece could serve as a judge and questions the moral outcome of eternal reward or punishment.
A reader, MR. SALINAS KETYLER, commends The Star for Sept 20 and 21 coverage, praising the paper for not worshiping the golden calf and for exposing dishonesty amid claims of robbing the poor by butchers and retail grocers at the exposition.
A clever auction scheme numbers each item and sells the number rather than the item. Bidders pay upfront and later present ticket No. 24 to claim the large grip. The crowd fights for packages, with axes, umbrellas, suitcases and telescopes fetching high bids, while dramatic tales from past sales lure bidders.
Stella Cornwall, 414 West Lynn Ave, pleads to Deputy Prosecutor John H. Perry to return her father George Cornwall to the penitentiary after his parole lapses. Cornwall, a Walla Walla convict, was released on condition he abstain from whisky but relapsed, returning to drink and abuse at home. He is now in a county jail cell awaiting governor action.
A calm to fair forecast is expected tonight with moderate west winds and continued fair conditions on Thursday. No precipitation is anticipated and temperatures remain mild across the region as high pressure strengthens.
In Roblyn on October 6 officials halted rescue attempts at shaft No 4 amid dangerous afterdamp and rumblings. Experts Rob erts and Barnett offered oxygen gear but were blocked by General Manager Claghorn. Community still hopes pump man John E Jones survived. Funeral for William Arundel held this afternoon with 2500 miners present.
William H. Whistler stands trial for defrauding Fannie Braun by romance and loan Promise to marry followed by borrowing money was the alleged scheme Inga Nelson testified she fainted after describing Whistler s advances Whistler also targeted Miss Braun and a jury will decide this afternoon if the act was a swindle
Weekly ad lists delicatessen items such as potato salad, cranberries, Tokay grapes, crab apples, and citrus with per unit prices. Dairy includes Kinless creamery Jersey creamery and Fern Leaf fresh products. Packaged goods feature High Life coffee and Bic wine, plus fresh fish, meat, and garden produce with assorted sale prices.
Extension dispatch reports 34 dead with 19 recovered after a major mine explosion at Nanaimo. A 50 foot cave in hampered rescue while afterdamp threats and ongoing recovery efforts continued. Victims include Tom OConnell and Greek worker Alex Milos amid a community lament.
A brief quoted sentence from Kanaas City Journal notes a luminous planet with many satellites and questions how many rings she can display. The item reads as a fragment of cultural commentary without a clear event or person identity.
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