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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1908
Page
5
Finance committee trims the 1909 levy to 14 mills old and new, proposes a 1 mill increase, and sets building and health department budgets. The emergency hospital project in the municipal building gets 13 580, providing fifty beds. All estimates move to the city council next Monday for approval.
Fragmentary OCR mentions a concep rate track tour and names such as David Graham Jr and Push Milter in a vague race context. No clear event date or location beyond Grand and West Coast references.
A brief radio theater style note highlights a country store gossip singers group performing live comedy. The act centers on humorous country life and small town characters delivering lighthearted entertainment.
Local theater listings note Hal Bell in At Cripple Creek and The Flaming Arrow at Seattle venues next week. Other acts include The King of the Cowboys and The Black Hand at different houses along with Nedra Lanacombe in Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Mall. Acts at Pantages and Orpheum feature Pony Dog and Monkey Circus, Four Nightens gymnasts, and additional vaudeville acts with daily matinees.
The Humane Society and the Team Owners association will launch a joint campaign to stop throwing nails and packing waste on sidewalks. Merchants will face prosecution for sidewalk packing as nails injure horses. A meeting at the Commercial Club discussed paving choices and heavy street grades. Bonner Springs suffered a major fire destroying half its business district and causing about 1000000 in losses.
San Francisco Oct 14. Dr Rupert Blue outlines cholera as a deadly Asiatic disease carried by flies and contaminated food and water. He notes incubation of two to five days, rapid onset with extreme emaciation, vomiting, cramps, and a high death rate. prevention rests on pure water, air, shelter, and sanitation.
Crown Clothing Co offers boys suits at sale prices with items listed as Regular 3.00 suits for 1.50 Regular 4.00 suits for 2.00 and Regular 5.00 suits for 4.25. Located at 1121 Firet Ave.
United Press reports that Mille Building joins the city real estate roster as a deed of gift transfers the property from Elisabeth Mules Heid, widow of Whitelaw Heid, to her children. Previously the Millas’ children owned the annex. the main building remains tied to the noted financier.
Interior department ruling clears the local office of charges of graft and fraud in the Marti Welle land contest. It also allows a claimant who settles family on a site without a personal residence if they visit periodically and fulfill legal improvements. L. W. Martin challenged Wella’s title in Skagit County. The local office upheld Wella, Martin claimed fraud.
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