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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1907
Page
6
Fragments show an inquiry into classified ad pricing and counting lines for an advance advertising listing. The text mentions a 25 cent minimum ad and references a Wells address or agency contact, with unclear names or numbers.
A Washington songwriter has issued a comic song with a humorous take on current events. The new release appears from the Melville Meric Publishing Company of New York, featuring witty verse and light satire.
Red Front Furniture Co. seeks female help over 16 for steady work. Palace Laundry Co advertises for experienced women. Sewing machine operatives wanted by Kelt Geode Co. Also listings for misc loans and financial services. Bank statements and loan ads follow with various firms and contact notes.
Public notice of a distress sale by Red Front Furniture Co offering NRW and second hand furniture carpets stoves and general house furnishings at drastic reduced prices. Company in financial trouble plans to liquidate stock to raise funds and avoid closing. Sale begins promptly with all items marked in plain figures and first choices early.
United Press reports limited change as telegraphers and operators firm on positions amid ongoing strike. Both sides claim progress yet describe day’s business as routine while workers recruit from nonparticipants and old colleagues return to duties.
About 40 Methodist Episcopal members and lay workers, with hammer and saw, raised the roof on a large auditorium on the old university grounds fronting on Union, to host winter revival services. They worked with unions and leaders like Mr Murphy, amid rain, under Rev McGill and other pastors.
Fragmentary OCR text references a 196 Colman life entry with unclear names and details. No verifiable event, date, or organization is readable to form a factual summary or identify persons or places accurately.
The notice outlines a waterfront lot of six scree with one mile of row, listing bids and measurements from Beate to Kingston and Hew broom torre. It references several parcels including 626% and 62 acres with terms around $666 and a 9698 figure, as well as a canine named Midge.
The body of actor Richard Mansfield lay in his room yesterday and today a funeral service was held at 12 near St. James church. The service featured no addresses, the choir sang Lead Kindly Light, and a procession then headed to Gardner cemetery with honorary pallbearers including Commander John Parker and Col. A Taylor.
Captain Grant of the Yosemite has not notified marine inspectors about the collision Saturday noon between piers 6 and sea. Law requires captains to report accidents, and inspectors will take no investigation action until a formal report is filed.
The schooner William Howden arrived in port Saturday leaking badly after a 16 day passage from San Francisco. A heavy cargo of junk and bad weather caused the vessel's trouble and the Bow den proceeded to Winslow for scraping.
United Press reports Joe Thomans and Young Retehel meet in a 46 round scheduled fight in Colma tonight with Thomans a slight betting favorite at 16 to 5. Both fighters tipped the scales at 160 pounds, amid claims of weight manipulation by Tom Corbet.
About 1,800 Carmen strikers paraded key streets this morning headed by a band playing We’re Happy While the Bun Is Shining and We’ll Bee Them Down and Out. Union leaders Cornelius and James Bowling led the march as Division 266 floral float followed amid strong public enthusiasm.
Oakland authorities seized the instruments and equipment of the Pacific States Telegraph and Telephone Co. The action was taken because the franchise granted to the company was not complied with, and the property is now in municipal possession.
Old Mah Harvey, a laborer, was placed under arrest Saturday by Patrolman Roewler on charges of criminal conduct toward a minor. Citizens reported disturbances along the Lake Union shore, prompting police to pursue Harvey despite prior attempts to apprehend him.
Capwell of Seattle Electric Co at The Meadow denies drinking heavily with G. W. Barnes purser of Watson on Friday night prior to Barnes death by his own hand. Capwell says he was with Barnes only five minutes and took one drink.
Assistant City Engineer McMurray oversees the Hassam patent pavement test on Westlake between Virginia and Dennison. He says the current work will likely finish this week, with traffic not allowed over the area for about two more weeks.
The Seattle Barbers Association informs all city shops that a 5 cent rise will apply to neck shaves sham poos beard trimming and mustache curling. Owners cite higher operating costs as the reason for the increase.
Mayor William Hickman Moore, confined to his Union Street home for several days, is recovering and expected to return to his office soon. He assisted at home Sunday and today, and while not yet on solid food, reports feeling much stronger.
In Omaha the 20-year-old Averill Harriman climbed into the engine cab as the train left Laramie and fired the locomotive toward Rawlins Wyoming. The 120 mile trip ran on perfect time with the young Harriman at the controls amid astonished trainmen.
Grand Rapids Michigan September 2 offer announces the engagement of Dora Verusen daughter of Mr and Mrs A B Verusen to Joseph Paul of Seattle a well known Seattle young man presently connected with the National Supply Co.
If all goes as planned by City Engineer KR HW Thomson the municipal light plant will have doubled capacity by next June. Thomson and superintendent JL Youngs toured the line late last week and returned Saturday.
In Pottstown on Sept 2 Louie A Wells a veteran black worker fell fifty feet from a furnace stack landing head first on iron ore. Fellow workers rushed to help and found him conscious with only minor head injuries.
Local 46 of the Commercial Telegraph Union elected J. W. McGaire as president W. L. Guy as vice president K. B. Swift as secretary treasurer and E. C. Keeler J. R. Jandorf to the executive board The board includes the officers except for Guy who begins his first term Officers were mostly re elected and telegraph companies report reduced business per strike sources with one fifth current activity and operators delayed indefinitely.
Alfred Anderson son of David Anderson first mate of the steamship Watson endured a crushed foot under heavy gangplank wheels yesterday. Rescued by bystanders he was tied to medical aid and sent home to 2225 Firet av N.
J B Foster a former city engineer’s computer died in a cave in while digging a well near Omak in Okopagan county. He left city employ in June to move to Omak and had been single. He began city service in September 1905 and worked about a year and a half.
Adolph Marsechuts of Newark is arraigned before Justice Howell on charges of assaulting his wife. She says he yells baseball calls in his sleep and strips her clothes, after which she seeks protection to keep him away from bleachers and the ballpark before cold weather arrives. He earns $18 weekly and gives it all to her. she says she only gets a dollar.
A fragmented report notes a surge in jail related fever cases and violence during the past month. It cites fines, comparisons to earlier totals, drownings, and investigations into causes, with references to local hotel and Cavern sites.
The association elected Reverend W. Haynes of 18 church as president and Reverend A H Chapman of the Christian church as vice president. Reverend Grant Stewart was re elected secretary in a tied election, with matter details taken up for action.
In Bloomington a girl aged 15 is reported to have slept for extended weeks losing eleven pounds. Medical staff from The Ethe Madars clinic note rapid sleep decreases and ongoing care as doctors investigate underlying causes and treatment options.
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Fragmentary OCR text appears to describe a scene at Blood Green Field with names Ruth and Chas among children. The readable portion is insufficient for a coherent event, date, or outcome.
Incomplete readable fragment hints at a game recap with unclear teams and actions. No clear individuals, places, or outcomes are extractable from the text.
Fragmentary OCR item listing a government seal and notes about a secretary office in Wisconsin. Reads unclear with missing context and potential place names. Contains no coherent event or date.
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