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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1909
Page
10
Fire Chief A. W. Myers, amid a massive Spokane blaze in 1896, crawled through smoke and flame to reach his wife on the fourth floor. Despite three floors collapsing moments later, he saved her by lifting her to safety as others perished in the fire.
A. R. Kennedy, famed long-time Seattle resident, has returned after a generation away. He recalls working in the city auditor’s office during the great fire that swept the business district. Since 1876 he has traveled across the United States, but Seattle remains his premier city.
Robert Strahorn of Spokane announced in Seattle that the North Coast railroad is coming, citing business in the city. Strahorn, a mysterious figure behind the project, arrived yesterday and declines to identify backers beyond himself.
An advertisement touts possum as a revolutionary skin remedy curing eczema and various skin diseases. It promises immediate itching relief and rapid clearance, with 4ist and 2 dollar jars sold at Beattie’s Quaker Drug Co and other stores, plus a free experimental package from Emergency Laboratories in New York City.
Pacific Coast Telephone and Telegraph seeks a three year city franchise to extend service into new city limits without raising user costs. The corporations committee ignored Superintendent Reulsion's public protection recommendations and moved to adopt the resolution as written.
Councilmen Reve and Wardall backed Bouillon in a push to return the resolution to committee for more consideration, sparking a debate over the proper path forward in the council.
East bound Santa Fe trains are diverted through Phoenix toward Albuquerque via Maricopa and Deming after floodwaters swept away the Rio Puerco valley dam. The washed out five miles of track narrowly spared the California limited train Bellingham from destruction. Agnes Priest, 19, is jailed for theft of neighbors clothing as she sought to impress a young man.
Ballard resident H M Price credits the Loughney Bake Oven for relieving long standing lumbago and kidney complaints. The clinic claims to reach areas medicine cannot and offers free consultation with licensed physicians daily 8 am to 6 pm and Sundays 9 am to noon.
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