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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1907
Page
7
Fragments describe supporters in Columbia and Rainier Valley favoring a banking institution at a central location. Mentions Violet Fay Treatments and a grand opera house as nearby landmarks, with electric vibratory massage and Turkish steam baths noted in the area.
The article argues for a brick building repurposed as a bank to serve merchants from nearby towns. It stresses keeping the bank open later than Seattle banks to accommodate deposits after business hours, noting usual bank hours are inadequate for current needs. It warns many safes are unsafe and urges a flexible schedule to attract business from regional merchants.
Star Special Service notes corporations filed in the secretary of state region including Family Theater and Museum Company of Seattle with 20000 dollars in capital, Northwest Financial News Publishing Company of Seattle with 25000 dollars, Pacific Coast Fire Extinguishing Company of Seattle with 2500 dollars, and Beattie Nickleodeon Company of Beattie with 5000 dollars, listing principals for each.
Renton, Sept 9, gains attention as many new industries set up, earning the town the nickname Pittsburgh of the west. The council approves incandescent street lighting for principal streets to improve safety after dark, replacing winter darkness that hindered travel.
Rosh Hashono was celebrated in Seattle places of worship with two day and one day observances for orthodox and reform communities. The shofar was blown this morning to mark the solemn day. Many Jewish owned businesses were closed today.
West Seattle report says no movement on extending the Beattie Electric car line from its terminus to Alki Point. Compensation for property rights is settled and residents expect no action until spring, as new shipbuilding activity by King and Winge between Dewamish Head and the Point increases lumber demand. First order is for 200000 feet of lumber.
Registration began in the five precincts of the Fourteenth ward for the primary this month and the election October to elect a councilman. Books will stay open in precincts all week and possibly part of next week. Residents at city hall said Youngstown Alki Point Riverside and the southern part of the ward would back Ferdinand Schmitz.
The state convention of Equal Suffragists will be held at Temple Baptist church on September 27 and 28. The Political Equality club, auxiliary of the Suffragists, has named delegates to the convention.
Louis Morris, son of Julia Watt Curtiss, seeks a judge to declare his mother competent amid a family fortune. Curtiss and her son clash as the Bridgeport hearing unfolds. She chuckles at the challenge while wealth and heirs loom large in Harlem’s $190 million estate saga.
In Beattie and Seattle alike officials fear rising hostility toward Japanese and Chinese residents. Local leader Mr Plaine predicts harsher actions may follow Vancouver’s protests, while police receive mixed credit for restraint as demonstrations flare in British Columbia and anticipated spread to Beattie.
The license and revenue committee set transfer company rates for household goods delivery. Rates are $1 per hour for one horse loads, $1.50 for two horse loads, and $1.65 for three horse loads. A two mile minimum distance was established.
Northwestern Georgetown may not become a desirable residence area due to local conditions but is ideal for factories. A direct route to Battlevia First Ave exists and makers are being shown these facts. In Oregon and Washington Railway condemnation, Bertha A. McDevitt won 3800 dollars. Mrs. McDevitt visits the east. The Seattle Electric power house stack rises, increasing labor difficulty.
An unreadable ad fragment mentions shotguns rifles ammo and a Lake remedy with vague references to Soap Lake and eczema relief. Details are missing and origin unclear.
The document names pairs and ages from multiple locations including Sutter Island Cal Olympia and Seattle. It lists Kamoki Sakata 36 with Mateujo Tokunyama 26 and others such as Edward Slater 4 with Minnie Hodgetts 24 and R J Belland 24 with Rose Hott 19. Additional pairings include Siva 22 of Japan with Yuk and Armstrong 32 with Jennie Washburn 960 Seattle.
A list of individuals and ages registered today includes Carton-Robert Carlson 24 born September 4 at 617 Twenty-third Ave Teabo-William Teabo 5 born September 2 at Wayside Emergency Hospital Winebil!-G. Winelitt 64 born September 6 at 608 Seventeenth Ave North Graff-M. Graff 75 born September 5 at 312 1-2 Howell St Bird-Infant born September 6 at 717 Twelfth Ave Hubbell-Infant born September 6 at Sixtieth and Murphy Callahan-6 Cal 18 born September 6 at Wayside Emergency Nos tal Taylor-B. W. Taylor 38 born September 7 Minor Hospital.
Nirths registered for Gale-Te wife of John Gale at 1016 Main St on September 6 a daughter. Smith-Te wife of I Smith at 1211 Howellat on August 90 a son. Harkhutf-Te wife of W D Bark.
The page records birth notices: Huff and Beptem ber 6. Ballard to wife of G A Tallard, 164 Twenty-first, September 5, a daughter. Homer Car, 423 Beventy-third, September 6, a daughter. Chitwood to wife of B H Caitwood, 1002 Chierryst, August 31, a son. Asphae to wife of N Aspria, 1819 Twenty sixth, September 8, a daughter. Guamer to wife of 8 Guamer, hospital, September 1, a daughter.
The Labor Notes column mentions the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks aligning with the AFL, efforts to reorganize oil and gas workers near Beaumont Texas, bids for model dwellings in Nicherey Pragil, and Putte Montana merchants halting phone use amid strife. It also notes loom of apprentice laws in France, a failed haircut price rise in North Yakima, hop picking in Yakima with price and wage concerns, a Sydney labor candidate proposing small pensions, the wealth of the Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar, a NYC stat on artificial flower makers, and Berlin expo signals liquid air challenging steam and electricity.
London columnist reports Mrs. Edgar Waterlow, premier woman dog fancier, loves bulldogs with royal blood. Champion Nuthuret Doctor has won 18 championships under 16 judges, setting a record. Waterlow rejected a $16,000 bid from an American syndicate for her prize winning beast.
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