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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1906
Page
4
The Star urges voters to back a municipal street railway in Seattle as feasible and beneficial. It argues growing population and expected revenue from fare would justify city ownership while criticizing Seattle Electric for opposing the plan with widespread advertising in daily papers.
The piece chronicles Adolph Segal as a predatory promoter who fueled the easy money craze behind the Philadelphia trust crash and Hippie’s death. It describes Segal’s rise from a basement craftsman to a multimillionaire financier and implicates him in corrupting Hipple and pressuring other Monopolies, with commentary on money mania and moral decline.
In Seattle the famed actress Ethel Barrymore visits Bartell’s Big Red Cross Store at 610 Secondary. The store advertises a one day sale with Roger and Gallett fragrances at 30 percent off and lists Violet de Parme Bouquet des Amoura Peau d'Repagne Chypre Iris and Indian Hay perfumes at 68 cents per ounce.
Sir Thomas Barlow and Professor Lancelot Bradford of London travel with their families to Seattle for the American Medical Association convention in Toronto last month. They will attend Harvard medical school opening on their return to England, then depart this afternoon on the Northern Pacific for Yellowstone Park.
The French line Cargeur Reuntas will shorten the voyage between the sound and South American ports from sixty to thirty days. The American-Hawaiian Steamship Company announces the change due to growing trade. The new schedule starts January 1 with five new ships added.
Local contest details reveal judging moves and prize amounts. Readers share quirky quips and lines while a Seattle writer contemplates donating winnings to Wayside hospital. The page features humorous exchanges and a lighthearted exchange about love and canal questions.
A fragment discusses a teacher asking about favorite animals, with a child naming snakes and defending their kill. The text also references a Prom P.O. box in Charleston and a comment about脸 powder and being two faced.
In 1905 a reporter described a young woman as a Florodora girl and hinted she did right to murder millionaire Hiram Goat. The sleuth hid a gold hair pin and a blood stained knife, sending a wireless telegram from his vest pocket.
In Paris, Juliette the poodle and her owners, the two children of modest means, are aided by a wealthy countess who buys a portrait and pays two thousand francs after a New Year’s meal. The tale centers on honesty, generosity, and a fairy tale ending.
Gordon Corder, a junior partner at a London firm, uses a private code with his wife during a trip to Brengahpore. A misread signal prompts him to buy tin unseen, boosting his fortune and securing a full partnership after London approves the bold move.
James Osborne's will set aside 70 000 for a city public hall and is now challenged by 15 alleged heirs. Corporation Counsel Calhoun will travel through Connecticut New York New Jersey Arizona and California to collect testimony for the city defense. An ordinance to appropriate 1 000 to cover travel expenses was introduced in the council last night.
The council approved assessment rolls for Young Street grading Grand View and paving in Maynard's Addition block 11 and Seventh Avenue. Work ordered to begin on Third Avenue north sewer and East Porty-third Street water main. Twenty-eighth Avenue sewer and Reinier Avenue sidewalk were noted. Boren Avenue water main postponed until October 15.
Colonel Culver Laiffen has been appointed paymaster general in the army to succeed General Dodge, who was retired today. The change comes as part of a routine military reassignment announced in Washington.
Notice from Beattie Washington dated Sept 1906 states sprinkling hours begin Sept 16 1906 daily from 630 to 899 am and 6 to 9 pm. Applies to the whole city and remains in effect until further order by the City Council and Board of Works. Signed BR Bagley secretary.
It makes it unnecessary for you to worry because cash is short and the need for a new Suit or Coat is urgent, it enables you to dress stylishly, economically and well with the expenditure of only a little each week or month. Good goods only, at right prices always—that's the Eastern way. New Suits Skirts Coats Waists Raglans and Millinery arriving every day.
The city council introduced an ordinance to widen a portion of Second Avenue south. It intends to convert the triangular corner at Second Avenue and Yesler Way into street space, including paving the small tract now used as a parking strip.
In Muscatine Iowa on September 11 John Holstein killed his daughter Bessie over a rejected suitor and then shot himself. The case follows a petition argued by 261 residents.
Fragmentary text references voters in a territorial region and election boundaries. Mentions a northern excursion by a Pacific rail agent and a date tied to a state fair excursion. Details are incomplete and unclear due to OCR corruption.
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