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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1909
Page
6
In the city jail's women's ward a notorious inmate laughs at commands while her sunny disposition endears her to matron and guards. The prisoner, her mother Mrs. Johnson, and Hazel share confinement amid clashes, screams, and occasional calm moments in a tale of prison life and fraught personal injury fraud cases.
The famous Philippine constabulary band appeared at the exposition in the Natural Amphitheatre yesterday afternoon. Despite travel fatigue and rough sleeping accommodations, the four score plus ensemble delivered a concert that impressed all. The evening program would have done credit to any group of musicians.
A playful exchange unfolds with a bounder boasting charm and a quick witted reply from a lady. The scene captures humorous flirtation and social satire in light verse style.
W L Onstott, a steam fitters union member and former president of the building trades section, was elected president of the Central Labor Council. Frank Cotterill resigned as vice president. Rev Sydney Strong became delegate from the ministerial federation replacing Rev J M Wilson whose term expired.
The first squad of prisoners is at work in the new city stockade on South Beacon Hill to clear 160 acres. Five acre enclosures hold portable bunk houses a guard and cook house as the fence and houses are moved between tracts.
KB. V. d'Invilliers, renowned Phila delphia minerologiet and mining engineer, visited Seattle yesterday to tour the exposition led by A. K. Yerkes.
A Ross group represented by the Rose Improvement Club urges the Northern Pacific franchise to include a government canal crossing over railroad tracks. A special committee reported on the franchise and was told to secure an adequate over head crossing provision in the agreement by the council’s corporations committee.
An old advertisement touts Leary's Compound as a remedy for pneumonia coughs sore throat and all lung troubles with druggists carrying the medicine.
The Radio Company eyes a 360 foot Seattle tower to enable wireless telephone links with distant sites including New York Paris and beyond. Towers in New York Chicago Milwaukee and other cities support long range radio voice transmission with waves carrying without wires. Plans call for eastern and western Washington and neighboring regions to receive similar towers once materials arrive.
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