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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1907
Page
3
In Areal Edgetown the police chief gains fame for posses sing coal. He ships two carloads daily to friends, drawing wide attention as residents seek access to coal while the Water Company notes limited local demand and a single house on the street.
On the front the President sailed for yesterday. A French Molinos boat was towed by a tug after crashing the Britisher, punching two holes in its starboard bow near West Seattle. Local commissioners paid cannerymen from Orca, Alaska as 23 men received wages.
Disjointed report mentions an evacuation to port from Vancouver on 08.5 due to local duty. It notes ship names and vessels such as Hunt mehip, Woolwich's Ori w, Spokane repe impgres, Lonsdale Sun, Forte, Carrier Dove, Maid of Orleans and fish catch details for Chilopeck Fish company.
City detectives Frank Clark and Gil Philbrick raided a fan game on Washington Street near Third Bay. They seized a $200 bank roll as evidence and arrested a Chinese dealer.
The Commodore Nutt and Mrs Tom Thumb, now Mrs Gen Tom Thumb, travel with Count Primo and Haron Littlefinger Magii. They will hold public receptions with the Gentry Brothers show in Seattle on Sept 28, 24, 26 and 26, recounting past world tours and famed meetings with Barnum era stars.
Quotations on Western agriculture remain steady over the past two weeks. Tantaloupes decline as heavy rains spoil unpicked fruit. celery prices ease to 76 cents per crate. California grapes arrive yet prices hold. Washington creamery butter and eggs show typical regional movement. Alaska building uses Washington fire insurance policies.
A fragmented OCR list outlines prices for various goods including cement, fruit, meat, fish, and animal feed. Entries reference locations such as California and Oregon, with scattered figures like $1.60 and $269.61 for hay and feed, but the text is garbled and hard to parse into a single coherent item.
Jata Alberg owes the Campbell Lamber Co. twenty six thousand one hundred twenty dollars for loss of his foot after a logging train incident. The claim seeks payment of the damages requested.
Mr Ashe Curtis will discuss Mountaineers in Olympica at the Commercial club rooms Friday evening. The talk will be illustrated with stereopticon views.
The plan installs planeta from different areas onto the public market with dedicated days such as Vashon Island Wenatchee Yakima and Sunnydale days. Market ranchers approve the policy which will not disrupt current market operations and announces a likely start date next Monday with more arrangements to come this week.
A public meeting tonight will discuss proposed cutting Stone Avenue through Woodland Park. City Engineer R. H. Thomson and park board members will attend with maps and statements outlining the improvements. Leave Plot 3 to see battleships.
A brief note highlights a pancake demo at the Pure Food Show tomorrow afternoon. The event takes place at the Old Plantation Panee Pou corner of Union and Seventh, inviting attendees to explore a pancake making display.
May J. M. Chittenden of the United States engineering corps has returned from a tour of inspection of various government work. The canal from Wenatchee to the mouth of the Okanogan river will be cleared for navigation at low water.
The chamber repeated its request to the War Department to lay the branch cable to Katalla Alaska at once. Rival railroad feuds were delaying the project but friction has eased and Katalla residents now seek winter cable laying.
Service began today on the Cedar and North Queen Anne line extending from Alpha Street over East Queen Anne driveway Boston Street and Queen Anne Avenue to Royal. The old Cedar Street line remains a practical extension in use. The prose notes fate and human burden in Theocritus style while Beap Lake Salts are advertised as remedies for rheumatism.
Corneil Clerk Watson received a notice from taskery Wiper of the Itth ward proposing a public market on Market 1 in Gilman Park addition Bailard. The filing requests official action to establish the market space.
The Huilders Exchange passed a resolution urging the city to pose ordinances regulating electric merit and power wiring in buildings. Count Inottye, Japan's ambassador to Germany, signaled his resignation, with Vivount Aoki possibly succeeding him. A Lake City correspondent notes a Friday night storm attacking Sharon and the Dunkin property, with damage to a cow, straw stack, and telephones. A Pure Food Show at Union and Seventh Ave will offer free flour to attendees.
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