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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1907
Page
8
Aggrieved time crowd fails to buy produce as farmers retreat at 6 pm. Farmers draft petition to allow market stay until 10 pm on Saturdays arguing late workers and poor laborers rely on post 6 pm sales and lower prices. Petition signatures indicate broad support and will be presented to city officials tomorrow or Wednesday.
In San Francisco and Washington, D.C. society buzzes over the secret marriage of William Howard Metcalf to widow Wilda Bevan Metcalf. The union created talk among aristocratic dames who question acceptance by Mrs. Victor Metcalf and the cabinet set. The groom, a former Oakland bank worker, wed Wilda after her first husband died in an electrical demonstration accident. The Metcalfe parents have not commented.
At a Saturday meeting the Municipal Ownership league decided to move out of party politics and support PALACE MEAT MARKET backed candidates. The vote to place a league ticket in the next city election was ruled out of order by President Erickson after Nicholas Schmitz proposed it. an appeal preserved the ruling. Washington fire policies noted on the 7th.
The Squaw Man at the Grand Opera House features William Faversham delivering a restrained, sympathetic performance, while The Isle of Spice at Seattle Theater draws big crowds with light, silly horseplay and catchy tunes. Audience applause marks both shows as entertaining despite flaws.
At the Lyric theater yesterday Thorn and Orange Nlossoma presented as a catalogued melodrama with strong climaxes. Flora Fatefield led as Lady Violet Rivers to good support. the piece runs all week with a popular reception for the American drummer character. The Colleen Mawn at Third Avenue theater drew big crowds with Frederick Clarke and Laurette Taylor in leading roles. The Taylor Co. presented a well received show. Odeon and Oliver offered moving pictures and vaudeville acts today.
Chicago police say Miss Helen Minert was arrested in connection with the murder of Mrs. Lillian White Grant of Seattle. Authorities continue to seek Richard Williams, a colored chore man, suspected in the crime. The report notes the investigation and ongoing manhunt.
A brief note praises the country for good coffee and promises refunds if the customer dislikes Schilling's Hest, noting that money is returned to the buyer.
The Round Oak stove has led heating stove sales for over thirty years, expanding from a small start to nationwide demand. Its key feature is perfect fire control through air tight construction that resists expansion and contraction, ensuring efficient fuel use and heat retention.
A historical advertisement touts the Round Oak heating stove as air tight and durable with a small waiting door for easy lighting. It highlights features such as a Dandy screw damper cast pipe collar nickel urn and a weathered steel body with heavy sheet iron. Sizes and prices listed include No. 18 five dollars seventy five and No. 2 three dollars fifty five.
An artistic economical heating stove suitable for parlor or dining room uses steel body with four front mica doors and large ashpan. Prices shown include 816.00 818.00 and 817.50 820.50 for oak and beech peninsula wood burning models. Features include airtight hot blast heater, spark arrester, nickel plated top rail, and various numbered models.
Chicago marks the sixty second birthday of George Siler and final retirement from boxing duties. A large farewell program features many pugilistic stars as Siler ends his international refereeing career after decades in the ring.
Sept 28 Tribune reports Chicago Independence League members plan a trip to New York for a conference aiming to rally support for Hearst as a 1908 president candidate. The note also mentions a death at sea.
The readable bits show a damaged sentence about a harbor and a possible rule or trial. No clear names, dates, places, or outcomes are discernible from the fragment.
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