A Monument for Melody Choir and Hobo the Dog
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: This item on page 1 of the Jan. 17, 1907 issue of the Seattle Daily News caught my eye due to the use of the words “eccentric,” “peculiar,” and the mention of a $100,000 monument for a man and his dog: CLAIMS TO BE CHOIR’S WIDOW Latest Claimants for Estate of Dead Man Declare His Name Was Joseph Calentine “That Melody Choir, alias Joseph Melchoir…