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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1899
Page
4
Keeper J W Mahoney faced a perilous scene at Leech Park when a puma escaped its cage during feeding. The animal pursued a terrier toward the bear pit, where a bear grabbed it by the neck. Mahoney then lunged forward and grabbed the puma by the tail to subdue it, shouting April 1 in a tense moment of danger.
Amusements bulletin describes Janet Waldorf in Ingomar at the Third Avenue Theater. Soap and Yukon water fueled a bustling camp laundry business with shirt washing charging a dollar for cleaning and collecting. Camp life, romance, and social chatter shaped daily routines, while firewood hints prompted cooperation and humorous industry gossip.
Steamer Rosalie arrived from Skagway with ten passengers including Dawson residents and a Metakahtia Indian named Peter Johnson who carried gold-bearing quartz from a southeastern Alaska mine. Advices say snow and ice are melting quickly as warm weather comes, Upper Yukon waters may be open by April 6, Adlina trail suitable for sled and dog travel, trains to the summit running, and a large consignment of halibut aboard. Passengers listed include H. Loeschner, Mrs. Loeachner, Mrs. Freedman, W. H. Wood, A. Hendry, KE. Burmister, J. W. Lewis, F. P. Brewer, C. W. Flender, and Peter K. Johnson.
Four clever German women turned a Dawson City laundry into quick wealth after the Klondike rush. They arrived from San Francisco with little cash but strong energy and wit in washing shirts, securing a plant and basic gear like a camp stove, tubs, washboards, and irons.
An ordinance requiring dealers to draw poultry before sale will not take effect until April 1. Dealers protest claiming drawing and freezing reduces quality and market value. They urge an investigation before enforcement and note frozen fowls preserve longer than undrawn stock.
A Newburyport News item reports a church social in a neighboring city used a graphophone for entertainment. The hired device sparked a comic interruption when the operator forgot to specify church use and started a risqué line, prompting a quick room retreat and new roll as the program resumed.
The formation of a jewelry trust to unite manufacturers in Rhode Island Massachusetts and the Middle States is settled. The capital is $25,000, with firms making buttons hatpins buckles chains included but silver novelties excluded. Central selling point planned with headquarters in New York and a branch in Chicago.
A reader recalls a chat about husbands and wardrobes with a friend who notes men cling to clothes and shoes. The husband values discarded items, arguing they may serve rainy days, while the wife protests and jokes about fashion. The piece ends with an ad for Rustler Grocery at 210 Columbia.
The Puget Sound coast ports now ship most vessels to Alaska from Seattle, dubbed the gateway to the Klondike. Nine steamers run regular Alaska trips in March, with 107 passengers to Alaska and 29 aboard the Eucelsior to Sitka and Cook Inlet. Other ships depart for Honolulu and the Orient, while grain ships sail in from Seattle. The article notes Seattle as the cheapest outfitting port and hub for transcontinental travelers heading north.
New York April 1 The era of endowments spreads to colleges hospitals and churches with critics urging endowed newspapers for press independence. Clergy note endowment as key to church permanency. effort grows to unite Presbyterian congregations and fund a new church with a large endowment. Endowment of newspapers remains distant, perhaps unnecessary.
On the day after his arrival in Washington Governor Roosevelt is seen walking along Pennsylvania Avenue toward Fifteenth Street after leaving the executive mansion. Two men in old blazier jackets stumble past in a grog soaked scene, recognizing the ex-assistant secretary of the navy.
Bridgeport police report James W Mayes of Meriden registered at the Atlantic hotel. He retired to his room and, after no response to repeated knocks, a chambermaid found him dead in bed. He shot himself through the left nipple, placing a New York Sunday paper between sheet and mattress to prevent bleeding. He was fully dressed.
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Hoy instructing Minister Conger at Pekin to protest encroachments on the American concession in Shanghai and demand parity with other powers. Conger will monitor developments as Britain and Germany consider extending their settlements, with the United States prepared to assert its rights. The note denies joint action with British and German representatives.
Paris dispatch reports a carrier pigeon released from a transatlantic steamship en route to New York has arrived at its destination. The note was addressed to M Paoli commissioner of police now at Nice. The paper says the service is now assured by this success.
Market notes show cabbages and cauliflower sold out while about 1000 pounds of halibut arrived via steamers Rosalie and Al-Ki. Prices quoted to producers cover grains, feeds, butter, poultry, live stock, hides and wool, and various jobbing station prices for flour, cereals, and multiple grain products.
A dense listing of commodity prices across grains, flours, oats, coffee, dairy, meats, and produce. Includes buckwheat flour, rye meal, graham flour, whole wheat flour, oats, coffee varieties from Mocha to Java, butter, cheese, poultry, nuts, fruits, vegetables, and lumber, with per sack, per bushel, per hundredweight, or per case pricing. Notable items: meal at $2.00 per barrel, buckwheat flour $7.20 per barrel, rye meal $3.76 per hundredweight, fancy rolled oats $5.45 per 100 pounds, coffee from Costa Rica to Guatemala, fresh dairy and beef prices, Dungeness crabs live $1.10, and various lumber and shingle prices. The list reflects a wholesale market snapshot with mixed commodities and unit measures.
Chicago market brief shows cattle and stocker trades with varied quotes. Deeren ranges 4.10 to 4.75 per cwt for cattle. stockers around 3.04 to 3.75. cows near 1.75 to 4.74. Texans listed 3.50 to 4.90. Sheep native bids at 3.75 five? westerns at 1.00. lambs unchanged.
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