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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1904
Page
2
A school teacher or stenographer who saves one dollar weekly from her pay aims to accumulate about $5000 for her retirement years. The note highlights frugal savings as a path to financial security in old age.
Union Savings and Trust issues notices for 112 Cherry Street and Beattie Agents Bank of Cape Nome in Nome Alaska with details on location and related entities.
Final hours of a downtown sale promote substantial discounts on organs from makers like Kim-Gory, Mason & Hamlin, and Cottage. Items listed at 23 30 37 dollars range with easy payment plans offered. samples from larger stores are on display as the sale ends at 9:30.
A fragment outlines affordable piano play options with a plan to provide access to a pool of players. It hints at monthly or yearly costs and a service to realize musical enjoyment for those without a dedicated pianist.
They are winners as Columba claims success in a machine record event. The article notes strong performance and a rally by the Columba team, highlighting standout string work and a large crowd.
The note recommends moss removal roughly every five years in damp climates. It claims white bronze monuments resist moss growth and can endure thousands of years, maintaining a near new appearance, suggesting consultative guidance on maintenance.
A sports update notes another win by a Tacoma athlete across indoor and outdoor events. The report highlights a decisive victory and marks continued success for the competitor in multiple venues.
In New York the schooner Ingomar under Charley Barr, a crack Herreshoff racer, bids for transoceanic racing and other events across the pond. Barr’s leadership could make Ingomar a dangerous competitor in the international cup prospect.
The Vancouver Kennel Club show awarded most prizes to Seattle owners on April 2. American dogs held their own amid keen competition with entries from coastal cities. Justin Kennedy of Seattle won best novice bitch in St Bernard class. RK M Palmer of Seattle took “King Sol” in show, while John Riplinger’s “Stylish Sergeant II” won best English setter puppies.
Matchmaker Billy Lavigne has arranged a strong program for the next amateur boxing tournament to be held by the Athenian Athletic club in Germania hall next Thursday evening. The pick of every class will meet in this entertainment. New entries include Harry Montgomery Clyde Skinner Percy Cove Tommy OBrien Fred Merrifield Tom Owens Tommy Delian Jimmy Hawkins Charlie Ward Ed Parka Vic Holbrook A N Palla York Gleason and Chet Miller.
William E B Hoy known as Dumm y Hoy retires from baseball to private life in Ohio. He played many years in the major leagues and was a member of the Los Angeles team last year.
The San Francisco Athletic club has organized in Georgetown with several bouts under its auspices. The program promises good milling and is set for tonight at Higgin's hall.
Lincoln Park baseball team won two games yesterday. The first score was 6 to 2 and the second 16 to 1.
L. C. Bryant, charged with obtaining money under false pretenses, was arrested by City Detectives Wappenstein and Byrnes after being tracked to a Main street room. Bryant allegedly sold furniture to A. Nash from a Main street lodging house while owning none and paying on installments.
The Everett post office reports a profit increase earning Postmaster Vernon an extra $10 this year. Mail service on the Mattie Hanson steamer between Piverett and Whidby Island began yesterday under contract. A Shelton firm Munter Eaton Co. went into receivership with assets likely to cover debts. The Supreme Court affirms a non-suit in Metsier vs McKenate over a scaffold fall. Bellingham post office name changes to be Station A as consolidation moves forward. Nine days more for Hefingham charter commission and election timing set.
A mix of items notes shipping to Japan and Pacific companies sending seed oysters to beds in South Bend. Drowning of M Broom near Pendieton at the Umatilla river ford. family statement. Everett employment bureau clerk Aulsrt to visit Beattie bureau for pointers. Olympia peat house fire likely incendiary. not occupied. Aberdeen man Ralph Adams suffers ankle injury at logging camp. Echo City enacts saloon license cap at 600 and bans women bartenders. National Guard inspection schedule to begin in three weeks with Lt Col Frank Taylor overseeing. Tacoma saloon keeper D M'Caffrey severely injured. A Newfoundland dog in Wallace credited with saving three lives. W A Ritchie files claim for 16 259 20 for expert witness work on Olympia capital project. County official bookkeepers reveal a shortage of 200 70 after six years in Walla Walla.
Edward Damon was granted a divorce from Mrs. Mattie Damon yesterday on ground of incompatibility of temperament. He claimed she was so religious she refused to do anything but go to church and neglected to cook his meals and mend his clothes.
Mrs Frank D Black of Seattle composed Thanks to God Who Giveth Us the Victory an anthem to be sung at Easter Sunday service at Westminster Presbyterian Church Seattle musician Mrs G A Rochester will sing. The steamship Tacoma now under new owners was towed from Tacoma for overhaul and refitting before Nome run.
W. B. Colver reports from Kobe on Japan’s two to three year war plan, widespread privation, and strict conscription. He details how families share meals, ration the populace, and the emperor’s godlike stance, while old women commit suicide to spare sons from hardship. He notes rising funds for soldiers’ families and Japan’s self sustaining army.
A curio ad promises a method to obtain wellness by signing a coupon and arranging with a local druggist for six bottles. It urges sending no money now and directs readers to specify the book needed for arrangement.
A physician promotes a Restorative treatment claiming it cures without risk to buyers. He presents letters from grateful patients, asserts cures come by treating nerves rather than organs, and offers to take the risk while the buyer decides. The appeal urges readers to contact a friend to learn more.
In a procedural move a prosecutor agreed with William Hoppe E Swanson and William Quimby dairymen tied to Duwamish Dairy to drop the manslaughter case from the criminal calendar indefinitely. The men faced charges over milk fed to Carrie Constantine infants resulting in her death last September.
Lighthouse Board announces a fixed white third order light to be established April 3 near completion at Tree Point western extremity, eastern side of Revil Lagigedo channel entrance, about four miles north and west of Cape Fox. light will illuminate six degrees of horizon.
The note states visibility distances from a lighthouse tower with the observer’s eye at 16 feet above water. It mentions seeing the light 15 miles away in clear weather and the viewer’s height above water being eight percent of the tower base.
Privates Sandhoff and Hambleton face court martial at Fort Lawton this week. Captain A B Poster serves as press of the court.
A delivery wagon owned by Jon's wine bourse was crushed when a switch engine collided with it at Madison Street end ace coach. The wagon and horse were damaged the driver injured.
The Columbia River Power Company yesterday tested the electroc power plant. It is expected that actual power delivery in this city will begin tomorrow. The Seattle Electric Company will use the whole supply in conjunction with Snoqualmie Falls. Full capacity is expected to be developed by August.
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