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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1905
Page
5
A garbled scan reports Rod Ralston and M. Bell in Pair Point Mississippi, plus stray notes from a Scheutzenfest king and various odds and ends. It mentions a London actress secrets of winnings, Cash Cleaves leaving a Wisconsin creamery, and gym chatter, all presented in a breezy, collage style.
A group of more than 260 high school students left on the steamer Reliance at 9 39 Saturday morning for Port Maddie. They will attend a tribal event with the Indians of the reservation. A university delegation chaperoned by Prof mer Roller accompanied them.
Property notice offers $100 lots two blocks east of and south of Ross near West Queen Anne car line. Easy terms. Inquire of owner.
Government agent A Barton outlines an excursion with visits to points of interest including Chief Sealth. G W Echott and Mise Ina M Hanna lead a May first week interclass contest and a June university contest. Joseph Shippen will speak on Music in the High School and perform selections. The university rowing crew under Coach Knight sails to California for races against Stanford on April 13 or 14 and the University of California on April 16.
The Washington crew, led by Pullen and Tilton, faces fit issues but shows promise as it loses to the M. C. A. team 14 to 17 at the university. A fast relay win and a spirited atmosphere marked the Friday night program, with wrestling bouts featuring Large of the Y M C A defeating Tendesy. An inter-scholastic track meet is planned for April 15 on campus with Miner Longfellow Columbia and Walla Walla teams attending.
The board of works contemplates purchasing three combined rushers and sprinklers for the street department despite outside opinions of their poor value. Two weeks remain to test them as Street Superintendent Waiters notes improving performance on hills and promises to assess absolute costs.
A jumble of quips and brief items appears from Huntington Beach to Pennsylvania. The column laments coal taxes, praises a first class streetcar system, and records playful exchanges about readers, culture, and local life.
The article argues streets are more level and water costs lower, suggesting wagons could replace sweeping on asphalted streets. Dust from streets harms health, and washing streets is favored by progressive cities. Brooks & Co. advertises fashionable hats in Seattle.
Opera excursion to view acreage along Lake Washington on the western shore scheduled for Sunday April 9. Participants will tour the lakeside area and inspect available plots as part of a local land promotion.
Ground nearly cleared. This will be right to the city within a few years. Water front acreage priced at 100 to 200 dollars per acre with payments. Steamer Acme departs Madison Park at 10 a m and 12 m. Round trip twenty five cents.
The piece critiques the Moore Gilman and Furth franchise plans while noting Seattle Electric’s obligation to sell 25 ride tickets at power stations and offices. It highlights council members push for a tunnel under Queen Anne Hill and suggests possible changes to ticket sales and transfers.
A valuable dog owned by Count Constantine imported from Liverpool and to be shown at the Seattle Kennel Club was killed this morning in an unusual accident. The $3,000 prize winner Wharp was to be displayed in Seattle, but its life ended abruptly before the event. The ad at the top of page eight promotes Model Electric Laundry and Brooks & Co. products.
Dr Neal O Leary of Woodlawn tried to insert a death notice in a Portland newspaper yesterday claiming he planned suicide to inform friends of his dissolution He said he had funds for one ad and questioned why it should be refused Police took him home in custody and described him as slightly deranged.
The battleship Minnesota was successfully launched this morning at the Newport Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News Virginia.
Advertises Dr Miles Restorative Nervine as a cure for epilepsy claiming hundreds cured. Offers testimonials from cured patients and directs readers to Mikes Medical Co. in Elkhart Indiana for details.
The first part of the relief expedition reaches Dharmsala and reports an awful scene of destruction. It is not believed any buried victims are alive. Six hundred soldiers and two engineer companies were ordered to Dharmsala to exhume the dead. The horrors at Dharmsala are believed repeated at Kangra.
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