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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1902
Page
2
A young singer first appeared publicly at age three in Virginian City Nevada. The child performed the Star Spangled Banner wrapped in a national banner on a central platform, drawing a large audience and a shower of coins as applause.
A diary fragment recalls a father and daughter journey to Austin Nevada surviving a massacre of emigrants, then describes Seattle stage acts including the Royal Japanese Troupe of eight performers and a sensational English convict drama over in Third Avenue theater. Broadway events feature Frederick Warde’s Shakespeare program at the Grand with special tableau and scenes.
Washington reports the death of Frank KR Stockton a noted novelist and harmonist from Philadelphia by birth. He died here yesterday from brain hemorrhage after a sudden collapse during a banquet hosted by the Academy of Sciences. He was in his sixty fifth year.
The third annual YMCA gymnasium exhibition at the Grand tomorrow night will showcase drills, athletics, tumbling, and a fencing bout between Prof Jules Lesiabay a fencing master from France and T M Hall a promising pupil. Lesiabay recently arrived in Seattle from San Francisco and has taught in France South America and Australia. Hall has studied fencing for years and will provide a strong challenge in what promises to be a popular event for local readers.
Trading on Western Avenue opens with cautious optimism for the week. California shipments are small while oranges hold firm. Fresh California strawberries arrive at 7.50 per crate and will be tracked for a potential daily quote. The first native asparagus from Van De Vanter farm Kent sells at 2.50 per case, likely pressuring prices for Walla Walla and California stock.
A corrected daily price list lists fruits and vegetables with various per box and per ton rates. A preach sermon by Rev. M A Mathews at First Presbyterian condemns divorces citing biblical grounds and calls for a divine grounded remedy centered on marriage qualification.
Halibut traders report prices collapsing to a cent per pound for shipments by the Jessie Shamrock and Doncaster from the banks to Seattle. Crewmen complain of meager earnings after two weeks at sea and high costs, saying the season yields little living wages despite possible eastern stocks.
PD S Johnston Co promotes a large clearance offering half retail prices on high grade pianos and Kimball organs. Cabinet grand uprights in wood fetch about 300 dollars, with uprights from 192 to 220 dollars. Organs and other instruments also discounted with easy payments. Store hours extend to evenings.
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