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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1899
Page
2
Fragmentary entry from The Seattle Star listing names and notes about daily distribution except Sundays. Mentions addresses and a post office dispatch, with indications of addressed recipients and a carrier system.
A critical report traces a brutal lynching in Newnan Georgia to a spike in racial violence linked to a series of outrages against women. It notes the mob’s size and timing, the broader social fracture between whites and blacks, and the unsolved race problem fueling cycles of vigilante violence.
Article notes German immigrant arrival of weather frogs shown in a bird store aquarium. Frogs change color to match perches and jump into water when rain approaches, returning as weather clears. Size about an inch, kept in glass jars with wire screens, fed live insects seasonally.
The article contrasts royal sleep habits with Emperor William using a standard camp bed and rising before dawn. It notes his 11 PM to 5 AM routine and Queen Victoria's late bedtimes averaging 10 15 PM with a lady in waiting reading her to sleep. It mentions the Czar of Nurala facing great difficulty in resting at night.
A comparison of monarchs reveals Queen Wilhelmina rising early after an 11 pm bedtime with a park stroll. Leopold II remains up late reading and writing. Humbert of Italy sleeps on a hard bed without pillows. Wilhelmina’s room is a lavish reception space while Leopold II favors a plain setup.
Captain Sidney Darrington, famed steamboat man on Puget Sound and the Yukon, charters the river steamer Danville owned by the Klondike Yukon & Stewart Pioneers' company to operate seasonally between Dawcon and White Horse. The first trip is set for May 1.
A show business observer notes that animals, unlike humans, are not fooled by illusions. He recalls a Nashville Mystic Maze with mirrors, a Frisco Mounted Swing illusion, and claims pets remain unfazed as people spin or fall off, while animals navigate the setup without error.
Hillyard Washington April 4 reports a real estate exchange showing increased land value. George W. Brown sold ten acres of fruit land improved with trees for four acres of unimproved timberland near Puckere. The property lies along the railroad and reflects rising land values.
A Kipling anecdote recalls a geography master who drew vast world sections on wallpaper. Kipling unwound the roll to reveal a sprawling map with animals and landscapes, earning top marks for his innocent reaction.
Edward Woods a 29 year old porter at the Richelieu house died yesterday morning from lung hemorrhage. He was stricken in the hall and carried to his room where he soon died. Woods had been under a physician's care for heart trouble.
Dexter Horton Hank Building on West Washington Street promotes the only Linotype printing machine in the Northwest. Catalogues and pamphlets available at specially low prices. Save money by letting them estimate.
Spokane engineers indicate the Republic line will not use a Spokane Falls route but follow the Ban Poll river via Davenport. Three surveying parties work on location while right of way is secured. Construction anticipated this summer, with Lupfer examining the Gan Poll west fork to extend toward Okanogan as snow eases and more engineers join the field.
The London Daily Graphic condemns dance as a penitential rite as the season of 1899 sees reversed decorum. It argues that previously men merely wooed with light touches, yet now eager advances provoke strong emotion and awkward encounters amid the dancing crowds.
A northern visitor buys a young bird in Alken after hearing it sing. Mis Cheatham rescues and raises it, then guides a humane method for teaching caged birds to thrive. She notes parent birds pose dangers to fledglings and attempt to poison caged birds.
North Yakima could host a beet sugar factory as D C Corbin of Spokane pursues building plans. A two year trial with thirty acres of beets showed local viability, and a shipment of seed is expected for immediate planting to repeat the experiment.
The Chicago World correspondent recounts Lt. Philip V. Lansdale leading caravels at the World’s Fair and, later, riding a bicycle in Corea. Hydrographic officer Witeen notes Lansdale’s popularity with the King of Corea and claims he was the first to cycle on Korean soil, triggering crowds in Chemulpo.
Yakima reports steady arrival of homeseekers from the east seeking farms in the Yakima Valley. The new Northern Pacific depot nears completion with cement platform and a grand stucco exterior. The building features a central opening, two waiting rooms, a ladies room with a fireplace, and a tower offering city views.
The passage quibbles with women using safety pins on waistbands describing it as unsafe and silly. It argues women should abandon pins for copper rivets or plain stitching to avoid insincere fashion fixes and clothing mishaps.
A Southern woman trains native song birds in Aiken while a tale recalls Lansdale teaching King of Corea to ride a bicycle in Seoul. The piece weaves anecdotes from an American envoy and skating with Lt Wilson, alongside notes on a sizable building project with long cement platforms and large tracks.
A veteran journalist and former first president of the National Editorial association, Herbert of the National Printers' Journalist will join the local Press club executive committee meeting this afternoon in Portland. He has spent two weeks arranging the association's July 4 Portland meeting and plans to travel home via the Northern Pacific, with a Seattle stop invited by the Seattle Press club.
A social rule warns against telling someone they do not look well, noting the plainspoken remark can hurt feelings and disrupt tact in polite company. The reader is urged to choose kinder phrasing in delicate appearances.
Katherine Peterson, accused of robbing shoemaker Johny Smith of 65 dollars, was bound over to the superior court after failing to make 400 dollars cash bond or 6000 bonds. Smith says they met on Yesler Way near the police station and went to his shop where they drank beer before the theft. Peterson denies involvement.
In a Brooklyn hotel a couple at a third table becomes the center of a domestic drama. Mrs X confronts her husband about an alleged long affair, until he reveals the man is her husband and the anniversary is their twenty year union. The scene ends with a tense confrontation and planned talk with the proprietor.
Funeral services for Mrs. Etta M. Kahaley were held yesterday afternoon at 11 Queen Anne avenue residence of Peter McIntyre with Rev. J. P. D. Lawyd officiating. The service drew a large crowd and many floral tributes lined the casket. Pallbearers included A. J. McArthur E. E B. Cheasty T. E. Jones Stephen Meek Z. B. Miles and T. W. Jones.
The dialogue presents four friends offering odd home cures for an ailment, from onion between the eyes to lampblack on the arm and sunflowers tied around the wall. A wife endorses a tonic made of vinegar benzine sugar zinc rust cob webs as a remedy.
Citizens in Colville Washington formed a posse and, aided by about a dozen officials, chased hoboes from the town after threats to set fires. The bold group dispersed as they faced the overwhelming local force.
James Perchard recalls a near fatal avalanche triggered by his shouted farewell while dining in Colorado. He describes a sudden snow slide swallowing a cabin, burying the location under fifty feet of snow and two deaths. The third person survived with injuries, and Perchard laments the momentary shout.
A French periodical titled the Mendicants Journal dedicates itself to beggars. It publishes curious advertisements, including a funeral, a wedding, a vacancy for a violinist, and seaside resort hires. The piece notes many beggars are impostors who profit from sympathy and the journal’s guidance.
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