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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1906
Page
3
The article describes railroads as a boon to the people promising rapid transit. It mentions the Overland Express and a plan to run trains carrying coaches and theater outfits with staged entertainments across the middle Rockies, offering reduced or free passage for performers and certain charges.
Northern Pacific designates an official route with round trip fare set at 60 dollars. Dates and details listed for travel, with ticket offices on Ist Avenue and Yesler.
The New England orders of Wagies hold their annual field day with thousands of members from most eastern states gathering in Worcester for a parade and events at Greendale race track. Prizes and cash awards were given as a large crowd, over 15 000, attended. A separate note records A J Hoben buying Thompson timber tract on the Cowlitz river for 123 000 dollars covering several thousand acres.
Laborer Robert Casey admitted breaking windows at a Japanese lodging house after overindulging in liquor. Judge Alexander fined him $5 yesterday for the offense.
Goldsmed Nev Aug 2. Martin Gorman convicted of beating his wife must stand in a pillory two hours daily for a month. A card reading Wife Meater will be worn around his neck. The punishment marks a historic enforcement of Nevada statute with crowds expected to jeer. James Hanks and Jack Perry, firemen, were fined $4 each for disorderly conduct.
A dainty August gown in white and yellow features Bruges lace and sheer lawn fabric. The dress has a tucked white blouse with embroidered waist, dicky insert, Liberty ribbon girdle with six rosettes, puffed sleeves with ribbon trim, and a rakish hat in white black and pink.
The markets section lists assorted prices for fruits vegetables dairy and livestock. Items include cantaloupes per crate, apples and pears, California oranges, creamery butter and cheese, dairy products and poultry, timothy hay and oats per ten or per ton, with figures showing variable shifts across categories.
In Riverside a man John Peterson and his 10 year old nephew escaped unharmed after lighting a match ignited 1,000 pounds of Hercules No 2 powder in a Washington Commercial Company magazine about one and a half miles from town. The blast set the building ablaze as Peterson fled on a horse and wagon with the boy.
Report recounts a blast that tore through a wagon line scattering provisions and gear, with a man and boy unharmed aside from shock and torn clothing. A horse was struck by bleeding near its nose as a crater and wood debris marked the site.
A morning denial rebuts reports that General Wood drew two salaries while serving as a Philippines army officer and as a governor in Oyster Bay setting. The spokesman labeled the charges false and said there was no duplicate compensation.
An old advertisement fragment mentions Mapeline Ice Cream and Shaw's Pharmacy located in the American Bank building. The snippet hints at a local commerce display with two business names and a building reference.
New York August 2 Standard Oil announces another cut of 6 cents a gallon east and 4 cents west this week. Excess receipts cited as alleged cause of the reduction.
John Sampson, a laborer, was yesterday sentenced to serve in days in the county jail for begging on the streets. The article ends with unrelated, vague lines about feeling tired and eating.
Walter Jvde landers cousin of Joseph Pulitzer and editor of the New York World was killed after falling down a precipice while descending the Hraunnings zinken in Vienna on August 2.
A notice invites families to ride the Fortuna steamer with lunch provided. The trip leaves each park at 6:30 and travels twenty-five miles around Mercer Island for 26 cents, with tables and other accommodations available.
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