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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1904
Page
6
A dense roster of addresses, shop names, and services from Beattie including drug stores, bakeries, postal offices, and carpentry. It lists a mix of storefronts, residences, and businesses with scattered notices for furniture, real estate, and interurban rail progress.
Deputy Sheriff McGiee thoroughly investigated a claim that John Prossens of Carbonado killed John Swetisher, the son of Mrs. Johanna Swetisher, at Bruce. The inquiry found Prossens could not have been involved, as he was in Carbonado when the murder occurred.
A coast wheat growers meeting in Telegraph Briefs on August 3 outlined aims to increase wheat yields and gluten content as crops decline. In Chicago six suspects tied to the Illinois Central robbery were arrested. Bishop Hennessy urged Catholics to shun Parisian millinery as a rebuke to France. A Missouri Kansas Texas railway strike left all but one freight out of service. In Portland a Japanese charity formed to aid war widows and orphans with ongoing monthly subscriptions. Engine No.1 hosted a social for firemen at the main headquarters. The Burnaide left for the North.
The Chinese community in Seattle announces the adoption of a baby boy found abandoned at Wayside Mission by a white mother and grandmother. Gan Ying and wife Ah Ling adopt and name him Come and Welcome, promising generous care and love in a tidy Washington Street home in Chinatown. The child, healthy and cheerful, has drawn a steady stream of visitors to the levee held in his honor.
W A Regan formerly from MacDougall and Southwick last March reportedly jumped overboard from a steamer on the Columbia River about 69 miles above Wenatchee near Meadow Falls. The body was found below Wenatchee after two miles of drift. Chelan county sheriff notified. Regan, a young man, left no evident city ties. circulars were distributed locally.
A newborn baby was found alive in a forester cabin by a boy. Tracks of a man and woman were traced from the scene but lost, leaving the case shrouded in mystery. Plans for Jim Hill's new union depot cost about 425000, with foundation permit earlier, totaling near 500000. The Hertha steamer from the North calls at Seldovia Kodiak Valdez and other Gulf coast ports, reporting quiet conditions. Valdez river traffic stalls as ice blocks rivers, hindering small boats.
Smoke poured through window crevices at the county auditor's office causing alarm before firefighters learned the source was grease and soot burning in the courthouse chimney. The blaze was subdued and officers assisted in handling rats near the coal bin.
The county clerk reports July receipts surpassed June by 8081.38 dollars and 263 new suits were started.
En route to Lake Chelan the itinerary highlights a daylight pass through the Cascade Tunnel Wenatchee visits by the Commercial Club and fruit belt inspection. In Chelan the Board of Trade offers land mine and industry information and Prof Bull’s orchestra will perform. A round trip rate of 12 dollars starts August 15 for 80 days with ticket details at Tacoma firms.
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