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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1904
Page
6
Public notices and ads list Frement Drug Co Ewing Street Frement Avenue and many other businesses, homes for rent, sales of land near Meadowdale and Lake Washington, interurban progress to Everett, and job wants and notices across Seattle districts with addresses and contact references. The page blends real estate, hires, and goods for sale with scattered community notes.
An ad lists Beattie at Vendome Hotel offering daily life readings. It claims to reunite lovers, locate hidden treasure, advise on mining or business success, and promises seven days of reduced rates. The page also advertises real estate, loans, hotels, and various services across Seattle venues, with multiple names and locations.
Historic market listing shows varied prices for meat dairy produce and groceries including cow beef steer beef mutton hams bacon and potatoes. Fruit sections cite apples pears oranges and berries with crates and dozens. grain and feed items cover oats barley wheat shorts bran and meal with per ton rates. Local ads promote Great Northern travel rates to St Louis Chicago and Denver and a photo studio at 1516 First Avenue.
In Vienna officials condemned duelling by Count Ledochowsky after a court of honor demanded his dismissal for refusing a duel. The duke of Parma showed support by appointing Ledochowsky to his household, drawing Emperor Francis Joseph’s approval and provoking protests and social backlash within Austrian society.
In Topeka on August 4 many Democrats and Populists agreed to fuse on a joint ticket. The Populists nominated John T. Little for Supreme Court, M. A. Householder for lieutenant governor, W. H. McDonald for auditor, W. O. Wells for attorney general, John Browell for superintendent of insurance, Frank Brady for congressman at large, F. H. Chase for railroad commissioner, and John M. Curran for secretary of state. Democrats named David M. Dale for governor, M. Howard Leavenworth for superintendent of schools, Thomas M. Dolan for treasurer, John H. Curran for secretary of state, and William M. Ferguson for railroad commissioner, with U. S. Glass named for long term Supreme Court.
In Houston on August 4 the Democratic convention endorsed state ticket candidates with S. W. Lanham named as the gubernatorial nominee. Renominated were key party figures and officials slated to run alongside Lanham to lead the slate.
The roster names Lt Governor George D. Neal Attorney General D W David son Comptroller John W Stevens Treasurer John W Robbina Land Commissioner J J Terrell Superintendent of Public Instruction R B B Cousins Railroad Commissioner Allison Mayfield Justice of the Supreme Court T J Brown Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals M M Brooka.
Police raided a Chinese gambling resort under the Peerless saloon at 218 Fourth Avenue. Detective Hubbard led the probe. The venue housed many Japanese and Chinese bettors. No arrests were made. games were halted. Conley pocket search yielded 10 cents. A union card shows he is a Brotherhood of Railway Firemen member from St. Paul. The female detainee refused to identify.
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