Seattle Star Publishes Daily Afternoon News
The Seattle Star by Star Publishing lists offices in New York and Chicago and offers business service details. It notes delivery terms and a postal filing as second class matter.
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1902
Page
2
The Seattle Star by Star Publishing lists offices in New York and Chicago and offers business service details. It notes delivery terms and a postal filing as second class matter.
The Mobile Ohio Railway appoints H. J. Titus, formerly a dining car steward on the Alton, to be the youngest dining car superintendent in the United States at 24. The piece argues luck favors the worthy and prepared, noting Titus’ rise as evidence of effort over luck and urging continuous preparation to seize opportunity.
The Standard Oil Company allied with the tinplate trust to secure supplies at a price forcing wage reductions for tinplate workers. The article argues the move is intended to drive down costs, not secure cheaper inputs, and condemns the tinplate unions for accepting a 25 percent pay cut while suggesting the mills may profit under the new terms.
Rumor of a formal engagement between Reginald Vanderbilt and Kathleen Neilson circulates in New York society. The couple, sweethearts for months, face prior opposition from Mrs Cornelius II, Sr. The Neilsons reside at 100 Fifth Avenue and are heirs to Gebhardt fortunes. Reginald Vanderbilt, 23, is said to possess a fortune of 210,000,000 and is known to Yale friends as Reggie.
The article recounts a sailor named G W Murphy linked to the Seamen's Union who appears in a sea tale by an author using alias. It notes Murphy’s ties to the Cyrus Wakefield voyage around Cape Horn and describes Captain J Henry as a notorious abusive skipper later killed by a crewman after a brutal career at sea.
City health officials favor a three crematory system instead of one. Plans call for installations near Lake Union, Walla Watah area, and the south end, each operated by two workers, with total cost between 20000 and 40000 dollars and no authority limits set on builders.
The body of J. W. Hamill who died in Pasadena on August 4 was received by Butterworth & Sone. He formerly lived at 422 Comatoeck street. He was a member of Home Camp No. 244. The body of Mrs Nellie Meredith will arrive in Seattle tonight and be cared for by Butterworth & Sone. The funeral will be from the First Methodist Protestant Church at Third Avenue and Pine Street at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Dancing classes offered by Professor Wilson at Rank Hall with private lessons daily.
Fred B Hardy condemned for the June 6 1901 Unimak Island murder denies guilt in a public statement. Report notes his claim of innocence and references a lengthy explanation to the public.
A local clearance offers pants at half price to clear out short lines and odd pairs. The sale includes one and two sizes of a kind, with all sizes available in the fet.
Notice of a stockholders meeting at Western Central Labor Union hall corner Pike Street and Second Avenue Monday night August 18 190% to consider mortgaging Labor Temple property to fund building completion and authorize trustees to proceed with work per plan. Also lists officers and local ads for employment and services.
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