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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1905
Page
7
The writer argues annexation would raise Seattle’s death rate by bringing the county hospital into city limits. It notes current death totals stay around 80 to 130 per month with births 130 to 150, despite population growth.
San Francisco August 10 Jimmy Britt accepts Colma clubs purse of 20000 dollars and 10000 for picture privileges to fight Nelson to a finish in September in a roofless arena just across the county line near San Francisco.
A fire test night burned J B Haggins stock barn in Lexington. Three trotters valued at 25000 were cremated and a negro employee was arrested and confessed implicating a discharged workman. In Spokane a grand jury indicted Robert Koonts and BK Erwin county clerk and treasurer for bribery. The body also censured county commissioners for their methods.
Advertising copy promises relief from chronic pain with Dr Pilla treatment. It claims the initial trial brings wonder, notes a 25 dose package priced at 25 cents and a bulk sale option with money back if the first package fails to help.
On the eve of testifying Captain Taggart appears worn as court reads deposition from Christ hospital Cincinnati. Mrs Taggart spent three months there while Taggart served in the Philippines. Attorneys argue against admitting certified hospital records. judge sustains their position.
In New Orleans dispatches the term foct or focus refers to disease centers. Foci denote centers of yellow fever with one or more cases. Recent reports give case counts but not focus totals, and fewer foci suggest the outbreak is under control.
E Stewart an automobile owner was arrested on a bench warrant after involvement in a recent accident that left a man badly injured. He was released on bail set at fifty dollars. A local ad promotes the ART LAUREL RANGE claimed as the only double five range in the market with a listed address 1522 1st Ave and a sole agent.
Free sample bottle offer for Swamp Root by Dr. Kilmer and Co. Binghamton New York. Cure claims include kidney and bladder relief uric acid trouble and back pain with suggestions to mention reading the Beattle Daily Star.
The speech urges individual effort backed by wise laws and collective action. It praises sober industrious citizens, decent family life as the bedrock of happiness, and support for trades unions and temperance groups, while urging mutual understanding between capital and labor.
Excerpt from a prisoner’s account of a murder plot in which a hotel man plotted with ex convicts to kill Jennie Cramer. He named payments to Tommie Gardner and Ed Jackmus, with a spotter aiding the deed, while preserving his own anonymity.
An advertisement touts Dr Miles Restorative Nervine as a remedy for stomach distress. It claims to strengthen stomach nerves, stimulate secretions, and aid digestion, offering a money back guarantee if the first bottle fails to help.
A colored man recounts a murder linking a girl’s death to Tommie Gardner and a hotel owner. He says he aided three accomplices who paid him to flee, details a later wrongful conviction, and asserts an innocent man was jailed for life while others walked free.
Receiver Alexander sells the Monarch Shoe and Clothing Co stock and fixtures at 1317 1319 First Avenue for about 16 cents on the dollar. Heywood Bros of Massachusetts, noted as progressive merchants, will dispose of the Monarch stock and later enter the dry goods business.
Casey says the subject seeks to reveal fuller details that may affect his appeal. He withholds consent but will not interfere as the story is released. The man claims relief from mind trouble and will take a chance on the case's outcome. Official steps proceed to investigate Leroy's strange tale.
An old advertising blotter promotes Brown's Blood Cure as a life restoring treatment claiming to purify blood and relieve facial swellings and hair loss. The text touts it as a painless, non injurious remedy prepared in Philadelphia and offered for sale at two dollars per bottle.
The confession appears unlikely to help a known accomplice since Leroy does not know the confessor's name. Weatherfield prison officials will have the story soon. If an innocent prisoner was jailed for the murder, doors may open for a man who spent years in exile from a crime he did not commit.
Heywood Bros new owners of the bankrupt Monarch store at 1317 1319 First Avenue near completion of stock invoicing. A large force of clerks will work through the night to rearrange goods. Sale starts tomorrow at 9 20 with a sacrifice to quickly move the dry goods stock arranged for shipment to New York.
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