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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1905
Page
5
In this Philadelphia centennial era piece a confidant clerk of John W Gates, James Ed ward Fose, is depicted within a high finance environment shaping his character. The ad notes Brooks & Co. offering Monarchs shirts at one dollar during a period style showcase.
A sprawling tale follows Florence Darby Fole, wealthy London-born wife, her rise with a Grand Union hotel romance, a brutal divorce, and a decline into poverty. Her son James Edward, now a Wall Street broker assistant to John W. Gates, coldly refuses support, calls police on his mother, and defends his wealth. The piece ends with a separate note: J W Prosser found guilty of liquor sales without a license, fined $25.
Fragmentary handwriting-like text depicts a chaotic scene with heated words and misread names. The passage mentions summer heat, a ladder incident, a shouted insult, and disjointed dialog about cooking and a throne. The readability is very poor and many phrases are garbled.
A ruined verse fragment reflects a city dweller exiled to a barren garden patch. The speaker laments lost city comforts while tending weeds and a lone rose leather coat on the face hints at hardship and longing for a proper urban life. The piece questions work, worth, and the reach of opportunity beyond the yard.
The Rifle Team representing the state will depart Monday for the national shoot at Sangrit New Jersey. Included is Treane uver Matt H Gormley of Seattle and two Chinese inmates Lew Sin and Ah Tai recently released after two years in federal penitentiary for forging entrance certificates deportation ordered.
J. A. Moore of the Hotel Washington obtained a restraining order Friday stopping Second avenue regrade work until a complaint is heard before Judge Albertson Monday morning. The order bars Contractor C. J. Erickson and cites steam shovel noise and dirt cars at night disturbing guests and causing departures.
Seattle plans a whale station as M. J. Friedman of San Francisco arrives to survey the Alaska whale industry. He aims to refine whale oil and bale whale bone, with three vessels the Montgomery Andrew Hicks and Catoma, and expects fleet growth.
A. Hanson, a workman on the Third avenue regrade, shouted Eureka as he picked a $5 gold piece from rubbish beneath a sidewalk being removed. He has found several silver pieces and colleagues say he is after the pay in the side walk work.
Fourteen Japanese aboard the Nagawa Maru are detained by immigration officers for various reasons. Several may have trachoma and are held pending inquiry. Six women await husbands to certify care in the U S. One man lacks proper credentials and another has been ordered deported for fraud.
Conservative 1906 Alaska placer output estimated at 12 million dollars with Fairbanks district leading gains, up four million from last year. Nome Portland beach strikes boosted district totals while Fairbanks rivals Klondike in output. In Chicago, golf matches see Fornes, Sawyer, and Egan win their third round clashes. Art Laurel Range advertised as a double fine range with installment offer.
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