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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1903
Page
4
Yesterday's dispatches from Berlin indicate that developments abroad may affect Seattle markets. The Seattle Star notes its offices and delivery details, with pricing and mailing status for subscribers.
A column defends Cornelius Vanderbilt and critics who called the Vanderbilts shoddy. It praises merit over birth, lauds railroad innovation like the locomotive Mrebox, and cautions about hazards of domestic life from explosions and overwork. It urges safety, better education for women, and labor-saving reforms in homes.
A Chicago doctor notes housekeepers face higher death rates than soldiers in battle due to scaldings gas explosions stair falls heat prostration disease from unsanitary kitchens and drudgery. The article argues daily routine and hopelessness contribute to mortality.
Frank Fayant critiques English labor in Review of Reviews calling out caste blight drink evil and union policies. He laments output restrictions alienation and hostility to labor-saving machinery and contrasts with American industry and citizenship.
A Napoleonic pursuer rides eastward with the emperor and a cuirassier wounded to the end. He evades Prussian riders, reaches a farmhouse near St Goerelies, and dies after a final charge with the emperor’s escape plans failing. Stein is captured lightly wounded as the tale closes.
California via Shasta Route offers daily service to San Francisco with first class $22.10 and second class $19.40. special excursions listed for July and August with various round trip prices from St Louis and Omaha. tickets and literature available at Southern Pacific offices.
Low excursion tickets to St Paul Chicago St Louis and other western cities on sale April 18 19 26 and May 4 at the Great Northern Railway ticket office 612 First Avenue.
A Pacific Squadron vessel simulated an approach to the Puget Sound Navy Yard, testing fortifications from Fort Worden to Fort Flagler. The operation showed the path to daylight entry is barred by heavy defenses, and Fort Worden is deemed the proper headquarters for directing fire. Fortifications have been prepared for action ahead of potential intruders as Bremerton looms.
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