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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1903
Page
4
Voter participation rises as ballots stream in and names are listed. J A Moore leads, with J M Clive and A J Blethen close behind amid a crowd of ten vote or more recipients. Ballots arriving in duplicate are noted and readers are urged to mail early for orderly counting.
Kansas City Aug 1 police and the entire protective force search for Evans president of the American Transfer company suspected of murdering his wife found dead in bed the morning Mrs Evans filed for divorce a week earlier She had attracted notice during the recent teamsters strike by taking a teammate’s place and driving a large team through a mob of strikers.
Fragmented notes reference Corbett planning another stage appearance and discuss various dated quips. The text includes remarks about "Gentleman Jim" and scattered misquoted lines, with stray mentions of Langley, Newport women, and a Tacoma Olympia excursion.
Funeral services were conducted yesterday at Redmond Schoolhouse for Miones Hope and Prinice Peulda who drowned near Sammamish Wednesday evening. Interment followed at the Redmond cemetery. William Platt, who collapsed yesterday at Columbia, will be cremated in Portland tonight. Edward OBrien a Seattle resident died yesterday at 2213 Washington Street aged 60, a native of Cork Ireland.
Special correspondence reports Henderson strike on the Pelly river with sluice operations yielding rapid gold gains. Co-discoverer Fred Maevensen present as the two claim a potential $18 daily per shovel with coarse and fine gold recovered. A separate note covers Elizabeth Ahlan, a professional beggar arrested in Seattle with $59 found, her long activity noted and tied to a family blow.
The article follows the search for Mies Clark who left Kanear years ago and has moved from Denver to Hutte Montana then Spokane and Beattie. An attorney from Kaneas & Gestroue tracks her movements as authorities advertise her in western cities hoping for a reunion.
Reports describe a July 23 bout in Chestochina where A. W. Holgimer defeated Charlie Johnson in the first round for a $100 stake with $120 gate receipts and gold nugget bets. Nearby, Blate Creek residents faced an armed dispute over irrigation water between Jacobeen and Tacoma claim owners, including Garrett, McGee, and Newcomb, as two Swedes from Tacoma helped fix the ditch amid escalating tensions.
Ringling Brothers presents a theater style dramatic circus pageant Jerusalem and the Crusaders with 1206 characters 200 dancers 200 costumes and a large animal menagerie including 40 elephants two giraffes rhinoceros and rare big cats. The first baby elephant raised in captivity is highlighted. The show arrives Wednesday and Thursday.
On the Campania in New York harbor today the Seattle newspaper man Jaren Wile Sayre arrived seeking to lower the world globe-girdling record by about four days.
Wanted at once twenty good looking young women to enter a beauty contest for Woodmen's Exposition at Exposition Grounds corner 3rd and Union streets. No experience required. Apply after 11 a.m. any day.
excursion to Olympia and Tacoma aboard the Bi wood steamer with return fare to Tacoma and Olympia listed. fare to Tacoma and return 75 cents, Olympia and return 1.00. children free, limited tickets. tickets available at Lee's Pharmacy and Princes Cigar store. steamer departs Lilly Hogardua dock at 9 a.m. bring lunch.
Special correspondent reports steamers Sarah and Kerr reached Yukon river with early year cargoes due to low water. The Sarah became the first vessel to ascend the river with oil fuel, signaling a navigation epoch. Oil from California arrived aboard Rose Crane with more expected on Arayle. Afro American Republican club plans Aug 17, 1908 meeting in Union Hall Pacific block to form a permanent organization.
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