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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1904
Page
5
An advertisement for Ayer's Hair Vigor promotes hair repair and conditioning. It claims to restore color, add softness and gloss, and cure dandruff, presenting the product as a comprehensive hair treatment.
Maple syrup product named Longs Pure Maple Syrup priced at $1.26. Marketing copy notes gentile and full flavored profile though specifics are limited. No additional context on seller, size, or date appears in readable text.
Promotes a Porto Rico coffee described as genuine and unblended and claims it is more delicious and finer than any other coffee on the market. Sold only by use.
The Roosevelt family Sunday school lesson at Christ Episcopal Church in Oyster Bay features Theodore Roosevelt Jr teaching a group of boys aged 6 to 10. The class discusses David and Goliath, health, and swimming, with Teddy joining in as a pupil and observer notes from Marlen Pew.
Theodore's stern look aside, youths in a Sunday school recount lessons and antics. The president's son Teddy Jr. draws mixed views as an ideal teacher praised by leaders, while peers note his fast speech and expressive manner.
Hoquiam August 16 The Northwestern Lumber company started a mill yesterday afternoon and will try to keep the machinery going Between fifty and sixty men returned to work but almost none of the walkout employees came back The lower floor mill is full handed yet drop and garden shops are short The planer shed started five machines sash and door factory runs small crew no wheel turning in the box factory Rumor said men would return but strikers say they will set Company aims to secure a full crew but cannot operate without more help Strikers remain orderly and no violence occurred to start up the plant
Roy Kesthurn is under arrest for horsestealing and held in the county jail at Lewiston in default of 1000 bonds. Harry Hiake also jailed at Cottonwood on similar charges. In a separate matter, James Cody petitions to remove his case against the Pacific Coast company to the United States circuit court on the grounds the defendant is California-incorporated.
The Maison Barberis liquor license request failed after a minority report urged approval but the council, led by Daulton and Burnett, voted against it. Arguments centered on the establishment’s reform promises and alleged past misconduct, with residents and patrons cited as negative influence.
Men's underwear priced at 1.25 and 1.50 dollars offered at BE. N. Brooks & Co. on 1831 2d Avenue. Store advertises a strong value move with large discount and limited stock.
Coupon entitles holder to two free sittings for one child under six and one free photograph. Present at Herpick Studio 1124 Marion Street between 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Thursdays or Fridays. Parents must be regular subscribers of The Star. offer available to all new subscribers.
Munyon remedies are marketed as reliable home treatments for pain kidney issues digestion and liver troubles. The ads claim rapid relief from back pain sleeplessness constipation and coughs and promote Paw-Paw and Witch House toilet preparations with pamphlets and mail order.
The Seattle Dental Parlors at 417 Second Avenue promote modern painless dentistry with experienced dentists. They claim to extract teeth without pain and offer advance cost estimates, with no student staff and a female attendant.
A marine underwriters board inspected the Tremont after a collision with the Ramona. The Tremont will not dock before continuing to the Orient and can be repaired at Arlington dock in about three days. Ramona to be repaired at Halli Bros. shipyards. full hull damage to Tremont not yet priced.
Minnesota dispatches word that the West Newton rafting works of the Mississippi River Logging Co. near Minneska will operate for the last time as 100 workers dismantle camps that once housed 2,000 rivermen. The piece recalls the industry’s rise, fortunes of Feyerhaeuser, and historic rafting on the Chippewa and Mississippi rivers.
Elaboration of a New York optical firm claims to have fitted more than fourteen hundred people with spectacles in Beattie and the Pacific Northwest. The company guarantees a proper fit and offers contact details for Temes 1801 and 109 Second Ave.
Fire broke out in an unoccupied two story house owned by James Krate at 4226 Fourteenth Avenue Northeast at 2 45 this morning. Fremont fire station responded and extinguished the flames with minimal damage estimated at about 150 dollars.
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