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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1905
Page
3
Tension rises as Barnum & Bailey passes reach council members over license figures. Daulton claims six passes, implying bias in favor of some city fathers. Mullen Zbinden and others accuse omission while Gill visits the show with his son, prompting questions about favors and access.
Johnston Co.s piano and organ sale continues with ships sending models to Fort Yukon and Nome City. Discounts apply to pianos and organs with set prices and flexible down payments and monthly terms. every instrument guaranteed as represented.
New York Aug 17 Rockefeller has given away vast sums as Standard Oil pays $6 a share quarterly dividend totaling $6 million. He stands to receive $2.4 million next month from his stock and has donated about $11.5 million this quarter, with other gifts totaling over $14 million in 1905. If he gives $50 million to Chicago University, yearly total could reach $64 million.
Special Correspondence from Rochester Minnesota notes the Mayo brothers Dr W W Mayo Dr W J Mayo and Dr C H Mayo head a vast surgical enterprise at St Marys Hospital Rochester. The facility handles thousands of operations yearly and draws visiting surgeons from around the world. The Mayo brothers operate about 10 times daily with a 14 member staff and maintain a simple, neighborly life in town.
An 19th century style advert claims Halls Catarrh Cure cures catarrh a constitutional disease by constitutional treatment. It offers a $100 reward for proof of failure and cites testimonials and a Toledo Ohio address for Alice for list of tests.
Miss Annie Hoch, daughter of Kansas’ prohibition governor, will christen the battleship Kansan in Camden New Jersey next fall handling a bottle of champagne for the first time. The Kansan christening uses water from John Brown’s spring and corn juice from sun ripened corn but the navy passed these ideas over. Hoch is a Kan san girl who grew up in Marion and graduated with honors from local grade and high schools.
In New Orleans amid fever strikes, Italian immigrants face distrust and concealment, with some blaming government poisoning. The piece notes late treatment, German home remedies, heavy deaths in the quarter, and charity from halls and Catholic churches as masses and novenas are offered.
Seattle residents are offered access to expert medical treatment for difficult diseases at a nominal rate. The program promises skilled, experienced care and covers medicines and appliances, aiming to cure ailments previously beyond reach.
Prairie resident William Melina describes a decade of cold nasal symptoms and breathing difficulty. He alleges relief after treatment by Columbian physicians, claiming a complete cure and discouraging earlier quack remedies.
A local clinic advertises a free thorough medical examination for applicants. It promises careful diagnosis and includes optional microscopic tests where necessary.
Mr F J Townsend of 1708 South Forty fourth street Tacoma reports long battle with severe cold bronchial catarrh affecting stomach digestion and weight. After using Columbian treatment he says he is completely cured and feels stronger than in years. He endorses the treatment to other sufferers.
Daniel Graham of South Park Washington reports life long asthma relief after using the Columbian treatment. He says breathing difficulties and shortness of breath worsened until leaving the East for a climate change, ten years of intense suffering, then a cure followed with no recurrence. Appointment only.
The report notes no panic or fear in the city despite quarantines and fever, with only 1 percent ill and a fifth of those dying. Rail traffic is down and towns issue shotgun quarantines in Mississippi and Louisiana, while mail fumigation plans proceed as government endorses the mosquito theory. An Oregon ascent attempt by L J Hicks and Claude Hicks is planned for Mount Jefferson.
Portland reports that S 8 Mohler Warren Wentworth and Ernest Leighton left Oregon City with packhorses and gear for fishing hunting and mountain climbing. They will fish at Molalla headwaters then trek to Cascade range and base Mount Jefferson to attempt a northern ascent after Mazamas failed from the south in 1900. If possible they aim for the summit, a 150 foot rock pinnacle, four weeks on the expedition.
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