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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1905
Page
5
Local builders face a 35 to 40 percent rise in window costs as Eastern glass factories shutter, creating a scarce supply. Prices have surged with cornering by Eastern jobbers, while local dealers report limited small orders and urge more independent production to steady prices.
Yerxa and Sons advertises wholesale coffee and tea with emphasis on first class goods. It promotes in house coffee branded as king of coffees and lists wholesale prices, sizes, and box quantities to entice dealers and families to buy in bulk.
Private Halpin from Fort Casey calls the claim of inheriting a million dollars a joke as state headlines report fires easing with rain, salmon runs declining, a road surveyed in Jefferson county, and an Elma town marshal injury during a disorderly arrest.
An old advertisement promises travel and attendance at church or amusements without distressing symptoms by taking one or two Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills. It guarantees removal of nervous symptoms and mentions a 25 dose package for 25 cents, not sold in bulk.
Miss Zelma Travers the daughter of Colonal Meury Curtis Travers sails aboard the Cliffdale from Newcastle to Valparaiso around Cape Horn. After illness threatened her health a voyage was prescribed and she cooked for the crew during a storm, earning their admiration before returning to San Francisco en route to London.
In Boish Montana on August 17, Joseph Lawrence a Washington County convict escaped during a guard’s brief water break. He vanished into a ditch and fled, aided by a change of prison garb found about 200 feet from the work area.
INTERESTING PEOPLE describes 20 year old Wilton Lackaye son of Alice Evana and a famed American stage actor. The youth, tall and handsome, inherits the stage spark from his parents, with Alice Evans and Wilton both rising stars. Lackaye’s past credits include Svengali in Trilby and creator of the hypnotist role.
Seattle legislators press President Furth of the Seattle Electric Co to install street car ticket booths at multiple power houses and stations. The firm lists a promised investigation but keeps booths at its First Avenue office, hindering ticket access and prompting debate over franchise clauses for Westlake and Second avenues.
A vintage drug ad asserts heart disease can be reversed with Dr Miles Heart Cure. It promises the product strengthens heart muscles and nerves, offering a money back guarantee if the first bottle fails to benefit.
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