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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1907
Page
8
Early traders lined Pike Place with twenty six ranchers offering fresh produce. Prices listed include corn prunes 20c per dozen, wax beans 20c per pound, native apples 9 for 2b, cantaloupes 50c, Yakima peaches 10c per box, grapes 20c per pound, and assorted vegetables sold by the bunch or handful at the stall.
Chicago Aug. 21. A husbandless honeymoon is touted by Mrs. B. J Bowen formerly Miss Mabel Upham. The absent bride led a bachelor club, but the separation stems from her husband’s business duties. The trend is unlikely to gain wide popularity.
Honolulu August 21 bids called for materials to build batteries at Pearl Harbor and for projects to deepen the harbor at Honolulu. The notices seek qualified contractors and outline bidding procedures.
Reports note Opio to make two Nome trips with a Sept 1 first voyage. Alaska gold shipments totaling 1160000 dollars from Tanana and Dawson districts, plus whalebone value listed. James Drummond arrives Port Townsend. Martha W Taft sails Catalla with 240000 feet of lumber. Spokane brings 160 tourists and ends northward service Aug 23. Alaska Master pilots suspend C D Stewart after overtime dispute aboard Washington.
K Fisher a construction superintendent for Denny-Renton Coal and engineer C W Majors were injured in a bogging train wreck near Taylor on Monday afternoon. Both are reportedly rapidly recovering at Providence hospital.
Seattle Star reports a wave of assaults on women and children across New York City and suburbs, claiming 160 cases since May and multiple murders. Authorities face juries and corruptible officials as victimization peaks with cases in Brooklyn and Manhattan, including Aurelia Staffeldt and Kathe Tietschler.
Western market prices stay steady with limited berries and small berry supplies. Eggs butter meats stay unchanged. various fruits and vegetables show mixed quotes including blackberries at 12 to 14 cents a pound and seesaw notes on other items. Livestock prices and feed costs are listed alongside general market steadiness for the week.
Reading, Pa Aug 21 A Reading merchant prince Joseph Dives sells his home and furnishings and departs for Canterbury England after his children wed Americans in pursuit of British nobility. First disruption began Oct 20 1964 when daughter Belle eloped with Frederick H Clarke.
San Francisco officials report Mayor Taylor has asked the city police commission to resign. The commissioners say they will not comply and the issue is headed for the courts.
Fires on Long Island burn hundreds of acres and threaten Woodland Park. Tom Dutton the animal dealer says park board owes him payment for a dozen monkeys and several macaws sold at reduced prices and threatens to reclaim his animals if the bill remains unpaid.
The Schuchard Optical Co advertises glasses priced from one dollar, offering specialist grinding to fit all eye defects. Location listed as 1207 Secondary.
If the tea is good you ask for a second cup, if not, you ask for the money. Your grocer returns your money if you don't like Schilling's Best. We pay him.
Maj Chittenden and Mt Vernon residents seek right of way to straighten a channel north of Swinomiehslo. The Farmers and Merchants Bank opens as a new institution for N akima. Mrs Lucy Hunter mother of State Senator Hunter loses 109 dollars in a fire and receives government bills. Logs prices in the Grays Harbor district stay firm. Chinese tradesmen in Shanghai and other cities profit from alleged opium cure sales since the act.
A five month old infant was rescued by a tide after being thrown into the water near the beach. Police pursue the case as a possible murder attempt. the infant was found in a hollow inside rocks washed ashore by a rising tide.
Tom Louie and Lee Linn, two Americanized Chinese youths, told police they took two white girls in a car Monday night. They claim one girl borrowed Louie’s watch and refused to return it. The girls are said to work at a local telephone office.
Chicago August 21 Municipal Judge Crowe fined Jan Conlan fifteen dollars and costs for attempting to quell a saloon disturbance at 25th and Wallactsia with a revolver. He warned that stopping a fight should not be done by brandishing a weapon.
Wilson's Business College conducted its thirteenth annual commencement at the Grand Opera House. One hundred graduates were honored, with 46 in bookkeeping, 41 in shorthand and typewriting, and 13 in the complete commercial course. Rev M Haynes gave the invocation, Senator Piles and Dr Stratton spoke, and students Miss Ethel Bonita Strout Miss Lula Beatt and Miss Florence L Cartledge delivered the program notes and the valedictory, followed by President J P Wilson presenting the diplomas.
Warenton Ga Aug 21 EB Watson will headline a large rally and mass meeting of the farmers union at Real Springs tomorrow. The address is expected to cover general politics and national legislation impacting farmers nationwide.
News from Madrid reports the Moorish sultan’s brother has been proclaimed sultan. Gen William J Palmer, founder of Colorado Springs, donated 1500 acres of park system to the city with boulevards and a $45,000 annual maintenance endowment, valued at about $1,500,000. Palmer previously invested $756,000 in Monument Park.
Local market at 508 Third Ave features rolled roast beef at 10 cents a pound sirloin steak and leg of lamb priced affordably. Selection highlights include roast beef 10¢ and leg of lamb sold by weight.
Members of the Ancient Order of Join with eetbet axis limbri dge No. 2 stage a watermelon feast Friday evening August 23 at Columbian Lodge hall Geventh av between Union and Pike. A male quartet will sing.
The newspaper notes Enrico Caruso the famed tenor is in London with his wife and children. He enjoys the royal Victorian Order honor conferred by the king and is sharing in the family’s public recognition.
The notice lists Monuments Art Martle Company located at 2011 Second Ave three doors north of Virginia St with phones 1738. No further details provided.
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