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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1906
Page
4
An analysis of a nationwide labor shortage with wages rising and abundant opportunities. The piece notes 8 million depositors in savings banks and widespread demand for workers in railways, manufacturing, and public works, questioning whether the scarcity is a famine or a harvest and urging the situation to persist.
Mrs Elkins reports lime use for beauty and health after a Washington trip and Carlsbad cure. Lime water, now popular in Europe and America, is said to aid bites and eruptions and tone the system. Eating limes with powdered anger is touted as a health beauty fad. Lime water is recommended in all drinking waters for adults and children during hot seasons.
A fragmentary page shows a prize contest offering $2 for best yarn and $1 for second prize, with advertising copy for Star Dust and various humorous verses. It includes snippets of interpersonal lines, mock ads, and assorted quotations from multiple authors along with local notices and street scene chatter.
A collage of letters from readers and editors debating how sixty million dollars should be used to influence public policy and journalism. Calls favor municipal ownership of essential services, free universal press access, religious papers, and model tenements, with visions of social reform and public good.
Early today police arrested Charles J. Green as a suspect after Officer James Cook was shot at Seventh and Townsend Street. A .45 caliber cartridge was found on Green, and Cook lies in serious condition in hospital following a wire theft interdiction attempt by four men.
A schooner named Celia with a crew from Santa Cruz to Monterey ran ashore at rocks two miles south of Point Pinos. The captain and one crew member made the shore safely at Monterey. The other boat with Mate Anderson A M Bishop Albion Lumber superintendent his wife and three children and Pri ton Kimteon were not yet accounted for.
Hatters invite men and boys to visit the BAR GAR 88 HAT by Beattie Hat Factory at 1210 Beoandav for an affordable, well finished hat with snap. The ad promises individuality and value with a limited offer of 65 hats.
Reported in Olympia, two Alaska bears presented to Captain Omar J Humphrey of the Alaska Canat Co caused a disturbance in a New York City exhibit after a long trip from Seattle. The hungry animals fought over food, the keeper was forced to retreat to the attendants, and the bears grabbed food from the pit area. Nearby observers noted the incident as chaotic and dangerous.
Vancouver reports appalling desolation from fires at Howe Sound. Provincial Constable Smith says the blaze wiped out a camp and a sett of Finns. A man named Madden faces trial here for starting the fire.
William Robinson age 35 died alone last night in a lodging house at 419 Yesler Way after reportedly using drugs. The Henney-Watson parlors removed the body and county burial will follow. no close acquaintances are known.
Before the new school term, have children’s eyes examined by an expert optician. You may save sight and money with glasses priced from $1 and up. Schuchard Optical Co located at 1207 Seconday.
A fragment notes a jewelry theft involving G. N. Godfrey Loan Office at five and mentions continuing in Room 21 at Collins bus corner and James. The text is incomplete and lacks clear dates or names beyond G. N. Godfrey.
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