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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1905
Page
5
Amusements tonight include The Wise Guy at the Star and Polite Vaudeville at the Theater and Pantages with John L Sullivan. Packed houses greet Sullivan at Pantages while Lackaye’s Grand show attracts strong advance sales for Friday and Saturday engagements.
Forty five convicts infected with typhoid fever. Governor Mead visits Frank Pasquale, the Tacoma killer, at Wallin Walla but offers no sign of commuting death sentence. Jesse Allen, son of Castle Rock’s former mayor, dies in his father’s shingle mill accident. Tacoma Jail left empty for the first time in years as closure continues. Orvil Kincaid, Mount Vernon pioneer, passes away.
A respected state legislator and pioneer S V M Kinney dies after long service. Spokane typhoid fever outbreak persists as Garfield County awaits plans for the Spokane and Inland Electric Railway. Yakima Reservation set for enlargement under an old treaty to extend to the mountains.
City Engineer Thomason outlines a staged report to council, delivering Europe derived insights in eight meetings to prevent scions from fatigue. He will present gar bage crematory odors as study, then sea walls, cemeteries, pavements, parks, sewers, franchises and municipal ownership topics with detailed data.
Seattle Cereal company started work Wednesday on two warehouses to accompany a large flour mill planned at the foot of Massachusetts Avenue between Cen tennial and Hammond mills. The mill will process 300 barrels daily, exceeding output of the company’s Portland and Tacoma mills. Police Clerk Danny Drew returns to duty after a Portland honeymoon and receives a sideboard from fellow officers, prompting a grateful note to the "boys." His wife is pleased with the wedding gift.
The YERXA firm advertises delivery on orders of fifteen dollars or more with cartage for smaller sums. They offer 100 pound bags of Japan Rice, soap brands including White Pearl and Santa Claus Soap, 10 pound cartons of new crop Diack Figa, Parlor Matches, coffee such as Hoffman House, and 28 ounce screw-top air-tight cans. The ad highlights per-box and per-bag pricing and emphasizes quality.
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