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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1904

Page

8

The Holy City and Other Plays Highlight Seattle Stage

Seattle theater shows revive sacred drama The Holy City with an expanded cast and new scenery at the Seattle theater while The Little Outcast returns to Third Avenue with May Stockton’s company The Cinderella fairy tale ends its run at Alcazar with plans for a Christmas week production and a special City holiday matinee at the Seattle theater The Platt Fanning Company plans future spectacles including The Bottom of the Sea and the brick-wall escape scene Maye Yohe tours vaudeville and Tommy Russell prepares a one act piece after a long layoff Fire Chief Croker tightens whistle rules for theaters churches hotels and schools as a public safety measure The Chic Opera Company announced for Kent theater with La Banditta and A Country Courtship for two December shows and holiday fun

Holy City Seattle Miss Chap Mary the Magdalene Barabbas Sheldon Lewis Judas George Christie Peter Rifkeh Harrison Martha Katherine Gilman Micah Frances Blosson Salome Third Avenue Mayton Honore Tefore May Stockton Millicent Evans Alcazar Theater Croker New York England Chic Opera Com C Williams the Theater Kent Opera House Kent Theater

Judge George Will Handle English Conveyance Request

Police Judge George receives a business letter from William Smith & Sone of Weston Super Mare England. Fred Poole is involved and resides at 421 Main Street. The matter concerns a Weston Super Mare property conveyance and a Christmas gift remuneration.

George Old England William Smith England

Man Dies After Fire Rescue In North Seattle

Edward Larsen died at Wayside Emergency hospital after a week of burns from rescuing horses in a burning North Seattle stable. He lived in the stable room with a small oil stove that exploded, starting the fire. He was removed to the Bonney-Watson morgue.

Seattle Edward Larsen Wayside Larsen Bonney-Watson

Advertising Chief R. M. Hall Visits City With Wife

R. M. Hall advertising manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company arrives in the city with his wife as guests of his brother C. L. Hall. Hall is a prominent western newspaper man and has spent three years with the O R and N promoting northwest reading material for Harriman lines.

R. M. Hall Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company C. L. Hall Mr. Hall West Northwest Harriman Lines

Vandals Loot Cemetery Bush in Christmas Theft

A Tacoma cemetery was stripped of a beautiful holly bush with glossy leaves and red berries during the night. Neighbors condemn the petty theft as one of the most contemptible acts of vandalism ahead of the Christmas market.

Tacoma Vandala

Conflicting Tales Rise Over Plehve Murder

Reports from St Petersburg recount a chaotic sequence after Plehve was killed by a bombs. Names Sasoneff Porosneff Matveyeff appear and vanish as police claims shift. The rushed trial and secret proceedings hint at a deeper mystery behind Plehve’s assassin.

St. Petersburg Sesoneff Plehve Sasoneff Certin Ascovein Hase Porosneff Kusela Perexneff Poroeneff Porozneffs M. Plehve Ceme Mye Ferey Ban Beem Matveyeff Basoneff Iife Pororeff Aus Matveyeff-Porozneff Neveki Prospekt Russia T. Petersburg Ismailoff- Prospekthe Geneva Paris London Sasonef

Weather Teases Seattle With Christmas Forecast

Morning weather notes tease a varied Christmas forecast for Seattle with hints of rain and snow possibilities. The article recalls children preparing toboggans and gum boots, hoping for a “glorious time” if white Christmas powder falls, while forecasts lean toward mixed conditions.

Seattle Wien

Tacoma Boy Wins Haven Scholarship at Harvard

Cambridge Mass Dec 24 Fred Shoemaker 07 of Tacoma received a John Appleton Haven scholarship at Harvard. The award provides 400 dollars yearly income and was established in 1902 with a 10000 dollar principal by John Appleton Haven, Harvard graduate of 1813.

Cambridge Mass Harvard University Fred Shoemaker Tacoma John Appleton Haven

King Alfonso Narrowly Escapes Car Incident

From Madrid, December 24, reports say King Alfonso narrowly avoided a car mishap while driving yesterday. Details are sparse and the event is described as a close call with no serious injuries reported.

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