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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1903
Page
2
The notice informs subscribers of a rate increase or change of cents per month and asks them to notify the office of their address changes. It states mail delivery and subscription details and notes the entry at the Seattle Washington post office.
A special dispatch from Melsingfors reports Finland facing unprecedented famine after a total crop failure last year. Cattle sales and limited milk support are not enough as peasants endure breadlike rations. authorities seek work programs while foreign aid trickles in amid scarce resources.
Rumors from Olympia suggest lawmakers across states abuse railroad passes. The Utah Senate backed a bill to bar passes for state officials but the House rejected it, leaving the practice largely intact. Calls grow for railroad free transport to all officials regardless of bribery concerns.
A tale of Dwiggins once aiming to conquer the Mississippi valley by buying controlling interests in 43 banks. He used promissory notes to fund acquisitions, causing a market slump that toppled his empire. Now he runs an insurance office in a western town.
The text highlights Henry Phipps, wealthy iron king linked to Andrew Carnegie, funding a grand hospital for consumption. He pledges to locate it in the city center, free to the poor, with top scientists and full comfort provisions, to fight tuberculosis and poverty-driven deaths.
The article notes New York matrons celebrate a practical shift in domestic service. They concede to servants by moving heavy Sunday dinners to hotels and replacing family meals with luncheons, enabling longer time off and less prep work, signaling a capitulation to changing servant hours.
The five to three ruling supports a state right to block divorces based on residence aimed solely at obtaining a divorce. It upholds Massachusetts limits and warns against fraud where a person moves solely to secure a divorce then returns home. The decision clarifies full faith and credit remains but restricts cross state legislative power.
Four weeks of night performances feature Hie Absent Boy attracting a full house. The plot follows Mr Pennie and his wife entangled in comic misunderstandings as affairs and the son’s future come into question. Mr Clarke delivers a clever performance with strong supporting cast led by Margaret Dale Owen. The Gram Opera House continues with Hourmen Hearts as a contrasting bill.
The Madison Theater hosts Vivian and vaudeville stars including Carroll and Nealy Vernon Mistern Dick Maurettus Carrell Smith and Rita. The review cites a sensationally bad show that amuses audiences with its sheer flaw while praising strong comic turns by William Woodside and Howard Ober in a playful farce about a barber mistaken for a son.
A movement seeks Clarence Darrow for Chicago mayor as a Democratic nominee to oppose Carter Harrison Sr. If defeated for the Democratic nomination he may run as an independent. Darrow aligns with labor groups and with the anti Morrison faction within the Democratic machine.
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