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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1905
Page
4
Unclear text describes a downtown office at Ragley and Drug Co corner with mentions of subscription drop and news distribution. Names include E. W. Blackwood of Chicago and W. D. Ward of New York with addresses.
A collage of stray quips and notes covers topics from climate in Florida to rail guides and orange crop reports. The column touches on social aims, theater chatter, lengthy age myths, janitor jokes, and a burglary at 1515 Sixth Avenue with 27 hidden in a mattress. It ends noting John Simpson, a colored mortialinger, as the oldest man alive in chatter.
J A Moore and D H Gilman submitted a street railway franchise proposal to the council. The plan seeks a decent fare with routes from the union depot along Westlake Boulevard to Volunteer Park, a branch to Werthike and Mke to Queen Anne Hill, and a line from the depot to West Seattle. The corporations committee will consider the matter within weeks.
An essay argues for early and ongoing love as life guiding, citing Cicero and Eros. It champions marrying for happiness and partnership, warns against delaying romance, and contrasts ideal unions with ill assorted matches. The piece blends social musings with aphoristic reflections on love, aging, and fate.
London Feb 7. The Board of Trade reports on 2027 societies showing continuous growth of distributive and productive co operatives. Present total membership reaches 2,086,731, up from 1,245,066 a decade earlier, a 67 percent rise. Total stock loan and reserve capital stands at 285,316,550 with 1904 business activity totaling 496,050,745.
An ad describes constant coughing and rock breaking hammer blows as the harsh toll. It touts Ager Co’s Cherry Pectoral as cures and notes the product has been sold for sixty years with lingering health claims.
E. J. Washington, described as colored, was arrested by City Detectives Hubbard and Freeman in a Yesler Way barber shop. He fled the chair, but was captured. Tacoma had reported a similar escape and a forged $25 check cashed there.
A Burlington Kansas man testifies after ten years of suffering from piles that Pyramid Pile Cure cured him six years ago with a fifty cent and one dollar package. The remedy is a suppository for home use and is advertised by Pyramid Drug Co Marshall Michigan with free literature. Spinning’s offers bicycle repairs.
Report recalls Jennie Allen, an up town prostitute, arrested on mayoral orders to purge the area on upper Firat avenue. She served a 63 day sentence, was released early, and returned to her former haunts as police court proceedings loom. The council debates a rebate of an unexpired saloon license owed to Frank Herbert.
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