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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1906
Page
6
A collage of real estate listings and equipment ads. Listings describe farms near Kent Bremerton and Bothell with details on acreage water access and terms. Also mentions sporting goods and rifles with several names and address blocks in the Seattle area.
The baroque mix lists theater openings and engagements at Beattie Seattle Grand and Star with Mme Modjeska, plus a large Weyman Tobacco factory closure in Duquesne. It shifts to real estate ads for tide lands, factory sites, and parcels near Georgetown and Meany Meadow Garden, with agents like PITZORRAND & MILVILLE and MER CRANE & CO. INC. Also mentions land ready for plow and subdivided parcels near Madison and Jefferson.
Mies Henrietta Hansen of Norway married last month after traveling to Dawson to see her lover William Williams on the Alaskan frontier. Canadian mounted police will deliver mail weekly to Dawson. White Pass mail stages reduce second class matter. Governor McLone endorses drafting police to curb overflow. Judge N. V. Harlan predicts Judge Wickersham's appointment will be confirmed soon.
Jan Hallard and Amanda Holiong reveal Ballard schools enroll 2,400 students with 62 teachers, the largest attendance yet and a proud year for education. Police reports show about 360 arrests in the year, mainly intoxication, while post office receipts set new records and building permits reach 691 for dwellings and business projects.
Washington January 1 crowds of statesmen diplomats soldiers and citizens gathered at the White House to pay homage to President and Mrs Roosevelt. The 11 o’clock doors opened for three hours as visitors filed past the couple in the blue parlor. The event was marked by wealth, gowns, and cordial goodwill with Vice President Hobart absent for eight years, Fairbanks leading the cabinet line and Miss Alice Roosevelt among the congratulating guests. Baron Rosen of Japan did not attend.
State brief lists a series of local news items including a new creamery for Riverside near Anacortes lead discovery, a Wenatchee poultry show slated for June 18, and Great Northern fruit figures. Also reports a Seaside Shingle mill fire in Everett with a loss of thirty five thousand dollars. Geo Barnett of Ellensburg arrested for counterfeiting in Chehalis. Jack Anderson of Bellingham commits suicide by stepping in front of a train. William Holmes of Bellingham tried to carry dynamite aboard a steamer for mining purposes and was arrested.
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