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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1899
Page
2
The text discusses future war, machinery, and strategy with references to France and trans continental ideas. It mentions the potential for longer conflicts, the role of technology, and the economies of war alongside non-military concerns. It also includes assorted unrelated lines on daily life and social observations.
A fragment notes a couple planned to wed at St. Peter's Cambridge and mentions a bride and groom named in connection with a wedding. A closed carriage and a reference to Lynn occur in the text, with a cryptic line about a Lincoln F4- Rave and St. Louis. The passage is garbled and lacks clear dates or outcomes.
The readable portion notes items like a hot plate, varnished doors, hooks, a cooking setup over a flue and a board described as strong. The text appears as a damaged historical fragment with missing context and unclear subject.
A collection of quotations on perseverance restraint and prudence from Verder Penn Emerson Bacon Rochefoucauld Lowell Byron Colton and Carlyle. The lines stress endurance concentration patience and courage as path to virtue and leadership.
Tonight and Sunday bring fair weather in Seattle and vicinity with warm temperatures and light variable winds. Northwest warmth persists while coast region warms and plains and mountains cool. High pressure dominates Northwest Washington. Idaho high may shift and California low may move northward, making Monday's outlook uncertain for Seattle.
A caller questions a mother about her son Sean James who has risen to director after six months at a large corporation. He is praised as a superb penman and just finished directing ten thousand circulars. A board member describes him as a silent partner who funds the firm while refraining from speech.
Excursion to Olympia on Sunday with the steamer State of Washington leaving Yelaer wharf at 7 30 am with Tacoma call both ways. Riders may join from Tacoma to Olympia or Olympia to Tacoma. Round trip fare is 0 cents with tickets at Leo's Pharmacy. See lion cubs at Madivon Park.
In a clipped exchange, neighbors discuss the new residents living in close quarters. They note a large family, limited social contact, and rumors about the sister who supports the household, with comments on privacy and daily routines.
At Homestead Pennsylvania Carnegie Steel refuses to recognize the Amalgamated Association. A new lodge named True Blue club with 400 to 660 members exists among workers. Dozens of discharges follow, targeting leaders of the lodge while the union seeks eventual recognition. No immediate action is planned by either side.
Warren Nelson of South Dakota arrived by the City of Seattle with a grim report from Five Fingers rapid. On June 19 the Ora sighted and capsized a scow, overturning it the day before. Eight men rode the craft. four drowned, two saved by mounted police and brought overland to Danson. Some crew were from Seattle.
City plans a sidewalk ordinance to be reviewed by the council next Monday. City Engineer Thompson explains costs are uncertain and provides rough estimates for different materials including wooden sidewalks at 60 cents to 6 dollars per running foot, vitrified brick at 1.25 dollars per square yard, cement up to 1.50 dollars, and natural stone not readily produced for sidewalks.
Preliminary surveying work moves ahead with Engineer Whitworth driving piles on the Waterfront line to gauge needed lengths. The proposed route starts at Rail road avenue, runs to Colorado street, with branches toward the east waterway and Dwamish avenue. Right of way is not secured yet and crews operate along the Dwamish river. mine opening near Franklin is slowed by labor shortages.
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