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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1899
Page
3
An order from Capt Hodges at Portland recruiting office directs enlisting as many white men as possible by next Monday. Recruits will be sent to San Francisco, equipped, and then deployed to the Philippines for service.
Manager Russell extends the Stuart’s comic players to run through next Saturday at the Third Avenue theatre after a successful start on Wednesday. The troupe, praised for clever artists and strong specialties, gains a longer run. At Oberon concert hall Irvin Baruch offers a first class program with a popular ladies’ orchestra.
Tacoma jurors Joly and Pight refused the $1 compensation for eight days of service in the Miller murder case. They, with four other talesmen, allege injustice as others received $24, and they hired attorney Frank Carroll to test the law. They seek equal pay for their term.
This afternoon at 4 o clock a meeting of merchants and businessmen in Seattle will be held at the chamber of commerce to arrange the erection of the proposed exposition building. The Star reported the proposition days ago. the meeting was postponed from yesterday for obvious reasons.
A collage of short items cites Tawney’s early life, church closures in Chicago, London open-air dining plans, a German scientist on tobacco aroma, NY legislature activity, Joseph Chamberlain note-taking habit, condor wingspan, corn bread versus wheat bread claims, Maitland Australia funeral flowers ban, Celentino Nigro’s 199th birthday dance, Irving Hale’s West Point records, McKinley hair sighting, Hobart forehead view, a Minnesotan teaching a young kingfisher to fish, labor shortages in England, and stray fragmented anecdotes about farms, bogey rides, and a young man and a girl.
A jumble of notes covers famine relief funding in 1892, Russian agricultural spend, and military costs, then shifts to English window drying devices, a St Joseph clergyman’s novel vacation plan, imperial German stables costs, and a Newfoundland dog famed for rescues. It closes with train incident in Greenfield and European industry notes.
National League results list Chicago beat Pittsburg 6 3 New York defeated Washington 6 2 Philadelphia beat Brooklyn 7 4 Louisville beat Cincinnati 11 7 Baltimore defeated Boston 5 4 Standings show Brooklyn Philadelphia Chicago Louisville Baltimore New York Cleveland and others with varying win totals and percentages.
Montgomery journalist reports Jones, a Black man, died from excessive happiness after being pardoned from a murder conviction. He returned to his Demopolis area home to greet his family but fainted and died in his mother's arms.
Reverend Joseph S. Thompson D D pastor of Macedonia A M E church Camden collapsed at the Camden district conference in Atlantic City while discussing Moral Worth of Union. He died within minutes due to heart trouble following a period of intense religious fervor.
The Household Economic association plans a domestic service information bureau with a woman superintendent. Applicants will be tested for work knowledge and offered training if needed. Weekly cookery and sanitation lessons will be provided plus monthly social events for bureau workers.
Washington July reports mounting distrust of General Otis as calls grow to replace him with Miles. Dispatches boast victories over insurgents with heavy losses, while questions rise about troop numbers and policy. Included are alarming price lists and market figures for foods and goods.
New Rochelle summer visitor actress Rose Coghlan reports a kissing bug bit her lip and required tube feeding. Other incidents include Miss Mattei Feeney bitten on a porch in Praaice ton date unknown and August Langwasser bitten at Scheelid grove with facial swelling after a visit to Bellevue hospital. Michael Cunningham suffered a painful bite on his arm while guarding his lip.
Fugitives posing as glass factory representatives swindle residents of Spring Valley and Troy Grove out of a $669 bonus for moving a two worker plant from Indiana. The scammers claim a $6000 fund remains in an unknown location, triggering public outrage in Troy.
The county auditor's office recorded multiple real estate transfers yesterday. Transactions include N P R Co to Carl Magnus Aur man for $400. Security Savings Bank to George Sturgens for Lot 270 in Kik and Columbia. Margaret Hyatt to Alice McLaughlin for Lot 9 Block 10 Nagle's Add for $1500. Landes Estate Co to Edward Van Derven et al for Maynard's Plat of Seattle for $15,000. Sarah Grows exr to Mattaline A. Pearson for Lots 2 and 3 Block 10 Yester's Second Add for $200. Mary Hainsworth et al to Maud J. Snyder for Lots 12-16 Block 2 HW Allens Filial Add for $225. William Raineworth et al to Maud J. Snyder for same lots for $225. Hudson B. Parsons to Elisa M. Parsons for an undivided half and lot 82 to La rbe. and Hudson B. Parsons to Eliza M. Parsons for Lots 7 and 8 Block 7 Francia R. Gray's La Grande Add for $?. Special Sale of fine notepaper in boxes announced by Denny Coryell Co at 716 Lat Ave.
Thursday morning market notes report a small supply of green produce awaiting California steamer delivery. Strawberries show slackening demand with rising prices around 1.25. Homegrown cherries arrive in large shipments but remain small, prices near 1.26. Egg and butter prices shift to 22 or 20s, eggs at 22, fish market firmness noted. Seattle round lot dock prices include grain oats 27.00 and barley 22.
A dense catalog of grocery pricing lists numerous items including graham flour at $2.09 per 50 pound bag, whole wheat flour $3.09, rye meal $9.75, rye flour $4.00, fancy rolled oats in various pack sizes, and several coffee brands with per pound or per hundred pound price points.
The notice lists sailings from Seattle via Port Townsend and Victoria to Alaska and Topeka, with dates in July August and September and every fifth day thereafter. It notes variations by route and ship, credits J F Trowbridge and agents Goodall Perkins & Co., and invites obtaining a folder for details.
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