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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1899
Page
2
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In the next twelve months horseless carriages are expected on Seattle streets. Automobiles show adaptability to hills, cost less to operate than horse drawn transport, and are praised for safety and efficiency. By year start, U S manufacturers expand with many vehicle types. California cities lead orders while Seattle lags in adoption.
Laborers at Point Wigan earn 25 cents an hour. Washington has over 12 million acres unappropriated and 12 million reserved. Colfax sold heavy farm equipment last week amid strong grain belt sales. Spokane real estate transfers total 1.985 million dollars in six months. Cruiser Olympia memorial talks advance after Fourth of July. Olympia fish traps report strong sockeye runs with thousands caught at several traps priced at 17 cents each. State wagon road progress south of Republic. Asotin fruit men form a horticultural society. Port Townsend quarantines tighten to guard against plague. New Whatcom enrolls 1576 students with 1118 daily attendees. Blaine man returns from Klondike with 19000 dollars, buys a farm. Bear tracks seen near Lazy Mountain puzzle locals. A genuine infernal machine found near Camas Prairie, 25 miles from Kelso.
The Castle Hock schools are in excellent condition with five departments and a ten year course. A two room addition is under construction and the district operates on a cash basis with a healthy balance to start next year. Chehalis Point jetty work progresses despite storms. Deputy Assessor Rutties cites Chelan county census figures as 4100 short of legal population for new county formation, affecting Chelan’s fate for now.
The Northern Pacific may resume its double daily transcontinental service after suspending it for a period. Dispatches from Tacoma report overland trains growing so large they must be divided into two sections. Officials admit the sectioned trains cost nearly as much as two trains and offer inferior service, arguing for the return of the non stop or single train schedule.
Charles A. Shute a bluejacket on the battleship Iowa was stabbed in the leg by a shipmate during a quarrel Saturday night near First Avenue and Columbia Street. The injured man declined to file a police complaint, saying the assailant brandished a large knife and he tried to seize it when the fight ended.
The Western Central Labor union advances preparations for the Labor Day jubilee with a committee led by W. A. Middleton W. G. Armstrong and F. W. Pike. Labor Day, the first Monday in September, falls on the fourth this year and organizers expect a large parade similar to last year. The union will keep open meetings limited until after Labor Day and a Cushman letter to the War Department seeks action on Rock Island navy yard machinists dispute.
Tomorrow afternoon at 3 o clock the Whitworth College committee of the Chamber of Commerce will meet to receive propositions for sites for the college. The committee includes Mesere H C Henry A Nadeen John Schram Griffith Davies and C J Smith.
A Washington girl claims a method to convey a living kiss via a lip impression on a letter. She used lipstick from rouge and a salve on a chilly day, creating a persuasive image that speaks for itself. She refined the technique by dampening paper and dusting lips with powder to prevent smudging.
A farewell reception will be tendered to Rev and Mrs Thomas Baldwin at Market Street Baptist Church tonight. Mr Baldwin has accepted a call from the Baptist church at Alameda California and will resign as pastor on July 4.
About nine miners at the Dorrance colliery of the Lehigh Valley Coal Co in Wilkes Barre Pa went on strike to oppose patent safety lamps. They demand the old open wick lamps claim the new devices are heavy and hard to fix without leaving the mine causing lost time.
A collection of short quips and observations on marriage wealth weather and social quirks. Highlights include remarks on pity courage and youth authority, plus a joke about a husband and a dollar. Also noting a 65 acre tract advertised by Moore Inv. Co and a copper cent stretched by wire.
William A. Watson files in the superior court a suit against T. A. Webb and wife seeking 816,722 damages for injuries from a sidewalk fall in front of their home resulting in a broken leg.
In Conshohocken Pennsylvania on July 10 William Shallow’s persistent attentions to a young woman led to his commitment to the Norristown asylum after a confrontation outside St Matthew's church. Police were summoned when he forced himself into the carriage as the woman and her family prepared to depart and was ejected.
Miss Bessie Emery a 19 year old from Washington D C rode from Broad Street Philadelphia to Atlantic City in three hours and 12 minutes establishing an unofficial bicycle record.
Start was made at 2 o clock with Mine Emery paced by John C Eppeleheimer of Washington. On arrival she was exhausted and taken to her hotel on Tennessee Avenue. She expressed pride in her record and challenged any other woman to lower it.
A six year old girl, Alice Gimpel, was struck by a van in New York. She was pulled free and, crying to her mother, died shortly after. Doctors attributed the death to fright.
An Omaha World-Herald editorial argues that a prominent man marrying a typewriter operator or a wealthy manufacturer marrying a flower girl challenges elitist judgments. It defends women who earn their living and maintain character over fashion and social status, citing history of humble origins.
A description of decorative and novelty items including coral sketches for pin trays, American flag rib bons tied with ribbons, crude mineral pieces, coconut shells with moss for pincushions, tiny cologne-filled Chinamen statues, mirrors with evergreen, a grinning statue for buttons, plush monkeys performing atop a mirror, and a gilt sign naming drawer contents.
At a Beattie Real Estate Board meeting on Saturday a new bylaw code was adopted to guide cases where sellers use the board instead of a broker. A. Corcoran explained the changes and a fund was raised for the National Editorial association. Dr. R. F. E. Newland of Los Angeles described a cheaper gold extraction process from ore discovered by Seattle parties and urged investigation and a demonstration plant locally, with a committee formed to pursue the matter.
Tomorrow evening the Stevens Post No. 1 G A R will dedicate its new second floor hall in the Collins block and mark its twenty-first anniversary. The program includes a dedication service and talks on post history, veteran legislation, and post future, with contributions from M. M. Holme, G W Tibbetts, HH Bigelow, Mrs Lida McKercher, J T Kinnear, C B Plimpton, Fr H W Hurd, and S W Clark. A light note mentions the Robinette girl learning to pedal a plane.
Disappearance of 16 year old Gena Missen Sho is reported in Beattie. She was seen with a man known as Ernest the Sport at a downtown restaurant and later at Wheeler restaurant with another man named Sharp. She left her bakery job on First Avenue near Pike Street last Saturday evening. Her father describes her as 16 years old, 5 feet 4 inches, brown hair, brown eyes, wearing a black skirt striped veil and a bicycle cap. Police are investigating and fear she may have left the city or be in hiding.
The Everett Hydraulic Mining Co. expects to begin sinking on its placer property on Ruby creek in Whatcom County about August 1. TB Ar onsen, superintendent, stated the property covers 400 acres of auriferous gravel land and about $50,000 has been spent on improvements. Gravel value ranges from 5 cents to 1 dollar per cable yard.
English clergymen debate the sex of angels as missionaries see women surpassing one percent of foreign workers. Mormon missions reported in the Philippines. German Baptist churches in the United States total 12,000 members. Trenton ministers attack Sunday ice cream and soda. A vacant Philadelphia church lists 106 pastor candidates. The Rev Bresinger of Mertstown refuses to preach over unpaid salary. Chicago described as a bishop nursery with recent consecrations to North Dakota Iowa and Nebraska. Guthrie Leader notes Rev Newby may lose parish support after a sermon inviting Bible reading and a prompt about the book of Jude.
Thomas Harvey, once a La Salle Street gum peddler, united major gum makers into a $9,000,000 trust. Firms include Beman White Tutti-Frutt Adame California Fruit Gum Kien Me, with underwriting in New York led by Charles R. Flint & Co. Perry Belmont is cited as a large investor. 6 percent of stock is cumulative preferred. Harvey’s rise from curb-stone dealer to founder of a trade journal propelled his ascent.
A man named Harvey sought to unite rival traders over trade terms and then traveled with Levi Mayer to New York. In Chicago he found stock for a gum trust and persuaded wealthy financiers to invest, using blunt methods and a brash approach to win their support.
A Cleveland magnate jokes about a popular young doctor with a beard and malapropisms while praising Julia Marlowe in a Rosalind role. He notes the performance was splendid but laments the author’s lack of more plays.
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