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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1905
Page
7
President Ward Kitlett of the Ithern Ta and his party return to St Paul after a four weeks western tour. General Manager Horn says he knows little of the telegraph operators dispute and will hold a conference soon to learn the trouble, not expecting immediate difficulties.
State board report links religious revivals in Topeka and nearby counties to rising insanity. From a single county with a protracted meeting last year, 52 insane persons were gathered in the past year, with similar results noted elsewhere in the state.
Several residents report seeing the ghost of Fred Rows the prizefighter killed in a recent bout here stirring fresh superstition as townsfolk stay indoors at night. A patchwork of other short notices travels with no clear linkage to the main event.
A Seattle man, Charles Mehmidt, is alleged missing. A letter to The Star confirms a prior message from the supposed deceased. Mrs Schmidt accuses him of fled duties and uses insurance receipts while Carter claims Mehmidt lives under an assumed name with W. C. Lumber.
Investors plan a new manufactory in the city to produce Avoamite using a clay and red sand deposit found on nearby land. Dr. William Howe is the principal stockholder, and work is expected to begin immediately.
In Lafayette Indiana on Saturday Edward Frammel traveling enbeerman was jailed for 20 days and fined 20 dollars for smoking a cigarette in public. He refused to pay the fine while calmly walking the street and smoking a gold tipped cigarette.
The 1,800-ton steamers Buckman and Wateen, recently bought by Barneson Tibbard of San Francisco, arrive in Seattle on August 4 for extensive repairs. They will be converted from coal to oil burners and likely deployed on the Alaska run after refurbishment. The vessels were purchased in New York and were transporting fruit.
Police raided a backroom gambling operation near Matson Barbers and Becond and James streets in Seattle. Knights of the Green Cloth were arrested and later released after posting bonds as detectives seized cards money and equipment. A second raid at 216 Washington yielded seven gamblers and a pile of gambling gear.
In Chautauqua New York on July 10 notes say Holmes faces possible criminal prosecution after a corruption scandal emerges. Senator Knox of Pennsylvania is due at Sagamore Hill tomorrow night while Chairman Shonts and Chief Engineer Stevens on the canal commission are expected soon.
Premier Rouvier announced in the chamber that the entente with Germany is completed and that essential points of France’s prior pacts with other powers remain intact. The agreement with Germany was read to the chamber. Georgetown, Ky., July 10 report notes a threatened clash of state and...
Federal authorities over jurisdiction in the Caleb Powers assassination case were avoided today as Judge Stout continued the case in state court and remanded Powers to jail. United States Marshal Sharp will take Powers to Nebraska after noon for an appeal to a federal court.
New listing for Prince Chinese Restaurant at 1516 First Avenue near Pike offers noodles chop suey and American meals. Opens as a local dining option serving varied Chinese and American dishes.
A vintage catalog fragment from Spinning's Satisfactory Store at 1310 Second Ave lists items with prices including Le Boy coaster brake at 46.48, Hage Ladtew Biepote at 40, Coaster Brake Bowes bicycle at 66, and 14 inch Henley Crescent mowers priced around 4 to 8. Also mentions garden rakes 6 to 664 and a money refund note for unsatisfactory pencils.
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