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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1904
Page
5
A newspaper note promotes a day trip to Lake Park Addition near Lake Washington. It suggests families bring lunch and consider building a summer home as an investment or year round retreat, pitching favorable low prices and terms within reach of Seattle area residents.
Chiffon offered at 27 cents per yard after stock purchase from M. D. Pease. Yardage advertised for coats priced 12 to 18 dollars at 3.65 dollars. Sale at Chesbro's Piano House locations 1505 and Avenue.
President Roosevelt enjoys a real vacation at Sagamore Hill with rest and recreation. He will not participate in campaigning and limits visitors to those holding official passes. Family activities include target shooting, rowing, tennis, and wood chopping with Mayflower and Dolphin available for use.
A blaze at a Pine street warehouse in Gaffney destroyed the structure before 11 PM. Firefighters from the Snoqualmie and local apparatus fought flames threatening nearby property and wharves. The sheet iron and wood building held baled hay and grain. Fire Chief Cook predicted limited overall loss. Freight trains blocked by the fireyard delayed response.
The Canadian Pacific Navigation steamer Princess Beat rice faces a $200 fine if libel proceedings in federal court succeed. The charge alleges the vessel violated customs laws by transporting P. B. Kern from Victoria to Beattie shortly after his landing there.
A city reported as being aboard the Princess May during a voyage from Briagway to Sentle. The sighting places the royal traveler on the vessel as it proceeds along its stated route.
A letter to Chief Cook of the fire department accompanied by a 150 donation from Stateon-Peat Mill Company thanks the department for its excellent work during a late fire. The check will be given to the Firemen's Relief association treasurer.
Butte Montana July 18 Sellers Lareey a young millionaire famed for automobile trips drew attention again as two tramp engineers towed his touring car after stealing it near Missoula While he pursued the vehicle officers recaptured it and Lareey hired a watcher to guard the machine during trips jointly the episode highlights the perils of public hitches and car misuse.
A set of short notices describes paving work in Walla Walla let to Barber Asphalt Paving Co Seattle for 100 500 dollars, a steamer grounding at Nanaimo with no damage, a railway consignment for Yokohama via Tacoma, and a court ruling on a fraternal order tax law. Also noted are a protest against aviation petitions, a Spokane mine owner dying in Scotland, labor discrimination concerns in Tacoma, and rail shipments destined for Korea.
Mrs. Nellie Shaw of Georgetown aged bound gagged and robbed by three intruders last Monday night. They tied her hands fed a cloth gag and searched the premises while a boarder later found her unconscious and called the marshal. Authorities questioned several suspects but released them for lack of evidence.
Atlantic City yielded to the Mystic Shrine nobles as the 30th imperial council began sessions. In Ottumwa the Iowa State Bar Association plans its annual meeting for tomorrow and Friday. Wheeling saw William Mercer Owens Dawson nominated for governor after a turbulent Republican convention. Paris reports two French cruisers ready to sail to Tangier to preserve order in Morocco.
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