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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1904
Page
2
An advertisement urges readers to invest as little as $1.00 to earn four percent interest over time. It touts a bank book and credit page as proof and invites prompt action to receive a favorable return.
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The Siwashes beat Portland 7 to 3 at Recreation Park. Seattle pitcher Young Charlie Hall stifled Portland until a four-run sixth inning. Van Haltren made a remarkable fielding dash while Thielman faltered. McCreedie homered for Portland as Seattle’s defense and timely hits secured the win.
A summary of scattered results shows Butte defeating Spokane 8 to 6 in Butte, Boise beating Salt Lake 10 to 5, Pittsburg topping Cincinnati 11 to 4, St. Louis narrowly beating Brooklyn 2 to 0, Chicago defeating Boston 7 to 4, and Cincinnati beating New York 4 to 3.
Brief standings show Boston in the lead with a 4 0 record and a 0.47 winning percentage, followed by teams with varied wins and losses. The fragmentary text lists wins and losses and includes partial team abbreviations, indicating ongoing season progress.
The listing shows several game scores including Washington 5 St. Louis 4 and Philadelphia 3 Chicago 0, Boston 3 Detroit 2, with Cleveland 16 noted in New York. The fragment hints at a broader set of results across multiple venues.
Horse racing at The Meadows yesterday produced many upsets as long shots beat favorites. Hive Eyes won the mile and nineteenth handicap from Forrest King with Platonius third. time 1 47 Hi. Smith rode the winner. Huxton was disqualified for riding in spots. Frivolous beat Gold Finder by a nose in the one mile event, time 1 42. Other races offered unexpected results and lively competition.
Graves, a special committer, sends a lengthy letter to Secretary Taft urging renewed negotiations to build a cartine to Port Lawton and asking Gen Humphries to inspect local facilities. He cites the 40 acre army site worth about 400000 dollars and a tide land access point, argues Seattle's cooperation, and demands road grading to enable a car line, noting four companies and a regimental band may soon be stationed at Fort Lawton.
Two vagrants were jailed after an attempted robbery and another offense. A vigilance committee later tarred and feathered them, apologizing to residents while ordering them to leave town, and the pair fled immediately after.
Comptroller Riplinger announces Walter A. Hall as secretary of the park board. Hall will devote part of his time to comptroller's work and is well known in the city, having previously been in the brokerage business.
Former Transvaal president Paul Kruger died at Clarens in Vaud Switzerland at dawn from heart weakness following pneumonia. He had been ill a month with loss of consciousness last week, and his daughter and son-in-law were at his bedside. The body was embalmed and kept for a possible transport to the Transvaal for burial beside his late wife.
Prof Frank B. Cooper will speak Sunday morning July 17 at 11 o'clock on The Moral Element in Public School Education. The talk will be at Chris tensen's hall Arcade building with Sunday school at 9 45 and parents urged to attend.
The Chamber of Commerce voted to fund the Filipino commission’s travel and local expenses in Seattle before its August return voyage from San Francisco to Manila. A telegram was sent to Col Edwards requesting the commission be invited to stop in Seattle en route. The group aims to cover Alaska reporting from Seattle rather than Portland and to support closer ties to the Northern territories.
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