Dollar Club Will Be Good Thing for Lillys
Beloved Bellevue worker Workman Lilly facing mortifying leg decay after three operations. He roams Beattie streets seeking work to support his wife and children as Dollar club members send in donations to ease their desperate hunger and shelter needs. Lilly’s courage inspires ongoing Dollar club support.
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Lillys
Fortune
Lilly
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North Pola
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Beattie
Members of the Dollar Club Honor Various Contributors
A handwritten roster lists numerous individuals and businesses tied to the Dollar Club. Names include Geo. Chesbro, Miss May Viken, Wm. Steffen, Mrs. James Ritchie, Chas. W. Gorham, Jolliffe & Co, Nicholson, Gilbert Bros, Mrs. F. W. Wusthoff, Geo. D. Cherrier, Henry Schuett, W. Parry Smith, Y. Searles, Mrs. A. E. Dowling, Max H. Berliner, Chas. Kunkel, Parisian Dye, and others with small monetary acknowledgments and memberships noted beside each name.
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Geo. Chesbro, Kohler & Chase
Miss May Viken
Marion
Star Coffee House
Ballard
Wm. Steffen
Madison Park Pavilion
James Ritchie
K. K
N. T. Jolliffe, Jolliffe & Co
Nicholson
Westlake
Gilbert Bros
Seventh and Pike
F. W. Wusthoff
Yealer
Ccveseaeess
Dollar Club
Geo. D. Cherrier
Columbia
Henry Schuett
W. Parry Smith
EB. Eee
Howard
Y. Searles
North Dakota
Snes
A. E. Dowling
Woodlawn
H. C. Meacham
Green Lake
Max H. Berliner
Gortenam
Balieed
Seeecan
Seeecan Seeviceenn Amo Chas. Kunkel
Sherman Clay Co
John Hacken
Qilhab
Dollar club helps rebuild family after fire
A Bellevue celebration led by R. Lilly and his family, aided by the Dollar club, raised nearly a hundred dollars for a poverty stricken family. The funds aim to restore the burned home, refill the cupboard, and clothe the Lilly children as volunteers continue gathering contributions.
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Lilly
Lillys Furniture for New Home
Munson and Noah at Sixth and Pike announce Lillys Furniture for a new home purchase. A concise listing notes location and seller in a local business notice style.
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Lillys
Munson & Noah
Sixth
Pike
Fragmentary Rome reference and plan for a feature
A passerby and his wife discuss their upcoming feature project as ashes of a once pretty Rome lie scattered, hinting at a reflective, uncertain moment. The dialogue suggests a casual, exploratory scene without a clear plot or outcome.
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Rome
Lilly and his crippled leg a workman’s hard struggle
The tale follows Workman Lilly whose bad leg and accident drive a pitiful fight to feed and clothe his family, a story told to touch readers and highlight the worker’s hardship.
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Lilly
Dollar Club Membership Drive Published by The Star
The Star invites readers to join the Dollar Club for a charitable cause. Send one dollar with the form to gain admission and have your name announced daily. donors may contribute more for additional memberships to brighten the Lilly family’s fate.
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Lilly
Wave of Reform Hits Ballard as Officials Crack Down
Ballard moves against gambling as Chief Bennett and Councilman Ingalls lead a crusade. They confiscate slot machines and destroy gambling paraphernalia, with owners threatening suits and licenses at risk. Ingalls hints at mayoral plans while Kean clashes with Fisher over license revocation.
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Calaboose
Ingalls
F. F. Fisher
White Front
Ballard Bar
Kean
Wisher
Heat wave sweeps cities with multiple deaths
In Chicago five people have died from extreme heat as temperatures hit 93 degrees at noon with no relief in sight. St Paul and Minneapolis report three heat fatalities in the last 24 hours. Lincoln Nebraska endures a 99 degree day with scorching corn and several prostrations, no fatalities reported so far.
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ST. Paul
Minneapolis
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Weather Forecast Fair and Warmer With NW Winds
Tonight and Tuesday forecast calls for fair skies and rising temperatures. A brief note compares bank clearings totals to prior year with July 17 figures of 1 249 500 62 and 1904 Sunday reference.
The Stork Has Called Four Times at M'Cranns
Dr W J M Crann writes about his growing large family and the costs of raising children. He reflects on shopping, diet, and the joy and chaos of a busy household, while critiquing wealth inequality and industrial pressures on wages.
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Stork
M’cranns
W. J. M’crann
South Omaha
the Star
Brewery Lawsuit Fallout and Shipping News Update
In Seattle the Brewing and Malting Co lost an injunction bid against the Brewery Union as Judge Hanford delayed ruling and noted the suit should target individual strikers if any. In Philadelphia an elevator accident injured several including Solicitor Harry T. King with leg injuries and possible death. The landing cargo ship carried 25 passengers and 1,600,000 feet of lumber from Tacoma, with plans to Manila. Portland reports Congressman Williamson denying land fraud conspiracy charges and related trials proceeding. Cronstadt reports mutiny aboard the battleship Importer Alexander II and mutinous Minine disaffection. Warsaw reports a detective shot and killed. later Ekaterinberg mutiny quelled. leaders imprisoned.
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Seattle Brewing & Malting Company
Brewery
Hanford
Emory
G Kriete
Brewers’ Union
Colonel Noyes
Snake River
United States Army
Dix
Tacoma
Manila
Marine Notes Ships Arrive with Freight and Passengers
The Meteor from Tacoma will sail to San Francisco on Thursday with coal. Tampico from Nome arrived Sunday with no passengers and plans to sail July 28 with 8,000 tons for Nome and St Michaels. Skagway liner Jefferson to carry a doctors excursion of 150 men and families starting Tuesday morning.
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Meteor
Pacific Coast Company
Tacoma
San Francisco
L. H. Gray & Co
Tampico
Nome
St. Michaels
Alaska Steamship Company
Skagway
Jefferson
Czar Banishes Grand Duke Constan tinovitch to Stavropol
The Berliner Zeitung reports the czar banished his cousin Grand Duke Konstantinovich to Stavropol in the Caucasus for contacting revolutionary conspirators. The grand duke is held in an isolated house under strict guard.
Knudson copper ledge discovered near Valdez amid goldseeker fever
The Star reports the Knudson copper mine near Valdez, found after three years of search. Miners rush to Siamna Lake area, 300 miles from Sunrise City, Cook’s Inlet, amid tall tales of prior fatalities and a vast ore body. The main vein runs 25 feet thick and extends for miles, with estimates approaching three million tons.
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Star
Valdez
Knudson
Diggin's
Siamna Lake
Sunrise City
Cook's Inlet
Kuskokwim
Hofstadt
Bristol Bay
Wilds
Unimak
Strawbridge
Sekdovia
City to set electricity rates at council meeting
The city council plans a regular meeting Monday night to discuss electricity rates while a first reading of the rate adjustment ordinance is prepared with blank figures. Mayor Burnett says the city power plant can serve most districts and may influence bids for the Union depot, though he stays noncommittal on competition. The outcome hinges on daytime versus nighttime use and efforts to balance two established local providers.
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Burnett
Green Lake
Union
Oooth
City Light
Woman in Mint hall shoots at husband in jealous incident
Everett July 17 Mrs Steve Barker 16 is jailed after firing five pistol shots at her husband in the Mint dance hall. Only two shots rang true and both missed. Jealousy cited as the motive.
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Everett
Steve Barker
Mint Dance Hall
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