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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1902
Page
2
The Seattle Star notice lists offices and departments, addresses for business editorial and management, and a pricing note for home delivery including per copy, weekly, and monthly rates. It shows the paper’s port of entry and monopoly as a historical record of the publication.
A banquet for The Writers' Club hears Lathrop of the Portland Evening Journal urge end to intercity knocking. He argues Seattle and Portland must unite to press Northwestern projects, noting unity strengthens influence in Congress and can secure canal and waterways, while rivalries waste scarce funds. He praises Roosevelt's leadership and calls harmony over strife.
An American, Giovanni P Morosini, former Jay Gould partner, offers 160000 dollars to the Campanile fund. Venice factions debate rebuilding, praising or denouncing the tower, while commercial tides rise with the ruin, and some propose sacrificing St Mark’s square for a new harbor.
A six month survey notes widespread earth tremors and volcanic activity on every continent except Australia. Readout lists January through July locations including Nova Scotia, Croatia, Mexico, Lisbon, Russia, Turkey, Italy, Iceland, Martinique, St Vincent, Spain, France, Creusot District, Cape Peninsula, Greece, Sicily, India and Himālayas.
City of Seattle and steamer Manette raced a three mile dash to settle speed. Both boats pushed full steam under smoky skies as crowds watched. Near the wharf Manette surged ahead with Captain McMillan executing a sharp turn to pull in first.
A 20 minute Sunday service is planned to run from 9 a m to 10 a m to accommodate Sabbath travelers. Beattie and ton Railway Co employees are on vacation, with paid time off as they take turns going home.
Five mammoth moose heads valued at 500 dollars and bear and moose skins worth 4400 were brought to Seattle aboard the Excelsior. The skins were secured on the Kenai Peninsula by L. Miller and Ed Whitcomb, two veteran Ontario trappers. The pair of horns has a 46 inch spread and weighs 5 pounds.
Mesars Whalley and Eastman filed this morning to vacate several streets in the Observatory and Madison Heights additions. They claim the streets are no longer necessary after property was re fatted and the layout has changed.
Orah Mable Krum, described as a pretty matron, was granted a divorce from John Krum on grounds of desertion. She testified he sent their two children to Astoria with a promise to follow but never appeared, later writing a letter entitled Friend Mable saying he no longer loved her. The case references Dunlap real estate and a $4 Union block.
West Seattle residents, angered by unlicensed liquor sales at a bathhouse near Uthat suburb, mob over 60 men raided the operation run by J. M. Brown and M. M. Deey. Police watched as the mob warned Marshal Lemonds and then destroyed the establishment, while Brown and Deey deny wrongdoing and threaten civil action. The raid follows prior license denials and claims the business operated without approval. Local citizens vow no more saloons in the new city.
Major John Millis, US engineer in charge, files a report to General Gilseo detailing ongoing and planned works on Lake Washington canal, Gray's Harbor bar, Willapa harbor, Olympia harbor, Puget Sound fortifications, and related river improvements. Expenditures last year totaled $499,685 on rivers and bars and $127,409 on fortifications with limited activity at Chehalis river and no work on Pend Oreille or Okanogan due to funds. Special Carpenter's Union meeting to elect delegates scheduled for July 29 at 1590 Fourth Avenue.
Spokane captured the series with Seattle by a 5 to 3 score as Mc Laughlin starred in center field. Seattle opened with two homers from Schwarts and Babbitt while Stovall and Pfeister hurled well for their teams. The Spokane win comes as Seattle stays on the road for a week after losing the home set to Tacoma. Opening game scheduled for tomorrow in Tacoma.
Fragmentary OCR item lists names and monetary terms tied to a bank, collateral and loans, with scattered phrases about cash, trust, and stamps. The readable text includes references to a street, individuals such as Neufelder Mayden Greenieat and a Cherry location, suggesting a local banking or financial notice.
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