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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1905
Page
3
The notice outlines daily floor sale themes with Tuesday as Third Floor Day and items on sale including Jardinier Stands Center and Library Tables Go Carts Metal Beds Dressers and Chiffoniers Prices show significant cuts on selected pieces such as Hall Mirror Hall Seat Bookcase Jardinier Stand and Work Table with Tuesday only discounts and cut to figures.
The Proteous arrived from New Orleans to quarantine. All aboard are well and crew granted short liberty. Immigrant screening in New Orleans barred infected or suspected passengers. Ninety six cabin travelers passed. five from Italian quarters rejected.
Reverend Minot J Savage argues against absolute Bible based divorce bans, urging case by case judgment. He describes the complexity of marriages, benefits of faithful unions, and the need to protect children, cautions about intolerable homes, and calls for careful evaluation of each situation. The piece ends noting the Northern Pacific timetable and new buffet-grill service on the Seattle Spokane route.
Busy peace and scandal filled President Roosevelt's day at Oyster Bay as Baron Rosen Secretary Wilson and US Minister to Roumania Riddell arrived for talks. Rosen said he would arrange an introduction to M Witte Russia's plenipotentiary and a date for Roosevelt to receive him likely Wednesday or Thursday. The trio lunched with the president.
Charles Davis aged 21 died at county hospital after an arm injury from a railway accident near Meeker Junction. He had been en route to Yakima wheat fields, fell from a train, his arm was amputated, and he did not survive the postoperative shock.
The D. & Johnston Co launches a major surplus stock sale starting Monday at 9:30 a.m. to clear about $65,000 in piano and organ inventory. Showcasing brands like Kimball, H. M. Cable, Krell French, Lagonda, and more, with deep discounts and installment terms.
Taylor company presented The Derby Mascot to Seattle crowds Sunday night and drew crowded houses. The play depicts racing life in the South with character impersonations by Miss Taylor and Atte Tex. The production is partly crude but features stirring moments and comedy. the Star theater promises a full week of this and other attractions including Kieleta Dream Anderson children Hall and Pomeroy acts.
Final arrangements by the local Pacific Coast Advertising Men's association set a banquet for Professor A. F. Sheldon at the Hotel Washington next Monday evening. Sheldon, a national authority on business methods, will address the audience on "The Science of Business Getting and Business Building." Tickets will be available to managers and salespeople from local firms.
The Seattle board of works set aside 10 acres of its 260 acre pest house tract at Beacon Hill for a municipal horse burial ground. Urgent need prompted the move as Seattle Fertilizing Works has been forced to quit at South Seattle, and the city will dispose of all horses dying in the area rather than rely on a private firm.
In Valdosta Georgia Rev J G Rawlins found guilty as an accessory to the murder of two Carter children. Unless a higher court intervenes, Rawlins and his sons Milton and Jesse and Alfred Moore await execution. Rawlins and Carter were rival Methodist ministers.
San Francisco authorities halted an extensive scheme to grant U S citizenship to waterfront workers and seamen. Special Agent Richard H. Taylor jailed nine alleged ring members after a 11 month probe, including Frank Johnson Gustav Holmgren Herman Von Busse Paul Ruppmund William Ahil strand Ernest Graessler and Frank A. Wirtanen. The plan bribed officials for fake five year residency proofs and quick officer papers to seize American ships. One confessed.
J W Mount 68 shot himself Sunday at home in San Diego. He left a note on the door asking his wife to bring a neighbor inside. she complied and found him dead in a chair.
Ten thousand workers idle as the strike spreads daily and clashes with troops occur. Two large iron works halt operations. The Northern Pacific introduces buffet grill service on new trains to Spokane with the first run from Seattle at 2 p.m. daily starting July 20.
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