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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1905
Page
7
gBORGE V. PIPER & CO offers peal ESTATee AND INSURANCE properties in Bound View Addition to ANNE. Six units already sold to Sosan the Audition with easy terms and grand view. Prospects note convenient access via McGraw Street and Queen Anne avenues. Contact Colman Block office at 2453 and telephone listings for details.
An invitation advertises Lang's store services including a soda fountain and convenient offerings. It asks neighbors to visit to fill prescriptions and drop off parcels while enjoying information access and public-place usage.
Columbia and Marion Streets present a sale of innovative kitchen tools and brushes. Featured items include a Fruit Jar Wrench and a Polished Hammer with low prices and mail order options. Customers can shop from June 5 at the store or by mail from Barbrock Mall Box 35e.
A citywide, citizen-led uprising in Philadelphia denounces corrupt commercial politics and vows to oust the machine. Mayor Weaver splits from the Republican graft, rallying lawyers, doctors, merchants and citizens in nightly meetings and street speeches demanding honest government and liberty from franchise bribes.
P. A. Hallbert owner of the Union bakery and Pat H. Dolan owner of the Sterling Hotel bar were served warrants by morning for failing to remove rear garbage. Sanitary Inspector Windt is the prosecuting witness. The Washington Good Ready Association plans a Portland meeting in June led by President Samuel Hill.
The city indicts leaders of the United Gas Improvement Company as dangerous enemies amid calls to drive out corrupt influence. Prominent directors Cement Griscom Thomas Dolan Samuel Shipley W W Gibbs Randall Morgan Samuel Bodine faced public rebuke as plans for a $100 million franchise theft surfaced. Mayor Weaver was pressured by a reform movement seeking honest government.
A lone robber held up twenty men at a gambling resort in Douglas last night and took nearly $4,000. He escaped after being wounded, and a suspect is in custody.
A 10-year-old boy near L. C. Gilman at 720 South Thirtieth spotted two men inside the Gilman home and yelled, causing the burglars to flee. While the Gilman and neighbor Ralph Gotthard were away downtown Friday evening, both houses were ransacked but no loot was taken.
Milwaukee hosts the North American Skat League annual meeting and tournament opening with players arriving from Minneapolis Chicago Detroit Indianapolis Buffalo Philadelphia and other points. The three day event is expected to be the largest and most successful in league history.
The annual relay races and field sports carnival under the Western Intercollegiate association will be held at Marshall Field on Saturday afternoon. Eleven colleges including Chicago, Michigan, Notre Dame, Purdue, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri and Dasnels are represented. The meet is expected to be the best yet with Chicago and Michigan competing for the first place.
Beattie presents an art exhibit featuring works by Carlotta Meurock Julian It ter Mia Monaman Kerslake Clifton A. Paron and a Celia K Robb crayon. A lace covered dress made over three years with intricate patterns by Babbitt is also displayed. Sculptor Babbitt displays busts of Lewis and Clark set to travel to the Portland fair after the local exhibit.
Alice Goddard was granted a divorce from J. B. Goddard on grounds of ill treatment. She testified he choked her at breakfast and once handed her 30 cents when she asked for money. The court ordered alimony of forty dollars per month, noting regret at not making it a hundred.
The Seattle Homeneekers secured an option on 106 acres at Leschi park along Lake Washington. D. N. Gil anticipated final purchase soon as land values rise with regional growth. The firm plans water and gas service and development after full possession. Bertha Hopkins sentenced to one year in Walla Walla for petty larceny, linked to stealing rings and lace from a employer.
Additional Northern Pacific service to Spokane starts June 4 leaving Seattle at 2 p m daily. The new schedule brings total Beattie to Spokane trains to four per day.
A twenty man German delegation sails from Hamburg aboard the Moltke to participate in the North American Turnerbund festival in Indianapolis. The trip was arranged after talks among Street Superintendent Walters Mayor Bal Mager Captain Crawley and Secretary Meikle of the chamber of commerce.
A list of church services across Seattle including German M E Church Howe and J, Holy Trinity Lutheran, Friends meeting, First Unitarian, Free Methodist, First Church of Christ Scientist, Westminster, Trinity Methodist, Trinity Parish, Seattle Spiritual Association, Volunteers of America, and St Marys Parish. Services cover morning, afternoon, and evening hours with sermons, Sunday schools, and special events noted for the week.
Admiral George Dewey assesses the great battle in the Korean Strait. He notes Japan’s prepared fleet and torpedo boats, the Mosquito Fleet, outmaneuvering Russia’s commander Rozestvensky. Dewey predicts Russia’s peace prospects while praising Japanese tactics and readiness.
Mass times listed for Sacred Heart Church under Rev Geo A Hild and for the Church of the Immaculate Conception under Rev A Sweere. Early low masses at 6:00 and 7:30 a m, high masses at 10:30 a m, evening services at 8:20 p m, and devotions including rosary and benediction in the evenings.
Queen City Theosophical Society in America Pioneer block holds Sunday study class at 7:00 p m with To Secret Doctrine. lecture at 8:00 p m on The Fruitan ce and Ignorance by C J The Seattle Lodge at 1118 Third Avenue presents The Great Quest by Mrs B Wardall at 8:00 p m Hazel Mission 621 Sixth hosts meetings Sundays 2:00 p m and every evening at 8:00 p m
Rain did not dampen business as new goods arrived and markets remained active though late arrivals slowed. Prices listed include strawberries 2.50 per crate, native peas 8 cents, beans varying by type, and countless fruits and vegetables with regional names and prices across multiple categories.
A long mixed list shows prices for eggs, meats, sugar, flour, nuts, fish, poultry, and grains in Oregon markets and at Chicago Board of Trade. Numerous items with varied units detail current rates, from powdered sugar to oats and hay, plus stock quotes for major exchanges in New York and Liverpool.
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