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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1904
Page
4
A collage of snippets and jokes from a 20th century page notes General Kuroki and Russian education, New York python and giraffe rumors, Roosevelt war aims, a Josh Wise column, poems, cartoons, and miscellany. Various quips touch on ships, prizes, and social columns with no single cohesive news story.
A New York authority reports about 75,000 railroad workers have been laid off or given notice, roughly 7 percent of the workforce. Major lines including Pennsylvania, Vanderbilt, Gould, Harriman routes, and Chicago-centered belts cut thousands, with freight departments hardest hit and June 10 expected to close the cutback.
The Seattle Woodmen of the World held memorial services at Firet church for the year's dead. Graves were decorated and an oration given by Judge Milo A. Root. Prominent deceased include Fred Rice Rowell and three South Seattle camp members. In total 23 local Woodmen camps recorded deaths in the year. The City of Seattle steamed to southeastern Alaska with 133 passengers. Maj Langfitt led lighthouse staff north for government work.
T Mctaughlin aged many years left his lodgings at 215 Seneca street yesterday in suspected circumstances. Officials believe a despondent act led to his death. He left relatives’ address and asked his gold watch and chem be sent if anything happened. He remarked his days were numbered and would be gone for several days. Police watch for the missing man.
W George Dayne president of Shanghai municipal council arrived from the Orient and predicts peace overtures in the Japanese-Russo war will be made within three months and likely accepted by Russia. He states Port Arthur must fall within two weeks.
Frank M. Sullivan recalls June 6 1889 when the Morning Journal office burned during Seattle’s big blaze. He and colleagues printed a makeshift folio under an apple tree beside Pioneer Square and rushed thousands of copies into circulation despite the chaos.
John D. Ryan of Butte has been appointed resident director for all Amalgamated Copper properties in Montana with a salary of 10000 dollars a year. Born in Houghton Michigan, he started washing water for miners and selling mining machinery before rising through the copper trust to manage the Daly Bank and Trust Company and other properties. He may later become president of the company and is noted for mining knowledge and political neutrality.
In a Japanese quarter a motherly scene unfolds as women stitch a cloth covered with data and silently pray for soldiers fighting the war. The piece describes naval attaches in Tokyo, Admiral Togo, and a US lieutenant commander praising torpedo boats while downplaying battleships.
Mrs W Watkins of Pleasant City Ohio recalls a child saved from pneumonia and a terrible cough after using Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption. The advertisement promotes this cure for coughs colds and lung diseases with trial bottles free and prices of 0c and 1.00.
Beattie shop W. S. Tarrant & Co. advertises watch repair and retail jewelry including diamonds and silverware at 108 Cherry Street. Originators and manufacturers of Eagle Buttons and Charme.
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