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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1904
Page
4
The city debates licensing a beer garden at Madison Park amid calls for decisive action by Mayor Ballinger. Police Chief Delaney backs the plan, while critics urge a stand against saloon expansion, demanding a barred gate for vice and a clean administration. The mayor must choose between restricting liquor to current districts or allowing wider access.
A columnist lampoons Johnson and city officials for trying to curb Fourth of July excesses by law while noting that boys will seek loud fireworks and dangerous demonstrations. The piece warns that even strict rules may fail to curb the tradition of pyrotechnic bravado among young Americans.
A collage of snippets notes gossip, stock market chatter and rail travel. Officials discuss conflicting dispatches from St Petersburg about Kuro patkin with denials expected. A new sleeper called Quanixintoconoysin arrives on the Pennsylvania line.
Advice on heating and cooking poultry without a stove, keeping eggs from chilling, and using replacement roosters from the Racket store. The text stresses not refrigerating eggs and notes a 3 p.m. call related to a hen’s nesting.
Notice to subscribers that if the Star does not arrive by 7:00 PM, a copy will be sent at once by special messenger between 4:00 and 7:06 PM.
Advertises a fine new cottage available for $390 with monthly payments of $8 for the house and 80 cents for city water. Includes sidewalks telephones and electric lights. Terms promise free rent and wood. Located 15 minutes by Washington street car to Southeast Seattle.
The trial of John Preston alias The Mysterious Kid began in the superior court. The defense aims to undermine Rev. John Truce Goddard the prosecuting witness by questioning his motives. Goddard, a well known local real estate and insurance man, testified to the robbery claim of 2386 dollars.
The Empire cut’s largest dredge, the world’s biggest at the time, carved through earth rapidly as crews pressed feverish attempts to finish the canal. It moved through soft ground with ease but stalled at solid rock, highlighting the immense challenge of the project.
State Labor Commissioner Blackman arrives to prosecute contractors including Frank McClellan for allegedly running crews ten hours on two contracts. City officials say contracts require eight hours but lack enforcement power. union leader F A Rust accuses officials of complicity and vows action with state aid to enforce the eight hour law.
A peculiar ad note references Pacific Canat Laundry in Beast, Indiana with the address 2669. The brief mentions stylish clothes and a Herald from 1889 tied to a father figure.
William Atkina, car inspector for the Canadian Pacific, Northern Pacific and Bellingham Bay and British Columbia railroads, was run over and badly injured by a Canadian Pacific freight train in the yards at Sumas yesterday.
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