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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1901
Page
2
The Seattle Star listing shows publishing offices in Seattle New York and Chicago with contact numbers for business and editorial departments. It notes delivery by carriers and pricing per copy and per week with varying subscription terms.
An article imagines a government program recruiting young men for Indian farming instruction, promising excitement, rough labor, and frontier imagery. It contrasts eager applicants with Native traditions, suggesting lives of hard work and potential clashes as the program unfolds.
A ship sails to Havana carrying educated young Americans and a sizable group of women determined to teach Cuba about cleanliness, good habits, and civic virtue. The piece frames education as the path to enduring liberty and national strength for Cuba and the Philippines, portraying the effort as a peaceful war against ignorance led by youth.
J P Hubrick, in Seattle after leaving Daw son, proposes a Yukon river ferry to connect Dawson and West Dawson. He favors a submarine or overhead cable system and weighs feasibility given river sag and distance. The project would greatly ease crossing for residents after emigration to West Dawson increased traffic.
Prices on West Street stay firm with berries at 1.50, potatoes at two cents, and butter and egg markets steady with an upward tilt. Ig Fonte reports some cases, cents noted as part of the early trading.
A disjointed catalog of supermarket goods with varied prices. Items include lemons 2.50, limes per case, cooking apples 1.50, eating apples 2.50, Valencia oranges 2.75 to 3.00, bananas 2.25, olives per gallon, grapefruit 2.50 to 2.75, strawberries 1.0 to 2.0, peaches 0.60 to 1.00, potatoes 40.00 per ton, lettuce 1.25 a case, tomatoes 1.50, spinach, asparagus, and other produce with scattered figures and unit indicators.
The notice lists prices for fruits vegetables and meats including cucumbers onions cauliflower parsnips and 754% per dos, 1.50 dollars for some items, various beef mutton pork veal and ham prices, butter cheese eggs poultry and dairy items with regional references to Washington New York Wisconsin California and Seattle price data. It also notes corrected daily Seattle dock prices for grain hay butter cheese eggs poultry and livestock with figures for barley wheat corn bran hay and live stock values.
A fire was discovered at 2 30 yesterday afternoon on the roof of W H Peters real estate office in Ballard. Fire was put out with hand buckets and damage described as slight.
Stevens and Stevens at 203 Pike Street advertises phenomenal prices on clothing and furnishings. The promotion highlights deep discounts likely aimed at drawing shoppers to the store.
Companies operating the Skagway run approve higher passenger fares effective July 1. First class rises by 10 dollars and second class by 4 dollars over current rates, with freight and excursion rates unchanged at 90 dollars. The agreement follows a recent rate war among Dodwell & Co and the Washington & Alaska Steamship Co along with Alaska Steamship Co and Pacific Coast Steamship Co.
Ballard city council last night approved the committee report on gan fran chine per J W Clise and special le. It decided to renew liquor license for W Abernathy after complaints. Abernathy agreed to discharge his current bartender amid trouble claims. Street improvement bids for Frank W Fraser and Walter Maney were accepted.
Humane Officer Ridgway, chasing a logging camp near Kirkland across Lake Washington, was misled into a wild goose chase that lasted until 10 p.m. He rode a long route with his horse, becoming exhausted and nearly dead upon return to Kirkland after a misdirected search for horses in a frightful condition.
MARRIED W W Feiger and Miss Vina Clapp, prominent Port Townsend figures, wed at St. Mark's Episcopal Church yesterday evening. Feiger, a Jefferson County attorney and former prosecuting attorney, married into Clapp family as daughter of State Senator C F Clapp. Rev F P Be Hyland officiated. bride given away by her father. Attendants included Mr and Mrs Judge, Mrs Rh Ballinger, Mrs Geo Stewart, and Lieut H B Eat. New bath houses, Madrona Villa.
Public works advertised for bids to lay a 12 inch water main on Broadway between Madison and Jefferson. City hall woodwork is undergoing cleaning. A Saturday baseball game between city hall teams and the court house team is expected to draw a large crowd as offices may close at 3 PM to attend.
The item list details White Lawn and India Linen garments with various tucks, embroidery, lace insertions, and collar styles. Several examples show different fronts including Valenciennes edging, sailor collars, and hemstitched finishes priced from 1.46 to 3.48.
A writ of habeas corpus is requested in the Sule Kay case alleging her unlawful detention by the North Pacific Breamship Co at Port Town Send as an illegal resident of the United States.
An odd 1069 telephone note mentions Dr Waggoner and pest teeth, with a clipped phrase about dental care. The fragment hints at a promotional or personal contact item from a historical advertisement page.
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