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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1904
Page
2
A guide advises young readers to save small weekly amounts such as one or two or five dollars. With 4 percent interest, these deposits will grow, providing financial independence when age or motivation no longer supports work.
A notice lists John B. Jees and others in a consent proposal for an interest rate of four percent. Details reference Newman and Stewart as parties, with various names and places cited in the document.
An advertisement offers stage house pricing with a broad range for lower floor and balcony seating. Prices marked as ten cents and two cents for some sections, with one cent and twenty cents for others, suggesting an unusual sale strategy.
Steamer Perdita leaves Galbraith Dock foot of Madison Street at 7 a.m. daily except Mondays 7 30 a.m. round trip $1.60 good until June. Fares from any point on route to or from Hoods Canal set at 11.00. Returns same day to service location.
Union Steamship Co presents a spectacular recreation of Port Arthur Naval Battle on the old university grounds. Wagner's Military Band performs as 25 pieces accompany the show. Exhibits include torpedoes and battleships, 30 cannon firing at vessels 40 feet long. Reserved seats 1 cent admission.
City officials faced sharp criticism at Grand Opera House where Mrs. Marion Baxter urged action to aid the Wayside Mission hospital. Baxter and Matron Fannie Cannon pressed for city county cooperation as fines from May far exceed hospital funding. 47 patients rely on gratis physicians and minimal costs as the pair plead for community support to sustain care for the destitute.
J Bergin and L F Patton, two young men of good family, were arrested Saturday evening on a charge of petit larceny. They moved a gin cage from the Grant cafe on Third avenue between Union and Pike streets and left it in a doorway last Thursday night. The gun was recovered, and they were bailed and released pending trial.
The Manufacturers Association banquet at The Lincoln on Saturday discussed securing a lower pig iron rate to boost Seattle Puget Sound industry and rail shipments. A committee was named to negotiate with rail officials as current rates exceed seven year-ago levels, and a second panel was formed to address reduced insurance costs for manufacturers. The Snoqualmie fireboat crew faced condemnation over salvage actions involving the Piritte bark Simia.
A lecture event features Rev J W Bowen presenting on a topic of local interest. The occasion is expected to draw attendees from the community and nearby areas at a designated venue and date.
Dr. M. A. Matthews at First Church argued for concentrating church forces to aid workingmen and the poor. He stressed the need for meaningful church presence, noted the laboring class sustains much church support, and urged regional consolidation of denominational efforts to strengthen influence.
Samantha Hathaman receives $15 monthly alimony and custody of their child after divorcing Thomas Hathaman for desertion. Mary Streeter also divorces Horace Streeter on desertion and nonsupport, gaining all community property. A Cow Creek stockman, Robert Mason, was cleared of catching perch out of season under a 1961 bass perch and pike act. An ordinance requires NP Railway to install gates or a flagman at the C street crossing due to danger.
Baring residents press for a Skykomish river bridge after the narrow escape of James Blackwell and the drowning of his home last week. The Monitor Wyoming and torpedo boat destroyers Paul Jones and Perry are in Portland for the Fourth of July celebration.
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