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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1906
Page
4
Fragmentary notice from The Seattle Star describes post office address labels and receipt names for mail handling. It mentions three panels, listing dates, and printing addresses with recipient names. The garbled text implies a message about forwarding or labeling at the post office in Beat the Washington area.
A Chamber of Commerce special committee report supports the corporations committee and City Engineer Thomson on granting a Milwaukee Road terminal franchise. The document says the committee found both sides eager for an early adjustment while protecting city rights, with endorsements from Seattle and industry representatives.
Mayor elect Moore and councilmen elect vow to speed measures to expand seating on Seattle Electric street cars. Plan aims to increase car numbers and ensure passenger seating, with recalls as a tool to remove dissenters from the new council.
A letter questions famine relief for Japan and urges Seattle churches to aid local needs first. The writer contrasts Japan recovery efforts with foreign charity, asking why wealth and effort go abroad while local suffering remains unaddressed. James and Elliott sign the appeal.
A collection of quips and brief items from various sources including San Francisco reports on a human skin trade, remarks by J. Wise on commerce and profanity, Wayne county satire, and short notes from Springfield and Gentry Missouri. The fragmentary text references headlines, jokes, and odd observations without a single cohesive story.
A garbled historical page fragment references myths and jokes about Hades and a gatekeeper, plus society gossip on Richard Mansfield's retirement and theatre speculation. Mentions Anna Gould and Jay Gould’s financial maneuvering, with jovial asides about marriages and stage props.
The Grand opens Dorcas with Pauline Hall for three nights and a Saturday matinee promising a warm welcome on the Pacific coast. Her Double Life with Laura Frankenfield leads next Sunday and Monday. Gadeki appears next Tuesday. Reilly and Woods’ Hig Show comes to Seattle theater next week. The Avenue Girls burlesque and The White Caps melodrama entertainments appear at other venues. A Taylor company play Scotty King of the Desert Mine is announced for next week. The Star touts a long polite vaudeville program headlined by The Haviland trio, Spingold and company, Muller and Chunn, Bleach and Earth, Hall and Lorraine, and more.
The Kuskokwim region announces rich deposits of gold copper cinnabar and silver with exploration plans underway. A voyage is set for May 25 and inquiries directed to J F P Rodd & Co at 6238 Pioneer Bidg.
The accompanying drawings outline summer trends with circular skirts and shortened linen coats. Linens and organdies with lingerie trims dominate shop windows as fashion shifts toward princess lines and an overskirt double layer. Elbow to short sleeves mark the season, while embroidery panels and rich trimmings define the dressy gowns.
An 1860s paddle of treasure myths surfaces with Charles Taylor surviving a wreck near Roanoke Island and finding a money filled box. A peddler seizes a buried cache after a legal wrangle, while a Kentucky river bank disgorges a gold and silver hoard.
A special train excursion to California departs Seattle on March 16 with round trip price 85 dollars. Includes Pullman accommodations and aide trips. Limited number of passengers. Reservations through Northern Pacific ticket office or Secretary Williams of the Seattle Commercial Club at the Eitel Building.
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