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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1905
Page
2
Local sale announces discounts on silks negligees and shirts, with prices from 1.60 to 4.00. Men pants and workwear offered at reduced rates, plus heavy worsted pants and assorted fabrics on sale tomorrow. Window displays show patterns and bargain quantities.
Competent and practical men only are employed to look after your interests. A visit to our warerooms will convince you that we have a large and carefully selected stock. Call and let us talk over prices and terms. We shall also be pleased to have you look through our Small Musical Instrument Department. We sell the Victor Edison and Columbia Talking Machines and Records.
Tonight the one mile roller skating race in the Auditorium features more than a dozen amateur entrants. The 23 laps require careful positioning and clean running to avoid disqualification. The winner receives the medal on display at the First Avenue and Pike Street drug store, with the race starting at 7:30.
The guide describes drawing the cue ball from the red to the white by the end cushion, hitting low and left. It notes that when played this way, the balls will remain in favorable positions for the next shot.
The Seattle high school basketball teams face two Everett aggregations this evening at the Armory. Both Seattle squads are in strong form and seek to maintain their reputations after a flawless run. Everett teams arrive as champions from their section and have defeated solid opponents from British Columbia. Tipoff is at 8 15.
The Southern Pacific operates two daily trains on the Shasta route. Get tickets reservations and literature at Union Ticket office 608 First Avenue. EB Ellis is the General Agent.
Property offered at a bargain if sold within days. It is level cleared and on a good road one mile from BR R. Contact Reliance Trust Co. at 458 New York Mikeos for details.
Sophomores and freshmen will start baseball near Monday with seniors and juniors following. Hickey and others tested the boys in a practice game. Vassar granted a certificate allowing young women graduates without further exams. A debating and prize speaking contest, with seniors versus janitors and Frenchmen, is proposed. Two declamation contests will feature oratorical prose and dramatic speaking. Tonight the high school basketball teams meet Everett in the armory at 15 pm with mixed lineups for boys and girls teams.
Santa Barbara reports the Seattle Pacific Coast league hopefuls are progressing well in practice. Rusty Hall praises the squad as hard working with most players developing rapidly. Frary impresses as a strong hitter and plugger, while Vorheen Culver and Egan vie to prove the trio’s strength. McHale and Kare shine in the outfield as Kate speeds around the bases, and a Pennsylvania newcomer brings notable speed to the mix.
Kiddy Bishop plans a southeastern Klondike tour with scrapping material amid Alaska appeals. Edgar Ames defeats EB Secombe 100 to 47 at interclub Poe match, last night before players depart on business. Seattle Athletic Club to host baseball plan meeting next Wednesday for 1905 season. University of California oarsmen seek Oakland estuary and Stanford seeks Stockton channel, possibly cancelling intercollegiate regatta with Washington. Boston American League team holds spring praxes as preparations begin.
The unit exits Macon and heads toward Jacksonville New Orleans Montgomery Nashville and Knoxville for practice games two weeks before the regular season opens Captain Collins will lead his men during the trip after leaving Macon the squad will play in several cities on the way home.
Elderly mining man A D Steward is jailed on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. He allegedly sold a Weller street restaurant for 100 and offered Mt. Baker & Shuksan Mining stock at 20 cents a share to Mrs. J Lackey, who holds the contract for 1100 shares. Police consider him possibly demented. banker Furth and detective Adams were approached about his schemes. Marquis Angeleasy of Monte Carlo is dying of consumption after becoming bankrupt with 3,000,000 in liabilities.
An ad touts a startling mortality claim from appendicitis and peritonitis and promotes Dr King s New Life Pill as the sole reliable remedy. M Flannery of 14 Custom House Place Chicago is quoted praising its use for constipation and biliousness. 25 cents at G O Guy druggist.
The 10-year-old son of George Kirby was struck by a car near Chargetown while chasing a ball. He suffered severe leg injuries requiring amputation and died later at the county hospital. Motorman Wellman and Conductor Calpitta were held for investigation and released after review.
The corporations committee meets this afternoon to review Daulton’s measure for telephone rate cuts the American Improvement Company gan franchise and the street railway franchise applications by J A Moore and D H Gilman. Confusion over dates delayed last Wednesday’s regular meeting.
An older man cites daily use of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after meals as a key to his health, claiming a lifelong indoor life and no serious illness. The ad touts the tablets as harmless digestives with peptones and diastase, sold widely from Maine to California and abroad, priced at 60 cents for full packages and a cent-size option for weaker stomachs.
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