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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1904
Page
2
An advertising notice asserts Pyramid Pile Cure can cure hemorrhoids quickly without surgery. It promotes relief of congestion and tumors and states many patients, including hospital-treated cases, were cured. The ad urges readers to order from Pyramid Drug Co. in Marshall, Michigan for price and details.
The Chicago financier Russell rose from a $80 a month bank job to run a bond selling firm with offices in Chicago New York Buffalo San Francisco and more. He financed the Hit tunnel project in Chicago and numerous mining gas and rail ventures while maintaining residences in Chicago and New York. He pledged to compensate investors when his advice failed and earned trust through honesty and decisive risk taking.
R. J. Meorner, J. Abigo, Frank Kelly, J. Wilson, and Charlie Jones were arrested for opium smoking last evening. Detectives Hubberd, Carr and McClure found them in a Main Street lodging house.
Reports from Welser and Tacoma cover political nominations in Idaho, a possible murder case in Almota, homesteading near Puyallup, and Johnston logging suspensions due to storms. Other items note a new fire engine in Walla Walla, a dock proposal on the Columbia, repairs on the Skagit river, and local political planning ahead of elections. Also mentioned are a bishopric resignation and editorial on waistcoats for men.
The article notes evening club wear featuring lavender, pearl gray and deep cream waistcoats with cravating woven patterns. Day waistcoats use multicolor weaving and buttons matched to the garment color, with some buttons colored to blend with the prevailing shade.
A branch of the Fruit Dispatch Company in conjunction with the United States Fruit Company will open in Seattle soon to control the banana trade in the region. W. D. Cheney will manage the Seattle office, with Lug Del Orto and J. Krane in city to arrange the launch. Previously the Pacific Northwest trade operated from San Francisco.
Minnesota hosts major Republican district meetings this week with endorsements for Roosevelt. The Eighth district convenes in Duluth and the Fifth in Minneapolis. A state convention in Minneapolis Thursday will adopt resolutions and choose four delegates-at-large to the Chicago convention.
An old notice asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure, made by J. Cheney & Co, contains no mercury and works internally. It warns mercury harms smell and the entire system, urges readers to seek testimonials free of charge, and mentions the product is sold by physicians with prescription.
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