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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1904
Page
4
Post office notice explains subscription delivery terms and rates for The Star Agency with prices per copy week and month. It notes that unpaid subscriptions are removed from mailing lists and requires address label details to update dates.
A feature on Jockey Phillipa in New Orleans highlights a country boy who earns a salary rivaling high officials and keeps a plain, disciplined life. He values his mother’s teachings, avoids whiskey, and uses his talent to gain speed without corruption. The piece argues character outweighs wealth and temptation.
A historic Army exhortation Linked to Col James Miller at Lundy Lane inspires a creed for perseverance. The piece contrasts quitters with those who push forward, noting battles in commerce as in war and urging shops and offices to display I WILL TRY as a spur to progress.
Congressman Sulzer relates a tale of a New York doctor famed among wealthy patients who overindulges at a club. He honors a patient with a late visit, misreads the scene, leaves humiliated, and wakes to a $150 check and a note claiming the incident was accidental. The doctor departs with a vow never to drink again.
In a Yorkshire house, Druce plots to entrap the famed Mme Sara as Antonia prepares for a pivotal ball. Rowland, heir to a pearl necklace, loves Antonia but fears exposure as tensions rise with Vandeleur and Sara’s entourage.
Ripley recounts a secret cosmetic surgery on a neck mole performed by Madame Sara with chloroform, while Lady Kennedy plans a London ball presence and arranges to welcome Eric Van deleur, Westminster’s police surgeon. Antonia’s pale dress and the enigmatic Antonian look fuel intrigue as Mme Bara arrives with a striking entourage including Achmed the Arabian.
Church notices list morning and evening sermons for First Presbyterian Westminster Presbyterian Trinity Parish and First Unitarian with topics including Christianity in mourning patience and philosophy loving the life and resisting temptations Judas repentance and the resurrection organ recital at 3 pm plus Sunday school and German Evangelical services.
The notice lists mass times sermons and services for Marys Parish Nev the Church of Our Lady of Good Help Sacred Heart Church and the Church of the Immaculate Conception with masses at various times daily and on Sundays and includes times for Sunday school vespers and benediction. It names Rev Geo A Mild and Rev A Sweere as clergy and notes locations at Twentieth Avenue Jackson Street Washington Street and Third Avenue.
Rabbi Joseph will lead Universal Religion services at Christensen's hall Sunday evening replacing Rev. A. W. Martin. He will address Ernest Stenan the Representative Wrench Scholar and Skeptic. The Beattie lodge lecture at 7 9 p m by Thomas A Barnes covers The Purpose of Life. Queen City Theosophical meeting in A O U W hall at 4 pm Mrs FP A Schwaegerl will speak on Altruism.
Fragmentary notes warn against mercury based catarrh treatments and claim internal use harms mucous surfaces. Mentions untrustworthy formulas, Toledo manufacturer references, and a threat of degraded health without clear product names or dates.
A free afternoon program at the Beattie theater features Dr Anita Newcombe McGee addressing the audience with Red Cross nurses aboard a bus decorated by local Japanese residents. Mrs Martha Brockman Gale leads music with the University band and Women's Glee club performing selections. Speakers include Rev M A Matthews Mrs Marion Daxter and Fannie W Cannon.
An advertisement touts Chinese roots herbs barks and vegetables as cures for rheumatism asthma catarrh stomach kidney liver and female diseases. It claims to have treated hundreds deemed hopeless and offers free consultation to prospective patients.
Advertisement promotes profits from selling eggs and berries on a 140 by 300 tract near Seattle. It claims earnings of over 13 dollars daily with 12 dozen eggs daily and up to 600 dollars worth of blackberries yearly. Includes a house for 675 dollars with 26 down and 10 monthly payments, plus garden tracts without the house 95 dollars up with 65 down and 65 cents per week.
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