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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1904
Page
5
A traveling man from a St Louis hardware house explains he carries Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets to handle varied hotel fare and irregular meals. He credits the tablets with maintaining digestion and health, noting a fifty cent box monthly keeps him in fit condition for his work and proves more valuable than other daily expenses.
American German French and Italian correspondents in Tokio await permits to accompany Japanese armies. They face strict censorship, delays, and heavy baggage limits as they brace for a long, hard campaign. A famed American reporter jokes about carrying minimal gear while others haul vast outfits.
A wartime caption describes a Japanese spy seized near Port Arthur fortifications. The image claims Manchuria Korea and ports like Vladivostok are swarming with disguised Japanese operatives.
In Yokohama on February 29, reports describe the Japanese Red Cross care for Russian wounded after the Chemulpo attack. The czar offered to pay for care via the French consul, but the Japanese declined payment. Count Mataukata noted a donation to the Red Cross may be accepted for joint use, strengthening goodwill between nations despite hostilities.
Ray York a rural mail carrier at Walla Walla was arrested for taking $40 entrusted to him on his route. He confessed after being confronted with evidence and is held on $500 bond to appear before the United States grand jury.
The city and Colonel John T. Sloan lieutenant governor of South Carolina wed in a ceremony attended by friends and relatives from across the state. The newlyweds will reside in Columbia.
In a Clarke county superior court decision Mrs. Alice Woolf received 17500 dollars for the death of her husband killed at a grade crossing on the county road near Fruitvale. The tract also notes a Columbia River jetty contract, mine resumption in Silverton, a Kalama milk condensing plant plan, Pacific Packing run at Fairhaven, Bellingham lighting bids, and a brief note on J. B. Johnson aged 4 injured by an unknown incident.
Reports from Tacoma and surrounding towns recount a fatal tree fall and a derailment injuring a motorman and passengers. Other items note civic projects, estate appraisals, a ferry owner lost in the mountains, legal actions, and business expansions in Bellingham and Hoquiam.
Alonso White pleaded guilty in superior court to petty theft charges after being deemed weak minded. He received two six month sentences suspended and a 916 fine in each case for breaking into a room in the Skagit house last October and stealing clothing.
Edward Rowan a Democratic Ballard council member resigns citing unjust criticism of his conduct. An election follows and H Bohneider is elected to fill the vacancy.
Friends of Fred Tr Marvin secretary of the Democratic state central committee note his broad smile after Beat Ye day. Marvin hints at big news for the party but only shares the cause with a favored few. He is father to a newborn Democrat who weighed about 10 pounds at Overett on Monday.
A fierce storm around Vancouver Washington on March 23 tore roofs from barns and toppled fences. Local residents reported extensive wind damage across the area as power lines sparked and trees were uprooted amid the high winds. Authorities urged caution as cleanup began and assessments continued.
John Oliver of Philadelphia recalls a grave illness with yellow skin sunken eyes and back pain. He was told to use electric jitters and after three weeks of treatment reports improvement and a claim of being a “well man.” The ad promotes 60 cent bottles at a drug store on Second Avenue and Yesler.
Day and Sunday travel was interrupted as fallen trees blocked roads and the Columbia River ferry tied up for hours due to rough water. Logging camp roads remain in bad condition with business suspended until repairs are completed.
Seattle Chamber of Commerce plans a cooperative display with Tacoma at the fair. Seattle will represent King County and Tacoma will represent Pierce County. Adjacent booths will showcase the two counties with an estimated 19000 dollars needed to equip King County’s exhibit.
M. M. Austin of Winchester Indiana faced his wife’s stomach and liver trouble. After doctors could not help he used Dr King’s New Life Pills and she found relief at once and was finally cured. Available for 86 cents at G. O. Guy Inc. store on Second Avenue and Yesler.
A wedding of note took place in Spartanburg on March 23 with Mrs. Annie B. Gililam as the bride. Details of the ceremony and attendees were reported in the local notes of the day.
Originators and manufacturers of Eagle Buttons and Charme. Watch repairing and retail jewelry offered by W. S. Tarrant & Co. in Seattle, Washington. Located at 108 Cherry Street with services in diamonds and various jewelry items.
All Hands sale boasts heavy discounts on organs and pianos from makers like Mason & Hamlin and Kim Parker. New and second hand instruments pitched with terms of down and monthly payments, claiming savings up to hundreds of dollars and exclusive Simplex Piano Players.
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