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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1904
Page
2
A promotional piece invites patronage for mutual betterment through deposits in a reliable bank. It promises to provide information on officers directors interest rates hours and all-day Saturday availability. Names listed include Jr J DD Lowman Ferdinand Sehmits George Donworth and others.
Union Savings & Trust Co located at 112 Cherry Street lists Bank of Cape Nome Nome Alaska as Seattle agents.
A seven foot, muscular giant is said to roam Cooseourity mountains near Nomehurg Oregon. Ranchers and miners describe a terrorizing figure, suspected to be an insane prospector. Authorities consider an organized hunt, with prior attempts failing.
C three Sullivan, the boy who fell six feet down the elevator shaft of Rainier hardware last December, had a broken leg and internal injuries but has nearly recovered and expects to resume work soon. He landed on his feet on the basement first floor and was initially thought fatally hurt.
The Nowoe Vremya reports a Towewk Province governor's order forcing all Japanese living there to stay indoors and remove shop signs, saying he cannot guarantee their protection any other way.
Corporation Counsel Gilliam plans court action to condemn a three mile stretch of right of way for cedar river electric lines from the municipal lighting plant. Kent Lumber Company owns timber land in the route between head works and the power plant, opposing the condemnation. The first twenty nine miles are already in use as a water pipe route.
The article describes Vladivostok with a Greek cathedral as a centerpiece and Korean workers earning rouble and a half a day amid ten years of labors in grading paving and building the railway. It mentions Chinese workers alongside the Korean and notes a police search in New Westminster for stolen horses belonging to John Cade.
German forces defeat the Herero at Omatakeberg in Berlin reports. Two Germans killed and three wounded while ten Herero are killed. Germans capture Omurambs and seize several thousand head of cattle from the colony.
The McCoy law testing today in Olympia concerns selling timber separately from land when timber volume exceeds 1 000 000 feet per quarter section. Attorney HB F Heraton and many northwest lumbermen attend the proceedings. John, an 87 year old Chinaman who trekked Idaho fires in 1861, died near Kendrick. Peck Idaho is isolated with two weeks of washout and flooded approaches. Walter Campbell near South Bend was badly hurt by falling branches and may die. Contralia Milla runs at full capacity with steady lumber demand. J Wayland Clark to photograph residences for the Whatcom County World’s Fair album in St Louis.
Nellingham 18 plans major preparations for the G A FL annual encampment to be held in June 2103. The event will include the Warhing.
Reports show full settlements as the receiver for Copper Independent Mining Company is discharged. A regional gathering of veterans groups in Alaska and a Women’s Relief Corps session are expected to draw about two thousand attendees with Chamber of Commerce support for an excursion. Other items note a murder arrest in Helena, a shipment heading to Japan, and stolen property involving Col Louie and a Blackfoot pair. A Tacoma druggist shot by highwaymen is expected to survive.
The article forecasts the Columbia River area will see a historic peak in production as plants expand and fish processing is set to become a major industry.
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