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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1899
Page
3
The Star explains it has adapted its format for quick reading after the evening meal. The aim is to provide a swift, concise panorama of world and local matters for busy people, with focus on readability and efficiency in the after-dinner half hour.
A shift toward an easy breezy reporting style marks The Star as it favors concise direct statements over old fashioned ponderous editorials. The piece notes readers prefer brisk copy and plain speaking in contemporary newspaper writing.
The readable fragments outline a local notice referencing several entities labeled as local authorities and programs. Details are sparse but imply official actions or listings connected to municipal or neighborhood matters and eligibility or access items.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company lists sailings for Queen, Walla Walla, Umatilla from Seattle to San Francisco and for Cottage City City of Topeka and Al Ki from Seattle to Alaska. Sailings run March through May with dates every fifth day or every sixth day as noted. Details include departure times and ports via Victoria and Port Townsend, with notices that schedules may change without notice.
An old man in a shaggy overcoat explains he went to Kansas to seek a widow he once knew and propose marriage. He notes no crops or local conditions and travels back after spending $60 to chase the Kansas widow rather than marry a New Hampshire girl.
Real estate transfers listed include H R Carr to Evan E Chapin. L N Markle and Katherine Markle. B E Farnham and R R Farnham to James A McPhee. Mount Pleasant Cemetery properties to Charles W Reed. Phillip Arden to Lydia Arden. Lydia Arden to R A Brown. Robertson Mortgage Co to Chas. Rufus P Lincoln and Caroline Lincoln to Joshua Dorley. J J Miller to H R Levett. Margaret Pontius to Jennie Pontius. Peter Hesser and Sarah Hesser to Dora Twigg. numerous tracts in Gilman Park and Willamette Meridian described with lots and widths. transfers total amounts ranging from $1 to $635.
A New York man and Ridgewood club members dragged the burning Record building to safety with ropes and pulleys as eight buildings burned and water pressure failed. The editor watched, then salvaged type and notes. a dramatic rescue by subscribers and local figures saved the newspaper.
Chicago March 29 The body of a man between 20 and 35 with sandy hair was found in a Swift & Company refrigerator car at Forty-seventh and Peoria streets. Police suspect murder for robbery, believing the crime occurred en route from Newberry. The car washer Michael Heffron opened the car and found the victim’s battered body with a fractured skull and gouged eye.
The premature report of Mr. Sherman’s death stirred embarrassment. New York papers printed a detailed deathbed scene and last words. A local spiritualist group held a séance, claiming contact with Sherman’s disembodied spirit and receiving messages yet undelivered.
Co, FF. Brown district passenger agent of the Union Pacific is in the city from Portland. James A. Clock general agent of the Wisconsin Centraline in the jetty from Portland. R. C. Stevens, general western passenger agent of the Great Northern, left last night for Portland.
Trading paused for half an hour at the Mer chante' Exchange when two stylish women in the balcony flashed a note to a prominent young trader. The note, wrapped in a newspaper and tied with a string, drew brokers’ attention as the unidentified pair signaled from above.
Charles N. Crittenton’s ten day series at First M E church concluded last night as he left for Tacoma. Hundreds gathered to bid farewell at the depot with Mrs. Moffatt. Florence Crittenton Mission Circle formed yesterday with officers Mrs. Parkhurst, Mrs. Taylor, and Winnie Thomas. about fifty members. A further meeting is planned Friday to complete the organization.
A youth starting in theater work was sent to fetch the key to the curtain by a stage carpenter. The neighboring theater sent back a heavy iron weight and jokes about a missing Mr. Lutz, who was born without arms. The prank ended with the youth enduring a blunt reception from Mr. Lutz, whose temper flared.
Pendleton Oregon March 29. J H Pree a Lee's crossing farmer chased two hobos who looted his home and carried valuables. He loaded a shotgun buckshot and marched the thieves eight miles toward town to recover his cash and goods.
The Rev. Thomas McGrady of St. Anthony's Belleview Kentucky argues in The Two Kingdoms that the United States is drifting toward imperialism and ecclesiastical monarchy should end. He says priests should let their own bishops and congregations appoint rectors and opposes sending three episcopal candidates to Rome. He urges school board and teacher selection by denomination based on pupil representation.
Canton Missa? March 2. The gun used in the shooting of George Bax ton is now in the hands of Prosecuting Attorney Pomerene who will not reveal further details. Mrs. George was not in possession of a gun at arrest and the weapon was found under a culvert on Bigin avenue where she had been seen.
Presiding Elder Merrell of the Peoria district in central Illinois conference was bound over after a late evening arrest on a charge of sending a mail card that threatened Rev. J. H. McCoy, former pastor of the Manito Methodist church, with punishment if he did not reform.
A clear-eyed tramp visits the editorial rooms to sell a kitchen tale about a Queen Anne hill cook and a pole baked with receipts. The kitchen editor dismisses the story as a wild fabrication, while Bridget and the cook recount a comic disaster with a newspaper recipe failing in the oven.
A tall disheveled man with muddy boots arrives at the Statehouse in Indianapolis and delivers a bundle of crooked sticks to the governor’s office. He demands seven thousand dollars as payment, claiming the state owes him thousands and has for years. The Stick Man is a recurring annual figure at the Capitol, often naming the sticks with biblical and profane labels.
Colfax reports farmers nationwide note little damage to fall sown wheat from the cold. Winter wheat acreage likely under one-tenth of this year's crop need re sowing. West of Colfax farm work advanced while farther north and east await spring plowing. Winter weather killed most apricots and peaches and many early cherries. Grain prospects for the year appear excellent with soil saturated deeply.
Otto Kieeman of Portland recounts a comic duel where his dog attacked a new cactus. The plant was torn to shreds in a noisy tussle leaving the dog punctured and the cactus defeated as a costly victory. The dog may fight another day but not with a cactus.
The St Louis Post reports Polly Owens, wife of William Owens, has endured fourteen marriages, eight divorces, and one death ending each. Born of mixed heritage, she has six children and a broad Hendricks county network.
A beautiful girl tells her father that George Fitz-Montmorency will call on him. He defends his honor as the college football rush line star and Intercollegiate middleweight wrestling champion. The daughter hopes for his hand, and the father yields.
Lan Hing of Hongkong married Miss Mary Jordahl of Des Moines Iowa in Milwaukee. The 26 year old groom wore a silk-lined overcoat and tan gloves with a silk hat. Justice Dullea performed the ceremony.
Mrs. L. E. B. Houghton sues Mrs. Gervaise Graham for $200 claiming a facial procedure in September 1894 promised half-face treatment and six months of show window results. She alleges severe pain, skin removal, and lasting neuralgia, with the other half to be treated later.
An observer recalls a widow mother of four on a Cumberland river headwaters farm. She manages 140 acres with wheat and corn, keeps cattle and hogs, runs the work herself, and laments the load without hired help, saying she even has to run her husband.
Albert Burns of near Deila, Kentucky, was struck by lightning while eating supper yesterday evening. The bolt ripped a large hole in the house roof and demolished the table where he sat. Several family members at the table were spared serious injury despite the blast.
A morning mishap ends in a comic domestic scene as a husband discovers his coffee is spiked with cloves. The man drinks hot but off tasting brew, then yells in fright as his wife reveals the mix up. The incident finishes with a lesson on mistaken ingredients.
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