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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1906
Page
2
Seattle fans greet the Seals and Braves at Recreation Park as a renewed season begins with Parke Wilton and a mix of old and new players. Roy Hitt or Nick Williams chosen for today's pitcher as Charlie Mali faces Seattle's lineup with Kid Mahler at second.
Fragmentary text shows a string of personal names and partial words with no discernible event or context. The readable bits include Hatteriee-Taybe Grady Reete King Matteriee Young Witte Devenahan Marshall Livingston Laerer and other garbled terms.
In Spokane the Northwest League game featured May and Batte in the tenth inning. Metatyre had three hits and two RBIs, while Gideon and Beaton contributed key plays. Roan and Mer provided offensive support as part of a tight late contest.
Mike Donovan a New York welterweight has issued a challenge to meet Joe Gans at 145 pounds. Donovan is a husky fighter known for never being knocked out though he has tasted defeats to Peter Jackson Walcott and Mysterious Billy Smith.
Ernest Hadiock is elected manager and Fred Burns captain of the high school senior baseball team. The squad will face the faculty team next week with additional games planned against the opposing team and the cadet company.
Cy Seymour rents in Cincinnati and is famed as a premier batter with a 457 season average. The piece mocks his wealth and fame while praising his batting and curves of pitchers. It also lists race results from Memphis and Lexington across several stakes events with horses Mary Thanks, Malorida, Andrea, and others.
Spokane high school nearly blanked by Relford's pitching as Seattle men scored nine runs. The teams meet again at Madison Park to decide the Northwest championship after Spokane won the opener 7 to 4.
The Egan Dramatic School showcases a Saturday evening program featuring two one act plays A Merry Meeting and Marble Arch. A May Pole dance by the 66 children in Fairyland costumes is staged, trained by Mr Frederick Christefmen, with Lilian Fisher Alice B R Hamblet Minnie Yeager and Frank C Fagen in supporting roles. The event occurs May 6 at Mean Christensen Mall Arcade building.
The final tournament for northwest golf began at Seattle Golf Country Club with nearly 80 entries. Qualifying rounds were played today as top northwestern players F A Newton and Roderick Macleay are absent, sparking a race to crown a new champion from Seattle, Portland, or other cities.
May 12 report from Centralia notes Beattle High aims to beat Seattle rivals in a showdown for the state championship. Warren Grieum ia, Belford and a host of top amateurs are highlighted as key pitchers, with Beattle predicted to reach peak form as the season advances.
L. H. Gray & Co. report telegraphic advices from Robert Dollar Co. that freight services from San Francisco to Seattle have resumed as before. The Melville Dollar and other steamers from San Francisco and Oakland depart Friday for Seattle and will carry any business offered.
A call in The Star invites readers to craft the final chapter of an unfinished story. The winner receives a season pass to all league games at Recreation Park this year. Entries must complete the sixth chapter and reflect the ongoing narrative tone.
A dramatic scene unfolds as runaway horses threaten a carriage with a terrified young woman aboard. Claude Halford leaps to help, grasps a bridle, but trips and is injured. Blood pours from a temple wound as onlookers urge him to safety and a doctor is summoned. The cliffhanger ends with anticipation for tomorrow.
Steamer Cottage City reports the German steamer Mariechen has floated at False Bay and been towed to Funter Bay where she will be beached for hull repairs. The Mariechen wreck occurred in December after prior failed salvage attempts. Cottage City carried a small list of passengers and little freight from the south.
Government plans purchase of school supplies and facilities for schools missions and reindeer stations in Alaska. W T Lott, government agent and Seattle resident, is circulating inquiries among Seattle merchants and transportation men about prices and facilities.
White of 2089 Collins Bidg is among the few tailors who do their own cutting and offer close personal attention to each suit, producing natty looking garments.
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