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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1904
Page
4
A skeptical essay notes that scientists warn of germs and nervous shocks from kissing yet argues romance persists. It recalls ancient fears of infection and social risk, but concludes the custom would likely endure despite imagined dangers.
A historical column cites Ethan Allen Hitchcock and other notable figures to argue against fixed age limits for usefulness. It questions setting a disability threshold at 62 and notes many prominent individuals born in the 1800s remain active well past traditional ages. The piece defends continued public service despite advancing age.
An advertisement touts He Wa Chinese Medicine Co offering cures for rheumatism asthma catarrh stomach kidney liver and female and private diseases with herbal and root remedies. Also notices announce meetings May 3 1904 in Seattle for Grizzly Bear Mining Co and Planet Gold and Silver Mining Co to vote on disincorporation and dissolution.
The Grizzly Bear Mining Co of Seattle Washington gives notice of a stockholders meeting. Details include date time location and agenda for shareholders to discuss corporate matters. Provisions for attendance and voting procedures may be specified in the official notice.
The fragmentary item mix references a Boxer uprising and troubling remarks about the Nome Indians burying baby girls. It includes odd asides on weather, a Kentucky home slogan, and a mock Weather Sensation Man in Lemington. It ends with a Seattle advertising pitch for climate samples.
A playful, fragmentary humor piece blends myth and nursery mischief. Perseus and Medusa appear in a mock dialogue about fear and humor. A quip about mothers-in-law and Pluto’s domain closes the stream of light verse notes.
Speech derives from wartime chatter with two individuals trading racial insults including knocker and grafter labels amid hostile banter. The fragment provides no broader context or outcome and lacks verifiable details.
Mt Ton harvest expected to be exceptionally large as the strawberry crop begins next week. The Bellingham Electric franchise for Enoqualmie firm faces ruin after council edits block vital amendments. A Hawren brakeman on a Northern Pacific freight train was killed at Bedro Woolley. Spokane Brewitfig & Malling workers strike. J P Mullinix, Walla Walla resident, buried by Masons. a Tennessee native. Willie Davis, 11, sentenced for stealing fifteen bicycles in one week. Ogden H Roice, a California pioneer, died after moving to Tacoma ten years ago. Prof Edwin A Snow, English professor, at Walla Walla Agricultural College. Clyde Redrick, Kenes fugitive, captured near Spokane. sought for bank refracting. Everett streetcars to be painted yellow to deter vandalism. Mrs James Parker of Grant Creek trampled to death by horse. leaves three children. Forty men in Salem prison stone foundry mutinied Friday night. Report of opposition to BC and US cannerymen conference denied. Canadians to work with Americans. Mee Mary Figleski, driven crazy by nine children, threw her baby from a Great Northern train. baby unhurt.
Faithful watchers stand just outside the bar listening to breakers roar and awaiting schooners laden with amber steina. They endure danger daily with one aim to be at their post as the foam gashes the shore and hope remains in sight.
Morence Kearney captain of Texan filibusters is captured during the Mier expedition into Mexico. In Mexico City Luisa Valverde, daughter of Don Jenacio, ignores Santa Anna’s invitation as Countess Almonte appears, a striking beauty of Conquistador lineage and Aztec princess descent.
The passage describes the City of Mexico’s beauty from roofs and balconies, yet a young woman on a balcony looks out with no delight or happiness, her gaze contrasting with the surrounding urban splendor.
A woman watches for a pedestrian report from her trusted servant Joce, sent on a confidential errand to Tacubaya. Her aim is to learn if among Texan prisoners there is a Flor ence Kearney, a detail kept secret yet of delicate importance.
Dona Luisa Valverde learns her lover may still live as she returns to town after hearing of the captive train. A gilded card from the dictator invites her to a grand procession with a state carriage, signaling a malignant plot behind the pageantry.
Louies Valverde and Isabel Almonte, close friends in Mexico, learn that a beloved figure is alive but imprisoned. Valverde bursts with breathless hope while Isabel processes the shock and puzzlement of the discovery amid social wealth and peril.
Wake Ark pastor Rev. Jno. 8 Cox claims twelve years of yellow jaundice ended after using Electric Bitters. He says medicines failed but Bitters cured his liver and kidney ailments. Advertisement urges readers to try Electric Bitters for stomach disorders and debility, guaranteed by G. O. Guy Inc.
In a tense exchange, Lusina Valverde and Isabel discuss Ruperto, a Liberal ally accused of highway robbery and imprisoned. Isabel insists the charge is a political fabrication, while Lusina defends Ruperto as a patriot and former ally now estranged by exile and rumors.
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