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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1904
Page
4
A chaotic medley of quips and references spans politics and war parody. Mock headlines spoof Judge Parker poetically, discuss presidential hopes, and riff on wartime figures and censorship. Nonsense verses, cartoon captions, and garbled notices mix with jokes about senators and generals.
The county convention named a strong ticket amid railroad lobby influence led by J. D. Farrell and Samuel H. Pires. Five lawyers appear for judgeships with praise for their character. A. W. Prater defeats John F. Miller for renomination, Kenneth Mackintosh is praised for prosecuting attorney, while W. Boott did not seek renomination. The platform endorses a direct primary law to curb factional methods and a pledge against the saloon evil.
A Cleveland judge hears a defendant rail against heredity as the cause of drinking. The piece rejects heredity as a justification, arguing individuals shape their fate through will and choice, citing examples of self-control and responsibility and noting most drinkers overcome or master tendencies rather than being ruled by ancestry.
The piece observes how fans and teams in the Pacific Coast league track the war’s influence on baseball. It cites reactions to the February Port Arthur action and notes that Japanese soldiers have changed attitudes toward Portland ball play.
At Mayor Unger suggestion the Charity Organisation Society called a large meeting for tomorrow at the Chamber of Commerce to unify the hospital-plan efforts. A two member committee will be appointed today and attendees include Mayor Ballinger, City Engineer Thomson, County Commissioners, council finance and buildings committees, Red Cross, Wayside Mission hospital managers and other local hospital officers.
Duddieston declined to speak, stating he is consulting immigration officials with Inspector Estell to determine causes and possible remedies. Captain G.H. Pierce retains command of the Pacific Coast Co vessel and travels to San Francisco after missing out on command of the new EEW steamship Minnesota.
Carelessness causes wrecks and worsens Threat and Lang troubles but Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds saves lives. Mrs Lois Cragg of Dorchester Massachusetts is among many whose life was saved. This remedy is guaranteed for Threat and Lung Diseases by druggists and agents. Price 50c and 1.00. Trial bottles free.
Women invited to attend a meeting at the Baptist mission corner Queen Anne avenue and Garfield street next Friday evening. KB O Schwagert, a landscape gardener formerly in charge of the city park work, will deliver an address titled The Care of the Home Yard.
Advertisement from a Northwest retailer promoting carload deliveries and volume savings on pianos and organs. It notes extensive floor space changes, special inducements, damaged second hand instruments from 81 1/2 and up, easy payment plans, and featured Tittle Rimplex Piano Player and Columbia Graphophones with prices from $7 and up, plus records and small instruments.
The steamer Rainier sailed from San Francisco to Seattle with 1000 barrels of wines and liquors for Migliavacca Wine Co. of Seattle. The vessel also carries fruit and general merchandise and 20 passengers.
A. C. Duddieston of the United States immigration bureau arrived in the city this morning. He conducts a tour of inspection of local immigration offices to settle difficulties between local authorities and Canadian officials over the matter.
Chapter excerpt detailing Texan prisoners in Mexico during the Mier expedition. Don Florencio, jailed in the Acordada, is chained to a Texan. Countess Isabel Almonte and Luisa Valverde seek news as messengers report Don Florencio’s condition and the prisoners’ fate amid political tensions with Santa Anna's regime.
In Tacubaya the condesa discusses a delicate mission with Bantander and Florence Kearney, highlighting prison risks and a key to Don Florencio. Street life in Mexico City frames a vivid scene of fashion, carriages, and sewers policed by jailbirds as a punitive public works detail.
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