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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1904
Page
4
Public notices indicate subscription details for the Seattle Star and Star Agency offices at 1907 and 1909 Seventh Avenue with mailing options and rates. Address labels show expiration dates and non delivery policies, with postal classifications noted for Seattle, Chicago, New York, and other bureaus.
Miss Hattie Woods sues Mer and Mrs Kaufman of St Louis for 94 752 in wages for 22 years of service as a household servant. She alleges no wages beyond a yearly wrapper and bare food while living in peonage, sleeping in the cellar, and gathering rags to survive. The Kaufmans deny, claiming 25 cents weekly pay.
A Leslie's Weekly piece contrasts American educational work in the Philippines with Western assumptions. It portrays schools replacing religion with US songs, providing books and supplies, translating stories, and disciplining children, while questioning whether Western methods will yield Americanized Filipinos or true independence.
The balance sheet shows twenty years of stable returns with an average annual dividend around 2.6 percent and total profits of about 22.26 million dollars, with 4.24 million paid to stockholders. The company reinvested the rest, funding new ships and improvements as it expanded. It declares a 4 percent dividend and contracts for four new passenger ships, illustrating prudent, conservative growth.
The fragmentary text discusses Julius Stange and Nan yan a dramatizing Pilgrim's Progress with vague allusions to future dramatizations of the Book of Job. It notes Alexieff is recalled by the czar and mentions recall by Russians for generations. A stray JosH WHE quote references Ben Franklin.
A jumbled OCR fragment compiles stray dialogue about Gallop horses, Dowie asylum fate, photographs missing, Americans and baseball, climate wishes, and a fruit farm exchange near Lookout Mountain with scattered names and places.
The Ballard bard recounts Krazy Krank’s evolution from a waste basket to a pun on bravado. Aims to justify the adopted name by echoing a past editor’s irritation and office mockery. The piece blends humor with self reflection on identity.
Mythic tales present Orpheus silencing sirens with a lyre solo, turning them to rock while Neptune and Minerva stage a trident trick. The playful banter ends with a punning exchange about a horse and canter as proof of prowess.
A cryptic wartime note muses on bottling Rastus and The Runnel, and to bottle Jack London to end the war. It questions whether Judge Humphries gubernatorial hopes have also been bottled, reflecting satirical public mood.
A playful verse fragment features a springtime scene with a giddy damsel and a foolish lover. A joke about a new policeman arresting a lamb entertains, while the narrator notes gossip and mischief on a suburban lawn. The tone is light and teasing with quirky wordplay.
Colville post office shifts to the Reynolds building on the north end of Main Street. A well dressed man named KB. J. Lamont is jailed in North Yakima for shoplifting after arriving with an accomplice who escaped. two crates of men’s trousers and coats recovered. J. J. Smiley, long a pioneer, is found dead in Pullman at age unknown. Robbers captured at Sheep Creek after post office heist. one suspect gravely wounded. Captain C. I. Holmes dies of heart disease in Tacoma. Washington orders open land near Pocatello to settlers within five miles. Arthur Thompson, 6, dies from lantern explosion injuries in Kalama. Charles A. Marti dies in Albion. farmer. Northern Pacific grants eastern Washington project rates. Senator James Reid dies in Vancouver. Harriet P. Rounds dies in Garfield. Bellingham post office receipts rise to 92,990.27. Daisy Price shoots Ronnie Price in Butte. Oyster Charlie identified as Charles Matson, killed near Bellingham. Sheriff Denholm recovering after shooting by Bob Teater. Douglas Alaska man buys beer bottles. The body of Frank Miller found in the Columbia River near Portland. suspected murder by robbers.
An 19th century ad claims deafness from blocked Eustachian tube mucous lining is curable by constitutional means. It offers a free trial and a $100 reward for any case of deafness not cured by Halls Catarrh Cure, with endorsement from T J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio and druggists selling Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
In New Orleans an Irish captain Florence Kearney is captured during the Mier expedition. Carlos Santander visits Kearney in prison, seeks to punish him, but Santa Anna orders mercy, fearing U.S. and British diplomatic trouble. The scene reveals Santa Anna’s vanity and grip on power as he weighs punishment versus political risk.
B F Baas of Fremont reports severe kidney trouble cured by Electric Witters after trying various medicines. He claims neighbors cured of rheumatism neuralgia liver and kidney troubles and general debility. Available for 60 cents at G O Guy Inc druggist Second Avenue and Westlor.
The text notes several Northwest stores buy and sell pianos, including for home use. It highlights new pianos on terms and mentions a Little Bimplex Plano Player. Price details and a library subscription are referenced in connection with customer benefits.
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