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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1905
Page
5
A fragment from the Pocahontas Times letter page humorously riffs on the notion of kissing. The author mocks the idea that a first kiss has taste, likening it to surreal, comic images and lighthearted slang, reflecting playful newspaper chatter.
A sampler of magazine style jests and news blurbs includes a Arkansas editor mocking delayed subscriptions and bread shortages, a dying legionary in Algiers asking for his score, Waldorf Astoria as security for prisoners, a Philadelphia youth fleeing home to work, and Alfred Austin debating the Russian Japanese war with humor and critique.
A speaker asks what the girls call their club and what they analyze. The answer: Sangs or people’s reputations chiefly. The scene centers on social slang and the role of gossip in a small community.
A Friday night fire in the Sartori block on Occidental Avenue near Main Street caused $1,000 in building damage and $20,000 to contents, with insurance held by Bylivester Bros. and others. Seattle Net and Twine Co. sustained the heaviest loss, conservatively estimated at $15,000. Fire officials suspect the third floor origin. water damage accounts for a large share. Patrolman Damo discovered the blaze. cause remains a mystery. The water tower was unused. Also noted: Pacific Steel contracting tide lands at Richmond Beach and a future construction plant under Mr. Kennedy, with a $26,000 building cost. Westbound colonist rates to May 15th offered by Great Northern Railway.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Colgate brand and Violet Taleu Almond and Cucumb 400 wine with unclear context. No coherent event or clear entities to summarize. content is incomplete.
City council debates raising municipal salaries as city hall staff anticipate action. Tension rises among workers who claim they work long hours yet many attend ball games. Eddie Melee, deputy comptroller, reportedly underpaid compared to subordinates. Fate of pay raises to be decided Saturday night.
The city council committee rejected a through track expansion on Spokane Avenue citing obstruction of a main West Beattie route. The railroad must buy private property for the right of way and work with county commissioners on extending First Avenue south. The Witt slaughtering house on Spokane Avenue is approved with a paving condition and future removal of the obstruction when the avenue gains traffic.
The Seligman banking interests of New York are negotiating to purchase the Portland Consolidated Street Car Company for about 4 million dollars. A Seligman representative is en route to Portland to finalize the deal. An option previously requested was refused.
Advertisement promises cure for chronic headache through nerve soothing effects. It claims the product strengthens nerves and can stop headaches whether constant or periodic, with a money back guarantee if not beneficial.
George Schumaker an Indian who has lived on a family lot for six years will not be allowed to keep his home. The interior department sent the decision to the Beattie land office after his appeal of an adverse ruling. He is 61 and says he has spent about 600 on improvements.
Frank C., released on habeas corpus after 16 months for selling liquor to Indians, was rearrested for assaulting a deputy marshal. The case followed a Supreme Court ruling voiding the prior conviction. Aide notes include an escape attempt last winter involving pepper in an officer’s eyes. The tramp Tottenham towed to city buoy to load flour at Centennial mills.
For sale cheap lots priced at $100 each located two blocks east of the West Queen Anne car line end and south of Ross. Easy terms, inquire of owner Berton Breech Jones Bothwell. Cras 1884. Loans Insurance Rents.
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