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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1906
Page
4
The notice explains subscription expiration and delivery terms for The Seattle Star and Ballard Star agencies. It outlines that once the date on the address label passes without advance payment, the subscriber is removed from the list, and changes to addresses or subscriptions must be updated.
The opening to traffic today of the new passenger depot built by James J. Hill marks an epoch in Seattle’s development. Its marble corridors and palatial furnishings project metropolitan destinies and railway terminal status for the Queen City of the Northwest. Hill waited to begin but spared no expense, creating a monument to energy and ability.
A critical look at price rises in lumber and building materials in Seattle. The piece argues trusts and combines inflate costs, harming home building and daily necessities, with blame on mill men, grocers, cement and furniture firms, and labor actions. It denounces conspiracies and calls the situation chaotic.
Tense dispute centers on whether Seattle must concede Fourth Avenue for Union Pacific tracks or pave the way with Oriental Avenue instead. Officials warn surrender would choke the tide flats while a cheaper option via Oriental Avenue avoids wide traffic disruption. The Star argues the city should not give up the broad street despite the railroad’s insistence.
City considers building an entrance through the Ude flat district to serve railroad approaches to terminal stations. It argues no railroad will be unreasonable and stresses the city must protect its own interests amid reported price tensions over tide flat dirt and possible route changes on Fourth Ave.
An editorial denounces quack doctors and patent medicines as modern Borgias poisoning the public for profit. It calls for strict laws to ban sale of non physician ordered compounds and to punish makers of deadly tonics, framing doctors and regulators as guardians against death-dealing potions.
The excerpt features a conductor and snuff drummer joking about newlyweds on their wedding trip. The drummer hints the next station is Smithville, sparking a playful misreading moment. A historical aside mentions Gen Kuropatkin's planned history of the Japanese war and Rockefeller gifting a grandchild a dollar amount and a talking doll.
A Dayton Ohio minister predicts the world’s end soon and references a first quake as a sign. Government data show cost of living up 29.2 percent since 1997, though figures exclude Russell Sage.
The text argues for immediate federal leadership and distinct Red Cross uniforms, warns against improper badge use, calls for credentialed press reps, and prescribes sturdy steel structures and independent water reservoirs. It suggests pre dug pits for records, explosive demolition to create fire breaks, and heavy reliance on mail when phones fail.
Joseph Migoursky a young landowner loves Albina daughter of Pan Yachevsky a Pel jeh patriot. After exile and war misconduct they marry in a hall scene and endure longing separation. Their happiness ends as tragedy strikes with the death of their children and looming political punishment.
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