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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1904
Page
5
A Port Arthur report claims Russian fires were aimed at destroying Japanese stone laden ships rather than fortifications. The letter from April 30 says Gen Stoessel believes a long siege possible but Port Arthur’s forts and provisions could withstand nine months to a year.
The Musicians union of Seattle plans a May 1 benefit program for Wayside Mission Hospital. Director Karry Weet will lead an orchestra of over forty players with selected numbers and top city soloists. The show will include theater specialties and support from local theaters to aid the city’s poor until a new emergency hospital is built. Tickets for union members are provided. reduced Northern Pacific fares advertised for May travel.
Next week all unsold one acre tracts in Interurban Home Tracts will rise by ten dollars per acre on May 1. Current prices run from sixty to one hundred dollars per acre with fifty dollars cash and ten dollars a month terms. The tracts sit level and open facing the county road to Seattle and beside the right of way of the new interurban line to Everett, three miles from Seattle. Cult Cue 202 and 203 New York Block.
C W Engleholm of Cambridge Minnesota is in Ballard exploring a tannery site. A meeting with the business men is set for Monday to discuss a plan. Engleholm formerly owned a Minnesota tannery destroyed by fire and hopes to locate on Puget Sound. Preparations for the Danish Norwegian Hospital conference next week include a reception for visiting ministers and delegates. Rev Reinholdsen will give the annual address Thursday at the Danish Norwegian church.
RITZVILLE Wash May 1 B P Gibson editor Adams County News and family are spending weeks at the Louisiana Purchase exposition. Rev C G Harmon pastor of the Methodist church is critically ill. The FP French house burned early yesterday. J W Krewer bank carrier at Wilson Creek was badly bruised when thrown during fire apparatus draft. J B Evans from the state agricultural college leads grain raising experiments west of the city under USDA supervision sowing many wheat varieties including durum.
Patients report renewed vigor from Paine's Celery Compound with claims of curing lassitude and neuralgia. Testimonials from Miss Florence Worden and Miss Claudia Karr praise rapid improvement without purging, attributing restored appetite and energy to the tonic.
Druggist pitch urges readers to buy Paine's Celery Compound claiming immediate differences in well being. Local briefs note varied items: Colville city damages suit by Hugh Wier and wife. Redmen council gathering in North Yakima. Knights of Pythias to meet in Kelso. Alfred Bissell, Mexican and Civil War veteran, dies in Oregon City. Walla Walla penitentiary reports ten new prisoners. thirty-five teacher applicants in Walla Walla exams. J Graham bond set at $1000 after Cowiche valley incident.
An unidentified man drowned in the Columbia river near Kalama yesterday after cries for help as a rope was cast to him. He sank before aid arrived. Residents on low ground along the Columbia near Vancouver are evacuating due to a rising river. The Sultan River Mining Company is incorporated at Everett for 300000 by E Thayer, William Bennison and William Bouck. Sole Agents Young's Hats One price 200. Can't be beat. Ben Brooks & Co 1331 24 Ave Arcade Bldg.
Stocks of shirts and underwear offered at under half price. Men’s stiff bosom shirts with cuffs and stripes in all sizes, regular 1.25 now 35 cents. Men’s working shirts 7? cents. Balbriggan underwear 20 cents. Suspenders 30 to 35 cents. Sox priced 15 cents. Bargains sold elsewhere at higher prices.
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