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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1905
Page
7
A fragmented page lists a National Bank and various professionals including physicians, lawyers, and a violinist, with addresses and services such as osteopathy and patent work. The material references Beattie, L. Collier, W. Perry, and Adams Drafting along with multiple offices on Second and First avenues and a Guide Book, suggesting a city directory snippet.
A clipped advertisement lists Langs drug prices including full ib bottles and catarrh oil. It notes six months' supply, various bottle sizes, and mentions doctors or sellers by name with terse pricing and product details.
JF pays at Lang’s in a pre delivery deal noted in court records. The transaction details show payments and terms agreed with Lang’s, with officials recording the exchange as part of a larger financial matter. Local authorities prepared filings and noted dates associated with the agreement.
Local sale ad showcases assorted hardware and household goods including tires, coats hangers, vices, wall brushes, flower and other vases, files, and cutters with prices and discounts highlighted for the week.
A damaged account describes the wrecks after an explosion affecting lava like debris, noting a destroyed Mogul vessel. It also reports Amoy May 17 as a Japanese fleet moves toward Formosa for a possible battle and martial law in Japan affecting residents.
Twenty year old Mrs George Williams laments hospital staff refusal to disclose burial details for her infant. She and her husband, though poor, insist on laying their child to rest and express distress over the funeral arrangements and lack of information.
Mrs William of 1215 Eighth questions hospital authorities about the disposal of her premature daughter's body born April 4 at Wayside Emergency hospital. She recalls another stillborn child and asks why the infant was not buried in a cemetery or shown to the parents. The hospital physician notes that such infants are buried in boxes without coffins and with no cemetery burial. The mother laments the loss of familial closure and demands explanation.
Robert Dahl a shingle weaver claimed the Ladies Aid society is after him saying electric currents run along his spine. He was escorted to police headquarters after accosting Patrolman Lee at 5 o clock Wednesday morning and likely will be tried for insanity with $659.40 found in his pockets.
Spain celebrates King Alfonso birthday in Madrid with gala events. The young monarch, born May 17, 1836, plans a forthcoming first trip outside his realm to France and England, greeted with keen enthusiasm.
Paris May 11 Ambassador McCormick left Dieppe to recuperate from grip symptoms. Long Branch Wis May 17 Danish bark Hertha ran ashore last night with eight crew rescued by breeches buoy.
David A. Thompson, a Green Lake resident and member of the Green Lake G A R post, died of heart disease Tuesday evening while en route to a post meeting. Funeral services, under Grand Army auspices, will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Lake Undertaking Parlor.
About 150 members of the Association of Railway Telegraph Superintendents from major railroads across the United States and Canada attend the 24th annual convention in Chattanooga Tennessee. H C Hope of St Paul presides as the gathering opens for two days to discuss cipher codes typewriter use in railroad service composite circuits and telephone train orders.
Arthur P. F. McIntyre and Allan Thomas of St Louis Missouri, held on an extradition warrant, left London for New York under deputy sheriff Lain. McIntyre, once head of a grain firm in St Louis, vanished December 27 while under an eighteen month prison sentence for fraud.
A Chicago capitalist sold 40 acres of land adjacent to Woodland Park between Fiftieth and Fifty-fifth streets to C. M. Austin for 40000. Negotiated by Ph W Perester manager of the Wing and Galen Co. The plat will be divided into 400 lots forming a premier residential district.
A warrant is out for George Simmons manager of Simmons Fur in the Downs building. Pawnbroker A Schulstag er acts as complainant and accuses Simmons of assault and battery after a midday street incident. The elderly victim suffered multiple blows and facial lacerations amid civil action tensions.
City Attorney De Bruter questions Pat Kelly in police court on Wednesday morning. The judge asks if he is wilfully idio and the prisoner pleads not guilty. Patrolman Carr arrested Kelly on Washington Street while he wore oversized trousers. Kelly admits drawing two weeks wages from National Grocery last Saturday and suspects drink led to the mishap. The court imposes thirty days.
The petition for a new trial in Mary Rogers murder case was heard today in the state supreme court. Central belief holds the petition will be granted, delaying the execution set for early next month.
Ed Livingstone and George Gilmore, both 17, tried to seize junk from a Seattle Electric Co warehouse on Grant Street Bridge after deeming the place deserted. Patrolman Rocaler arrested them Tuesday afternoon. they were released with admonitions to seek lawful work. Livingstone’s father absent, mother in Butte. Gilmore from South Seattle. he works as a shingle weaver. Seattle Golf and Country Club prepares for a formal reception and banquet as reconstruction of the clubhouse continues. Herbert Kulewats sues city for 5120 over knee injury from a loose board on First Avenue South. Ollita Young sues Jacob Young for divorce on grounds of habitual drunkenness. John W. Yerkes, Internal Revenue commissioner, plans a Northwest station tour Thursday.
The Northwest cities contest Howthorn Pacific railway rules for Portland Exposition travel. Officials will be urged to extend stopovers beyond ten days, with options for ten extra days at $10 more, to cover Seattle Beattle and other northwestern cities before returning east.
Thieves entered the basement of H. A. Schroeder at 1629 Thirteenth and carried off a lawn mower. A birth is recorded to Mr and Mrs J Manra ban at 423 N Sixty third, an 11 pound girl born May 6.
Transactions on Western avenue include a car of cabbage three cars of bananas and several cars of potatoes. California berries are in poor condition while shipments head north and Yakima and new California potatoes command high prices. Varied produce and dairy items with many price figures describe a bustling regional market.
The page lists farm seed prices for poultry foods and grasses, including red clover and timothy, with brokers Downing Hopkins & Co. noted. It then provides Chicago Board of Trade quotations for May July and September futures in wheat corn and oats with high low and close figures.
The New York Stock Exchange prices show Amalg Copper 83 1 4 low 81 1 4 close 83 5 8 and U S Steel 31 5 8 30 0 0 31 0 8 among numerous listings like Can Pac 149 7 8 148 1 4 and Reading 98 3 4 92 3 4. Total sales at noon listed 371 400 shares.
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