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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1908
Page
5
Buffalo Bill Cody leads a winter 1863 chase against Indian raiders near a valley. Eugene A Carr and Lieut Bradley guide a skirmish line as Cody endures wounds and a perilous ride to Fort Kearney to secure supplies.
A dense list of worship services across New York venues detailing sermon topics and times. Names include Rev. Mur lewd Rev H Gewenar Rev John A Helland Rev Sidney H Mu rector and others. Venues span Trinity, St. Jaci Cathedral, Church of Immaculate Conception, Mount Josephs, Prospect East Prospect, and Beacon Hill.
The Moore hosts two vaudeville shows daily Sunday and Monday led by manager John Cortis. New York Symphony Orchestra appears Tuesday and Wednesday under Water Damreach. Wang and The Hehemian Girl headline at Grand and Coliseum acts include Emma Bunting The Lady from Laralee, Soldiers of Fortune and Janice Meredith. Pantages lineup features Lee Morrison Joe Morris and Hebrew and colored acts. Star theater books The Hatching Dirts with Black and Miller, Marzetto and Wolfe among others.
The city stages a warm reception for naval officers with a Washington hotel gala hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. Admiral Sperry planned guest of honor at events, a 150-seat Rainier Club banquet, and various recitals and socials mark the fleet visit as the week unfolds.
A garbled passage describes doves and an eagle over masts, a coastal show of power, and crews in gold versus blue. The lines evoke triumph and national pride with scattered references to Be Lip, Oshrangth, and distant shores.
Representative James C. Tawney announced a $650,000 appropriation for federal participation in the Alaska Yukon-Pacific exposition. The sum is a $50,000 reduction from the Senate amendment’s full amount, bundled into the sundry civil bill.
The passage notes a Saturday column accepted with notes stressing prompt or early content to prevent delays in delivery. It urges timely submission to ensure arrival at The Star office by the specified time.
Mrs. Eather Yoho seeks divorce from John P. Yoho of 516 E Howell St citing cruelty. She alleges he keeps late hours playing piano at night and tobacco spitting on the floor. The couple, married September 16 1875, own $40 000 in property.
A fragmentary list shows multiple churches in First Seventh, Rye, Rainier, Bermen, Memorial Day programs, and others offering Sunday services featuring sermons such as The A B C of Religion and The Conditions of Salvation. Ministers include Rev. W. A. Major, Rev. Wallace H. Lee, Rev. F. L Forbes, Rev. J. M. Wilson, Rev. Geo. H. Lee, Rev. W. H. Rees, Rev. Grant Stewart, and Rev. Wm. H. Leech. Additional notes mention memorial talks, prohibition discussions, and a fishing-tackle ad from Piper & Taft.
Union bricklayers quit work Thursday at the Whitworth School construction site near Columbg ahead of a new open shop policy. Contractor 8S. Cannon reportedly employed only union labor, while the open shop was enforced, causing the union men to walk out.
William Doyle a local resident and three year employee of the Alaska Steamerhip company was killed in Cordova on Thursday by a locomotive. Captain Crookie notified to ship the remains to Seattle on the Santa Clara due June 1.
A dispatch from Vladivostok reports the American car in the New York to Paris auto race left this morning as roads are muddy and weather forecasted.
A listing for Guns pistols ammunition rig tackle and baseball goods at Hall 1111 First Avenue. The short note catalogs shop inventory and location for sporting goods.
Dr Woods Hutchinson argues the appendix is uniquely human in a witty feature. Daniel Frohman analyzes why plays fail with behind the scenes details. W A Fraser’s The Tiger God offers a vivid tiger hunt story. Newsstand notices advertise scents and a 1 50 annual mail rate from Curtis Publishing Company Philadelphia.
Outside rooms per person two dollars and nine cents outside rooms with bath two dollars and fifty cents outside suites bay side with bath five dollars per person cots one dollar each Blackwell Hotel Co.
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