City tax money bled by Great Northern and street deals
Seattle officials face alleged losses from the Great Northern franchise and tunnel plans, with estimates of hundreds of thousands in street work and drainage costs. Critics cite paid street lighting rents and controversial franchise protections as drains on the city treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Great Ithern Railway Company
Jim Hi
Jackson
Main
Great Northern
Star
Seattle Electric Company
Octopus
Inquitous Shuffleton
Great Northern Railway
Jackson Street
Belief Makawelle Wreck Not Identified by Local Agents
Rothschilds and Jones, agents for the bark Makawelle, dispute a Vancouver Island wreck find claiming it cannot be the Makawelle. They note the Makawelle sailed with coal to Masatlan, Mexico while the recovered cargo is said to be lumber and a ship's stern is reportedly found, casting doubt on identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yousel
Makawelie
Vancouver
Rothschilds & Jones
Vancouver Island
W. L. Jones
Masatland
Mexico
Dean's Kidney Pills Promised Cure for Sick Kidneys
An advertisement urges that kidneys cause most pains and promote health by taking Dean's Kidney Pills. It claims kidneys remove waste daily and that sick kidneys spread poison through the body causing rheumatism gout neuralgia and other diseases. The pill is said to act directly on diseased tissues and has supposedly cured kidneys for 72 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Florence Hicks
Vendome Hotel
Seattle
Daughters of Liberty
Bright
She Stopped Him in Portland Marriage Dispute
Mrs. Alice Goodwin, claiming desertion by her wealthy husband C. R. Goodwin, confronted him in Portland. He was arrested for sustaining unduly intimate relations with another woman, but released after posting bail. Goodwin, living with a glamorous woman at the Portland hotel, plans to provide for Mrs. Goodwin to avert prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Alice Goodwin
C. R. Goodwin
New York
Alaska
Goodwin
California
Buncoed by Crall Impersonating Secret Service Officer
Captain B F Whitaker of the Puget Sound Navy Yard says J B Crall defrauded him and others. Whitaker recalls Crall from Atchison Kas and laments Crall’s wife and children. He hopes Crall’s arrest in Los Angeles leads to a lengthy lock up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Whitaker
Puget Sound Navy Yard
J B. Crall
Los Angeles
Secret Service
Captain Whitaker
Star Office
Crall
Atchison, Kas
Mrs. Crall
Old Woman to Wed Baritone Born of East Side
Mrs. Fannie Surdam Stelle, 62, millionaire with 2 million, plans to marry Edgar A. Accetta, 24, a baritone boosted by her patronage. He had sued her for 50 000, settled 25 000 ante nuptial gift, and promised to wed. Accetta, from an Italian East Side family, once ran a small real estate and insurance office with a brother. A Seattle Symphony concert at Christensen’s hall was highlighted in the same breeze of culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Accetta
Stelle
Thanksgiving Dinner Longs for a Turkeys Fate
In a rustic exchange the family debates turkey fate and pie fillings as they plan Thanksgiving dishes. The cook jokes about fixing the gobbler while relatives discuss stuffing apples and sweet pie options with playful mispronunciations and banter.
Thanksgiving Union Service At Grand Opera House
The Grand opera house fills with 2400 attendees for a city union Thanksgiving Service at 10 30 in the morning with pastors and leading church members present. Notable soloists include Mrs Henry T Hamlin Mrs Annie Evenden White and John L Gibbs. Offerings go to Wayside Emergency Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Henry T. Hamlin
Annie Evenden-White
John L Gibbs
Wayside
T. B Ravelle
First Methodist Protestant
W. D. Simonds
First Unitarian
F. L. Wharton
First Methodist
W. H. G. Temple
Plymouth Congregational
M A. Matthews
West Presbyterian
Joseph
E. Mezzaccnto
Murdoch
Mandolin Orchestra
T. P. Hevelle
Love's Dream
Liszt
le Rissignol
Lisst
Annie Evenden White
EB. W. Wilcor
Beatrice McClure
van Goeur
Ries
John L. Gibba
W. A. Spaldai
R. B. Jensen
Twice Killed Man Shot Through Heart Walks Then Falls
In Hutth Mont on November 2 a local printer owner John Schwan was shot through the heart by 14 year old John Boane during a quarrel with his wife. Schwan walked three rooms and a hallway before falling, hitting a chair and breaking his neck. Evang fired a revolver to frighten Schwan.
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Man
Hutth
Mont
John Schwan
John Boane
Schwan
Evang
Moore Plan Discussed at Rainier Heights Meeting
City hall bond issue and J A Moore proposal to build on old university grounds to be debated at Oltman’s Hall next Friday evening. Committee leaders will present Moore’s plans as Rainier Heights members debate location near Yesler block. Councilman Johnston called the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oltman's Hall
Twenty-fourth Avenue
Weller Street
Mathier Heights Improvement Club
A. KE. Filings
A. G. Keene
J. J. Sullivan
P. L. Alien
Homer M. Hil
J. A. Moore
University
Moore
Rainier Heights Improvement Club
Yesler
Cty Hall
Johnston
Rainier Heights
Fate Rests With Jury in Oregon City Murder Trial
Oregon City, Ore. Nov 23 The fate of George W Lauth formerly of Aberdeen Wash on trial for the murder of Leonora Jones of Oregon City rests with the jury this afternoon A final witness the dead woman's young daughter testified she was near her mother when she was killed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon City
Ore
George W. Lauth
Aberdeen
Wash
Leonora Jones
Barber Strike Continues as Open Shop Proposal Rejected
J K Shrewsbury of the Butler hotel barber shop offered to strike settlement by making the shop an open shop employing both union and non union men. The Barbers union rejected the plan and demanded exclusive union employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K Shrewsbury
Butler Hotel
Barbers
Shrewsbury
Wholesale Market Prices Incomplete List
Prices for fresh meat and produce listed with unit prices and per sack or crate measures. Items include cow beef 6c per lb, steer beef 64c, veal 8c per lb, pork 8% c per lb, mutton 6% ec per lb, lamb 7c, bacon 13% 16c, potatoes $20 per ton, carrots 50 7T6c sack, cabbage 1 tc per lb, various fruits and vegetables with regional references Wenatchee and Yakima noted, box and crate pricing listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White River
Local Man Faces Larceny Charge in Superior Court
Gus Milla alias Gus Meal to be tried today on larceny counts in superior court. He allegedly stole 20.50 from Riley & Co by posing as Gus Sateroopolis. Also: photography orders and miscellaneous ads for Christmas portraits and home delivery notices.
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Gus Milla
Gus Meal
Riley & Co
Gus
Election Notice for Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway Co
The annual meeting of the stockholders will be held December 5, 1904 at 2 p m at the 408 Bailey Building Seattle to elect seven trustees for the coming year and handle other business. Transfer books close November 25 to December 5 inclusive. GEO M Paschall secretary. November 23 26 28 December 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway Co
Bailey Building
Seattle
Wash
Prices and Goods Listings From Local Market Ledger
A dense catalog of goods and prices recorded across departments including fruits, berries, grains, feed, dairy, poultry, seafood, and miscellaneous groceries. Items listed with per unit or per ton prices, including native and eastern creamery products, hay, meal, flour varieties, and staples such as sugar and popcorn.
Chicago Markets Reported by The Star
Chicago markets report wheat corn and oats prices with bid offers for December May and July futures. The list shows prices for Wheat Dec May July Corn Dec May July Date Dec Park Jan and related bid figures from W A Ryer Co. Chicago.
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The
Star
W. A Ryer & Co
Columbia Street
Park
Holiday Thursday Observed Across Markets
Traders note the holiday on Thursday November 24 affecting stock and commodity quotes. Many exchanges close or operate on shortened sessions and several listings show adjusted figures for the shortened day.
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Erte, Com
Manhattan
Met
Mo. Pac
Norfolk
Pep. Gas
Penna
Adg., Com
Rock Island
Sugar
So. Pac
So. Ry
Tex. Pac
Union Pac
U. S. Steel
Pfd
Also Mentioned on This Page
Council
Main Street
Atreeta
Fourth Avenue
Jackson Streets
Malin Street
Washington Street
Ninth Avenue South
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Prop
Buncoed
Grall
Seriove News Dawn
Christensen’'s Hall
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Gobblery
Hart
Vance Cooke
Churches OF
W. T. Scott
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Broadway
Pilgrim Congregational
Tabernacle Baptist
Lane Street Presbyterian
First Christan Church
Trinity Parish
Green Lake
Delast
Grace Methodist
United Presbyterian Church
Hutton
Congregational Church
St. Mark Episcopal Ehtereh
J.P. Dd. Lind
Rockport
Mass
Pennsylvania
Cape Ann
Crampsee
Mss
Rubie Buchanan
Here On
Capitol Hill
Nettie Car
Ethel Boddy
Castoria
M. Milne
D. D
L. D
Royal College of Dental Surgeons
Crown Dental Offices
Philadelphia
Hinckley Bik
Beripps News Ase
Kegan & Ericson
Eltel
M. Paschall
W. E
Hastern Creamery
Oregon Ranch
Holly
Petra
C.C.C
Minnesota
Pillsbury
Pillsbury’s Best
Standard Dakota
Graham
Chicago
Lewinson’s
Europe
America
Levinson
Cresta
Blanca Lautern
Zinfandel
Second Avenue
Flrst Avenue
W.s.may
the Family Grocer
Pike ST. Main
Ted
St Brown's
Jet Avenue
Brown
First Avenue
Brown’s
Frown
Dental Trust
Boston
Tacoma
Spokane
W. A. Ryer & CO
Grain and Stock Brokers
Columbia St
Haller
Sunset Main
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