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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1902
Page
3
An OCR fragment shows varied items including bottles, malt whiskey, liver pills, galley powders, brushes, honey and almond cream, catarrh medicine, and compounded preparations. Several entries are garbled, with prices and units partially readable, suggesting a miscellaneous early 20th century catalog or newspaper ad page.
The great bargain prices on small musical instruments and the closing out of our sheet music department generate excitement among buyers. The addition of the famed Columbia Zenith barge instrument reproduces sound faithfully, drawing considerable interest from intending purchasers.
The ad lists piano pricing and related music items with various methods and pieces. It invites customers to visit, compare, and discuss terms in person. Items include Eight Pieces of Music and a Dam Piano Forte Method, with net closing prices noted.
Tickets go on sale Tuesday at the Grand Opera House with seats reserved until 6 p.m. at 26 cents each. After reserve time the theater opens to the general public free of charge.
The steamer Manauense, under Danish flag, arrived from the Siberian coast after two typhoons. Captain Cons nauton reported repairs at Hakodate and a voyage from Nome via Iberian and Japanese ports. Passengers included two crew members signing on, with Richard Pound and R. E Welble of Marconi Wireless aboard. The ship then carried 120 Russians from Vladivostok and returned gold quartz samples.
Friends report Superior Judge Bell will keep his warning to call a grand jury if police fail to close first floor gambling dens in Seattle. While officials and police were unavailable for comment, locals expect the court to act soon as pressure mounts on gambling operations.
Schaikberger, ex South Africa acting president, carries a letter to Joseph Chamberlain asking for permission to return home. Wetsels and Wolmarans blocked from traveling to the Transvaal, but Capetown authorities may relax. Water will be shut off Sunday on Fleet avenue south from King street to city limits from noon to 4 PM.
Chief Bullivan announced a cleanup of the Tenderloin area with arrests of loafers and suspected criminals. Detectives Appenstein arrested Brown the confidence man and Ed Neon the bartender this afternoon as part of the sweep.
A blast at Mary Tucker’s residence in Marietta Ohio demolished the house this afternoon. The mother and four daughters were injured while trapped under burning timbers and were rescued. Nearby houses cracked and deemed unsafe as windows shattered for two blocks.
Philadelphia report states Chan F. Keily known as the St. Louis Doodler was sent to prison awaiting requisition papers from St. Louis. He is desolate over the death of his boy Robert, who passed away a few days earlier.
Assistant Attorney General Hoy wired U. S. Marshal W. F. Matthews demanding his resignation as chairman of Oregon’s Republican state central committee. The move follows a protest by the Portland Journal against holding both positions by Matthews.
At a special King County Association session in Superior Judge Griffin's courtroom Hughes presented the committee’s draft amendments to the Turner bill aimed at redrawing the circuit of federal courts. The report was approved and the panel instructed to seek adoption through local representation.
The Sisters of the Good Shepherd hosted a Thanksgiving meal for the orphans in their care. About 60 children aged 14 months to 15 years were served turkey and other foods donated by generous friends. The group gratefully thanks the benevolent community for their kindness.
Miss Blanche Laubecher daughter of Police or Laubacher was riding a cable car from the James street power house to Second avenue when a thief stole her gold watch. She recalls having the watch at the power house but found it missing at Second avenue this morning.
The article notes George W Dickinson, president vice president and general manager of the Seattle Electric, plans resignation around January 1. It asserts Dickinson will assume leadership of the Alaska Central Railway project, with $12,000,000 bonds anticipated abroad and construction to begin after the first payment on April 1.
A skull discovered during jail yard excavation stirred early morning excitement before officials learned it had been used as a paper weight at police headquarters for years. Detectives Huff and Wappenstein arrested a suspect in the Mullen gambling house robbery, while Caiman remains in jail awaiting further investigation.
West Point defeats Annapolis in their annual football clash played this afternoon before a large crowd in Philadelphia. The Army team used tandem and Empire express formations to gain an edge with heavier players, leading 10 to 0 at halftime as Annapolis fought back.
Tonight at the armory the Seattle YMCA and the Oakland YMCA meet in a best of three series for supremacy. The Seattle squad has six Northwest titles, while Oakland holds Southwest pennant honors and aims to claim the championship with two wins.
A Ballard woman who had been despondent recently disappeared from home yesterday. Her husband, Assistant housekeeper Shepard, and neighbors searched the area until the body was found in shallow water near Lighthouse Point shortly before noon.
A blaze sparked by embers swept Rat Portage Lumber Company yards destroying 25,000,000 feet of cedar lumber. Lemay's shipyard six steamboats two barges and eleven dwellings were burned. The residence district faced heavy flames before crews halted the fire.
A four story building occupied by the American Can Company collapsed at noon in Chicago. One man was seriously injured while several girls nearby fled in alarms as walls cracked. The structure stood near Swift Ice house scene and may have been unsettled by a previous boiler explosion.
Prominent Seattle lawyers gather in Judge Grif fine court to honor the memory of the late Judge Just Rochester. Judge Hoyt chairs a committee with Gen. J. J. Metcalf L. C. Gillman and Charles B. Shepard to draft suitable resolutions praising his life as husband father friend and citizen.
Emma Rowland Humphrey sues Omar J. Humphrey for 5000 damages claiming harm from a May arrest sparked by him. A separate action cites a 1897 San Francisco divorce decree granting custody and 60 a month alimony, with past due sums. The defendant’s motion to transfer cases to federal court followed.
Dear Santa Claus arrived at 10 o'clock this morning from the north pole and entered the Bon Marche to establish his Christmas headquarters. A trumpet fanfare and crowds welcomed him as hundreds lined the street, with a guard escort and a trolley filled with toy samples signaling the toy season.
A regal procession featured a coach drawn by six white horses bringing a figure to a booth at the Hon Marche. There he hosted a reception for boys and girls, recording their wishes with evident generosity as Joye and other presents were distributed to the crowd around his booth.
The annual coronation program by the City American League will be held at the Grand Opera House on Tuesday evening December 2. The double program includes speeches by Hon. John W. Pratt Rev J P D Liyw and others with the earlier coronation concert postponed due to King Edward VII’s delayed accession.
Tonight and Sunday expect occasional rain with fresh south east winds as the forecasted conditions move through Beattie and surrounding areas.
An 1902 advertisement promotes a can opener by Tobias Co offering round or square cans for 26 cents. It lists a New York City address and claims unsurpassed design. Also includes notices of consolidated furniture stores selling stock worth $10,000 and a store at 310 Second Avenue South. Also various sale notices for heaters and thoroughbred Buff Brahorn cockerels with names and contact hints.
A dense mix of Seattle area real estate listings, charity ads, and classified notices. Properties near the State University, Ballard, and Ballard area priced from 85 to 126 each with terms, plus farm and timber land offers, rental notices, home and room ads, and various business services. Also includes bank and auction references, legal notices, and personal ads with streetcar routes and neighborhood landmarks.
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