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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1906
Page
5
In central Kansas a record 100,000,000 bushels of wheat fuels prosperity as farmers deposit cash, open banks, and buy modern home comforts from furnaces to telephones. A worried farmer laments lonesome times while his wife studies in the East and his community adapts to wealth and debt repayment.
A series titled Make Way for Liberty presents Sunday evening talks at Boylston Avenue Unitarian Church corner Boyle ton Avenue and Olive Street led by Rev. W. D. Simonds. Topics cover Wycliffe Luther Galileo Brune Ingersoll with musical interludes led by Gerard Tanning and the Beethoven Trio. dates run October through December. The public is invited to honor historic figures shaping past progress and present liberty.
The passage describes a Kansas farming region with thousands of telephones and rural routes, farmers spending money, and high cash flows from a single crop. It notes farming families, village life, and a state accumulating large bank deposits as wheat profits surge.
An official New York statement confirms Canadian Pacific will build into Seattle. Ex Congressman Jefferson M Leavy heads the pool and Sir William Van Horne hinted equal US mileage. The plan extends the Soo line toward the coast, giving Minneapolis a fifth transcontinental connection with Seattle and challenging the Great Northern for finance gains.
State Railroad Commissioner J C Lawrence says the new distance tariff for Washington Oregon and Idaho will take effect October 26 in this state and may apply to interstate traffic if the interstate commerce commission waives notice otherwise it starts November 6. Trinity parish Men's Club opens with dinner at 6 30 led by Rev H H McGowen and a talk on Harvard student life by D V Custis of the University of Washington. music by W J E B Butler. Also, arrests of N McLeod J Allen G Fossell Andrew Mason and H Henderson after a street fight last night by Patrolmen Rooney Donlan and Damn.
H Ito a noted Japanese merchant connected with H Ito and Bros died yesterday morning at Seattle General hospital. Funeral services will be held from Bonney Watson parlors today with interment at Lake View cemetery.
On October 12 and 15 Northern Pacific offers round trip tickets to Chicago for 71 dollars and to St Louis for 67.50 dollars with a 10 day limit and a final return by November 90th. Tickets are good for stopovers. For full details visit the Northern Pacific city ticket office at the corner of First Avenue and Yoo J Ler Way.
The Municipal Ownership League plans recall petitions against nine city council members after a vote opposing public submission on the street railway ordinance. Leaders say the effort targets officials deemed unfriendly to public control and cites past alleged misdeeds to justify action.
Democratic campaign managers decide to concentrate on the state senate races while allowing senatorial candidates broad autonomy in their districts. The plan aims to attract Republican support for Democratic tickets, with a follow up meeting tonight to finalize the overall campaign strategy.
The display shows nearly an entire floor of rockers to choose from with six special picks priced for quick selling. Local orders are prioritized with no out of town or COD requirements and delivery to follow promptly. Visit the enlarged range and heater store.
J A Coulthurst of the Shingle Mill bureau returned from Clallam County where he acted as organizer. Sixteen mills in the county were brought into close touch and representatives will attend the next meeting here.
The paper will focus on social work topics and be issued Friday. B Hanna serves as manager and KR Allen as editor, guiding the publication's initial direction.
Ed White the Tailor at 208 Collins Building presents a premier line of imported and domestic fabrics. Every pattern is exclusive and White's Suits feature a snap and finish that customers admire.
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