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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1904
Page
6
A chaotic page lists numerous businesses including drug stores, pharmacies, and cigar shops with street addresses, then shifts to want ads for maids, carpenters, and shell-shocked housing and sale notices. It also shows real estate listings near Ballard, Kenwood, and Broad Street with prices and terms.
Ads describe irrigation land and a corner lot in Kennewick Valley under NEP with options including 4K Newick area near Washington Street. Listings emphasize a good tract and corner lot opportunities in Kennewick Washington.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe commercial printing and ship building, with garbled names and addresses. The text mentions engineers builders and a dry dock, plus a Billie Gentian reference, indicating a historical industry listing or directory snippet.
Grafton Shawn of Machias aged 2 was arrested on a warrant for shooting his sister’s husband in the leg requiring amputation. Subie Kamolia a Puyallup woman drowned when her canoe toppled. Charles Warner helped carry her body ashore and mourned beside her. Kamolia had lived on the Puyallup reservation since childhood and owned property near Tacoma. Tacoma County Commissioners approve extending Lincoln avenue across the tide flats toward Huena. Whatcom and San Juan counties teachers plan a joint Institute at Bellingham this week. William M Shaw assistant cashier of Kachaoge National Bank Spokane and Republican candidate for state treasurer died of heart disease aged 44 leaving a widow and four children.
Nat Goodwin and James Neill offer contrasting takes on The Cowboy and the Lady. Neill’s closer reading of the text yields a serious, intimate performance while Goodwin trades in spontaneity. The Beattie theater also presents The Wizard of Oz spectacle, praised for staging and spectacle but with an uneven cast.
A review notes strong laughs and crowd-pleasing scenes in The Mill of Californian at Third Avenue Theater. Joseph Millis as Arie Hill and Gus Tate as Fat draw praise for performance and wit. the cast sustains drama from gold rush origins to rural tableaux with lively stage humor.
A detailed market table lists beef, veal, pork, and mutton prices per pound, along with fruit, vegetables, and grocery items. It includes quantities, brands, and regional origins such as Wenatchee and Yakima, with per box or per ton pricing for staples including butter, eggs, poultry, fish, grains, and feed. The data reflects wholesale levels and varied unit measurements for a broad range of farm produce and staples.
A dense OCR style catalog of flour and grain prices listing many varieties and per unit costs. Includes barrels and sacks for items such as wheat flour rye flour corn meal buckwheat oats hominy and peas with prices ranging from about 1.40 to 7.00 per unit and notes on packaging like 10s and 60s.
William Schape was instantly killed near Bremerton when his rifle fired unintentionally while he and George Siefert picked blackberries. The gun may have discharged after catching on a twig or log as Schape bent to gather fruit. His funeral was held at 2:30 this afternoon.
Twenty one ship fitters in the Bremerton navy yard construction and repair department were laid off this morning due to a shortage of work.
Union president John Monaghan cites unrevealed strike facts and argues wage gaps. Captain Hill asserts 70 workers earn 3.75 daily with 90 cents per car, while later figures show 49 workers earning under 1.80. Officials and workers discuss costs, pay, and willingness to return if fair terms are met.
Water service will be interrupted tomorrow from 8 a m to 6 p m in the entire district north of Lake Union including Brooklyn Latona Fremont Green Lake and Ballard. A fire in Salem Oregon Sunday night destroyed the flax warehouse leased by Eugene Bosse with flax valued at 40 000 and total loss about 50 000. insurance covers only 3 000. Joseph Woods proprietor of the Union meat market Hocquiam sustained a compound fracture of the right leg after being struck by an automobile.
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