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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1904
Page
6
A scanned page shows many entries: pharmacies and druggists with street corners, names like Fremont Drug Co and Beattie General, sale and delivery notices, job ads for sales and clerical work, and real estate listings. Miscellaneous notices discuss meetings, births, and legal topics alongside advertisements for carpet cleaning and home repairs.
Classified ad fragment describes available acreage near a lake with water lots and pine and chotee water plots. Mentions modern houses with views and multiple rooms. Notes money to loan on real estate and proximity to a streetcar line and city features.
A collage of property offers, homesteads, and rooming houses. Listings describe land for sale, houses near Queen Anne and University car lines, cheap lots with water, and multiple rental rooms. Financial ads promise loans and rapid mortgage options amid dense urban classifieds.
Fragmented OCR lists banks and financial firms with addresses and officers, plus unrelated notes on services and professionals. It mentions The Scandinavian American Bank of Seattle and People Savings Bank, cashier names, capital figures, and various local services, all in a chaotic advert page style.
Councilman Daulton criticizes city police and court handling, urging harsher license denial for the Comique theater. He cites discouragement among officers over arrests and convictions, saying officers struggle to testify in municipal court and deserve stronger support.
Luke Barton John Hayes Joseph Kenny and James Murphy were bound over to the superior court by Justice Gordon for the October 3 theft of a Hinckley block jewelry shop. Patrolman Keefe and Detective Adams led the investigation. About $500 in loot was recovered with part found on the suspects and identified by owner Henry Hensel. Bonds set at $1000 each.
George Turner governor hopeful attended a large Ballard rally with Sypher's hall overflowing. He urged a railroad commission to curb discrimination, citing Northern Pacific rates and a $50 000 600 annual haul, half from local traffic. He attacked a newspaper for reviving a 20 year old federal marshal accusation and pledged openness to voters. Moran Kroes asked the board to build a 600 foot wharf at Connecticut street and dredge the slip.
Judge Turner ridiculed rivals as cowardly amid a fiery address on the lumber crisis and railroad rates. He recalled his federal service under Grant and Garfield, denounced a Justice Department agent, and warned of persecution while defending a deputy.
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