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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1904
Page
6
A dense page of classified listings with names of drug stores, bakeries, and grocers, plus car and real estate ads. It features addresses in Fremont and Beattie, rental rooms, employment notices, exchange offers, and meadowdale and Renton property promotions. The item shows numerous businesses, real estate pitches, and job demands across Seattle suburbs.
In Chicago this morning a freight elevator fell from the eighth floor at Bears Hoeduck company's small order warehouse. One man, conductor Phillip Caldwell, was killed and four others were seriously injured when the cable snapped and the car dropped.
Tomorrow night the popular farce A Runaway Match closes its engagement at Third Avenue with matinee and evening shows sold out. It will be replaced Sunday by On the Bridge at Midnight a comic drama based on Longfellow’s poem. The lineup also features Hazel Kirke at the Alczar and Work and Wages a labor themed drama with Charles King.
Divorce suits filed yesterday include Mrs. Virginia Chabraeu versus Lack Chambreau on non support, W P Montgomery versus Mrs Marian Montgomery on infidelity, and Mrs Marjorie Walr versus Walter Cuir on non support.
Several hundred Knights Templar visitors were entertained in the city yesterday by a new entertainment committee appointed to replace the previous committee that left for San Francisco aboard the Spokane. The new committee is chaired by H. W. Carroll and includes H. Jordan J. M. Gebhart G. G. White H. A. Raser and W. V. Rinehart.
A long listing shows wholesale prices for meats including cow beef six cents per pound and veal etc, with extensive figures for produce, fruits, grains, dairy and groceries. It ends with an offer to buy hats at Brooks & Co in the city, noting the best quality at three dollars.
The Seattle theatre reopens tomorrow afternoon with a three performance run of A Country Courtship by the Chic Opera company. The musical comedy blends song and dance with a clear plot and comes well recommended.
Gortons minstrels headline the Grand next Saturday Sunday and Monday evenings with a special matinee Monday. The program features Welby Pearl and Fell in a comedy and dance number and Miss Cleone Pearl Fell performing dancing specialties. The Mardo troupe of acrobats and gymnasts also appears.
Better call and let us show you the finest line of men's $3.00 soft and stiff hats in the city. BEN, Smart Clothes, Herald, 1229 2d.
A dramatic ad claims a preventive for death by own action has been discovered. It warns despondency precedes self destruction and promotes Electric Bitters as a tonic that strengthens nerves and builds the body while regulating stomach liver and kidneys. Sold by G O Guy Inc and Vessler druggists.
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