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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1904
Page
2
An advertisement invites opening an account with one dollar at a “safe and strong savings Institution.” It promises easy future deposits and 4 percent interest on funds left for six months or more.
Frank Lenihan, a Seattle Electric employee, was arrested on drunkenness charges. He refused to pay about $12 owed to the Wayside Emergency Hospital where he was treated after a July 1 injury, and authorities pursue a possible filing while noting the hospital’s policy of not billing patients. A $74.40 found in his pockets is mentioned in the case.
County commissioners cleared J. C. Horan a Munnydale food supervisor of alleged misuse of county funds. A Sunnydale Food Roads club petition prompted the inquiry. The committee found Horan owed the county six dollars and confirmed the wage payments as county warrants.
Principal Geiger announced at an assembly that freshmen banners on telegraph and telephone poles are forbidden. Residents woke to find poles along business streets bearing banners marked 08 in honor of the freshman class. The order, issued by the chief, ends the banners everywhere.
Testimony from T J McFarland of Benterville Virginia praises Dr King’s New Discovery for bronchitis and lung troubles claiming three years of bronchitis cured after using the product. The ad claims effectiveness on lung and throat ailments and offers trial bottles free with regular sizes priced at 50 cents and one dollar.
Across multiple cities teams posted results: Oakland defeated Ban Francisco 1-0 in Tacoma, San Francisco beat Brooklyn 3-2 while Pittsburgh failed 0-2, New York routed Cincinnati 7-3, Philadelphia lost to Chicago 4-1, and Philadelphia 2-4 with Boston and St Louis 2-4 in other pairings.
At a Spanish American War veterans meeting last evening the initiation fee was set at five dollars after January 1. The group also voted to hold an open meeting on the second and last Thursdays of each month.
In remote living, a family may face dire consequences from accidents and sores. Bucklen's Arnica Salve is advertised as the best on earth, priced 26¢ at G. O. Guy, Inc. drug store on Second Avenue and Yeuter Way.
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