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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1907
Page
4
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A collage of quips and short tales features a Connecticut farmer marrying a wealthy widow, a Chicago and New York exchange about city sights, a distracted professor with beef in his arms, a hospital clock quip, and a playful exchange about an animal story.
Excerpt from a diary column reveals Diana sending a photo to Mr. Finglemower, the Lonely Rancher, after a lengthy letter exchange. She notes the lack of true worth in his missive, contemplates his appearance, and imagines a future breakfast table scene as she ponders a long distance romance.
The Seattle Star announces a new leased wire system to connect with United Press from San Francisco and Portland, enabling near instantaneous offshore reporting. A San Diego Los Angeles to San Francisco link will feed Pacific Coast coverage, with operation by October. Alaska wire service to Nome Fairbanks Juneau enhances local reporting.
A fashionable Belmont breakfast features Consul the chimpanzee dressed in a frock coat and white vest. He uses knife and fork, drinks champagne, and smokes, while observers note the contrast between animal instinct and human vanity. The piece invites reflection on humanity and our social pretensions.
The text estimates that the Korean land area suitable for profitable cotton grows could produce about 130,000,000 pounds of ginned cotton annually.
About $90 a year is charged for unlimited telephone service in Paris, but the subscriber must also purchase his own instrument. This device can be any of several different kinds available.
A whimsical exchange shows the king asking why a hen crows in bad weather while the jester jokes a tale about crossing roads in different conditions. An editor’s Western climate quip mocks attire and bread needs as a suburban hostess contemplates an unexpected guest.
A satirical essay argues that love overwhelms ambition in women, claiming the feminine mind zones out for romance. It asserts love makes a working girl unreliable at tasks, while praising art and creativity sparked by being in love, and claims a wife’s role ends her work.
A collection of miscellaneous notes covers marine life depth, birth rates, horsepower units, retirements of 150 firemen on Atlantic liners, German polytechnic schools with 15 458 students, two women undertakers in Oakland and a skeletons articulator, 300 girls in New York harness trade, Kentucky’s girl jockey, a major New York typewriting firm run by two sisters, women writers becoming servers, Russian secret service employing 6000 women with many earning 10 000 dollars annually, a Jersey City painter of a gn, mint farming by a Louisiana woman, a British Dreadnaught searchlight feature signaling beams in opposite directions, non valuable crops in the Philippines including hemp rice and tobacco, and Amila cigars export near one million dollars with large home consumption.
A crowd gathers for an execution scene as a prisoner faces death by hanging. A brave woman reveals she caused the accused to be labeled a coward, sparking a plan with six slips in a hat to decide fate. One slips reads Liberty, and years later a family reunion confirms the outcome of the drawing.
The page lists Sunday services for many churches in Plymouth and surrounding neighborhoods. It names pastors, church names, Street locations, service times including morning and evening worships, Sunday schools, and special events or notes for each congregation.
Residents oppose plans for a bronze statue of the Chief Hearth along Fifth Avenue. Rev. H. H. Gowen Hanscomb and others argue the project would cheapen the city and voiced objections to the proposal.
Prof Henry from a university joins the Mong Olympics crowd who left two weeks ago to camp at Fiwahe and scale Mount Olympus seeking a new alliance. Only a small percent of the 000,000 population age group is noted in the report.
The Pacific at Hremerton shows more battleships than ever in Puget Sound Navy Yard. Nebrask a Oregon Chicago Kang Charleston and training ship Nipsie are listed among others. Drydock times noted at 2:20 6:20 2:30 and 4:30 p. m. Children from 6 to 12.
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