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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1916
Page
5
The fragment lists monthly and yearly rates for home delivery by carrier and a contact line for The Seattle Star printing plant. It mentions a 36 cent monthly city rate and a 2.60 annual figure, with a garbled address and phone line.
The Swinomish steamer makes Seattle history by entering the Lake Washington canal and reaching Lake Union marking a milestone in the city’s long dream. The canal will connect lake shorelands to factory sites and bring the region closer to markets, signaling a new era for Seattle’s commerce and industry.
The Times weighs a Kansas City stop where Colonel Roosevelt could present Judge Hughes and Taft on a single platform. It imagines a staged scene with Taft and Hughes as advisers and hints at a bold, unified appeal to voters in Missouri and neighboring states during the 1912 campaign.
The piece attacks Humphrey once called a valuable business property by a figure named George E. Lee. It claims opponents misuse rhetoric to outdo Dr. Cook and mocks candidates and their press agents for lacking residence clarity.
The story follows Donaciano Osuna, sub prefect of Tia Juana, whose gentle heart mourns as he says goodbye to James Wood Coffroth at the Tia Juana race meet. He weeps while the crowd hears Sobre las Olas, and hints at more visitors with a bank roll to return soon.
Los Angeles teen Helma Stovall, 19, committed suicide after failing to find success as a motion picture actress. She left a note hoping for rough seas and cloudy skies, warning others of the slim odds, about 1 in 50, for women seeking movie fame. The piece also references the Progressive Party and Geo W Perkins in context.
Grace Chalmers Christie becomes center stage as Maitland Tait unveils plans to transform Oldbury with acres of suburbs, model cottages, a school, and gardens. The Herald editor pushes her to recount the project while Grace faces a decisive romantic crossroads after a broken engagement and looming public attention.
A writer describes a mistaken identity letter to a Herald editor, a sudden rise in status as the paper’s top newsman, and a forthcoming voyage to England to cover coal strikes and suffragettes. On board, flowers arrive for Pauline Calhoun and Grace Christie as new acquaintances form with an English passenger in a tale of travel and intrigue.
A nostalgic comic fragment reflects on playful scenes with Miss Bright Willie and a talking pig tail joke about why a pig’s tail matters. The minister remarks on dancing styles and a witty punch about wrestlers, congressmen, and a cow’s tail as a playful aside.
Reader letters praise Mayor Gill for enforcing Prohibition in Seattle and criticize the courts for hindering the law. They credit a fearless municipal leader with saving the city from humiliation and urge support of the will of the people. A second letter mocks Brandeis confirmation fights and argues for abolishing the Senate to protect Washington society.
An auxiliary control device designed in New York allows a rear passenger to halt a car in an emergency with the press of a button. The invention targets enhanced safety by providing a quick, accessible stop mechanism for any vehicle in distress.
TACOMA Aug 3 Two indictments were returned today by the grand jury in the longshoremen's strike riot of July 16 when Rangwell Lemann was killed. Frank Roscheck and Ben Knutson were named. Four not true bills cleared George Dalgetty C Carleon Victor Atora and W C Speaks.
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