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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1907
Page
4
Broken OCR text describes subscription delivery for Ballard Star, listing address elements and monthly costs, with references to carrier delivery and Beattie Washington. Mentions dates, expiration, and mail subscriber notices. The fragment hints at changing dates and address labels for subscribers.
A essay argues manners depend on common sense and context not on fixed customs. It cites Johann von Herrick’s attack on hat tipping while praising Abraham Lincoln as an example of true courtesy shining from character. Gentleness and heart define a gentleman, not outward forms.
A collage of humorous vignettes and brief exchanges from travelers and locals. Jokes span insurance on poultry to a bellboy, a Turkish bath misadventure, parental reminders, and a whimsical London Punch take on Raisuli and bagpipes. Includes reflections on American ignorance and Irish Limerick verse.
A writer argues that most working girls can love and still perform well at work. He asserts loving women are more cheerful and energetic, while flighty ones talk of husbands. He describes loving girls as gentle, buoyant, and capable, and imagines hiring only girls in love in certain establishments.
Four tons and a half of bulletea were dug from a hill behind a rifle range at Yarmouth. The material, two years of sheeting by local volunteers, was sold for 122.60 dollars. An inquest into a Servian peasant’s death found he died from swallowing too many bullets, a practice followed by local peasants when feeling unwell.
A narrator recalls his father’s lessons about money and worth using a series of homely dialect lines. The piece riffs on ifs and punches, referencing historical figures and sporting bets while stressing that lacking cash negates talk and honor.
The Olympic Market at 118 Pike Street, opposite the Bon Marche, cuts meat prices in half offering value to shoppers.
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