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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1904
Page
4
Telephones and offices listed for The Seattle Star and associated departments. Subscription rates, delivery schedules, and mailing details are noted, including address changes and post office registration. The notice outlines billing cycles and removal of names when subscriptions lapse.
In Memphis, citizens demand enforcement of gambling laws and the mayor issues strict orders to police. Indignation meetings resume as the 400 denounce the mayor while clubs and social circles face heightened scrutiny. The piece mocks public reaction and notes the mayor enjoys the controversy.
The Democratic party paper accuses King County commissioners of paying $1,000 for a patent road conduit from a company where Commissioner Baker holds large stock. The officials claim the conduit rights are worth more than paid and Baker says he has no personal interest in the company.
Many women who raise their own children can demoralize others by meddling in other mothers affairs. Summer invites interruptions as hosts judge and alter behavior of visiting children. The piece argues mothers should mind their own children and let others alone.
A collage of brief, humorous items and gossip notes. Mentions of christening a baby Port Arthur, Esopus pronunciation, neighborhood late-sitting, Luke the Loon, a Kentucky wedding altar, a colored woman in Washington society scandal, and Kipling campaign poetry remarks.
A fragmented monologue traces a man’s idle postmarital introspection. He reckons with loneliness and everyday habits, pondering missed routines, flirtations, and imagined social drift while his partner is away. The piece evokes urban modern life through restless, uncertain yearnings.
The Post Office Department denied weight restrictions on first class mail to foreign countries where domestic rates do not apply. Critics say the policy favors New York financiers while penalizing Alaska. Earlier attempts to waive four pound limits were rejected. Now the regulation changed to aid shipping securities abroad.
Judge Hanford freed the steamship Oregon yesterday after it had been wheeled Monday for 25000. A bond of 10008 was posted by the vessel owners. The notice appears in local public notices section with advertising for men’s summer underwear and photography services nearby.
The Star offers a $60 reward for Hubert Peters who poses as a Seattle Star solicitor and collects subscriptions without authority. A warrant is out for his arrest on embezzlement. Description notes Robert Peterson, about 36, 125 to 140 pounds, black suit and hat, sandy mustache, last seen at Hothell around July 23, when he changed his hat.
A 1902 reminiscence collection by Frank Leslie Publishing House recalling events, people, and scenes from earlier decades. The prose reflects nostalgic glimpses, social life, and cultural memories of the era.
Col Porter Downe recounts a Civil War tale to Mrs Gordon while at dinner with Pratt & Gordon in Manhattan Consolidated. She later confesses the girl who aided Downe as a child was herself, revealing a long hidden past. She then helps Downe secure the stock, hoping to repay him for saving her life.
Bedridden and destitute veteran J. J. Havenn from Vereatiles O. suffered kidney disease for years. He tried Kier the Bittera and recovered enough to testify he is on the road to complete recovery. Advertises as a liver and kidney remedy priced at 60 cents, guaranteed by A. O. Guy, druggist, on 2nd Ave and Yesler.
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