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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1904
Page
4
A miscellany page from the Seattle Star includes hotel register anecdotes, subscription notices, a downtown office update, and brief satirical items. It features personages and references to hotel culture, local businesses, and political chatter from December 1904, with light commentary on public life and figures.
An editorial criticizes John T. Roberts for alleged courtroom conduct including attacking a newspaper woman, slandering a fellow attorney, and vilifying the press. It condemns his remarks about journalists as unbecoming a gentleman and warns of ongoing tensions with Congdon and local papers while urging civility and accountability. The piece also notes Wall Street stock activity and a Fall festival in Port Arthur.
The piece reflects on clerks in stores, mainly young women, and contrasts cold money logic with humane shopping. It urges customers to be kind, anticipating busy pre Christmas crowds, noting clerks endure long hours and difficult behavior from shoppers. It asserts kind customers are well served.
The piece reflects on winter’s advance, noting the secretary of the treasury critique and the thinning chorus of birds. It laments the bare woods, falling flakes, and the hush over nature as the season tightens its grip.
The narrator trails the duke and Laceby in London seeking a horse deal while haunted by memory. He spots Lady Olivia Belhampton leaving a Grosvenor Street doorway and, after a cautious street exchange, confirms her identity and recalls a boating party with Grenville Graves. The moment stirs an eerie recollection of a sultan room and a chilling memory in Bramleigh castle.
A practical gown design uses a shirted silhouette suitable for soft velvet cashmere or elk material. The model allows trimming and fabric choices to be inexpensive and adaptable to available fabrics.
A Seattle chamber meeting read a Hillman Victims communication accusing C D Hillman of city harming methods and promising action after his criminal trial. Residents east of Lake Washington complain a Seattle Electric fence blocks easy home access. council action unlikely. Chamber backs Vashon Island mail route petition to Congress, urging Rep Humphreys to secure delivery from Vashon via Portage Lands.
BE White and others sue Winchester Fish company and seven other operators alleging illegal incorporation and improper franchises. Plaintiffs seek state declaration of franchises null and removal of the nine companies licenses.
A special council committee framed five propositions for the legislative assembly vote set for December 12. One plan gives the city authority to improve parking strips and repair sidewalks charging costs to abutting property owners.
Anecdotes blend a testimonial about Pyramid Pile Cure from a Mexican reader and a travelogue of hunting days in England. The narrator describes meeting Lady Olivia at a meet with hounds, noting the frost’s break and stables visiting, and hints at future events as the scene shifts.
An advertisement for EL N. Brooks & Co. presents a broad selection of men’s dress and street gloves. Located at 1331 24 Ave the store touts its varied glove inventory to city customers seeking quality handwear.
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