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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1906
Page
4
The 1907 orders for American auto makers reach 45000, up 10000 from last year, with many machines sold for the coming year. New York exhibit displays 224 configurations totaling about 1 million dollars in value, signaling the auto’s rising role in industry and daily life and its potential to reshape city growth and mobility.
Excerpts show Morarity and others discussing politics and ambition in a midwestern town. The dialogue touches on public perception, persistence, education, and competition, reflecting themes of power, strategy, and personal effort.
A collage of holiday humor and social vignettes features merchants praising goodwill while charging high bills, a New York actress’s marriage to a Pittsburg plumber, a comic note on Army dental requirements, and scenes from Bohemia and Portland with phonographs and satire. The piece blends whimsy with satirical jabs at commerce and modern life.
The Southern Pacific operates three daily trains on the Shasta Route. The new schedule shows a Seattle departure at 4 30 p m and a Portland departure at 11 40 p m arriving in San Francisco at 9 48 a m after forty one hours on the road. Tickets and reservations are available at the Union Ticket Office 608 First Avenue Seattle.
A quirky page blends jokes and vignettes with mentions of a New York woman claiming a flying machine invention. It riffs on gendered tropes, editorials, and light anecdotes about theater seating, coal substitutes, and a bustling Denver restaurant, all in a fragmented humor column style.
A hazy reminiscence mentions Mr. tidy in New York shaping ideas for Haw and altering them to fit local methods. The narrative notes slippery hardwood floors and dangerous rugs causing Mr. Mardy to develop a cautious, mincing gait and a wary, hesitant step as if he trod on ice.
The narrator meets Philip Seymour who, in a bright yet sorrowful mood, prepares rare Madeira and announces plans to toast his future wife, a twist that reveals he has no wife yet and hints at a pending marriage. The scene unfolds in a garret with intimate wine and a tense emotional charge.
A readable fragment from Arthur Goodrich's The Balance of Power illustrates the average successful businessman. The scene features him walking to church on Sunday with a gleam in his eye, aware of approving or amused looks, his feet keeping time to an offbeat rhythm.
The narrator reflects on Phillip Seymour a man hidden from the world and tormented by a dream wife who inspires his late work Immortalia. He confesses feeling unreal and wonders if he is insane as he narrates his fame and quiet death last week.
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