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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1903
Page
4
Expired address list and subscription details for the Seattle Star outline the paper’s offices and mailing costs. It notes rates for home delivery, the absence of free copies, and that subscriptions end when not renewed, with address label indications and post office status.
A stark warning decries rising drug use in all social strata. The article describes morphine and cocaine as modern lotuses eroding society from the moral center, urging doctors, press, and pulpit to expose the secret danger and educate the rising generation.
An unsigned interview asserts three dominant railroad companies balk at funding Seattle’s Western avenue sea wall project. The spokesmen threaten to block the improvement unless other parties bear at least half the cost, a move described as the dog in the manger tactic.
Horace Ventimure, an ambitious young London architect, wins a commission for a magnificent house after an encounter with a magical Jinnee. His patron, Sanuel Wackerbath, grows furious at the unfinished palace while Horace defends his work. The strange tale reveals a blend of ambition, supernatural aid, and social consequence as Horace navigates love and reputation.
Horace demands moderate speak as he confronts Mr. Wackerbath about the proposed building at Fairrash. The quarrel centers on a supposed contract with a jinn and a plan Horace fears will ruin his land and reputation, threatening legal action to stop the folly.
In a dramatic scene Horace, Beevor and Ventimore confront the Jinnee Fakrash el Ramash who torments Mr. Wackerbath over a palace dwelling. After pleas and threats, the Jinnee relents and the party agrees the mansion is suitable, with Wackerbath retracting earlier objections and agreeing to adopt the home.
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