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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1907
Page
4
BTAR Publishing Co informs Roane County readers about subscription handling at Beartia Washington. The notice explains address label changes, one copy replacement, and a call to report missed issues to ensure accurate delivery and prompt service.
In a lurid diary fragment, Diana describes her role tending Percy Scadsborough, son of an insect powder magnate, while dressed as a nurse. Misa Lint provides simple instructions and chaperone Mine Lint watches closely as Percy, bored and grateful, talks eagerly to his nurse.
A Christmas meditation linking the season to Jesus teaching that one must become like children to enter the heavenly kingdom. It urges reflection on kindness to children, love, and living daily as if every day were Christmas. The piece speaks of hope, moral renewal, and the enduring star of goodwill.
Mrs Higgleworthy and Mrs Oompdonk trade quips about colicky children a barbed shin gum boils and a visiting batch of agents with root beer rags knives clocks and soap. The exchange hints at soap demand and neighborly judgment amid everyday worries.
Mrs Higgleworthy and Mrs Compdonk argue about soap while a pot boils over. The exchange centers on whether soap is needed and who should send it, reflecting neighborhood tensions and social norms.
Scrap at reasonable prices with no coupons or frauds. Local studio at Colman Building offering artistic photography services.
A mixed set of humorous verse snippets and brief prose notes reflect festive and social topics with satirical touches. Included are light verse about Christmas gifts and domestic life, a cautionary note on holiday expenses, and a historical statistic noting Germany's coal consumption in 1906 compared to Great Britain.
A reflective poem describing December and the dying year. The speaker notes bare hills and barren trees, wind driven reeds, and distant memories of sunny days as December’s marsh and frost mark the season. The hearth beckons as the year grows old.
A humorous vaudeville sketch features broken English patter about roller skating and weight loss. An audience banters with slapstick lines and a finale about a rolling vice rink setup for an invalid chairs performance.
A playful collection of riddles about birds and animals. The answers hinge on wordplay and puns such as crows being contented because they never complain without cause and comparing apendthrift to a pit.
A fragmentary, playful exchange features questions and jokey answers about candice, wigs, owls, and an elder berry. The tone resembles a light literary puzzle column with humorous wordplay and quaint phrasing.
Dick Wentworth and his brother Bob quarrel over Kitty leaving Providence for the Springs with the Dodge crowd. Bob vows to follow, while Dick dictates a message promising to meet her boat and claiming discrepancies between their plans. A month later Bob returns to his studio with a note of greeting from Whitely.
Take a trip to the U S navy yard to view battleships Oregon Wisconsin and Nebraska along with cruisers Buffalo and training ship Philadelphia. See mammoth dry docks torpedo boats and the prison ship Nipate. Boats depart Pier 2 foot of Yealer Way five times daily with a round trip fare of 50 cents.
Kitty confronts Bob about why he did not come as promised. Tele Gram notices arrive COD and threaten changes in plans. A doorway exchange hints at a larger drama as Kitty seeks reassurance. Dick intervenes with cautious hints, while the room fills with passing crowds outside.
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