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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1908
Page
4
Public notice from the Seattle Star publisher detailing subscription rates and delivery guidance. It requests subscribers contact the newspaper with changes or issues, offering phone numbers Main 1050 Independent 441 and Main 1000 Ind 441 for assistance and renewal reminders.
A male teacher addresses female teachers about women's roles in education business and marriage. The speech elicits laughter as it critiques modern female independence, voting, and fashion insignias, while lamenting the puzzle of women's nature and societal changes.
New York banks, after famine and over-expansion, enter a period of contraction as panic ends. Call money rates drop from 100 to about 3 percent, while reduced payrolls and idle output leave banks with excess currency. The market signals a shift to easier money as manufacturers ease back from full operation.
Whitechapel is reformed and largely Jewish, with London averaging 48 murders yearly. In 1907 East End, including Whitechapel, recorded no murder or manslaughter, reflecting peaceful change as Jews increase in the area. Jack the Ripper’s old haunts would not be recognized today.
A verse asks who bears the crisis of hunger and homelessness in the commonwealth. It contrasts beggars facing hunger with the duty of citizens to provide care and work, urging charity amid survival questions and the eighth command. The poem frames the hungry as a societal issue for mayors, police, and taxpayers.
In a quirky dialogue, Old Man Tellum and Josh Wise discuss a topic framed as a social matter. Characters Matt Mudd and Gabe Rosin weigh in on whether marriage is plain news or an ideal, while Hank Peterson seals a barrel and Freckelheimer advertises guns for rent at 1024-20 Second Ave.
Dialogue on poverty strains and stock market chatter as brokers discuss Wall Street and social attention while a hospital ship faces the sea’s caution against emetics. The piece frames concern over wealth, health, and public perception amid economic strain.
Rates Westbound during March and April by Oregon Railroad Navigation Co. From Chicago 38 dollars. St Louis 25.50. To St Paul Omaha Kansas City and Missouri River points 20 dollars. Louis 25.50. Tell your friends or make deposits at Union Ticket Office 608 Pirot Ave. B. Be Bilis General Agent.
Take a Sound excursion to the U S Navy Yard to view battleships Oregon Wisconsin and Nebraska cruisers Buffalo training ship Philadelphia dry docks torpedo boats and the prison ship Nipste. Boats depart Pier 2 foot of Yesterway six times daily round trip six dollars.
In a rural quip filled scene Josh Wise and Gabe Rosin banter about marriage and business while a housewife saves a half-cent fruit jar ring for the next spring. A local man is teased with initials D D LL BD MA FRRB tied to his name as a running joke.
Reo O D Butcher counters in The Star, disputing Wadingham’s claim that Beattie unions throttle industry and raise building costs. He argues the Builders Exchange and capitalists profit while contractors act as a burden, praising labor’s wage scales and condemning commercial and labor trusts as the city’s economic lifeblood.
A dialogue revolves around Bammy, Sambo, and The Professor testing Sambo’s sense and the use of fingers or head. The exchange cycles through humor about kissing bricks and mispronounced words as Bammy defends himself while The Professor scolds. The scene showcases playful banter amid a resurrected museum act with dialogue-heavy humor.
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