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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1908
Page
4
Subscriptions and delivery details for The Seattle Star inform readers to report missed copies by calling Sunset Main 1040 or 441 between certain hours. The notice explains how to verify renewal dates on the address label and requests prompt reports to ensure service continuity.
A Paris ceremony sealed phonographic records of great voices for 100 years to be opened in 2007. The piece muses on future access to historic music and oratory, imagining Bach, Paganini, Homer, and Demosthenes via future technology and cinema.
Washington reports that Admiral Bob Ryans may retire from active service in spring and Rear Admiral Uriel Sebree is rumored to be appointed to command the fleet. Sebree, youngest fighting rear admiral, currently leads the cruiser squadron guiding Evans around the horn and has Arctic and Polar expedition ties.
The Martian figure Mr Skygack arrives as a special correspondent and records wireless observations in a notebook during his Earthly visit.
March and April specials advertise low fares from Chicago to western points. The offer lists $38 to Chicago to western destinations and $30 to St Paul Omaha Kansas City and Missouri River points via St Louis. Buyers urged to visit Union Ticket Office at 608 First Ave for details.
Visit the U S navy yard to view battleships Oregon Wisconsin and Nebraska cruisers Buffalo and Philadelphia mighty dry docks torpedo boats and prison ship Nipsic Boats depart Pier 2 foot of Yealer way five times daily Round trip Weoon.
Staff Correspondent describes sailors aboard the Georgia in January facing vents from 85 degrees in the wardroom to 160 degrees in engine rooms. Some seek shade and a breeze while others endure heat with little relief as firemen shovel coal in extreme furnace-like conditions.
A jumbled passage features lines about fe Ye, yearning for a genuine woman, and a cynical take on business ethics. It riffs on mythological imagery, a “third term boom,” and odd promotional phrases about chauffeurs and motoring supplies.
A vivid tale recalls Barbara the barwoman and the Count de Gowlash fleeing Old World hollow manners for a new life in America. He admires her, they wed in a simple ceremony, and he embraces citizenship as gratitude to the land. A comic aside questions a new ice plant promise.
The piece notes the cyclical fashion world and predicts a coming high collar for women. It draws parallels to Padaung neck rings in East Africa and to Senegambian aesthetics, suggesting society may resist claims of copying while highlighting similar fashion ideas.
A fragment from Women's Home Companion quotes a girl bidding farewell to Jensiet and Auntie May with a wish to grow into a big, accomplished woman before their next visit. The tone is reflective and aspirational.
Brown's in Town offers modern baths and sinks with low prices. G H Brown Plumbing Co advertises plumbing and heating services at 221 Pine Street with figures on current offerings.
In Cambria Virginia on February 13 Frank Cawthorn shot and killed Ada Blankenship after she wed another man. He surrendered insisting the death penalty be carried out and said he would do it again, showing no remorse. The case shocks the local community as details emerge of a rejected romance.
Superintendent Kohn of the charity reports rising labor demand and a shrinking unemployed pool. Daily wages rise from 2.50 to 4 dollars for men who could not work weeks ago. Park board had surplus labor at 1.50 per day. Waiting lists exist but workers now find employment more readily. Shingle mills and city building operations resuming drive the improvement.
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