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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1907
Page
3
This fragmentary poem and correspondence describe a hermit life of study and photography by a writer nicknamed The Hermit. The text, dated 1905 1906, includes reflections on love regret and artistic striving with literary allusions and a long personal confession to Miss Charlotte Whittiesey care Mrs A J Pinker.
The article describes a semi formal dinner gown in black and white using satin crepe and Orecon lace with a beaded skirt, a cape like bolero over a sheer black blouse, and a wrap scarf with embroidered ends. It also notes a high waist line and shirring details. Laws on inheritance tax lobbying election spending corporate campaign limits and Alaska-Yukon-Pacific and Jamestown expositions are discussed.
The 30 year old white man Dock Aubury, illiterate and unable to work, was sold under Kentucky’s old vagrancy law for nine months in Elizabethtown. The buyer, J. J. Jeneson, kept him at the farm while stories describe his appetite and mischief, including table theft and laziness. Authorities note the law may be unconstitutional if challenged.
The Society will meet in the Alaska Club rooms to campaign for a state appropriation. It aims to build a permanent exhibit and promote Minnesota scenes and interests.
In Superior Court today John F. Douglas sues Title Guarantee and Surety Co of Scranton Pa for 43008 arising from a contract to supply building materials for a seven story project on total and 12, block 66 A A Dennys addition. Douglas claims Fireproof Construction failed to complete as agreed, forcing him to finish the work at an extra 60000.
The steamer Cottage City docked this morning with 94 passengers and a cargo of fresh halibut. The vessel was coated in ice after a brisk voyage from Skagway. Passengers awaiting the ship described the night as unusually cold and clear, with no rough seas reported aboard.
The piece reports Oregon officials inaugurating a second term and urges voters to back Fieurhe and Mulkey for the senate. It also calls for a railroad commission, a reciprocal demurrage law, waterways improvements, and state acquisition of the Willamette locks at Oregon City.
The account recalls a local figure known as King Solomon who, during Lexington's 1833 cholera outbreak, worked as a grave digger by night and earned hero status. It contrasts his life with earlier misfortunes of enslaved people and a cruel nickname given to a white man named King Bolo mén.
Chief officer Jerry Flynn of the steamer Cottage City saves a soldier named Cassady from Fort Wm. H. Seward in Alaska after Cassady is spotted at the Haines dock as the ship reaches port. The record adds to Flynn’s list of rescue missions at sea.
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