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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1907
Page
4
The Seattle Star lists delivery and subscription details for its daily edition at temporary quarters in the Old Library Building. It explains delivery times and contact procedures for missed copies, changes, and subscribing information.
A reflective prayer expresses resolve to grow through charity, self control, and earnest work. The speaker seeks inner strength, patience with others, and a steadfast spirit to endure temptations and face each day with humility, service, and quiet purpose.
Scraps describe a dramatic incident near Tooradin Victoria where a struck octopus wrapped a tentacle around a captor’s foot, forcing the membrane to be cut to free him. Other items note aged Norwegian churches, Austria voting laws, and a bronze statue project in Chicago.
A terse excerpt shows a speaker proposing at a seaside resort with casual dialogue about love and timing. The fragment hints at hesitation and playful misdirection before a formal proposal moment.
A collage of comic quips and brief items from past papers features jokes about weather, critics, Navy dancers, a drunken grave note, suffrage jokes, and a moving picture parody. Snippets include banter on salaries, haircuts, and postal calls, with local portraits of social scenes and witty exchanges.
A neighbor recounts a boy who copied an article on raft making and sailed a cloth sail using his mother’s $5 tablecloth. The incident ended with costly damage and neighbors building a woodshed to curb further mischief.
A humorous dialogue stage mockup riffs on Dan Hanna’s marriages with quips from J Geteher Gann Alas P Yorick and others. The exchange imagines Hanna forming a network of ex wives and even forming a singing group or glee club in time.
Dr. Lee Baker invites readers to view battleships at the Navy Yard. The dentist, located near 206 Wireless building, notes Main 6256 for inquiries and directions.
A lyric memorializing a ferry operator at Biliett bay who over sixteen years served craf t and passengers along the waters. The singer bids farewell as the master fades, with references to West Seattle and Hilcott bay and a note about a Y M C A secretary for Everett.
Local market advertises roiled roast beet at 10 cents and sirloin steakie with leg of jamble. Sale location listed as 509 Third Ave. Online wording is unclear but indicates a grocery or butcher offer with mixed items.
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