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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1908

Page

4

The Star subscription request details and delivery contacts

The notice outlines subscription costs for The Star including rates of one cent or twenty five cents per month, delivery by mail, and no free copies at the Westoffice Beattie Washington. It lists Main 1060 and Ind 441 as contact numbers and requests subscribers call if a copy is missing.

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Mayors Policy on Saloons Sparks Revival of Violations

A police court jury acquitted a man for selling liquor outside legal hours, prompting critique of Mayor Miller and the bail policy. The piece contrasts Miller’s lenient approach with Mayor Moore and Chief Wappenstein’s stricter jail-and-bail stance, arguing that lax enforcement leads to more violations.

Moore Wappenstein Miller

Year of Carelessness Costs England $125000

A newspaper laments carelessness causing loss of 125000 in England from misaddressed mail, noting how errors affect banks, factories, households, and workers. It questions bank examiners and cites political salaries, local races, and public notices, ending with notices of weather, a million-dollar purse, and events at Luna Park.

England

Lincoln statue silhouette in Lincoln Park Chicago

An impressionistic rear view of the Lincoln statue in Lincoln Park Chicago is captured against the sunset. The photo emphasizes bold relief of the tall figure and chairlike design while shrubbery and contrast create striking black and white silhouettes.

Lincoln Lincoln Park Chicago Clawale

Jumbles of Wit and Wordplay in Late Night Bits

A string of jokes and quips from a humorous column featuring quick exchanges between a Sweet Singer and Comedian, a merboy and mermaid, and others. It blends puns about nature, theater, and optimism with fragmented lines from cartoons and society bits.

Sweet Singer

Portable tablet meal then a morning suit invention

A dialogue fragment notes success in compressing a full meal into a swallowable tablet and humorously questions the next invention a morning suit that could be worn or worn quickly.

Striking satin coats for lingerie wear noted

Fashion notes highlight satin and taffeta coats in striking colors like cerive maize and onion brown. Dirsetoire styles remain favorites, with loose and sleeveless varieties also popular for pairing with lace and silk gowns.

Fragmented Word Mix of 19th Century Snippets and Jokes

A garbled collage of items includes references to Niagara Falls prices, locomotive counts, a court of appeals quip, New York equitable building height, a Philadelphia clerk’s records, a 1990 card invention claim, and assorted anecdotes about politicians, theater, weddings, and a fishing metaphor.

Equitable New York

Assyrian Room Drama Hooks A Dying Antiquities Lesson

A professor in a musty study examines ancient hieroglyphs while Miss Bowden flits among pharaohs relics. Dorothy Bowden watches with blue eyes as the scholar mutters about Ramesses and a curious old world. She offers hieroglyphs for translation.

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The Theban Phrase for I Love in a Curious Puzzle

Professor Hopkins and Miss Bowden debate a long ancient Egyptian phrase while parsing a letter from a distant reader. The scene mixes flirtation with scholarly chatter as the professor ignores romance to study a four-dotted hieroglyph and a note about a person named Jack.

Professor Hopkins Miss Bowden Jack Rose

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