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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1907
Page
4
Subscriptions for the Ballard Star and Everett Star agencies are offered at a weekly or monthly rate. Delivery via carriers, post office handling, and renewal reminders are described. Billing terms mention prepaid periods and subscription labels.
Rollo and his father discuss a street brawl described by FW Sehmeier. The two try to parse why a crowd gathered and who was in danger as punches flew and officers intervened. The dialogue hints at confusion over motives and outcomes in a chaotic scene.
The Renton Hill Improvement club pushes for a grand jury investigation into city and county affairs. The appeal argues widespread extortion and rising costs threaten Seattle’s growth and calls on other groups to join in urging the superior court to convene a grand jury and pursue effective prosecutions.
A reflection on Walter Wellman and his airship voyage to reach the north pole. The piece extols human ambition and the belief that nothing is too high to be reached or too good to be true. It praises courage, science, and national achievement while urging faith in extraordinary goals.
A Sherlock Holmes style tale about missing papers tied to Marie Carran and John Sullivan's fortune reveals a cunning criminal using deception. The transcript returned wrapped in a Seattle Star page and addressed to Judge Albertson shows letters cut from The Star, indicating a wolf in sheep's clothing.
A note of a shrine plan for Our Lady of the Cataract to be erected in one Niagara Falls church as part of a broader religious and cultural discussion. The item also mentions diverse facts about zoological collections in the Bronx and missionary work in India, with a Paris sale inferring high art prices.
A fragmented page notes a humorous domestic drift with Smithers forgetting errands and Mrs. Smithers reproving him. It includes snippets about editors, a Willie and parallel lines joke, church music by Mame and Hees Jenkins, and a short schoolroom moment, all in a casual community-tone collage.
Pettie sits before a chair that rises into the floor revealing a table with food. Pettie eats pies and pink strawberry ice cream as the Geegawk watches amused. The pies and ice cream endlessly multiply, drawing in a strange scene and promising more tomorrow.
Familiar faces return as the store touts ready to wear Summer Apparel for men women and children. It promises steady customers satisfaction and invites new shoppers to open an account and shop the latest outfits with competitive prices.
A misread tale describes That Boy Next Door staging a pretend hunt in the yard with a Teddy bear as prey. The text satirically contrasts Indian imagery and cartoonish peril, noting the bear fights back and is fought off with repeated blows before finally collapsing.
Disjointed quotations describe manners and insults from urban rough houses and social scenes. Snippets reference chivalry, a shooting incident, and domestic echoes across papers such as the Washington Herald Milwaukee Sentinel Philadelphia Ledger and Louisville columnals.
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