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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1908
Page
4
The Seattle Star outlines subscription details including rates per week or month, address changes, and delivery notices. It mentions the process to confirm or cancel deliveries, contact numbers, and service hours for updating subscriber information and ensuring receipt of the newspaper.
A column notes a shift from financial stringency to restored confidence in Seattle. Spring weather, campaign closings, and anticipated fleet gains lift mood, with realty agents reporting activity and optimism. The piece urges residents to adopt a hopeful view and “boost” the economy.
The Erie canal expansion plan costing 109 million dollars faces referendum backed bond funding. Proponents claim it will regulate rail rates and carry grain while restoring a historic channel that aided cities like Buffalo, though critics call the project a monumentally flawed program.
A new spring hat from Dig wholesalers features a jaunty black straw design trimmed with a black and white feathered accent. The description highlights a fashionable, eye catching option for the season.
A garbled collage touches on industry quitting warnings, a Chicago verdict for a bruised nose, and varied quotes about happiness and seeds. It weaves public figures, stores, education, and a divorce scene into a chaotic mosaic reflecting a 20th century newspaper page fragment.
Co B Coffin, jeweler formerly at 325 Pike, relocates across the street to 404 Pike beside Quaker Drug Co. The move places the business on the same block to serve customers with the same name.
A fragmentary poem speaks of sunshine as a small brightness on the way. It describes glimpses of life, widening views, and quiet faith guiding through tears. The lines touch on patience, rest, and grace in a soft, hopeful tone.
The text presents a parable about Clarence and Eloise, detailing Clarence’s courting gestures including nightly lodging, Sunday night visits, bon bons, and out of season violets as part of a complex romantic dynamic. It mixes narrative fragments with stylistic misfires and oblique references to affection.
A brief item notes tea described as the cheapest luxury and mentions a grocer refunding money if a customer does not make Schillings pest. The text uses archaic phrasing and references a refund policy tied to a product or vendor.
The piece follows Clarence and Eloise as they defend their casual nature and refuse to marry despite social pressure. Their repeated assurances of an understanding unsettle friends and a wary mother, while a late line notes the vast reach of subscribers’ telephones in the United States.
Washington correspondence reports Taft booster activity as the second termers plan press HQs and alliances. It notes La Follette’s rail and bond ideas, Sen Aldrich issues, and a stalled smoke nuisance bill with a reconsideration veto, ending with a playful aside on Washington politics and coal.
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