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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1908
Page
4
The Seattle Star page lists Ballard Star Agency figures and delivery notices. It mentions private exchanges, subscription options, and contact details for main office 1 Main 1060. Readers are asked to report missed copies and update addresses promptly.
Former Seattle mayor William Hickman Moore leaves city hall at noon after passing duties to John F. Miller. The tribute notes his two years of service as a durable public worker and a loyal, principled leader, with Moore receiving broad goodwill from residents and colleagues.
Mayor John Franklin Miller assumes office at noon amid a city with trusted police and fire departments and a historically low level of vice. He inherits a mandate from the liberal faction to uphold reform and deliver on campaign promises, with expectations to avoid wide-open governance and to lead decisively.
The Star backs Mayor Miller and urges him to keep campaign pledges on municipal cleanliness and effective governance. It notes his qualifications for chief executive but cautions that advisers should not hinder his duties or the fulfillment of promises.
A conversation between The Professor Sammy and Sambo unfolds with jokes about clairvoyance and fortune telling. They exchange slang and taunts as the Professor probes beliefs while Sambo and Sammy trade banter about luck and a predicted violent fate.
A fragmentary column riffing on weather slang, library jokes, and daily life quips. It mocks habits, drinkers, inspectors, and a traveling spoof on commerce and politics. The piece hints at local humor and public discourse with clipped, whimsical lines.
The notice outlines a maximum day schedule for Navy Yard boat trips with departures at 6 9, 7 30, 9 10, 11 30 a m 1 15 2 3 4 30 and 6 9 p m on weekdays and 6 30 7 30 1 15 2 4 30 p m on Fridays. It mentions ships to be shown during the Meet.
A Western girl writes from New York about spring arrivals in stores. She notes street displays of daffodils and violets priced from ten cents to sixty cents a bunch, new waistlines and jabots, water coats in satin and velvet, and elaborate lace or chiffon jabots extending to the skirt top. She plans to reveal more on the next letter.
Ledger item notes baseball goods sale reference with Piper and Taft annotation 1024.26 beyond ar.
Two nurses were scratched by Mrs. Louise Lafaviine at Wayside hospital before staff subdued her. The frenzied patient fought Officer Spier to police headquarters as aid arrived. Her mental condition will be examined.
Anarchist Emma Goldman has announced she is coming to the Pacific coast and may locate in Beattie, per information sent to a follower in Seattle.
A fragment notes BN. N. Brooks & Co. operating in 1841 in Beoouder, hinting at a hat trade or millinery business. The brief item lists the firm name and year with uncertain location, suggesting a trade card style notice.
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