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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1907
Page
4
Notices outline subscription terms and delivery options for The Seattle Star. It lists contact numbers Sunset Main, Independent exchanges, and local agent references, plus payment methods and mail carrier services. It emphasizes subscription expiration notices and prompt renewal to avoid service interruption.
City officials vow immediate action on a sea wall along the west rail line from Yesler Way to Smiths Cove. The plan uses surplus earth from Denny Hill and Magnolia Way grade work to fill tide flats, with costs shared by railroads and adjacent property owners. A temporary rip rap wall could suffice until a permanent stone wall is funded. Extensions to sewers are needed to remove refuse from tide flats.
The city owes gratitude and funding to Dr. F. S. Bourns for his plague fighting work in Manila and Seattle. He leaves his board salary at 50 dollars monthly while dedicating almost all his time to plague control. The piece urges a rising salary to 200 to 500 dollars monthly to reflect expert service and public sacrifice.
A dated critique of a constantly nagging wife who scolds, nags, and controls family life. The piece argues her behavior destroys happiness, fosters deceit, and isolates her from husband and children, leaving the home a place of tension and unhappiness.
A storefront notice touts Palace Meat Market on 604 Second Avenue as carrying choicest and freshest meats poultry and fish in the city with a persuasive call to action.
The narrator recalls an ad seeking a competent young person to care for triplets with union wages. She visits the stated address but encounters an unsettled scene and postpones her grand entry to the True home, wondering about the True party as the tale continues.
A collage of witty quips and social notes, pairing marital fuss, political digs, theater chatter, and humor. Jokes about matrimony, finances, and culture thread through captions and snippets, ending with a racy line about married life.
An observed scene in North Seattle portrays a deteriorating city hall and tensions over sidewalk restrictions for dogs. A barber shop visit reveals local decay, while passersby note a pair of children remarking about a man’s steam treatment, highlighting urban neglect.
The Chicago Tribune excerpt reflects on virtue over sentiment and the deeds that prove character. It argues that everyday helpful acts and loving deeds create genuine heaven in life, not rituals or longing for angels. It emphasizes sharing happiness and bringing heaven into people to ease the path to heaven.
A youthful aspirant pursues a grand dream yet remains unaware of its full meaning due to his own priorities and hidden motives, leaving his destiny uncertain and his future paths unclear.
Fragmentary dystopian verse appears as a dialogue between a poet and a fairy love. The lines satirize obsession and a call for drastic measures against an unnamed epidemic.
Mars visitor Mr Skygack arrives as a special correspondent and files wireless observations in his notebook detailing Earth scenes and events for readers.
A comic duo in mock German pidgin travels by balloon. They joke about weight altitude and a hidden trap door in the car. The exchange lampoons travel talk and ends with a thud as they drop into silence.
In a New York hospital, Dr. Lawler and Dr. Mellon clash over Hawtrey’s sanity as Miss Gwendolin Lawler pursues an exclusive interview. A courtly inquiry confirms Hawtrey sane save for a delusion of divinity, and he is discharged. The exchange reveals family tensions and medical authority in a tense private case.
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