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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1906
Page
4
A miscellany column teases prizes for clever verse submissions while lampooning habits and fashion notes. It references a prize for yarns, jokes about drinkers, a fashion note on mustard plasters, and a humorous exchange about mourning attire and telegraph costs.
In a fervent opinion piece the author links the Clallam Valencia and Dix disasters to greed and lax safety. It blames cost cutting, captain duties shifted to conduct fares, inexperienced mates, overcrowded boats, and rotten life preservers for the loss of about 240 lives. It calls for accountability by inspectors Whitney and Turner and stern action against those responsible.
A columnist mocks the National Airship Company absorbing 28 large airship firms and salutes the enduring dream of flight. He warns of trust power over weather and sky rights while urging to remain grounded until policy checks arrive.
Reggie Marsten pursues wealth through Rattle snake shares and ties with financier Richard Wainwright. Aline Vanderetucken endorses his schemes while Wainwright’s wife raises suspicion, leading to a public collapse as Wainwright ends Reggie’s social access and ends their entanglement.
A humorous fragment describes a football game through comic dialect. The narrator notes cheering crowds and banners while a vendor sells peanuts and bananas. The scene centers on the rowdy crowd, the marching band, and playful taunts as spectators celebrate the match.
A fragment shows Regste and Mr. Marstein discussing a planned manipulation around Rattlesnakes and a recent tragedy. They claim to have all the money they need and refer to past schemes, hinting at deceit and loss. The tone is terse and accusatory.
Eugene Driver Tuck in Chico California found an uncashed ten dollar check dated twenty one years earlier. The check, drawn in favor of William Ward, was from Rideout Smith bank in Greville.
In Judge Patton's court at Chicago Nevada George Meeker seeks a decree of divorce on grounds of desertion. He testified that the marriage deteriorated after he began to go bald and his wife allegedly urged him to buy a wig which he refused. He claimed she nagged him and finally left.
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