Prices for the Best Definitions of a Kiss
The Star invites readers to submit their best definitions of a kiss for a chance to win a prize. Entries prompted by playful challenge and reader engagement.
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1903
Page
7
The Star invites readers to submit their best definitions of a kiss for a chance to win a prize. Entries prompted by playful challenge and reader engagement.
A contest editor plans to publish three judges for a definition of kiss but a judge is missing. The piece offers a humorous “recipe” for a kiss and several reader definitions, reflecting varied views from readers across Ballard and nearby avenues.
An old style ad offers a complete chicken dinner for 25 cents at The Coudhins 314 Union. It mentions Club House and fried sweet potatoes and cakes for breakfast.
A partial catalog lists Dennison's crepe paper at certain value and Best Brand Saxony Yarn priced per skein. The note mentions children's heavy merino and drawers valued at 25 cents each.
Market notes indicate ample supplies for Thanksgiving with no expected shortage. Turkeys from Seattle areas arriving next week priced 14 to 23 cents per pound, with good demand for choice stock. Other fresh meats, fruits, and vegetables show steady wholesale prices and robust volume across regional suppliers.
A slate of acts and productions fills the Grand and Beattie theaters with premieres and matinees. Jeff De Angelis in The Toreador leads a four night engagement, while Herrmann the Great performs three nights. Other shows include Old Jed Preuty at Seattle and Mr Pickwick at the Grand with DeWolf Hopper’s company.
The performance features Eleet the Queen of Flame in a cremation effects sequence and wonders in levitation. Herrmann presents the season’s Lasky musical. You Youson closes tonight at the Third Avenue theater. Stanley Jolene heads to the uptown house next week opening with a matinee tomorrow.
A special Thanksgiving matinee of A Little Outcast features May Stockton as Bob the newsboy. The melodrama has proven clever in Seattle and is billed as a lively performance for audiences.
With Robert Craig in the title role the play Old Jed Prouty opens an en con at the Beattle theater Tinesday night. Matinees are scheduled for Wednesday and Faturday. The rural drama follows a village inn keeper whose wise sayings and quiet humor shape the story.
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