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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1907
Page
4
The notice outlines subscription options for The Seattle Star with private exchanges and delivery details. It notes that deliveries occur every afternoon except Sunday, with pricing per copy and per month, and explains expiration dates on address labels and the process for paid-in-advance status and address changes.
A call to end the Milk Exchange is voiced as price manipulation is blamed for Seattle's high cost of living. The piece argues milk profits harm consumers with 8 cent quart prices urged and a push to dissolve combines to restore fair competition.
The Star outlines a thrifty Thanksgiving menu replacing turkey with a tender ham, showing a complete costed meal from grocer or butcher. It lists trimming costs and a sample menu including ham, bread, potatoes, onions, sauces, celery, cabbage salad, pies, fruit cake, wafers, coffee and more with specific prices.
A plump ham is seasoned with cloves bay loaf cinnamon celery onions and sweet edge. The ham is rubbed with spices wrapped in onions and baked four hours then cooled and thinly sliced to serve with pickled beets.
Fragmentary OCR cites a blue law decree barring loitering near church steps and store doors for flirtation or passing time with sweets. The odd dialogue mentions Mercedes and a peanut remark, hinting at a playful moralistic encer.
In a moonlit street Mercedes and Bobby spar over declarations of love amid a playful yet legal tug of propriety. A modern Portia voices restraint as Mercedes toys with fate, hinting at scandal while the couple plots a risky rendezvous under the shadow of the new ordinance.
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