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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1908
Page
4
A fragment describes one cent copy and weekly rates of twenty-five cents per month for delivery by carrier. It notes entry at the Post Office in a city and mentions second-class mail matter designation.
The advisory commission on taxes argues for fair taxation on public service franchises and site values to fund growing city expenses. It says monopolies should bear their fair share, shifting burden from productive activity and avoiding bankruptcy without harming growth.
An opinion piece urges re electing E Shorrock and J T Ronald to the Seattle school board stressing their known service and value of time. It notes board value beyond popular interest and calls for voter confidence through re election to support public schools.
A collage of quips and curiosities ranges from a sassy exchange about a rockin chair to a quip about causing trouble after death. Notes include a misheard science lesson on marsupials a joke on a roving sister and a builder’s sharp buyer’s wit. The piece closes with assorted trivialities and a dated ad fragment.
A chaotic account describes Adolf and Osgar joining a football scrimmage amid jeers from a medical student crowd. Adolf struggles with fear and weight while playing center and midfield, delivering a comically flawed performance and an ambulance being summoned as the action devolves into farce.
In a dialogue from Chapple a guest says he cannot recall the name yet hints at a prior meeting. The nervous host doubles as the house owner and plays along with a lively exchange.
A dialogue contrasts a grim clock with a cheerful payday. A man recalls his grandfather, once a captain, who left no word, but the family keeps the stubs of his checks as a token of memory.
A fragmented dialogue features Uncle Bien and Miss Bridge Piend among others debating law, commerce, and whimsy with mock formality. The exchange touches on automobiles, spectacles, and a quip about Philippine sugar amid topical allusions and wordplay.
Salads are touted as tonics improving vitality and youth. A French dressing recipe uses olive or peanut oil, lemon juice, salt, paprika and onion juice, with variations including claret mustard mintHartley sauce and horseradish. A tomato cheese salad mixes ingredients into scooped tomatoes on watercress with jelly topping, served cold. French dressing over canned vegetables offers a winter salad option.
The latest Tailor Directoire Empire and Semi fittings showcased in foreign and domestic worsteds. Self and tone stripes shadow stripe serge and broadcloth in black and popular plain color tailored silk waists priced at 3.45 dollars each.
A fragment describes a late London style hat with a shower aigrette and ostrich feather tips. The piece notes a soft van snood and ends reaching the water, with a round sailor shape and a golden base, sky blue aigrette and arfood accents.
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