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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1904
Page
4
A reflective piece contrasts old time spectacle with modern urban brightness. It compares electric city nights and traffic to candlelit palaces and lamplighters, then likens football gear and a senator in a plug hat to picturesque scenes.
A garbled humorous feature laments political pretension and imperial folly. It parodies governance and authority, with mock dialogue about a Kaiser and rulers, ending in a suggestive, satirical note on pride and consequences.
George Rowe demonstrates a novel muskrat catching technique by diving and securing muskrats in water. The article notes the sleek new craft appearing in Leavenworth last Saturday morning, drawing attention to its debut and initial catching success.
Independent voters of Georgetown push for lower Interurban fares six cents and scrutiny of city rail policies. Citizens note 20 tickets for $1, valid 39 days, with rides between Yesterway and Georgetown and a 12 minute Interurban time versus 30 minutes on the current line. A December 7 ball at Hamilton's Hall supports a new school plan. bicycle repairs advertised at Spinning's.
The narrator recalls a perilous escape from Madrapore after being pursued by a cripple and two unknown men. He returns to his house to gather valuables, contemplates flight at dawn, and dreams of Kasbah torture before waking to guards surrounding him and a tense standoff with the governor's soldiers.
A famed doctor chemist claims to have found a secret compound that grows hair on any bald head. The article notes free trial packages are being offered to all, with the discoverer sending these tests to interested readers.
Baltimore resident George W. Nally and his wife report complete relief from catarrh after using Hyomei. They praise its method of use, lack of stomach dosing, and the fragrance that reaches head throat and lungs. Quaker Drug Co offers a money back guarantee and a one dollar starter kit with extra bottles at fifty cents.
A narrator deserts the city at noon by slipping past guards and fleeing toward the coast on a horse. He faces a long desert journey of about 85 miles and hopes to rest in a mid journey village. Capture looms as a pursuing mob proclaims return to the city for punishment.
Describes frequent railway wrecks caused by carelessness and extols Dr King s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. Highlights Mrs Lois Cragg of Dorchester Mass as a life saved by the remedy. Guaranteed for throat and lung diseases with trial bottles free and priced at 50 cents and 1.00.
Brown’s Painless Dentists announce 30 day annual cut rate pricing on all dental work. They advertise 12 years in Beattie le and claim 2000 customers benefited last year. Dr Brown claims to be the only Seattle dentist not in the dental trust. Small profit and large sales is their motto.
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