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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1908
Page
4
A fragment from a Seattle area paper notes a second class matter entry for Wertetties at Beattie Washington. The readable text is limited and provides minimal details about the notices or dates.
Citizens of Seattle aided by volunteers conducted a charity tag sale with many passing crowds showing goodwill. The event drew warm reception and hopeful giving as workers reported courteous responses and a strong communal mood. The article praises the shared feeling of kinship and gratitude for donors and organizers who made the day meaningful for the poor.
City column argues fountains enhance beauty and utility at Pioneer Place and Westlake in Seattle. It defends installation against fears of loafing by teamsters, noting horses’ need for drinking water, and advocates aesthetic fountains at busy street intersections. It also cites current events and speculative notes on Thaw and Tom Lawson.
The fragment describes a satirical scheme by Republican HQ figures to exploit voter data. It portrays Mr. Hitchcock and assistants planning to catalog voters by name address affiliation and even wives’ affiliation to influence outcomes. Adolf mocks the plan while officials defend a simple method to sway ballots in Philadelphia New York and Chicago areas.
In Chicago a man known as Cockroach John, an advertised vermin exterminator, claims his powder kills roaches and bedbugs. Neighbors allege his powder attracts insects, and roaches allegedly follow him home at night, creating a local controversy.
In a spoof tone the piece mocks high society and family scandals as it jests about Bologna golf praise, a misdirected wedding twist, and a famed comic misread of relationships. The humor centers on absurd titles and tangled kinship rumors.
Fragments describe a comic kitchen scene where a steak and a toaster fall in love amid a disrupted shift. A walking delegate orders a strike leaving workers puzzled about next steps and duties.
A comic exchange questions courtships as ships and mocks the milkman joke. A Throop Street woman is asked if she has a new milkman and replies with a pun about a sky brand that is sometimes in bine and sometimes cloudy.
Uncle Elias comments on fairness noting life would be cheap and pleasant with more cream on milk and lees on beer reflecting social inequality and appetite for better luck among neighbors.
In Sangamon county Springfield Sept 30 a woman named Mrs Lacy Haselrigg seeks a divorce from Andrew Carpenter alleging he married her in June 1859 then left two months later and was believed dead. She had later wed Aston Haselrigg in November 1869 and now seeks remarriage upon divorce from Carpenter.
The statement explains that conspire already means plotting together so conspire together is redundant. It also notes separate is not spelled seperate and warns against overlong redundant phrasing. The example highlights common spelling errors.
A fragmentary vintage clipping notes a Bowery performer Jim ater who sang on stage and believed himself a star until a remark from an Irish judge disrupted his shine. The piece also touches on rent, rail production, almshouses, and scattered quips from early 20th century papers.
A Paris Missouri Appeal item notes a strong jacket and jokes about cigars. The page lists U S dairy cows at 22,018,446 and cattle at 61,566,731. It cites Ireland's area at 32,360 square miles and a 1906 population of 4,391,543 declining 17,000 yearly. Emigration 1851 to 1908 totals 2,058,907 males and 1,902,104 females. Mabelle Gilman Corey opposes the "400." President's private secretary opens mall marked personal. No large bets recorded.
A fable-like tale describes a hound pursuing a hare through a township. A goatherd intrudes with a boast about speed, sparking a exchange. The hound replies that success lies in the direction chosen, not just in sprinting.
A historical note extols the United States as the leading producer in multiple crops and commodities. It claims the U S annually produces and exports the majority of world totals for corn wheat oats barley cotton tobacco flaxseed hops linseed resin and turpentine, outlining vast production shares and export volumes in a period summary.
A collage of whimsical letters and stray lines including political jabs atBill No. umpty-ump, cipher chatter, affectionate notes, party chatter, and misc scraps from Arlington cemetery to Luna Park. The jumble includes playful exchanges and odd phrases with no single coherent event.
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