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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1906
Page
4
The essay extols autumn as the season of home and hearth where firelight stirs memory and love. It links seasonal warmth to joy, duty, and the renewal of faith, noting generosity to the poor as a path to greater blessings and contemplating life, death, and immortality through nature's cycle.
An exuberant tribute hails Seattle City Hall as an unparalleled marvel surpassing the Gothic and Corinthian styles. The piece asserts the structure continues to grow like Topsy and will lure distant tourists to view a wonder the world has not duplicated.
John Fields shy bachelor visits Widow Dean for years and bets on a chess match for a kiss. The widow wins with a checkmate and kisses him, prompting Fields to propose marriage. Mrs. Fields is now caring for him.
A brief note urges readers to have their coats and garments cleaned to look fresh, promoting Pantovium services at Main 1048. It implies a limited offer or emphasis on professional cleaning quality.
A collage of cuttings and squibs from the Cannibal News notes quirky items, revelry at a roast, local legends, whimsical quotes, and a New Jersey steam heating company incorporation spoof about Mt Veauvina. Nonsense dialogue and humorous lines punctuate a fragmentary page.
The excerpt lists various inventors and quirky projects. Luther Burbank grafting watermelons, Marconi a thought producer, Edison a magnetic key hole, Weary Willele a substitute for work, Dumont an undestructable airship, Rev Ekinem on congregational sympathies, the returnable ball inventor quitting a returnable umbrella, and A Loafer on the Chalo wang.
News from Washington reports grand renovations for the Clark mansion headed by Montangmi Honaire before his voyage to Paris. He plans to bring wife and two young daughters, the newborn Anna La Chappelle Clark, and an older girl Andrea. The fourth floor nursery will be lavish, with Parisian furnishings and tile walls depicting children's legends and ceilings by top artists.
John B. Atkinson, attorney general of Washington, aboard a Wenatchee trip, announces plans to retire from politics at term end. He says he will relocate to Wenatchee, pursue non political work, and remain interested in mining with Chelan county prospects to be opened.
A late yesterday hearing before Judge Witt M. Thamp dealt with claims from miners. Dennis Murphy and Charles T. Bigier testified, asserting amounts of 100 dollars and 859.25 dollars, with forty five additional claims discussed. The next hearing is set for Monday afternoon.
Alaska delegate 18 on his way out arrived yesterday at Dawson in a crippled condition. During the delay of the rocket he arrived, Mr. Cale joined a football game and sprained his leg. He will be on crutches for weeks and urged a territorial form of government for Alaska upon reaching Washington.
The county auditor’s office reports a record day with 385 instruments filed, surpassing the prior peak of 158 records entered in the early part of last week.
Thomas J Reynolds a laborer was arrested by Patrolmen Peterson and Nash for creating a disturbance in the lower town. Joe Witttame the abused party was booked at headquarters at A Wilhese.
All Hoosiers in Beattie are invited to meet tomorrow night at 8 o clock in the Aleska club room. The One Indiana club committees will report. The secretary notes every little helps and asks everyone to attend.
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