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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1907
Page
4
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The article argues Labor Commissioner Hubbard must head a statewide fender inquiry into streetcar safety, as his office wields greater legal power than Seattle’s Board of Public Works. It asserts the issue affects multiple cities, and cites public safety as the decisive reason for state leadership despite local concerns.
A humorous sketch by Prof. Bump Tarara critiques Silas C Swallow, a Prohibition nominee for president. The piece jokes about his dry wit and religious stance, noting a mountainous topography of character and light irony in his name.
Take a trip on the Sound from the U S navy yard near the foot of Yester way. Boats depart six times daily for a round trip price of five quarters. See battleships Oregon Wisconsin Nebraska and ships Charleston Boston Buffalo Philadelphia Nipsic and the mammoth ary docks then return.
Ladies Cravenette Raincoats offered in new reliable goods at special low prices. Seattle branch of the Goodyear Raincoat Co located at First and Madison.
The alien reporter Mr Skygack travels to Earth in a 1900s comic frame, arriving as a special correspondent. He notes wireless observations in his Mia notebook, sharing outsider views on human technology and daily life.
A humorous society letter from a woman to Marie asks how to answer a marriage proposal in light of a flirty, indulgent suitor. Beatrice Vaughn replies with a firm ethic of work and responsibility, urging the man to prove himself at the mill before any union.
A ragged collage of quips poems and ads notes from a bygone issue. Items include verse about a bee in a foggy mind and a playful exchange on stamps. The piece closes with a Seattle ad for Oriental Hilliard and Pool Parlors boasting eight new tables and one 5x10 pool table claiming to be the only such table in Seattle.
A young boy, described as inscrutable, taunts family despite opportunities to steal. Hilama raises prices on plum preserves to 40 cents a quart, provoking temptation. At night the boy is found masked, prying at the pantry door, confirming the old adage that stolen sweets are sweetest.
A garbled collage mentions a dying feeling, a poor woman, a cocktail scandal, accusations about Fairbanks, holes in Chinese money, fresh jokes, boarders, pier 2 battleships, rising living costs, balloon fad, a chiropody booth at a Chicago show, and illustrated quotations.
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