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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1905
Page
4
A bride reflects on twelve months of married life sharing chores and small joys. She notes lessons about duty, companionship, and the simple acts that shape love, from ironing to dinner, as she prepares to part.
Local notice outlines subscription options for Seattle Star readers, with pricing per week and month, mail or carrier delivery, and renewal procedures. It mentions office addresses, contact numbers, and postal processing details for subscribers.
Seattle in 1905 debates a $100 appropriation to purchase jeweled insignias for three fire officers. Council rewrites the issue as a matter of over-the-top pride versus prudent spending, questioning whether upgraded badges improve protection or merely impress the public.
A Chicago hospital case reports Clara Butler a Morgan Park Baptist soprano dying after a train accident singing Abide with Me to comfort relatives in the operating room. Surgeons and nurses paused at the window as her voice faded, prompting reflections on faith and doubt.
The column derides Seattle as little and old and accuses Chamber of Commerce leaders McGraw and Meikle of opposing the Christian Endeavor convention in 1907 to please business interests. It mocks officials as lazy and corrupt and weighs in on prices, politics, and currency habits with sweeping, satirical jabs.
A jagged extract blends social scenes with humor and history. It references a polo hat, a family dispute in a boardinghouse, jokes about yellow fever and boxing politics, plus a garbled note about King John and Magna Charta. The piece shifts to a ward politics quip about a prizefighter alderman candidate.
A Freemonter asks why a street car conductor rushes to the front before the car stops and signals the motorman after crossing a railroad, risking injury while ensuring passengers exit and board. He questions whether the conductor should wait at the rear until all aboard before moving to the front.
The December Bohemian club dinner features Dr. Richardson Goode in a sensational hypnosis demonstration that age regresses Lloyd to an old man. Lloyd later confesses a staged ruse to frame Goode and the other members for a money heist in Seattle, sending a fatal note from Venezuela and a bank pitch to the group.
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