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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1907
Page
4
Readable bits describe The Seattle Star offices and agencies, subscription details, and delivery service. Contact Sunset Main 1050 or independent 441 for department or person. Notices warn subscribers about expiration dates and how to obtain copies if missed.
In a call for public action, a spokesman denounces the Seattle Wholesale Grocers' Association the Seattle Retail Grocers' Association and the Seattle Produce Association as a criminal conspiracy in restraint of trade. He urges local citizens to use legal means to break up the local food price manipulation and punishes offenders, arguing national actions exist but local remedies are needed now. He cites price fixing on flour and sugar and credit refusals to enforce the scheme, insisting prosecutions under state and common law are warranted.
A Seattle reader asks what kind of fellow George is a lightheaded selfish cad or a foolish youth who may become a good husband. The Star invites 75 word letters addressed Dear George from woven readers describing the question and personal reflections on behavior and virtue.
A letter expresses belief in restoration and plans for a future together. The writer pledges love and commitment, hoping Christmas marriage will bring happiness and support for a new household and work ahead.
A jumble of quips and sketches from the press includes jokes about candy freshness, married life, and phonograph salesmen. The piece nods to humor paging through entertainments with puns on modern life and a slice of political references from the era.
Visitors travel from Pier 3 at the foot of Yesterday Way to see the Oregon and Wisconsin battleships along with Charleston Buffalo and Philadelphia cruisers and the Nipsic prison ship. Six trips daily round trip 60 cents.
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