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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1907
Page
4
Telegraph edition subscriber notice outlines delivery, payment, and address label changes for The Independent and related services. It requests readers to call if copies are missing, with 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. hours and a policy of up to four reminders before reissue.
In a playful exchange a child Edwin asks about hens and chicory and chickens. His mother teases him with questions as she reads Bertha the Rollermaker, noting a mortarlike tone before finishing the tale.
The Star previews a government based series on the cost of living showing wages stagnant for a decade while living costs rose about 40 percent. It cites families earning around 53 a month and 751.34 annual incomes, with many subsisting on 644.28 yearly, highlighting hardship and profiteering.
A collage of quotable lines from multiple papers comments on women, automobiles, marriage age, fashion, and social roles. It notes the average marriage age for men and women, jokes about women learning to drive, the value of adversity, and reflections on Prohibition and corsets with various editorials and witty asides.
Travel offers list trips to Jamestown and return for 98 dollars. Additional fares shown for Chicago St. Louis Omaha Kansas City and Missouri river points with rounded prices. Tickets reservations and information available at Union Ticket office 608 First Ave. EF Ellis General Agent.
A fragmented dialogue shows casual chatter about meeting up. The speakers joke about timing drinks and errands, with garbled phrasing and overlapping sentences reflecting informal street talk and sociable banter.
The scene on the train shows Rollo and his father arguing about travel class and comfort as a passenger resists the crowd. They mock a lone passenger in an ordinary car, noting resentment toward “first class” travel and questioning fare payment while debating who should cover costs.
In Marseilles burglars used an acetylene and celluloid lamp to melt a safe at a chief manufacturer’s office and secured 5000 francs. The break-in took under five minutes while owners were away a short time. In Paris 60 wild cats attacked workers tearing through a Latin quarter house cellar.
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