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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1905
Page
4
The Seattle Star lists office locations and contact numbers for departments and classified ads. It explains subscription terms, renewal reminders, and address label changes, and notes a new public space for posting notices with staff listings and a New York representative listed.
The Japanese plenipotentiary Baron Komura arrives in Seattle for one night on his route to Portsmouth and a peace meeting. Local officials and citizens lament his brief stay while praising Seattle as a key port to the Orient and a major American city. The tone questions Seattle’s hospitality versus eastern cities, noting Komura’s later stops.
A Seattle commentary lambasts county commissioner Daniel Abrams for seeking to cut corporate franchise assessments in King County. It accuses him of aligning with business interests, warns voters to remember his “maverick” stance, and brands him a traitor to taxpayers amid broader wartime and international ramblings.
The page shows a garbled dialogue with characters Schmidt Falke Jones Wise and UNCLE HENRY arriving. Uncle Henry intends to make himself at home until Josh returns and offers a feeble philosophy in his place.
New York man Samuel Adelson seeks restitution after his former fiancee Ella Bertil allegedly sold his jewels to cover legal expenses and a costly wedding plan. The column critiques the vanity of gifts in romance and warns against jilted lovers demanding precious items.
A grandmother recounts a haunting Christmas memory involving Aunt Judy's child Lily. A wandering, deranged woman warns of a sorrowful fate for Lily, predicting hardship and a cold fate in the city, while Lily is named and loved as Lily. The tale unfolds with prophecy and fear.
A family tale recounted from Boston to a small town depicts Lily led astray by Lieutenant Gray, a missing return to school, and a series of tragedies. Lily dies in her aunt Mrs Lacy's arms after revelations of past debauchery. Natty dies searching for Lily, while Judge Lacy adopts a foundling boy amid questions about a pauper funeral at the judge's home.
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