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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1907
Page
4
This excerpt outlines subscription maintenance for The Seattle Star including renewal reminders, delivery policies, and customer service contact procedures. It notes that expired subscriptions may be removed from mailing lists if not prepaid and provides office hours for renewals.
The Seattle Star returns to its new two story fireproof plant at 1307 and 1309 Seventh Avenue. The press room gains a double decked Potter press with 30000 papers per hour capacity and telegraphic service from United Press. Carpenters work will finish soon and readers are invited to visit.
A rich gold strike near Ord mountain twelve miles south of Daggett draws hundreds of miners from surrounding regions. Assays run from five hundred to fifteen hundred seventy five dollars per ton, fueling intense local excitement.
A man shows a guest a grand home and its wealth to illustrate a counterpoint. The wife notes luxury breeds fatigue and jealousy for simpler living, suggesting material abundance reduces happiness and that love matters most in any home.
The Wandering Minstrel arrives at Moleborough near Coffin founded by Normans. He improvises with a chorus about a sale of man and a woman who marries many on the Utah plan. Miscellany lines joke about language, elegance and Newport society and a “better half” quip.
The speaker longs for rural life over city hustle, praising green forests, fragrant meadows, and barnyard meals. He rejects urban nightlife, theaters, resorts, and costly lunches, insisting on noon dinner and six o clock supper in a farmhouse setting.
Reconstructed tale follows Uncle Dick fleeing Richmond after Appomattox. He acknowledges Yankee odds, accepts a blue overcoat, travels the Shenandoah Valley, and returns to a ruined Confederacy home. He loses family, witnesses burned farms, and ages into cordialism with veterans as long as the Civil War remains unspoken.
In a crowded public meeting Uncle Dick attacks a speaker with a cane over references to rebels and secession. He recalls Civil War glory, vows loyalty to Lee, and rages at perceived Yankee insults as townsfolk move to calm him while rumors of war sweep the plaza.
Informational notice announces sales of Geattle papers. Apply to Geo Engler at Star office in the old library building between 9 and 11 in the morning or 2 to 8 in the afternoon. Initiation fee paid by Engler.
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