Subscriptions and office details for the Seattle Star and local notices
The Seattle Star offices at 1 and 188 Seventh Avenue list subscription procedures and hours. The paper notes delivery, post office second class status, and a Want Ad routine at Raglet's Drug Store crossroads. Subscribers are warned their names may be dropped if payment is not received in advance.
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Esnontes
Ruetoens
Sunset
Main
Ballard Star Agency
Ballard Ave
Beattie
Washington
Raglet
Broondave Pikest
Pacific Northwest
Mary Elizabeth Lease Acknowledged as Mom and Public Figure
The Joan of Arc of Kansas populism, Mary Elizabeth Lease, has lived quietly in New York City for nine years working in literature. Interviewed by a woman reporter, she cites mother love as her motor, saying no woman seeks money unless compelled and that her children's education and comfort justified her hard work.
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Mary Elizabeth Lease
Lease
America
Mary Elisabeth
Moon Theory by Prof Pickering Sparks Debate
The text presents a satirical moon theory by Professor Pickering of Howard College claiming the moon is earth and the Pacific Ocean hole in the ground. It mocks speculative science and the age of the cosmos, noting volcanoes on the moon and coast as supposed evidence.
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Earth
Pacific Ocean
Pickering
Howard College
Moon
Pacific
Architect of
Does the end justify cruel means in vivisection
A discussion on animal testing in medical science and its ethical cost. The narrator questions whether suffering to animals in labs can be justified by possible benefits and notes public calls to ban vivisection as brutal and inhumane.
Law's Technicalities and the Fourth Trial for Dr Zorn
The piece argues mis justices in courts arise from legal technicalities. It cites Dr. Zorn of Kansas City charged with murder in 1902 and notes three trials, two hung juries, a 15 year sentence, and a bid for a fourth trial. Lawyers claim indictments misuse language, prompting debate on fairness and potential riots.
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Zorn
Kansas City
Albert Sechrist
Kane City
Joseph Brooks
Dr. Zorn
J. A. Reed
Reed
Court House
Cincinnati
The Independent Paddler Girl Finds Right Partner
A summer tale extols a self reliant woman who paddles her own canoe and declines help until the right man arrives. She earns admiration by competence and restraint, then welcomes partnership as a valuable compliment, making marriage a shared achievement.
Lively Scattered Quotes and Notes From The Star Dust Page
A collage of quirky phrases and items including travel chatter about trains to Washington, invalid hotel meals, an outspoken railroad guide, jokes about cranks and umbrellas, educational notes from West Lafayette, and a rhyming verse about a woman’s trunk. Contains names and places implied but not fully detailed.
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Henry Smithers
The Boy McCloskey and the Irish Village Hero
The tale centers on McClosky's boy, a stocky mischievous youth who despite causing trouble becomes a village legend. He saves Rose Murray from the canal, then drowns, leaving Mrs. Murray remorseful and a tablet planned in the Sunday school room.
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Newspaper Enterprise Association
Mrs. Trady
McCloskey
MacClonky
Mrs. Drady
Mapleton Village Memory of the River Rescue
A fragmented reminiscence set in Mapleton features Mrs. Lumacy and a young boy guiding a steamer, with villagers reacting as a boy survives a water peril. A poor woman receives help through small acts of charity as the tale closes with a motherly reunion.
Esperanto: A widely taught constructed language gains support
The article describes Esperanto as devised by Dr. Zamenbof in Benstock, Russia, existing since 1487 with phonetic spelling and a five vowel system. It reports 2000 roots, regular verbs, a single conjugation, and endings o a a o j for nouns adjectives adverbs plural. It notes global fluency, magazines, associations, and a recent Boulogne convention.
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Zamenbof
Benstock
Rusia
Europe
Boulogne
France
Cigar Store Trick Nets Nickel Back for Chewing T
A man buys a cigar at First avenue and pockets a Canadian 25 cent piece as change. After realizing the error he plans to use it to trap the clerk by buying another item. He ends up returning the king Edward coin and asks for chewing tobacco, noting the slick nickel he receives as change.
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First Avenue
King Edward
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