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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1913
Page
7
An Evanston preacher questions if church color schemes affect alertness and argues decor alone cannot keep audiences awake. He contends engaging sermons and genuine compassion, not red or pink curtains, sustain attention across venues like baseball games and theaters.
The piece argues that new income taxation will awaken citizen interest in government spending. It contrasts taxes on $3000 earners with fortunes like John D. and questions whether awareness will rise across social levels. It ends with a weather note and a tongue in cheek jab about public spending.
A collage of humorous vignettes and oddities from Seattle including social quirks, a country girl visiting a city cousin, a gas well unearthed by flood in Henry county, and a chaotic night of entertainment with a singer named Trentini. The pieces mix light satire with local color and American humor.
A humorous column about a young reporter taking over a suburban help column and misadventures with bees. The piece also includes a jokey exchange between a servant and a tramp cat and a maid about a long-lost cousin and a drowning millionaire.
An aviator in the Russian army tried to kill himself by turning off the engine while 800 feet aloft. The aircraft descended, and he died as the machine reached the ground. The report notes the incident in a stark account. Miss Francis Payne and Mr. Chester Hunt were married last night at the Methodist parsonage in Lawson Excelaslor Springs Missouri.
A reader rebukes Mrs. M. L. Jones for invoking corset statements by the Illinois Democratic League of Chicago. The letter argues corsets harm young girls, praises natural health, and questions the moral authority of corset advocates.
A Star reader urges home sex education and qualified school instructors to address natural questions. Another letter proposes a $100 misdemeanor fine for speeding within city limits to curb auto speeders. A Rancher comments on patent numbers, noting many patents relate to airplanes and mousetraps.
Fragmentary clipping notes a minister once preaching wrath now living in Ta Remove white spots from ture by rubbing withe ca. The text shows garbled OCR yet preserves a reference to a pastor famed for linking disasters to communal sin.
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