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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1914
Page
4
Seattle Chamber of Commerce blasts city council over spending on municipal utilities and defense. Council passes a resolution favoring municipal ownership despite chamber admonitions. Portland, Ore prints news of shoplifting ring amid public talk of policing policy changes.
A collage of jokey exchanges and humorous vignettes from the Seattle Star. Quips about talking to strangers, lawn disturbances, Aunt Chloe, a preacher and a smoker, plus light sports notes and classroom jests.
Arctic explorers often spot large walruses resting on floating ice in deep winter. A full grown walrus weighs about 2200 pounds, making its ice raft quite sizable. The species rarely comes ashore except in early summer and is vital to Alaska and Siberia natives for food and resources.
A Princeton instructor recalls President Wilson's quiet wit about a man bragging of bad habits. In San Francisco a trolley incident killed conductor J. Sylvan after being backed into his own car.
Judge Everett Smith rules the one cent per package animal food tax is valid but criticizes its administrative cost as excessive. The decision upholds the animal pure food law despite objections to its size.
An offer from The Elders Santtarte in St. Joseph Missouri promotes a free book on quitting tobacco at home in one to five days. It claims long-time users report health gains and that the method banishes tobacco urges for smoking chewing cigarettes or snuff. Readers are asked to send name and address to receive a copy.
Amid chaotic notes, letters addressed to New York block city and Alaska building surfaced. Dozens of notices follow on births and deaths, society events, marriages, club meetings, and public announcements from Seattle era civic pages.
A Seattle man endorses Dean’s Kidney Pills for backache and urinary issues. The ad claims forty thousand people testify to relief from weak kidneys and related symptoms, urging verification of the Seattle case and use of the remedy.
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