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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1913
Page
3
Ida M Tarbell argues against taxing staple foods and praises tariff reductions on food items. She contends high food taxes hit poor families, note sugar as a major burden, and urges lower duties to ease prices on fruit eggs dairy and other essentials while undermining cold storage price manipulation.
Historical photo essay shows Copper River Indian children in harsh poverty with crippled parents. It argues Uncle Sam neglects Alaska natives while claiming paternal care, recounting Negata and two Copper Center boys lacking coats as subfreezing temperatures press.
A Kansas dairy cow lost an eye in hedge brush and stopped co operating, dropping milk output from eight to four quarts daily. A veterinarian diagnosed fallen pride and fitted the cow with a glass eye. The next day the Jersey rejoined the herd grazing contentedly.
Theodore Olson, then the largest policeman in Kansas City, has a special house built for his petite wife. The kitchen is built to call Mrs Olson and he must duck when entering. Other rooms and furniture are oversized. A high chair allows the wife to reach a lining table. the bed measures over seven feet.
The 24th International Eucharistic Congress of the Catholic Church began with the first pontifical mass in Saint John the Baptist Cathedral Valletta. The ceremony drew thousands as the congress formally opened yesterday.
The markets section lists buying and selling prices paid by local commission merchants to producers and by retailers to merchants. Price quotes cover foods like apples, beef, pork, poultry, vegetables, and feed, with notes on volatility and quality grades.
At Caton L Decker's funeral a phonographic record of a favorite song, once sung by the deceased and W Branley Grinsted, was played. Grinsted, a former Orange alderman, had supplied the record years earlier and the tune comforted Decker during illness.
Pittsburg April 24. The formal announcement of another 1,000,000 gift by Andrew Carnegie to the Carnegie Technical Institute was made at Founders Day exercises today. Former Governor Herbert S. Hadley of Missouri was the principal speaker. Carnegie could not attend. The gift today is the 2th million he has presented to Tech, bringing the endowment fund to 8,000,000.
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