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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1914
Page
4
A collage of quips and cartoons from The Seattle Star reflects humorous takes on soldiers, social scenes, and occupations. It notes rising labor protests, shifts in European work life, and a warning that organized labor may reshape power as workers unite.
Fragmentary notice from a Seattle newspaper masthead shows the News Service of the United Press Association with imprint details. It lists entry at Seattle Post Office as second class matter and indicates subscription rates per period. The fragmented text also mentions Buckten Duty and the Star Publishing Co. contact number.
A reader is urged to stand in a public place with a pad and pencil to note overheard pronoun usage. The test suggests sampling 100 young and 100 elderly men and women, focusing on puns and pronouns she or it, then reporting percentages to reveal a regularity.
A pregnant woman walking in bracing air faces pity and disdain from onlookers while two men mock the sight. She endures the scrutiny as she prepares for childbirth, questioning why public judgment adds hardship to natural motherhood.
A sociologist notes recurring outbreaks in West Virginia Wheatland Colorado and Butte and argues that poverty and child labor drive misery. He asserts the need for action by the president and all leaders to address systemic social failures causing widespread hardship.
The piece satirizes political maneuvering over seven sisters petitions and withdrawals. Secretary Howell faces no legal provision for supplementary petitions or withdrawals yet appears entwined with Sims’s influence. It mocks wartime headlines and regional politics with sharp, comic tone.
Austria has discontinued attacks on Serbia and concentrates troops at Semlin, signaling a strategic pause as the European war drags on. Russia threat looms, with Austrians ready for any hostile action.
Unconfirmed London Chronicle report claims Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria has been assassinated. Separate dispatch from Cattaro notes Montenegrin troops bombarding Cattaro in Dalmatia as they mobilize to aid Serbia.
Wireless dispatches indicate German protected cruisers Nürnberg and Leipsic and British sloop Algerine may have engaged north of Magdalena Bay off Lower California. Algerine reportedly left Mazatlan for San Diego days ago while German ships cruise the area.
Police seek gunman in Harry Chapman shooting as Max Everett nearly drowns evading capture. Ulster troops pledge aid, J G Johnston reports from Ireland. Thirty five Seattle delegates to Western Federation of Improvement club convention in Tacoma August 6. Land values rise twenty five million dollars in Seattle. United Commercial Travelers picnic set for Atlantic Park August 8, Chickasaw and Indian lands seized by government. Bishop O Dea delays pope visit due to war. County school population 1176. Emerson dies at Providence Hospital. Gen Obregon tells Carbajal to advance on capital. US ships 60 tons of gold via parcel post. pays postage 113 dollars. Aerial tram car fails in California. one killed, one injured. West Point stables burn. loss 50000 dollars, 118 horses stampede. Socialist congress meeting on anti war strike postponed indefinitely. Grant and Hamburg American liner recalled from mid ocean. Eugenics study eyed in Netherlands. Cohan’s Grand Opera House robbed of 6100 dollars in Chicago by two auto bandits. State has 4716429 dollars 83 cents on hand. Assassinator of Jean Jaures deemed insane. White Wolf Chinese bandit leader once reported dead active. Henry Hansen shot while homesteading near Medford Oregon.
Brief itemized notes report a Bellefontaine boy poisoned by arsenic in a Wiener wurst, a Chicago broker’s niece marrying a butcher, a liner striking a reef near Honolulu with minor damage, Idaho wheat field fire from lightning, Idaho coyotes gaining rabies, political parties united against Italy in war, Coast artillery encampment in Chimacum valley, New York banks poised to issue up to 100 million for crops, Irish suffragettes active, a Aberdeen priest’s death and an $8 000 estate.
An advertisement claims colized wax can revitalize either blondes or brunettes by gently peeling away older surface skin. Used nightly for about a week, it promises a fresher complexion and a youthful glow without harming the underlying layers.
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