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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1915
Page
4
A stream of anecdotes on anger’s effects from physical symptoms to ruined outcomes. The piece notes how rage unsettles the body, fuels violence, and harms relationships, with cultural jabs about gender and self-control. It ties to political gossip and wartime sentiment in a brisk, opinionated column voice.
Mr Bradley secretary of the Building Managers association spoke to Rotary members urging taxpayers to monitor the tax rate at city hall. He fears high living costs and calls for downtown rental reductions to help Seattle merchants. He says the ultimate consumer will bear the burden and calls readers to act.
Roger Babson warns that issuing treasury notes by warring governments will raise commodity prices as the paper dollar loses value. He notes wages are fixed by law or custom while gold gains value amid global note flood, questioning who benefits from the shift in money and finance.
The piece mocks patriotic critics who oppose the Robert Dollar Steamship Company. It notes Dollar raised the American flag due to German gunboats, claimed the flag was for wartime use only, and accuses him of pursuing dollars after the war.
The piece describes Haiti’s instability as a warlike fever spreading a psychology of conflict across the globe, likening it to the frenzies seen in Europe and Haiti’s own notorious history. It presents war as a universal contagion affecting minds and nations.
A German religious writer urges a moratorium in Christian practice during wartime proposing kneeling prayers before battle and invoking divine punishment on enemies. The stance is criticized as hypocritical and intolerable by many observers given the ongoing European conflicts.
Carl Shue and Johanna Horn received marriage licenses at Crown Point Indiana. The items include miscellaneous humor and notices from various sources such as Puck and local columns, plus trivial items and jokes.
The five year old Paul Hannum, son of Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Hannum of 1810 North 80th, disappeared while swimming with companion Willard Berg at Green Lake. Berg was behind him. The boy's body was recovered an hour later about ten feet from shore.
At a federal trade commission session in Seattle and other cities, business leaders pressed for tariff relief and expanded shipping, while consumers and end users largely remained silent. Speakers including C J Ford and J S McMillan urged policy changes to aid coal and lime imports, with calls for broader international markets and a nonpartisan tariff board.
The federal trade commission members were entertained at a Tuesday noon luncheon at the Commercial club. Will H. Parry, Seattle member, was guest of honor at a Chamber of Commerce rooftop banquet the previous Monday night with 150 leading Seattle business men. Parry praised Seattle and deflected praise with self effacement while expressing affection for the city.
San Francisco August 10 reports say William F Hatch Pacific coast agent for the McCall Pattern Co was found dead at his desk with a pistol by his side a 32 caliber bullet entering the temple. The door to his office was locked and no suicide note was left. Mrs Hateh questions the presumed self-inflicted death and investigators pursue leads.
New Westminster Aug 10 The typewritten notice on pay checks at British Columbia Electric Railway urges single men to enlist for King and Country. The message sparks unrest among bachelors as politicians and officials go to war, while Colorado miners suffer fatal accidents at Primero mine.
An advertisement extols using refined coconut oil as a mild shampoo. It warns soaps and commercial shampoos dry the scalp, making hair brittle, and recommends applying one to two teaspoonfuls of cooled coconut oil with water to cleanse hair. It claims the method leaves hair soft, lustrous, and easy to manage and notes coconut oil is cheap and widely available.
Grand Worthy President William H Grayson told Seattle at a banquet honoring grand aerie officers that nearly all 400000 Eagles would rise to defend the country if war came. Mayor Gill and other speakers attended as 800 guests gathered here after the Spokane convention.
Rabbi Martin A. Meyer of San Francisco argues in an international immigration congress that Americans are not standpatters in politics and should engage actively rather than resist change.
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