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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1906
Page
4
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Many men fail to prosper not from lack of talent but from not trying or sacrificing. Examples include Mave you endured anything for it and M. Rounseliere who started at the bottom as a blacksmith and rose to fame. Haydn Gun ter, a pit boy turned violinist, shows the value of persistence. If you seek more pay and fulfillment, work to improve and pursue your talent.
Mayor Patton of Evanston leads a local trend with tent living as a healthier sleep option. He touts improved vitality, fewer drafts, and the ease of setting up a tent in backyards, claiming steady energy through the year. Neighbors follow, and the tent cure spreads to other towns as advocates emphasize fresh air and simple living.
Superintendent reports Los Angeles with 13 066 meters serving about 220 006 people uses less water than in the past when population was 125 000. Sioux City Iowa lists 3 200 meters for 7 500. capacity pumps are 1 250 000 gallons daily. With 45 000 residents meters rise to 3 200 and pumps run full. Also notes on lectures by I W Rogers and upcoming talks.
L W Rogers lectured at Christensen Artede Hall on occultism and civilization, claiming the nation shows brutal traits and accusing the United States of burning live negroes at the stake. He criticized political corruption and cited senators already in penitentiaries amid other indictments of the era.
The Star invites children to submit bright remarks and funny sayings for a weekly contest with prizes of 2 and 1 dollars. Readers mail brief one side submissions to the Child's Story Editor and are urged to print promptly for publication.
A mother in West Seattle recalls her four year old asking why the cow could not blow its horns. The playful exchange shows a child’s literal take on animal features and a parent’s gentle explanation.
A Seattle note records a troubling remark by a mother to a girl about selling her baby brother if she goes for a walk. The girl dismisses the idea, saying she does not want the baby anyway, in a terse street anecdote from 8th Avenue.
A child bursts with imagination at the notion of linking two lakes by a canal. The remark captures a weathered town’s skepticism and wonder about engineering projects imagined to connect Lake Uaton and Lake Washington.
A fragment recalls a scene in Coupeville Washington where a father plays piano while his young son sits upright in an easy chair listening and requesting a decent tune. The piece shifts to a memory about the youngest sister, implying family dynamics.
An ad pitches a theral credit plan to help customers dress comfortably and in good taste with little down and payments later. It promises no extra charges for accommodation and a single cash or credit price, aiming to assure style fit and quality of every garment.
A brief fragment shows a boy speaking to his mother about not wanting people to squat down, with the address 21 Firetav Batlard and the line right around my head this morn ing. The excerpt ends with the mother asking if they should replay something.
Noted Norwegian man of letters visits the United States on a tour. The announcement lists a lecture series with dates and venues to be announced in Seattle.
An informal reminiscence recounts a child's discovery of his father shaving and a grandmother recalling a playful family moment. The text also mentions a grandson being stung by bees and a child asking if they could play Ring Around the Rosy, set near Victoria Motel in Beattie.
The Norwegian novelist and dramatic poet Atjerne Tijatnson Bjornsen visits Beattle and will lecture at Labor Temple on August 22. His son Wioornatjerne Fijernsen accompanied him, and they tour major U S cities and universities.
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