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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1911
Page
4
Tacoma records a second conviction under the eight hour law for women with a laundry fined for overtime. A prior case saw a stenographer kept beyond eight hours. Seattle offers no action, citing busier cases, while the Star urges officials to enforce the law to protect women and curb exploitation.
The piece argues President Taft vetoes allowing Arizona to revisit its recall of judges and voters rights under the state constitution. It frames Taft as an autocratic force opposing popular self rule, detailing Arizona’s battle against railroad and political bosses and the shift to popular primaries.
A string of sharp asides covers California inquiries into Lillian Graham, opinions on Germany and the U S senate, Pennsylvania murder justice, Bryan in Ohio, Newport quitting smoking, and Illinois pivotal votes. It mocks federal forest telephony and criticizes government ownership, with a brief ad for Western Collection Co. in St. Louis.
A reflective verse describes solitary camping under stars with a tent at dusk. The narrator finds comfort in nature, dew, a sleeping stream, and a sense of divine presence near Bethlehem. The poem evokes pastoral peace and spiritual closeness to God amid night.
Dialogue captures a seaside vacation quip where Jimmy complains of restrictions and rough days. A second line features a brand warning about a father's potential reaction to smoking, with a defiant reply about who would feel the pain.
A Baltimore wife new to domestic life fears tradesmen will notice her ignorance. She asks the ash man about his cry Ash-ees and deftly replies I do not care for any today. The tale appears in Lippincott's identifiers with a stray note on Russian criminals in police photography and a pun on a fall hat.
The article discusses the Gary steel trust’s model city project and questions when top schools sanitation housing and working conditions will be achieved. It highlights the scale of the coke oven and the city’s ambitious modernization efforts reliant on the steel industry.
A collage of verse and misc. notices mentions Stevenson and a grave request while spoofing editorials. It cites a controversial theater marriage headline and Miss Emma Hall’s Suffragette Retreat, then mocks censorship and propriety with a cheeky note about using the word damn.
A quirky correspondence mentions a seaside flirtation as two people pretend wealth. A New Yorker named Hugh Connors sweeps streets nightly without pay, and residents request he relocate to the fair city with his broom. The Appleton cheese claim and odd payments aboard a plane add to the humorous fragment.
Margaret Adair argues that chorus girls are expendable in the Broadway machine. Talent counts little next to looks, and careers end as youth fades. Abuses by managers and agents push hopeful performers toward ruin and exploitation.
Timed for daily use, a hair color tonic blends pint alcohol with water and quinine for rich, healthy hair growth. A cream jelly clears skin and smooths lines, while parnetis helps weight control. Crystal eye tonic brightens and soothes eyes.
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