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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1914

Page

8

The Confessions of a Wife on Farm Life and Wives

Narrator notes the harsh monotony of farm wives who bear unseen burdens while husbands focus on crops and machinery. She recalls a Smoky Mountain scene of a tired woman plowing with one animal, fetching water, cooking, and enduring hopeless isolation. The piece ends with a bleak remark that life is beautiful for men and hound dogs but hell for women.

Mary Great Smokys

Three Extra Specials for Saturday Fashion Shipment

Today’s Styles Today announces three extra specials for Saturday as a new Broadway System Clothes shipment arrives for fall and winter. Highlights include Scotch Tweeds and suits with full box back, advertised as the last word in fashion with extra special values at.

Broadway System

Reliable Credit House Lets You Buy Now Pay Later

A Seattle ad promotes flexible payments on purchases with options for monthly semi monthly or weekly installments. It markets credit as cash and urges customers to use credit to secure items immediately and settle payments over time.

Seattle Credit House

Supreme Court Delays Cost State $150,000 to Fish Packers

The Washington Supreme Court delayed ruling for six months in a tax case against fish canners, denying jurisdiction and awarding no relief while the industry benefited. Judges Crow Chadwick and Gose seek six-year terms amid labor and reform support for Pem berton Holcomb Mille. The dispute centered on a 90 cent per ton levy and the governor’s backing of Fish Commissioner Darwin.

Supreme Court of Washington People Uprembe Court Supreme Court Crow Chadwick Gose Ner Darwin Fish Trust

Woman poses as man in Florida death reveals secret

In Tampa Florida Hiram Calder Jr dies of pellagra in Orlando. Calder lived as a man for ten years after arriving from Norfolk Virginia with a woman believed to be his wife who died in Tampa two years earlier. Calder voted regularly in elections reflecting a prolonged female life no relatives or real name disclosed.

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Complete Report of Market Today.

The Complete Report of Market Today itemizes key price movements across commodities and stocks with summaries of the opening, midpoint, and closing values. It highlights notable gains and losses, sector leaders, and the day’s notable events affecting trading sentiment.

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