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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1913
Page
5
A brief urging to advise a teacher about placing a thermometer in the classroom for monitoring health and to teach the child to read the device. The guidance emphasizes wisdom in choosing a school and preparing the child with basic thermometer-reading skills.
A Boston artist plans a two month lone living experiment in primitive Maine wilderness. He will live naked, fashion protection from rushes, trap for food, kindle fire by friction, and endure the summer only. The piece weighs whether modern man can match ancient cave dwellers.
The general secretary of the Pennsylvania Sunday School association reports millions of Japanese covertly embracing Christian teachings while preserving Buddhism. He argues that true faith is shown in daily living, not outward labels, and cites Chesterton on Christianity’s testing.
Summer health tips warn mothers to monitor infants bowels in hot weather and ensure water and milk quality. The piece promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle laxative to prevent constipation and summer diarrhoea, citing testimonials from Ella Denzel and C C Allen. Free samples offered by Dr W B Caldwell.
A brisk dialogue centers on Gertie and Charlie as Gertie presses for affection while a paternal objection lingers. The exchange contrasts desire with parental concerns and hints at deeper family tensions.
Chico merchant Jamen Dupen underwent an unusual operation to remove a half inch piece of silver wire that had pierced his left wrist in 1897. The wire threaded up his arm across the chest and down the opposite arm to emerge at the finger, a remarkable and long past wound complication.
A collection of humorous vignettes and odd quotes including a coal bill dispute over a 1.50 credit for a short load, remarks on marriage and independence, a Twelfth Avenue police interruption for a party, and various quips about public figures and literary censorship.
A collage of quips from Harpers Weekly and anecdotes about court jokes and medical banter. A suffragette's comic contempt, a milk adulteration defense, and a poor man facing a medical operation mirror literary humor about society and illness.
An A MERCHANT letter claims two First Avenue jewelry auctions in Seattle push inferior goods at high margins. The writer urges license reforms, bond requirements, and restrictions on moving locations to curb the alleged schemes and protect buyers.
In Manhattan a magazine art editor Elener de Saprest and wife Edith fought off intruders who climbed in through a window at 2 am. The assailants included a husband seeking divorce evidence and two private detectives. Five men were jailed for 30 days.
The Rev. John Coxe delivered an invocation at a Christian Missionary Alliance meeting in Rocky Springs Park Lancaster. He prayed for rain to drive crowds into the tabernacle and within five minutes thunder and rain sent attendees fleeing to the park buildings for shelter.
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