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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1913
Page
5
The Star Doctor argues for medical inspection and school nurses to prevent epidemics. Opening schools with health checks detects contagious diseases early and stops spread, protecting children and community. Without inspectors or nurses, teachers bear the burden.
Statistics released today show since Burleson took office he has appointed 5 675 postmasters an average of 32 a day.
Readers seek guidance on bridesmaids payments, handling wedding rituals, and manners. Advice covers who pays for flowers, glove and ring exchanges, groom hats, and general wedding decorum along with unrelated personal ethics and manners inquiries.
In Pittsfield Massachusetts the mother of Secretary of Commerce W Redfield assigns the family Bible and Bible stand to her son in her will. The remainder of the estate goes to her four daughters.
At a rule committee hearing Jane Addams debated Rep. Chairman Hardwick of Georgia who claimed states alone handled electoral rights. She noted the Civil War amendment for Black enfranchisement, and Hardwick’s awkward retreat as a Southern gentleman stereotype was challenged by her pointed testimony.
In Lincoln Nebraska a child, Edward Thornburg age 6, bit into a suspected explosive found in a sand pile and suffered severe facial injuries. The blast followed and doctors fear he will not recover.
Washington Representative J. T. McDermott denied all charges that he took money from many sources, remarks made amid testimony before the lobby committee.
Newport society notes highlight Mrs Ava Willing Astor and Miss Annie Rowell at the national tennis tournament. Astor, famed for refined dress, wore a simple white linen skirt with a tailored waist and a large black hat, carrying a black velvet parasol behind a black lace veil. Rowell wore a white linen outing costume with a white felt hat, accompanying a Pekinese.
In Olympia Roy M Force of Vancouver was appointed traveling auditor for the Industrial insurance commission Southwestern Washington succeeding A W Calder. In Pocatello Idaho no crime occurred when a man shot Louis Schiffano for invading his brother's home and pressuring his sister in law. In Washington Representative Frank P Woods of Iowa was elected chairman of the Republican Congressional committee. In Philadelphia Secretary of State Bryan postponed his lecture after a storm delayed his car ride from Doylestown to Kennett Square. In Buffalo the International congress on school hygiene urged using discarded government vessels as outdoor homes for tubercular patients. In Newport the Grand Duke Michaelovitch visited Beechwood and Mrs John Astor won the big social prize. the duke will stay a day or two.
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