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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1912
Page
4
A chaotic scene at Hobucken steamboat pier pits two temperamental Frenchmen against mistaken romance. Alfonse and Mr Dufarny clash over a kiss misread as affection from a wife, leading to a near-riot before officials halt the ship. Both parties apologize as wives flee and tensions ease.
The editorial condemns Clinton W. Howard as a politically driven, self serving judge nominee. It argues his recess appointment undermines the people of Washington and parallels past taints in state politics, urging Senate removal to protect the state from corporate influence.
The article cites A W McCann of New York arguing for plain kitchen hygiene and nutrition. It warns 15 million of 20 million schoolchildren have eye, dental and bone defects due to mineral loss from refined foods. It favors whole grains and natural sugars and suggests school experiments with chickens on different feeds to show health impacts.
A reader notes Taft’s push for a single term for presidents while residents wonder why the city light plant may cut service next week. The column links local highway desires and a Colorado mine skeleton discovery to broad currents in public and scientific discussion.
A guide explains the correct way to pronounce Hyomei the catarrh remedy marketed by Booths. The product blends Australian eucalyptus oil with antiseptics and is intended to clear nasal passages through inhalation.
An advertisement promotes Booths Hyomel as a $1.00 remedy for catarrh, coughs, colds and croup. It claims liquid sprays cannot reach all mucous membranes while Hyomel, an inhaled antiseptic air, penetrates deeply to kill germs. Extra bottles available.
A montage of trivia and curiosities from American life. Notes on freight costs for peach shipments to New York, bachelors in Kansas, Russian thistle eating habits, Bahamorelands cockney speech, naval uniform origins, Sunday versus Monday, high speed propeller rib effects, weather impacts on crops, whale sightings, prizefighter worries, a Herculaneum resident’s tale, royalties for 19th century works, and scarce American vessel entries at Guadeloupe ports.
A fragmentary page notes a Texas social card from Misa Armertine Eltridge. a Lewinville regret on her absence due to busy visiting in Rossier parish. New York Central earnings up by 1 million. Oscar hailed as a new white hope. Australian smoked fish challenging British brands. a Brooklyn man marries his mother in law to honor a wife’s dying wish. sailors to adopt a visor cap replacing the pancake cap. a note on a cymonasium in mathematics aged 74.
In Cincinnati Ohio far from Nine Mile, immigrant workers from Russia left crowded tenements for farms built from debt to unmortgaged acres. Joseph Rhoodin led a settlement effort turning wage laborers into farmers with Ezra Building and Loan backing, signaling a return tale of exodus and new prosperity.
The Star letters urge enclosures for P S T E L P Co streetcars and accuse management of stalling with vague promises. Readers argue for a city ordinance to protect workers and passengers, noting heaters would be misused and fresh air should be maintained.
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