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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1913
Page
4
In a period where men wear feathers in hats the Chicago News notes women modestly seek a vote share. The remark frames female suffrage as a prudent request within evolving social norms.
In its Christmas edition The Town Crier lauds the Post-Intelligencer and The Star for charity efforts including a Dreamland Christmas tree for local children. It urges readers to contribute to both events and notes Siberia as the coldest inhabited place with 85 degrees below zero.
A Denver newspaper note urges the Carter Contracting Co to end its minimum wage violations and boarding camp practices. It condemns British employers planning a large fund to oppose labor unions while calling for fair justice in wage rules and city contracts.
Anthony Comstock backs Christabel Pankhurst book exposing vice and militant suffragist views. The dispute over September Morn sparked a publishing boom as controversy fueled sales and attention. Comstock’s actions prior to the controversy are noted as a catalyst for public debate.
Facsimile excerpts reveal Bessie Wakefield writing to her mother from her death cell before an impending hanging. She asks for no gifts, describes sewing for her children, hopes to return home one day, and forwards warm thoughts to family members while awaiting a letter update from Frank and noting the babies’ needs.
A New York youth stole $55,000 to fund a lavish lifestyle and was sent to prison. The piece notes rapid dressmaking feats by a Parisian designer and satirizes persistent editorial voices.
The text cites John D Rockefeller receiving second hand bricks by parcel post and quotes President Nicholla of Dartmouth claiming college brains are in their heads. It contrasts with the idea that college men’ brains lie in their feet as the 1910 census shows 65,964,107 Americans have ever attended school.
In New York the latest production The Things That Count is staged with Cash registers and adding machines mentioned. The peculiar comedian Patton and his company perform Lagy TMI, with an audience likely to praise a memorable aroma of sweetness and fragrance from the show. A claim notes a massive tree trunk in Mixtla, Mexico measuring 145 feet in girth.
Chancellor David Lloyd George retells a story of a man who saved a drowning stranger and received a public testimonial. After the mayor praised him, the rescuer remarked that he did nothing special, simply acting to save a life and ensure the improvised rescue was not a wrongful identification.
In Woodbury Connecticut on December 10 a reporter visits Bessie Wakefield’s home by Passaquag lake to detail Christmas plans. Her sister Rosaie faces possible execution in March, while Bessie works to sew and craft gifts for her kids Grandmother Webster and the children witness a letter from Frank and Cora Belle and Georgie scribble Santa requests hoping for a doll a cart and a mother’s return.
Wisconsin enacts a pioneering law safeguarding frogs in their breeding period. The measure aims to shield beleaguered amphibians from habitat disruption and oversighting, marking a global first in species protection.
John P. Clum will lecture at the First Presbyterian Church on California's beauty and winter climate. Moving pictures will illustrate a coast trip from Victoria to Santa Barbara and the Battle of Flowers festival experiences in Santa Barbara.
Amid a Cleveland blizzard, snowbound residents offered 20 to 25 dollars to cross a dozen blocks by taxi. A pompous caller from Cedar Avenue and East 55th Street pleads for immediate pickup, telephoning a taxi garage and stating he will pay any price. He identifies himself as Mr. So and So of East 118th Street.
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