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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1919
Page
14
President Roosevelt brokered a diplomatic conference between Japanese and Russian representatives. They dined aboard the Mayflower and Roosevelt proposed a toast to peace, marking a notable international triumph.
The excerpt urges freshmen to judge peers by character and achievement, not popularity. It emphasizes balancing studies and athletics, earning class respect, and choosing genuine merit over undeveloped charm while recognizing individual class context and goals.
The document presents Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and family letters from Oyster Bay dated August 1905, recounting visits by Phil Stewart and Dr. Lambert, boating in the Plunger submarine, and play with Archie. Roosevelt discusses newspaper attention, advice to Theodore Jr. about handling reporters, and reflections on studies, football, and social clubs.
A 1919 newspaper brief reports two men in a yellow raincoat and a red taped cap hunted by police for slugging J. C. Bridges at 1511 B Alder Street Tuesday night. They beat him nearly unconscious with a club on 1th Ave and First Street, then robbed him of $3.50. the tale ends with To Be Continued.
Spokane dispatch reports 6 300 000 pounds of sugar libeled by the government will be placed on sale under an agreement among federal authorities and the Utah Idaho Sugar Company. Of the total 4 6 million pounds must be sold this month and 1 8 million pounds in January with the libel to be dismissed upon fulfillment.
A burglar pried a window at 419 Spring Ave while the family slept and stole a gold watch a diamond locket other jewelry and 34 dollars. Police noted the entry was during the night. The text also mentions English common law and Yakima valley sugar warehousing.
Boxes of 3 priced at 25 cents feature novelties with colored roll edge and colored corner embroidery. Lawn handkerchiefs show white roll edge and corner embroidery. Hemstitched handkerchiefs come in white or colored embroidery.
A navy blue rain cape for girls with attached hood and rubber-lined sateen, full silk-lined hood, available in sizes 4 to 14 years. Priced at 4.50.
The Downstamps Store lists oblong and oval frames with square frames from 214x314 to 8x10 inches priced at 35c 50c 85c 1.50 and 2.00. Oval frames measure 2 to 914 inches long and cost 25c 35c 50c 1.00 and 1.50.
The Downstairs Store advertises three and four piece sets priced from nine to twenty five dollars. The brief notice highlights affordable home furnishings and a sale style format.
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