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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1912
Page
5
The piece argues the government has spent 70 million on arid lands over a decade while 250 000 acres remain vacant. It notes many settlers fail or achieve little and private lands also await homemakers. The barrier is lack of capital as living costs exceed incomes, urging wiser statesmanship and human kindness to enable home ownership.
The piece contrasts railroad wealth with worker wages, noting average earnings of 590 dollars per employee annually and high stock dividends. It also covers Mary Walker claims, school superintendent issues, Becker Steffens debate, and shock value anecdotes about living costs, antiques, and Teddy Roosevelt relics.
A rambling survey of old urban vignettes and whimsical notes. Includes tafts era recollections, jokes about suffragettes, a New York heiress turning to eggs, peculiar quotes from a Honolulu paper, and scattered humorous asides on daily life and fashion.
One year ago Rev Richeson, jailed for the murder of Avis Linnell, attempted suicide in Boston jail. The Supreme Court reverses Judge Gay in the George Workman case and orders a new trial. The Public Utilities Committee votes to include 250 000 in city car line bonds within 3 000 000 bonds offered for sale by the city comptroller.
Five years earlier Judge P P Carroll charged Senator Samuel H Piles with defrauding the mayoralty nomination in 1889. Thirteen of eighteen city councilmen who passed an ordinance forcing rat district residents to keep two rat traps were found to have violated their own rule. A note mentions a girl from India entering vaudeville and a comic line about an explosive golf ball. An editorial lists inappropriate gifts for children under five including dangerous items.
Boise society shaken by the arrest of Dr. Edward T. Biwer and Hadie Doherty. Biwer allegedly married Doherty after divorcing his first wife, with a nation-wide womanhunt following a Chicago abduction claim. The case centers on marriage timing and big-city links.
The Star prints reader letters condemning raffling of live fowls on holidays and lamenting youth behavior. One writer urges humane treatment of animals and warns that permissive parenting harms future Americans, calling for stronger home training and study focus.
A quirky shopping page lists gift ideas from a Diamond rings range to Diamond lavallieres with prices up to $5,000. It notes unusual scenes like Pullman cars earning $40,000,000 by keeping people awake, and a Wisconsin poultry show where a $200 ruby was awarded top prize. It closes with satirical jabs about social habits and household quirks.
Enduring praise for Dr Caldwell’s Byrup Pepsin as the nation’s popular laxative tonic. The remedy is mild and gentle, suitable for infants and adults, claimed to ease constipation and stomach issues without harsh effects. Available from any druggist at fifty cents to one dollar per bottle.
An OCR misspellings laden ad promises syrup pepsin products with a money back guarantee. It mentions William Delbert Hox Mre Kore L Menke and claims refunds if not satisfied. Contact Caldwell 415 Washington Monticello Illinois for a fre bottle by mail.
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