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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1911
Page
3
Fragmented poem in light verse form exploring talkative devices and contrasts. The speaker notes a cheerful fellow living without complaint and hints at a moral about perception and fate. The second fragment adds a joke about marriage and umbrellas.
A letter from a survivor recounts her orphaned youth, betrayal, and years of hardship. She describes leaving an abusive employer, bearing a child, adopting three children, and rebuilding life in a city with dignity, urging other girls to seek hope, faith, and steady resolve.
Ninety five hikers explored Rain Bridge Island on a first spring walk and measured twelve miles from Agate Point to Wing Point. Next week Mercer Island hosts a program with a Sunday 22 mile trek from Bellevue to Lesaquah and Renton.
Winsted Conn Feb 21 Mrs John J Keeley Jr cares for her traumatized self after her 2 year old fell into a tub of boiling water on the floor. The child died from the scalding and the mother is under a physician care for hysteria.
Rome reports that telegraph lines wrecked by Sunday’s quake have been set to rights. In Tuscany province, damage was heavy as crews worked to restore communications and restore service.
In Tokyo on February 21 the diet faced a demand to impeach the cabinet led by Marquis Katsura amid rising political pressure. The move signals intensified scrutiny of government actions and could affect the fate of the administration.
A home remedy claims to break a cold in a day and cure a cough with a physician’s formula. Mix two ounces glycerine, half an ounce concentrated pine compound, and half a pint of whisky. Take one to two teaspoonfuls after meals and at bedtime. Adjust for children by age. Reach for genuine Globe Concentrated Pine in sealed half-ounce bottles.
Alvin C. Smith of Netcong is named chief of police, collector of water department, superintendent and supervisor of reading, officer of the truancy bureau, and janitor of the borough hall. He draws $46 a month from the town fund and recently received a $5 raise.
Walter R. Hodler received 10000 dollars from a Newark jury for injuries three years old that left him totally deaf. Testimony was obtained from Hodler with a typewriter.
Market figures show dairy butter and eggs priced by grade and origin with Western and local sources. Vegetables and staple grains like potatoes carrots oats and corn are listed with regional designations and per ton or per dozen rates, reflecting typical supply costs and quality notes for buyers.
Frank J. Griffith, former prosecutor candidate and civil service commissioner, was formally removed by the city last night. R. C. Kine, a real estate dealer, was appointed to fill the vacancy after Griffith refused to resign at the mayor’s request amid recall campaign activity.
Chinese residents of Spokane collected 1500 dollars for relief of their countrymen. The Buford is expected to have a cargo waiting when it arrives next week. Results of church collections statewide will be known soon. The steel corporation and H B Andrews led the day with 360 and 101 dollars respectively.
Judge Frater struggles to resolve whether Mrs. B F Monroe remains a widow or is the divorced wife of Dr B F Monroe. The divorce decree was unsigned when he died and her bid to sign it follows. Children from the first marriage oppose her bid to administer the estate.
A cast iron gas lighter shaped like a pistol uses a spring driven ratchet to strike a spark from a flinty component, lighting gas. It resembles pocket cigar lighters and is pitched as safer for children than matches.
Mrs. M. E. McKay of New York went to Albany to find her husband when she suddenly gave birth at the Harrison house in Scranton. A doctor was called but the birth occurred within minutes after registration.
Mary Stebbins Colley 96 a daughter of the American Revolution died in Springfield of pneumonia. Her father served at West Point when Major Andre was executed. An obituary note from February 21 19xx.
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WANTS TO WORK SAVANNAH Feb 21. Mrs Myra C Brown appeals for a court order restraining her husband from interference with her. The decision means no husband in Georgia has an exclusive claim on his wife's services as the court grants a permanent injunction.
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