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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1914
Page
4
A Lincoln quotation urges hikers to seek honesty and defend what is right in the community. It emphasizes supporting the upright and removing wrongs only when necessary, urging steadfastness with good deeds and distancing from wrongs as required.
Adults in Leicester New York form health classes to study how the human machine works and how to take care of themselves. The first class drew about 80 attendees with 100 enrolled, and organizers hope interest lasts beyond initial weeks.
The piece attacks Senator Bristow of Kansas for opposing parcel post expansion. It argues expansion benefits the nation and contends a deficit claim by Postmaster Burleson is unfounded, urging citizens to influence Congress and even the president to protect parcel post against express company interests.
The piece argues New York sold a large $51,000,000 bond issue to a few bidders, profiting bankers while ordinary citizens missed the chance for safe, lower-cost investment. It contends small denominations would widen access, saving money and freedom, and praises Massachusetts’ treasurer for severing ties with the money trust as a model.
Voters face a crucial March 3 contest to elect 15 freeholders for Seattle's charter commission. Citizens must unite against special interests and push for a progressive slate to influence the city’s rights and privileges and the commission's direction.
The piece reflects on how little is needed to make a child happy a candy a penny toy and how love prompts imagination to gild its dreams. It argues the spirit of giving remains beyond Christmas and questions the reader about neglecting that unselfishness.
A chaotic mock ceremony devolves as the Fat Girl disrupts the fake wedding to a dwarf amid a crowd of revelers. The scene features Admiral Atom, the Human Eel, and a alarmsome scramble over mistaken magistrate claims before the couple is separated and the show ends. The piece closes with the narrator leaving the Karavan of Kurios.
A collage of jokes and dialogues features Edison deflecting a heckler, a charity worker retort, a fat merchant joke, a temperance speech, and varied slang exchanges. The piece captures backstage humor, crowd reactions, and social punchlines across urban life.
The Circle Corner announced a popular riddle contest with three new puzzles and three from last week. One hundred answers were received in week one, and a winner will be named in the March 14 issue. The prize includes a dollar and a pound of candy.
The piece presents a fragmented poem about a mail carrier delivering letters in winter. A concerned voice notes two cents due on a letter, while references to December, weather, and routine postal work appear in a colloquial, old-time newspaper style.
Uncle Jack promises Cir cle Corner will grow into a full children’s department in Seattle. Beginning next week the section will offer reading for boys and girls, with girls’ articles, boys’ stunts, and big contests. Watch for it next Saturday.
A reader contest announcement from The Star invites 14 year old Mabel Johnson of Hoquiam Washington to submit an outline of a president’s life and a brief justification for greatness. It notes Lincoln or Washington as possible comparisons and offers a pound candy prize with entries limited to 160 words.
Hazel Hauck of 828 21st won the contest with best story. About eighty five contestants entered. The tale THE BURGLAR follows Alice Henson reading by fireside when a sudden blackout reveals a prowling figure that turns out to be a cat when lights return.
David Bran non of Hoquiam Washington writes in a polite note to Uncle Jack saying he would be delighted to receive a membership card. He is in the fourth grade and ten years old.
12 year old Gladys Martin requests a membership card. She lives at 1518 Rainier Boulevard in Rainier Valley and has resided there about four years. She is in the fifth grade and signs Aunt Jack.
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