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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1914
Page
4
The piece likens a modern business despot to King Canute trying to halt a rising tide of industrial democracy. It cites Banker Higginson of Boston pleading with the 85 percent not to hate the rich, argues hatred targets injustice not individuals, and notes Roosevelt’s potential return and Japan’s naval rise as broader power shifts.
A column questions Washington Citys moral soul amid a plan by Argyle Illinois maidens to fund a garment factory for former sex workers. After three weeks of fundraising a mere 1500 dollars was raised, prompting critique of national wealth and social reform. The piece also notes a New York burglary and a Savannah Georgia court ruling about spousal consent.
The article promotes Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a reliable digestive aid for Indians, constipation, biliousness, and related ailments. It claims benefits for digestion, liver function, and waste elimination, with guaranteed results or money back. A free sample offer is included with a mailing address in Monticello NJ.
A long program in a village schoolroom unfolds with songs sketches and jokes. Children and adults share lighthearted moments as masters and pupils quiz on appetite sins of omission and daily life while a duet entertains the crowd.
A promotional notice touts Croxone as a unique remedy to quickly ease backache, kidney and bladder troubles, rheumatism, and urinary issues. It claims the product cleanses uric acid and poisons, acts instantly, and offers a druggist price with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
A poem lament condemns factories that trap children in grim work. Braley decries youth crushed for wealth, calling it a morgue of babes and a massacre of childhood by dividends and Mammon. The verse asks how long the innocent will suffer this wrong.
Mrs Pike of 143 N Topping St Kansas City Missouri appeals to The Star for help locating her husband last heard working for the Pacific Telephone Co. The babies are calling for him and she seeks any information.
John M. Meyer Jr. sixteen year old Seattle high school student who ran away on February 2 to enlist in the United States Army at Chico California has been captured.
Lens Kryptok offers invisible B-Focal lenses with no lines or cement scales. They are ground in a single solid lens with two pairs of ginases and can be made toric or mat lenses. Mounting options include Sharon Eye glasses or spectacle mountings.
Poem extols Albany dentists offering bridgework teeth gold fillings porcelain and synthetic options. Claims painless extractions and teeth tightening with affordable rates. Recommends sending a friend and highlights guaranteed work and a favorable name nationwide.
A Portland reader blasts YMCA rent practices claiming 86 cents per week for a room and 25 cents per bath, and urges exposing the alleged pattern. The letter questions election costs and favors life tenure for a single mayoral candidate to reduce taxes.
Cliff Johnson replies that he prospected and located claims at Shoshanna for over three months starting in August. He challenges The Star and claimed statements that no claims were located on Bonanza Creek by July 1. He cites conversations with James, Fred M. Best, and Carl Whitman and asserts discoveries occurred in May.
The Star clarifies that Mr. and Mrs. K. Sturtevant did not sue C. D. Hillman over worthless land. The action seeks to compel Hillman to deliver full and clear title to 6,000 acres in Snohomish county known as the Birmingham lands, which Hillman has failed to provide.
A reader recounts a Queen Anne hill church sermon denouncing voters backing Hi Gill. The note expresses shifting support from Trenholme to Gill, questioning whether conscience should override political judgment and urging thoughtful voting.
A Star reader writes that their household subscribes to two copies, not just one, urging consideration of delivery and value for loyal customers.
A ten year old boy was summarily expelled from school for writing a line about wine that readers describe as a prank. The note cites “Wine is a mocker” and targetted fool teetotalers who do not know a good thing when they see it.
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