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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1911
Page
4
The speaker warns Henry Cabot Lodge that moneyed interests will lose control as the people gain power to nominate elect and recall officials. He predicts broad popular initiative and veto rights, and a surge of laws to serve the common man, citing Taft and Hale as examples.
Herbert Knox Smith notes that public timber has shifted to private hands, citing massive holdings by Southern Pacific, Weyerhauser, and Northern Pacific. He traces loss of public timber to railroad and canal grants and speculation, warning about concentrated control. A Chicago woman claims long life by avoiding heavy underwear, and a quip about Eve’s age ends the piece.
The Los Angeles Record notes Seattle women voting in two January and February elections after enfranchisement. Ninety five percent registered and a high turnout toppled incumbents, revealing women voters favor candidates with civic experience and home concerns. The piece also mentions Joe Bailey's Senate gallery heckling as an noted incident.
A column praises the postal savings bank as a government backed success and notes Postmaster General Hitchcock’s remark about rapid expansion. It argues big business fears government competition and contemplates a government life insurance option. It also questions the California Supreme Court Ruef case rulings and urges a prompt verdict on the hypothetical flaw.
Only nine mayoral hopefuls remain in Chicago, a small pool from a potential pool of up to two million residents. The sparse field reflects local political dynamics and voter engagement.
A town character described as Star Dust testified in a trial about an auger, positively identifying the tool. The attorney pressed whether he truly knows the auger, and the witness affirmed he has known it “ever since it was a gimlet.”
The text sketches a jumble of topics including a professor named Leo Semolino linked to European royalty, distant cables from Montreal to Australia, a culinary tip about butter preventing skin blistering, and a social image of a bride waving a kerchief versus a rolling pin. It reads as fractured remnants from various columns.
Dobbleigh finds Hawkins with an upside down car turned by a hired derrick. Hawkins explains the crowd wanted to see how the machinery works and denies any accident, saying the display is for the children.
In a Health Hint, the article notes sunlight can reach every room during the day and acts as a strong germ destroyer. A brief exchange mentions a father who might approve of a suit, and that he recently painted the leaning gate.
In a humorous Harper's Weekly item, a tired father responds to his son's midnight whisper asking for toast. Willie then delivers a goofy question about feeding a cow soap to produce shaving cream, a playful mischief that amuses with its silly suburban vignette.
Beresford Barbour and Biddle are cited as leading names. The piece notes artist models urging a uniform wage scale and questions how a union suit might fare in this context.
A hodgepodge of quirky observations appears from a bygone era. Topics range from butter usado for burns to czars buying newspapers, a New York tower advertising electricity, to coffee purity tests and exchanges about Japan. The passage blends humor, speculation, and cultural curiosities.
A newspaper column presents reader questions about teen dating practices, proper conduct, and fashion inquiries. Cynthia Grey urges relying on mothers' guidance, while Sunny Sunshine answers hat care, dye choices, skin care, and engagement ring color.
Styles emphasize blue braid military straps with brass buttons, metallic textiles, and short skirts for afternoon frocks. Evening looks feature gold or silver tulle turbans with tall aigrets, marabou accents, and ornate Grecian filigree headpieces. Black mousse line gowns, no white, with velvet hems and lace guimpes dominate, while intricate braids, tapestries, and embroidery embellish trims and buttons.
Ayer's Hair Vigor does not alter hair color yet it purportedly stops hair loss. The claim is described as ineffective for pigmentation but marketed to halt shedding.
A new cap from Marcelle Demay at Paria draws fashion at winter resorts. It features milk colored crystal beads with a broad Delft blue border, creating a quaint yet rich design that has become a fad.
A discussion on courtesy at home argues that selfishness breeds bad manners and harms family harmony. It notes some men disrespect their partners and warns women, often unknowingly, contribute by self sacrificing for husbands or sons. Mutual respect and comradeship are urged to root out this vice.
A retelling of Robert Fulton’s 1807 Clermont voyage from New York to Albany. Crowds jeered at the steamship invention but the trial proved successful, launching an era of steam navigation and making Fulton a famed inventor.
A vintage advertisement promotes Eckman's Alterative as a home remedy for tuberculosis using fresh air, diet, and claimed cures. It cites a testimonial from Mrs. Mary Wasson and asserts long term recovery without sanatorium costs, urging readers to investigate affidavits and begin treatment.
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