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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1914
Page
5
The quote by Thomas Dreier reflects comfort with life’s uncertainty and the hope that future events will reveal what is just ahead. It emphasizes embracing unknown outcomes with interest and optimism.
A distinctively framed critique argues that beauty becomes a political project for both genders. Dr. Montessori mocks masculine dress standards and imagines laws forcing men to sacrifice comfort for appearance, suggesting satirical alternatives.
In a sharp exchange, Smoot of Utah accuses opponents of predicting hunger and ruin to attack Wilson. He argues 1913 wealth and resources could keep every family fed and clothed in 1914, challenging protectionist talk as dangerous history repeats itself.
A Chicago newlywed praises traditional domestic roles as a woman's greatest happiness. She urges more girls to be trained to be capable wives and mothers, contrasting old fashioned duties with modern temptations. The piece laments popular distractions and asserts mothering as essential for societal progress.
An assortment of snippets on daily life and economics from the era. Notes on hens and eggs, price signals in Syria, quips about debt and receiverships, reader letters about news interest, a 30 year service halt for Western Union women operators, and a cheeky contrast between a job and hospital care.
In Editor's Mail readers praise Beattie women for action against high living costs and discuss campaigns to tackle price fixing by meat combines. A letter from J. McIntyre urges regular riders to ask for transfers on streetcars, even if not needed, to avoid refusals under strict rules.
The hyena known as the scavenger of the Fast digests bones with the strongest jaws. In native settlements it is tolerated as a desirable citizen but viewed as cowardly and skulking. The striped hyena, or laughing hyena, earns its name from a cry like human laughter.
The text recalls a 1687 song about Sir William Petty born 1623 in Rumsey England. It quotes his will urging charity over grand or imprudent gifts and advising the public to support relief for the needy, while avoiding improvident acts.
Edgar C Battle becomes postmaster of Beattle at six thousand dollars yearly amid a political scramble. The selection follows the Wilson era shifts and a sequence of party maneuvering, with Battle’s nomination confirmed after Judge MacDonald’s death and his routine duties signing documents for the post office.
A terse account notes a prisoner being teased about his trade as a shoemaker. The exchange centers on a man who bought shoes for alteration and later sold them, reflecting a satirical World dispatch from New York.
Col Marc Mamon 76 and Mme De Le Ware 67 wow audiences with graceful waltz and tango as the Cowboy Minstrels join a kaleidoscopic international dance revue. Alice Lloyd stars alongside Misa Lloyd and Doraine Slaters while Frank Fogarty the Dublin minstrels adds new tales. The show runs the rest of the week.
A courtroom dialogue features a judge challenging a defense expert witness named Erastus Pinkley who admits ignorance of the case facts while affirming his role as the defense expert. The exchange underscores uncertainty about the defendant's alleged chicken theft.
Iowa produced 96,953,188 pounds of butter valued at 28,285,240 dollars in the last year.
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