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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1911
Page
4
A telephone girl earning $25 monthly details how her modest budget covers lunches laundry housekeeping and wear. The piece argues that dividends on stock profit from telephone companies deprive workers of a fair share and calls for equitable distribution before lasting peace.
The speaker declares belief in a forward moving society despite present hardship. They urge sustained faith in humanity and a concerted effort to right historic wrongs and grant the common man dominion over the earth. The vow emphasizes progress, unity, and persistence toward a more just future.
Observers note a trend toward a so called safety hair cutter amid sensational tidbits. The page pockets feisty takes on war, brides, medical remedies, city politics and social roils with biting humor and sharp opinion.
An advertisement claims one dose of Pape's Diapepsin ends indigestion gas dyspepsia and a sick stomach within five minutes. It urges readers to ask their druggist for Diapepsin, noting relief from gas belching and heartburn and a return to appetite.
A humorous piece mocks after Christmas shopping woes and returns. It envisions the ordeal of exchanging gifts like wife cigars, carpet slippers, robes, and gloves, with a satirical joke about a future law fining post holiday exchanges and the struggle to find fitting items.
A bustling urban scramble shows women elbowing toward streetcars while men push and shove in crowded lines. The piece praises city wives for their pull to home and wealth, with digressions on rosebushes in Europe and a jokey note about a broker keeping the broke from going broke. It ends noting military chaplains receive ranks and pay like officers.
In Seattle and Washington territory, women gain the right to vote for mayor and city council as well as state and federal offices. They may run for office, serve on juries, vote on bonds and recalls in several cities, and participate in initiative and charter measures.
A humorous alpine vignette follows Emil Edelweiss a lone climber racing an untrodden peak. He climbs without ropes risking a fall as a rustic Zwiebli village lies below while a comic dialogue about engagement unfolds.
The piece recalls Isidor Rayner Maryland and his stance on tariffs and trade. It notes his role as a free trader when tariffs were debated and as a protectionist when bills moved, compares him to Arthur Poe Gorman and references his earlier fame as counsel for Admiral Schley during the 1901 inquiry.
A home cough remedy recipe claims Pinex mixed with sugar syrup or honey eases coughs including whooping cough and sore throat. It alleges quick relief, appetite boost, mild laxative effect, and lists Seattle druggists guaranteeing satisfaction or money back.
A stage door quip about budget limits. Cholly jokes that he cannot enter the theater due to lack of pocket money, while Claudio laments entertaining the soubrets. The exchange captures a light backstage humor tone.
A fragmentary text references the Gottstein family and tensions with an individual named Ted. The note hints at a helpful credit system and urges timely payments to furnish a home.
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