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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1913
Page
5
A discussion urges the King County Medical Association to address quackery and malpractice. It notes doctors’ perceived focus on fees and calls for a committee to collect evidence from victims who turned to unproven treatments and health schemes.
A satirical note contrasts Justice Lurton's court theory on the evil of the combination with common folk worrying about coal prices. It sketches Bill's humble wage of $1.50 a day and Justice Lurton's high pay, highlighting the tension between theory and daily cost of heating.
A labor inquiry reveals a three year old child working long hours in New York. The child’s plea ever since I was exposes harsh poverty and greed, challenging America’s ideals of freedom and justice.
Extract from a Ridgnond Virginia letter mocks Jefferson Davis amid Southern sympathy claims. The writer notes Davis is not popular, mocks his gender, and reflects on family ties and perceptions of conduct, using ironic shifts in reference.
President Taft holds the New Year’s reception at the White House shaking hands with more than 7,000 guests as part of annual holiday duties.
A mixed compilation of humorous quips and short dialogues. Jokes about editors pawnbrokers and writing alike. Includes lines on honesty, guilt, telephones, and a judge’s light sentence. Ends with a cartoonish vignette about a silent partner and mild curiosity.
A garbled gossip column fragment describes a doctor’s car arrival, Bray-like lines about Briggs and a mock exchange on data prices. It blends nonsensical names, conversations with a village grocer, a hotel tip tale, and stray quotes, highlighting language quirks and assorted phrases.
In a New York hotel encounter, a prominent manager introduces Colonel William F. Cody, alias Buffalo Bill, to monologist Jim Thornton. Thornton meets Cody and asks about his Buffalo origins as the trio exchanges greetings amid a bustling metropolis scene. A Paterson man suffocated in his sleep after a mishap with a bed quilt is briefly noted.
In Pottsville Pennsylvania two cows on a 90 foot high trestle over Darkwater canyon blocked a slowly moving train on the Pennsylvania railroad. The collision knocked one cow off the trestle and trapped the other under the locomotive requiring removal before the train could move again.
An old advice column laments harsh castor oil use on children and endorses Syrup of Figs with Senna as a kinder remedy. It claims the syrup cleanses the bowels, boosts liver activity, and relieves feverish, fretful symptoms in hours. The note urges mothers to ask pharmacists for the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product.
A fragment of humorous verse and riddles. It includes jokes about bakers selling what they know, a fat man praised under pressure, a five syllable word losing a syllable, and books as friends when they bore you.
One year ago a third murder occurred in a single week as Jap ia slain in a Main et restaurant. Fighting Bob Evans dies. Attempts were made to get Joe Smith to run for mayor.
Drama editor at The Star clashes with a press agent and Natalie Alt the prima donna of The Quaker Girl at the Metropolitan. A press agent accuses Alt of extreme superstition sparking a row that reaches editors and producers. Alt denies superstition citing Friday birth and street 1313 as odd quirks.
Oregon City is called the Reno of Oregon as the circuit court handles 419 divorce cases. Divorces averaged 34 months with Portlanders named as the primary offenders. To offset the divorces 727 marriage licenses were issued.
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