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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1913
Page
4
A Seattle winter rant claims a hundred thousand riders have frozen in refrigerator cars for three days. It targets council members, accusing them of inaction after promising heaters, and urges residents to call and write for heat in transit.
A historical critique warns postal reform will spark industry objections and public anger. It laments tax on labor and logistics while highlighting prior franking abuses and the strain of handling millions of pounds of free political material. It questions whether parcel post saves costs or raises living expenses.
A clipped collection of items notes Rockefeller urging thrift to school visitors in Tarrytown and hinting at oil prices. Other briefs mention Mayor Baker halting prize fighting in Cleveland and California press toward exclusion, a Connecticut man living on 25 cents weekly, a Boston wife who left her husband, a recall petition against Los Angeles Mayor Alexander, and light sarcasm about Grandpa Alexander’s actions.
Justice Garretson of the New York Supreme Court watches the Stefan Zouwaki murder trial stall after adjournment. Stenographer John A. Webb and weary jurors reflect the slow progress as multiple foreign sounding witnesses are named. A separate divorce suit in Charlestown Massachusetts features Mrs. Fred E. Muller recounting alleged cruel conduct and peculiar insults.
GeorgeEdward Adams, recently paroled from McNetls Island where he served for thefts of gold dust at the assay office, is again charged with conspiracy to counterfeit and misusing the mails. He and his attorney WilHam Holzheimer request an early trial, while Assistant A.9 Attorneys Sullivan and Riddell promise speedier proceedings.
An editorial profiles Henry P. Davison J Pierpont Morgan Jr Frank A Vanderlip and Mortimer Schiff as the new generation guiding Wall Street after the Morgan era. Davison known for decisiveness Morgan Jr a discreet force Vanderlip rising from machinist to bank president Schiff heir apparent at Kuhn Loeb & Co with influence over major rail capital and Western interests.
A garbled reminiscence mixes jokes about guinea hens in a mail coach to a preacher’s fledgling sermon on station island. It references old events like Rev Richeson’s murder confession and fines for pure food act violations while weaving a long digressive tale about a minister seeking topics such as demon rum gambling and horse racing.
Five year old Charlotte Newean was held by a six foot snake that slithered from Wild Goose canyon and wrapped around her ankles while asleep. Nearby children alerted a distant farmhouse and men with pitchforks killed the reptile, ending the ordeal.
Five years ago eggs sold for 45 cents a dozen. Harry K. Thaw’s second murder trial began in New York for the Stanford White case. Jack Chesterfield, a criminal who threatened four Seattle men involved in his conviction, was released after a three-year penitentiary term.
The text presents miscellaneous quips and jokes from a newspaper page including a line about a restaurant ad promising satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. It references a dark bless us moment, coal, Bar humor, and clubman banter with light hearted threats and a hitching remark.
Advertisement touts Cascarets as a night time laxative that cleanses the stomach and liver, relieves sour undigested food and foul gases, and regu lates bowels while you sleep. It claims immediate morning relief and appeals to both adults and children with a pleasant taste and no gripping side effects.
scattered quotes and jokes from the Amboy Michigan edition cover local life trades and society notes. items reference egg payments to farmers 19000 dollars a year and a 100 year old farm hand in New Jersey while lampooning music taste and aging wisdom.
Fragmentary pithy quotes from Puck style content discussing a filer, a mule, and railroad humor with humorist lines about contentment and worldly goods amid a clipped dialogue.
Forest Ranger Joseph Ridley returns to Bellingham with an extraordinary account of tracking a cougar for 11 hours about 50 miles above Marblemount. He says his hair stood on end from the animal's persistent pursuit.
In Snohomish near Everett interurban station a gunfight left one thug dead and another wounded after a saloon hold up attempt. Officer G W Billings was wounded in the leg but survived.
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