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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1914
Page
4
The Seattle Commercial Club banquet lauded the club as a power for good in Seattle and the Northwest. Gov. Lister and Mayor Cotterill praised its nonpolitical, inclusive approach and its programs linking rural interests with the city, including establishing a school of agricultural studies.
A vintage advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a penetrating remedy for rheumatism and joint pain. It claims instant relief at the sore spot and urges readers to try a small trial bottle available at drug stores. The ad credits decades of use and cites benefits for sciatica, neuralgia, lumbago, backache, and sprains.
The diary notes Cremation's ancient origins among Greeks and Romans. Greeks favored burning to purify the celestial part of man and aid passage to higher realms. Romans preferred cremation. burial faded as Christianity rose, becoming near universal under emperors before declining later.
Thirty men from the University of Washington Gree club including eight mandolin players will undertake a 10 day trip through the eastern part of the state. The tour is arranged by Priest Ridpath of the Lyceum bureau. The singers depart January 30 and expect to conclude the engagement in February in Spokane.
A collection of sharp, satirical snippets on gender, politics, law, and society. References to hunger strikes, court costs, reform, and public figures hint at a late 19th or early 20th century newspapers’ humor column with pithy one liners and political jabs.
Washington reports from Jan 7 1914 quote Postmaster General Burleson stating the new parcel post system handled the Christmas rush successfully. He notes only ten percent of mail remained unworked versus last year and emphasizes expansion, rate cuts, higher weight limits, and the department's public service goal over profit.
An editorial argues labor should push public schools to educate the children of the wealthy in righteousness and public spirit. It calls for reorganizing education to equalize opportunity and teach that fortunes are liabilities, with the rich required to help the masses prosper.
An advertisement extols Pape’s Diapepsin as a rapid, harmless cure for indigestion sour stomach and gas. It promises five minute relief from dyspepsia headaches and bloating and offers a fifty cent case with a money back guarantee.
A casual conversation notes a wife’s shopping habits and the speaker jokes about her orders. The second remark imagines the earth spinning 17 times faster, causing bodies at the equator to lose weight and float.
A Seattle reader testifies to kidney pills easing rheumatic pain lumbago neuralgia and urinary issues. The witness says nightly awakenings to pass secretions stopped and back pain diminished after using Dean's Kidney Pills. The piece frames kidney health as key to curing many ailments.
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