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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1911
Page
4
A high official laments shifting gender roles in a critique of the old clinging vines and posey ideal. The piece contrasts women’s growing need to work with men demanding practicality and steady household routines, noting changes in attitudes toward domestic duties and wages.
In a landmark shift, Judge D Works wins a United States Senate seat for California under a progressive insurgent tide. Spalding defies expectations by winning more districts but Trails in the popular vote. The progressive legislature pushes ahead, showing strong demand for reform and the bold course of the insurgent movement.
Alec Legge of Chicago and International Harvester explored eucalyptus, especially blue gum, as a future hardwood supply for agricultural implements. He found initial samples promising though wood quantity and growth rate limit near-term use, boosting California as a potential supplier for industry.
Fragmentary chatter contrasts England's policing aims in Persia with light gossip about card games. The speaker jokes about propriety in social games and warns against unsafe unions, alluding to a dated social humor about partnership and wagering.
An analysis by John Copley exposes fraudulent collection outfits in Seattle that intimidate wage earners with threats and legal scare tactics. Victims are urged to report such letters to the U S district attorney, since these schemes violate postal laws and can be prosecuted federally.
A frontier tale recalls Not Afraid of a Stewed-Dog wandering into a Massachusetts settlement to borrow a manicure set. Master Throgmorton fires a blunderbuss but the dog responds with a bold rebuke, unsettling the Pilgrim household and delaying the interaction.
A collage of brief, jumbled items notes George Washington running government with minimal effort, Ohio vote buying scandal with five preachers, social chatter about churchgoers, and satirical quips on judges, America’s Revolution, Hamburg port plans, and a cartoonish variety of odd notices and punchlines from papers of the era. The pieces mix political gossip, jokes, and stray classifieds.
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