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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1913
Page
4
The essay urges cities to repurpose undervalued assets into beauty like Montreal's peak park, Seattle’s transformed hills, Toronto’s boulevard through a ravine, and New Orleans’ grassy parkways by tracks. It praises resourcefulness and effort, noting beauty comes from making use of opportunities.
Editorial urges the 13th Washington legislature to prioritize social and industrial reforms over politics. It cites worker compensation, minimum wage for women, and public employment services as essential human measures. Other items include pension laws and first aid in compensation. The piece warns that failure to address human needs will mark the session as a failure.
Record killing frost hits the region as temperatures plunge, prompting growers to brace for damage while markets brace for spikes in prices on kemons. Factors include extended cold spell and potential crop losses across counties.
Editor P P Carroll calls for public ownership to end private charters and extend city control. He argues monopoly raises taxes and creates aristocracy, urging organized action to take over utilities for collective profit and citizen relief.
An advertisement extols Danderine as a hair treatment that eliminates dandruff and shedding after a single use, claiming dramatic improvements in hair texture and appearance within weeks. It urges readers to buy a 26 cent bottle from drugstores or toilet counters and test its effects tonight.
A Brooklyn 12 year old, Peter Berk, proclaims he was born to deliver an economic dispensation to end all bosses and police. In Union Square he asserts government should protect workers, tax excess property, and eventually dissolve itself with workers controlling crafts and a universal, untaxed exchange.
A fragmented reminiscence shows Miss Dillpickles claiming aid from Mockhiser and urging political favors after the 1918 campaign. The narrator recalls lobbying for jobs and endorsements while praising Woodrow Wilson era democracy and patriotic duty.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a safe, gentle laxative for children and adults. It claims to cleanse the stomach and bowels, improve appetite, and regulate bile without harsh drugs, praising its fig and senna composition and directing readers to ask for the full product name.
A performer declares tonight he should not act. Meanwhile a father questions marriage plans for his daughter as love and bets loom. A pair of men debate a book and an author claims more insight than a hen.
A quip filled dialogue from Baltimore references a cousin in a vacuum business while a diner menu and street observations humorously depict local society. Prison escapes and a jail visit mix with jokes about matchmaking, a matrimonial bureau, a paperhanger, and casual street theater.
A brief exchange notes praise of a library and a playful comment about gaining a book from weather inspired reading. The dialogue highlights a social moment around books and learning.
A sleepy resident is awakened by a rude 2:30 am doorbell. A muddied voice asks for Jones and misidentifies the home. The tale echoes Lippincott tone and recalls Rev J Henning Nelms’s Virginia past as a lawyer turned minister.
A lighthearted exchange unfolds as George and his wife discuss a complex political issue. The wife asks for plain language while the husband jokes about not understanding diplomacy and the doctor interjects about a patient’s condition, all in a cobbled street-style vignette.
Miss Elsie Ferguson considers quitting acting to study cooking. The article notes imitators of real makers may lack true skill, while Ferguson contemplates a culinary shift and the appeal of authentic cooking craft.
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