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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1914
Page
4
Commissioners Knudsen McKenzie and Hamilton spearheaded a plan to establish a farm colony for Seattle’s aged and enfeebled. The venture aims to be self supporting and addresses a long standing community issue, with praise for the three officials who led the resolution.
A 32 year old widow with a 96 year old husband faces a court dispute over a proposed bell tolling to announce her grief. The plan to ring nine two ton bells every 15 minutes sparks neighbor complaints and prompts a Jersey legal debate on appropriate mourning. The piece notes evolving social norms and cites A Ward’s line about excessive mourning.
The piece rails against government ownership of telegraphs and telephones arguing the public loses tax revenue and profits shift to a dozen wealthy families. It claims profits exceed taxes and frame the people as the source of profits.
A Braley poem advises against flashy crowds and heavy drinking. It urges choosing a sincere, respectful partner who treats a woman well and shuns reckless social scenes. The speaker discourages flirtations that lead to trouble and endorses “true-blue” character.
A 10 cent Cascarets ad claims they end headaches biliousness dizziness and nervousness by morning curing constipation indiges tion and sour stomach. The copy emphasizes cleansing the liver and bowels and promises a cheerful mood for months with regular use.
A jumble of Q A style exchanges covers politics, plumbing, medical tips, home repairs, and marital musings. Topics include patriotic town myths, electing a teeman, boil treatment advice, paper choices for weatherproofing, and happiness in marriage at age 18 with a playful tone.
A Cleveland Ohio brief notes a local miscue on a student’s sentence about not-withstanding and announces an art display at George W Herbater’s grocery in Cleveland East showing a world renowned scriptor carving a Liberty statue from a solid block of white enamel soap.
W H Green writes to The Star questioning why voters back city run services like gas and power. He recalls paying via City Lighting Co and a mistaken discount loss, noting a threat to shut off service and predicting a future push for a city gas plant as a corrective measure.
The essay notes that Sabbaths are a widespread religious rule with days of rest. It cites the Babylonian Assyrians with a seven day week and a curious 1969 discovery of an Assyrian religious calendar dividing months into four weeks. It claims Old Testament evidence shows Israelites borrowing the weekly Sabbath from the Assyrians and notes the biblical term Sabbath does not appear in certain Old Testament books.
A downtown drawing contest drew heavy interest as Uncle Jack’s office overflowed with entries. Dorothy Reed of the Circle club won a big candy prize. many contributors earned honorable mentions, with lines and missing verse supplied for the published limerick.
The Star Circle Club announces an Easy Contest open to its girl members. Entries must be submitted Friday at 3 o clock with a riddle and answer, the winner receiving a large pound box of candy. Young readers request membership cards and note their ages and schools.
Contributors from Seattle Issaquah and nearby share lines about love marriage and change in a feature pairing names with brief sentiments. Readers Ruth Ruth Cleda and others write in with playful or earnest lines and one asks for a Circle membership card.
In Brockton Massachusetts on January 17 a splinter over three inches long was removed from the foot of Leo Seymour son of Mr and Mrs August Seymour after it had lodged in the flesh for more than four years. The injury occurred when the boy slid over timbers and several splinters entered the foot. It was believed they had been removed earlier.
A school class in a district room debates Native American leadership and gender terms. A girl identifies chiefs as leaders while a boy blurts out mischief as the women’s label, illustrating early classroom curiosity and misstatement in social conversation.
A curdled note questions why a fiancé is bitter after a ring is returned with the label Glasswith care. The item also notes a stray buckskin elf mare, blind in one eye, weight unspecified, with a spilt hoof on the right front foot, and lists contact for William Kerr in Superior, Colorado. The Toledo Blade remark references railway passenger travel and local wage talk.
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