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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1913
Page
5
A reflective piece contrasts the contentment of a riverbank shack dweller with wealth and industrial progress. It argues happiness rests on spirit and simple pleasures, not material riches, and questions the supremacy of property rights over welfare.
Three years after his conviction for attempting to influence city officials to make the German National Bank of Pittsburg a city depository and a 14 month penitentiary term, W. W. Ramsey has been re elected as president. The piece argues loyalty to allies in graft disputes, praising human loyalty despite misdeeds while noting the moral shifts around justice and favor.
Rep. Houser charges the state owns Seattle and other harbors over private interests and calls for an honest investigation. The proposal argues waterfront property should not be monopolized by railroad and waterfront groups and suggests the state could gain from auditing dockage costs. Separately, notes praise Jeffersonian simplicity in the White House and a plan for Washington waste land development.
A Seattle note quotes Postmaster Kainit of Becleye Port saying parcels post makes the post office smell like a commission house. The excerpt includes snippets of street light requests to Mr Smith, a mock political jibe, humorous poetry, and a remark on the Federal Telegraph company linking San Francisco to Honolulu over 2 350 miles.
A lively gathering at a Hay mon Hill home hosted by MAB and Se lobface featured guests enjoying refreshments and good humor. Mr Joakham joked about the punch while Mrs Joakham proclaimed refined joy amid a big party, with locals debating school dress codes and a potential second review of a single tax.
The Star prints a warning from Howard Joslyn city electrician about men posing as electrical inspectors outside normal hours. Six officers carry official cards, and unauthorized inspections will be prosecuted. Readers urged to guard against impostors and verify authority before allowing inspections.
W. H. Carmichael faces a long term sentence after a court heard he robbed a benefactor who had lent him money. The case, presided by Humphries, described a period from five to fifteen years as the likely term and referenced a $108 theft from W. G. I who provided shelter during his financial distress.
The ad promotes Knowlton's Danderine as a cheap solution for heavy, soft, glossy hair free of dandruff. It promises noticeable freshness and fluffiness within ten minutes and new hair growth after about two weeks, claiming it destroys dandruff and stops hair loss.
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