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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1911
Page
5
Olympia lawmakers push a pension plan for teachers after 30 years of service. The column defends pensions for aging educators, detailing their sacrifices and meager salaries while criticizing the idea of constitutional hurdles and court opinions that complicate reforms.
In sharp talk about telecom power, J P Morgan may take control of multiple telephone firms and resell to Bell or seize Bell itself. A West Virginia senator is tied to Consolidated Coal with Standard Oil poised to gain the other side. Deacon Ker grumbles on a dreary day as a jab at quick picks from the bush.
A curmudgeonly column argues that 16 000 laws govern Americans and lawyers profit from them. It critiques judges and lawmaking, notes many presidents were lawyers, and mocks the legal maze as a bucket shop game. The editor references Eve’s rib makeover and sparks female reader reaction.
An essay argues civilized eating becomes habit and dulls true hunger. It contrasts comfortable meals with primitive eating, mocks modern overindulgence, and warns that Standard Oil and Rockefeller Morgan could trigger a global crisis if control is broken.
A reader asks why modern machinery has not eased household labor for women. She argues steam washers could replace many washboard tasks, urges better tech for laundry and kitchen chores, and notes a paralytic Russian czarina and a shop girl illustrate happiness as body and mind over money.
A fragmented column jokes about high altitude records, religious riots in India, a 12 hour governorship in New Jersey, rail and consumer trends, Aldrich’s bank power, a New York heiress marrying a rescuer, Brazilian rubber revolts, and a new $16 million warship, critiquing moneyed interests and national priorities.
The piece discusses Lincoln Jeffens and Steffens on Joseph Fels who calls millionaires robbers. It cites Fels’s plan to abolish poverty by taxing property value, his speeches, and his view that wealth distribution should be redressed through theory and action.
An old fashioned woman shows an opera bag and a letter marked Exhibits Nos 1 and 2 to defenders of the system. The letter details school crafts and a miswritten note. A department store clerk recalls a woman attempting to charge two dollars to her account at another store.
A collection of aphorisms and column snippets covers mortality, rail rates, home life, finance, invention, politics, literature, and copper production. Notable items mention a Texas concrete tile for subirrigation, Joe Cannon era politics, Lodge as a literary man, and Diaz and Madero.
A quirky scene shows John Smashington Miff resisting interruption with a sign reading This Is My Busy Day and a desk piled three feet high with work. An arm on Mr Rift measured 17 inches around the biceps, nearly bursting the sleeve, while a cryptic note from Tit wt K. Rattinsky and a mandolin raffle prop appear in the passage ending with THE END.
Diana notes nervous energy in town as dogs enter Mr Ketch s barn for the Sirius st bench show. Old Mr Reich insists on calm while many dogs with mange or distemper are entered despite owners denial. The scene aims to ease dogs' nerves before judging by Sirius elite.
A child asks if he can be a preacher when grown up. His mother encourages him saying yes if he desires. The boy contemplates church life noting standing and shouting as lighter than sitting still.
For sore throat apply a cold compress and gently bathe the neck in cold water the next morning to relieve discomfort and support recovery.
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