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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1914
Page
4
A Seattle Star notice from the daily edition lists contact information for the Star Publishing Co and its main phone line for department inquiries. No additional event or details are provided in the fragment.
The story follows R. M. Frazier and his wife spending months in Kansas and facing a swift decline from poverty to desire driven indulgence. Once frugal, they chase bright lights and cabarets, fall into debt, and end up jailed for reform. Critics blame a harsh system that denied them happiness and the restraint to resist temptation.
Tattle reports a faulty auto race meet at the Meadows on Sunday with promoters and drivers criticizing track conditions. The Star avoided publishing biased notices while noting promises of a 100 mile event. Readers are warned against attending future races under similar conditions.
In remarks about a proposed trade commission and its power to define unfair competition, critics warn that court review delays justice and boosts costs for lawyers. They caution against delegating regulatory power to life-appointed federal judges, urging accountability to the people.
A jumbled column of jokes and quips appears from the Seattle Star, including shipboard on approval humor, a mother and daughter exchange, a grocer credit gag, a bishop and boy nature anecdote, a lawyer on a goatland farm, a Guam tale about a shark, a Chinese marriage race in Vancouver, and a snapshot of a white girl denied a license.
Jacob Schaefer and Rev J DO Powers will attend a peace conference in Michigan. The item lists additional short society, crime, and local news briefs, including estate matters, ship movements, fires, and public notices.
Rev. Dr. H. H. Gowen at Trinity Parish yesterday urged ministers to visit the sick to provide comfort and cheerfulness, outlining how Christians may find solace and support in illness.
In Olympia on July 20 the supreme court affirmed a Pierce County court ruling that a person riding on a free pass cannot recover damages from the railroad for injuries.
Miss Margaret M. Askren, 26, sister of Attorney Thomas M. Askren, suffered a broken leg and multiple facial injuries when the Halberg car rolled over twice on Snoqualmie Falls road between Redmond and Fall City. The unknown driver who forced passage sped away without aid as others in the vehicle received injuries.
A party of 16 Beattle people begin a 21 day auto tour from Portland northward visiting Northwest scenic spots and Glacier National Park then return via Spokane. The group includes Judge and Mrs. Ronald and several couples plus Miss Virginia and Miss Daigity.
Washington warns both Haiti and the Dominican government to settle their differences or face U S intervention. About three hundred American marines head toward the trouble seat as Vanguard reports escalating tensions.
Acting on the will of Caroline Kline Galland, the Seattle Trust Co. plans a $156,000 home for the aged on a five acre Lake Washington tract. A curious note mentions Khartoum, Egypt where a man may be fined $3 for every mosquito alive on his property.
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