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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1913
Page
5
The piece argues that advertising trends toward truth over exaggeration and urges readers to pay fair prices for quality. It notes advertisers face pressure to maintain profit while consumers should seek value, not cheap cheats. It warns that persistent demand for abnormally low prices fosters misrepresentation and fraud.
Postponed trials of Diggs and Caminetti draw sharp rebuke. President Wilson urged to avoid perceived interference as U S Attorney McNab resigns amid controversy. Critics say delaying prosecutions under the white slavery act risks eroding public trust in justice.
Washington debates using emergency money under Aldrich-Vreeland with banks wary of high taxes. debates surrounding land exchanges, Pinchot and Wilson, Roosevelt, and American ships planned for Los Angeles. Weather and drought stories mix with local politics and public works, showing a nation wrestling with policy and protest.
A collage of jokes and reader questions on heat, cooking, dog sunburn prevention, and etiquette. Features humorous quips and brief exchanges with Mr. Cynthia Grey answering questions and offering light advice. The piece also notes summer heat and a playful mock dialogue about comic misunderstandings.
Minnie B. Frazier denounces the Chamber of Commerce and local leaders for their endorsements and alleged self serving motives. She accuses leaders of undemocratic influence and questions their trustworthiness in Seattle politics and business. She cites past scandals and doubts the integrity of endorsed candidates.
The Star invites Seattle readers to submit letters explaining why Independence Day inspires pride. Entries must be up to 150 words, ink on one side, neat, and mailed to Uncle Jack at The Star office by 4 PM on the Fourth. Cash prize of one dollar for the best reason.
Mt Vernon Washington reports Rose appears with her big doll among many girls and boys in weekly Circle club contests. The Star readers show keen competition as Florence, a Lincoln High School fifth grader, brightens the Circle events. She is 11 or 15 years old and lives at 418 North Street.
Florence Corskie describes a mountain vacation with camping by Hood's canal and trout fishing plus a boy named Jack and Mack Smith tells of Jack's camping plan to invite a poor boy to shared adventure in the mountains.
The Circle club announced winners from its summer writing contest. Florence Corskie of 6025 Greenwood Ave won a manicuring set and Mack L Smith of Berlin Washington won a fishing outfit for submitting the two best vacation stories. The event drew 154 contestants with 20 girls and 16 boys receiving honorable mention.
Letters from Gladge Lampoon of Bellevue Arnold Johnson Fall City and Willard Howe Fall City express interest in joining the Interesting Circle club and enjoying the contests. A teen in Tacoma returns home after winter at school.
Helen Lewis and Ma Gampo express affection for Star Circle and announce entering this week’s contest. Lewis reflects on missing Circle as losing a friend and mentions sending her story. Gampo asks for a membership card and says she plans to attend school next term.
Putnam Bradlee Strong, son of a former New York City mayor and former U S army officer who eloped with May Yohe, is reportedly living as a beachcomber in the Orient. Reports say he arrived with others from the East and was seen in Shanghai wearing tattered linen breeches and Chinese sandals, trying to forget his past amid the bustling nightlife refuges of the world’s gay capitals.
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