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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1914
Page
4
A rough moral rule urges offering a great favor to an angry friend to melt their heart and win renewed affection as a path to reconciliation. The note reflects a 17th century voice advising on social leverage and harmony.
The article laments voters ignoring lessons from past battles. It criticizes powerful business interests for manipulating politics and notes merchants backing Trenholme did so for motives seen as selfish. It also compares a London suffrage mishap involving Lord Weardale to mislabeling voters by mistake.
A discussion notes three cent fares in cities and a new extension costing about 40000 dollars annually, while land values rise by around 750000 dollars as soon as the extension opens. The piece argues most gains go to land speculators, not residents, and critiques privilege. It also mentions Sen Gore acquittal remarks and a New York Authors League dinner anecdote. It closes noting the Post Office bans babies from parcel post.
A quirky collection of jokes and gags features a skating pun, a pun about lighting feet, and playful banter on fights, babies, weather jobs, arithmetic misfires, and a widow’s request for a simple tombstone epitaph. The items showcase humorous wordplay and social caricatures in a vintage humor column.
A London column presents whimsical notes on dead bird fashion and psychic auras, jokes about dentists and drifters, and short anecdotes. It includes quips on chickens near the Arctic, sugar weighing mishaps, and a series of light limericks and vignettes featuring social quips and marriage hopes.
In St Louis an enterprising dealer imported over 3,000,000 fresh eggs from China and sold them at 20 cents a dozen. Local egg dealers argue for a tariff to protect American hens from Chinese competition and keep prices from dropping further.
February Washington update shows House and Senate panels advancing hearings on trust regulation while votes produce Alaska, good roads, and eight hour DC women laws. Bills on immigration literacy stalled in Senate. parcel post rule changes saved by Bristow amendment. Norris investigation rejected. Senate ratified arbitration pacts, created new vice admirals pay, and debated radium lands. Roanoke river dam measure shifts water policy. Garrison endorsement cited.
In Hartford on March 4 Mrs Bessie Wakefield cried in her cell at the state penitentiary as her husband killer Plew was hanged at the nearby scaffold. Plew spoke his final wish that she receive a new trial before death.
New York police surprised four burglars at a Bowery jewelry store safe. They opened fire on officers before being overpowered. The safe held about $50 000 in gems.
Water Professor in Lawrence reports a new correspondence course in water filtration and pumping at the University of Kansas. A Hagkina, state sanitary engineer, notes many small Kansas water works managers lack technical knowledge and experience.
An advertisement promotes Hamburger Prust Thee or Hamburg Breast Tea sold at pharmacies. A tablespoon tea brewed with boiling water and sieved yields a tea to drink for colds and grip, claiming to open pores ease congestion and loosen bowels. The remedy is described as inexpensive vegetable and harmless.
Health advice promotes Jad Salts as a kidney cleanser and tonic. It claims to cleanse the urinary tract, reduce irritation, and prevent bladder weakness by drinking water and a lemon grape lithia blend before breakfast.
The piece muses on husbands waiting as wives fix pins and buttons for theatre attire. It notes Catherine Howard's role in introducing pins to England from France in the 16th century and mentions earlier fastening methods. Pins began to be manufactured by machinery in America in 1832.
A vintage ad touts St Jacobs Oil as a penetrating remedy for rheumatism pain. It claims relief is instant when applied to the tender spot and promotes a cure without internal treatment, warning it may burn the skin but offers a small trial bottle from any drug store.
A reader explains how applying rent toward a home purchase could accelerate ownership. With a 250 down payment on a 2500 home and 25 monthly payments toward a 2250 balance, interest applies but ownership nears in months. The piece invites readers to compare rent receipts to purchase payments and consider a Renter's Opportunity feature in The Star.
An advertisement urges relief from backache and kidney issues using Doan's Kidney Pills. It cites common symptoms like tiredness, nervous trouble, and dull back pain and includes Seattle reader Mrs. S. B. Plank testimony praising the remedy's effectiveness after a few doses.
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