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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1912
Page
4
North Dakota votes show La Follette as the choice of a great majority with Roosevelt a distant second and Taft negligible. The win marks a historic first state-wide primary that could shape the national nomination and signals Battle Bob’s return to the political arena.
The piece argues against outsourcing farming to large corporations and trained managers. It warns that entrusting both farms and babies to others sacrifices essential personal care and spiritual factors, urging readers to avoid “canned” solutions and keep stewardship local and attentive.
A French philosopher Professor Gauthier argues humans lack sense for eating, citing cannery dog feeding experiments. Parisians reply that people have been taught to distrust many basic habits including sleep walk and dress. The piece questions if Paris is right and ends with a hope the professor is wrong.
A New York case reports a drug dealer jailed four months for counterfeiting a liver pill trade mark. The piece notes federal food and drug act prosecutions have largely resulted in fines, not prison, per the Journal of the American Medical Association. It mentions a tonic with cocaine and critiques on punishing drug fiends versus counterfeiters.
Across England and Europe a large share of farmers runs tiny plots. England reports 87,055 farms from one to five acres while France and Germany show 2,235,405 and 2,529,132 farms under 2.47 acres. The occupants of these small farms live without wealth or want, a modern answer to Solomon’s question.
Predicted by President Craighead of Tulane University, a new political era centers on public health as a key issue. Two thirds of U S railroad cars are steel, while Kansas irrigates 5000 wells with 40 to 60 acres each. Jim Holmes of San Diego weighs 284 pounds and rides a hydro aeroplane as Cousin Bill Taft glides. Capt Fats, envoy of the Sultan of Turkey, visits to learn aeroplane business.
A humorous fragment features a feigned romance with a character named Misa Canatique and a play on campaign talk. It includes lines about campaigning by women and a joke about wives and taste for dress. A divorce joke references installments and weekly payments.
A humorous exchange from the Judge's Library section features a suitor pleading for a kiss from the daughter of a noted philanthropist. The daughter counters with a clever condition, prompting a brief, witty back and forth.
A humorous exchange from Marper's Week features Mrs Mulcahey questioning Dinny about his steady employment while Mrs Bran jokes he has spent twenty years at the pint tinery, reflecting local color and dialect.
Fragment from a courtroom dialogue recounts Miller and a widow entering a church as lights fail and they press on to the altar. The jury questions the couple’s actions while an Irish contractor relates a crash scene with a quip about bluebloods and a tragic misfortune.
A theatre anecdote from a New York Evening Telegram reports a man finding a workaround for seating with his wife using two safety seats placed one behind the other. He praises no explanations during air breaks and avoids reproachful looks. Banks are noted as the only business houses that never give away.
The ad promotes cosmetic mixtures to soften skin and refresh the scalp, including a blemish reducing preparation and a Delatone hair removal method. It touts Mothers Saive for headaches and aches, claiming quick action and home use, and notes Delatone as a safe facial hair remover with brief usage steps.
In a satirical exchange, Osgar and Adolf debate Taft's renomination and political threats. They mock party factions, trusts, and reform moves while speculating on Taft's support, obliquely forecasting shifts ahead of February.
Advertisement notes a postcard sale at one dollar per dozen and Kodak film development at ten cents per roll any size. It lists A. M. Frost at 1332 First Ave Seattle as the contact.
Elegant stock of watches diamonds and silverware being sold at half price. The best bargain you ever saw at 1330 First Ave Arcade Annex Building. Frank Briggs promotes a sale of jewelry and related items with bold discounting and prominent location details.
Instructions describe building a simple wireless detector using a sewing needle carbon pieces and binding posts. The process guides cutting grooves in a wood block placing wires across grooves and binding posts, shaping carbon pieces and wiring the needle to complete a basic detector.
Agithias JOSH WISE SAYS a comic tale of Bun Snizer on a camping trip ruined by forks not knives. A maiden, a captain, and a leap year plan lead to a watery, ironic exchange as a suitor drowns and a collar maker and carpet weaver voice resigned perspectives.
The text threads together humorous lines about gasoline and umbrellas, a January milk heating law in Frange, and a remark on debt’s doom. It closes with Lost Time recalling Sylvanus Miller, a civil engineer seeking local support for a Central American railroad project.
Miller argues the road in operation would allow muleback traders to carry goods to market and return home in a single day, leaving two days unaccounted for. The senor notes the potential use of the extra time.
A brief exchange quotes two aphorisms about marriage as a moral test and a jarring unknown. The Houston Post frames matrimony as a perilous, unclear path.
A Washington Evening Star exchange has a philosopher remark that the sun always shines somewhere while Mr. Growcher notes such predictions prove unreliable. The lighthearted dialogue critiques groundhog forecasts with playful wit.
A Washington Star snippet captures a witty exchange at a wedding where a bride and groom discuss a book dedication. The bride jokes about a check book being the dedication, reflecting light hearted wedding banter.
A new baby arrives and the other children in the family react with curiosity and humor about being the latest infant. The exchange highlights differences in perception between the siblings and the crowd’s interest in novelty.
A Washington Star exchange notes a man who keeps telling funny stories to a girl who does not laugh. He says he tells jokes to cope with her lack of response and his own frustration with being taken seriously. The dialogue highlights irony and interpersonal tension.
An advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a natural stomach and intestine restorative. It claims the formula provides pepsin golden seal and digestives, offering to prove effectiveness with a free sample and noting a 60 cent per box price.
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