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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1913
Page
7
The Seattle Star reports a wire service note from the Northwest League with general sports and local happenings. Details are unclear but the item reflects standard daily publishing notices and brief headlines from Star Publishing Co.
A reflection on how science and medicine have faced ridicule and isolation for new ideas. From Hippocrates to Jenner and Pasteur, pioneers endured condemnation before their discoveries shaped modern care. History shows courage amid hostility can yield lasting impact.
A Chicago vice probe debate questions whether domestic workers should seek social outlet and honest fun. The piece argues for humane pathways and fair social chances to end servant famine. It notes public service resignation on April 1 and hints at bond votes and tariff politics under a Southern Democratic majority.
A collection of comic observations and editorials highlighting oddities in public life. The piece notes a lack of action from Roosevelt, Wilson, and the press while listing humorous scenarios such as a millionaire going to jail and a stenographer scorned by papers.
Philadelphia art circles buzz over a painting by an unknown artist revealed to be a bartender. The surprised crowd notes that while bartenders may not draw many pictures they can still "draw one." The incident adds to the ongoing excitement around local art at the Civic league of Hellev Vernon.
New York display arrives in town with a stylish range of hand bags purses card cases shaving sets picture frames and manicure sets. The new blue shade is the fad across England and the continent offering inexpensive luxury items for milady and the sterner sex.
A collage of short jokes and anecdotes from Strand Magazine Pittsburg Dispatch and Washington Post about misheard phrases clever retorts and rural humor. It includes a student misquoting Socrates a farmer’s comic bell mishap and a city dweller noting town gossip.
In New York the high paid Waldorf Astoria manager Ovrcar, earning $60,000 yearly, reflects on dining as animated poetry. His 29th anniversary with the hotel was celebrated recently, though Ovrcar is known by another name.
The article profiles a waiter in New York known as Oscar for decades. He arrived from Switzerland 29 years ago, worked at the Hoff man house, rose to head waiter, and earned a reputation among travelers who associate his name with a distinctive drink.
The remarks discuss tact advancing hotel management and the value of forming relations. They emphasize work over vague affection and argue that all guests who pay are on equal footing in a democratic establishment.
Readers discuss chivalry on crowded streetcars and the push for a living wage for women. A man recounts offering his seat to a mother with a small child who then sat the child on the vacant seat, making him stand. Other letters urge fair wages of at least 12 dollars weekly and moral standards to curb vice.
Editor argues Bibles should be used in public schools citing personal experience teaching 50 years ago. The writer recalls giving each student a Testament and urges daily reading as guidance for right conduct.
In San Francisco on March 21, Miss Alice O Connor a pretty New York woman and friends in Chinese costumes ousted Chinese waiters in the ships ants salon aboard the Pacific Mall steamship Korea. Posing as barmaids they raised about 400 dollars for the Sailors Home.
Stockton California March reports a baby boy damaged his mother Mrs Grusky by dropping a bucket of chloride of lime into her bank to ruin 1200 dollars in life savings. All notes became pure white and without denomination marks.
An OCR fragment lists various hardware prices including shaving brushes $2.25 Fahing rods $1.00, steel spades $4.69, bits 19¢ to 53¢, saw sets 19¢, nickel plated alarm clock 3¢, ball bearing roller skates $2.50, paper hanger's shears $2.00, toilet clipper 89¢, nickel plated hack saw frames 49¢, steel items $0.98 to $1.19, and honing stones $3.47 to $9.70.
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