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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1913
Page
4
A reflection on the universal presence of the inner brute in everyone, citing boxing fans demanding a knockout and crowds shouting for violence. The piece argues civilization masks this impulse but does not erase it, urging readers to confront it when observing suffering.
A reflective piece urges workers to embrace hard work over easy shortcuts. It argues quitting early harms self respect, warns against skimping effort, and notes that choosing the easy path leads to long term ruin for individuals, even if employers seem stingy.
A Washington Congress member Will E. Humphrey draws scant smiles in a sharp exchange with Victor Murdock and others. The piece notes Humphrey’s quips about Lincoln and country lawyers, and ends with odd asides about park commissioners hoteliers and Atlanta lighting, followed by a May relocation hint from the grand jury call.
Walter Thorburn of Seattle criticizes a Women's Commercial Club resolution urging parents to keep children off streets and blaming auto damage on drivers who avoid running down kids. He questions the burden on poorer mothers and urges comparable speed limits to protect pedestrians.
Moore Nat Goodwin stars in Oliver Twist while Chauncey Olcott headlines The Isle of Dreams A stock at Seattle Palley and Mitchell in The Squaw Man and VAudeville runs at several houses including Orpheum Empress Pantages Grand plus photoplays at Clemm er Melbourne and Alhambra listings reflect a busy cinema vaudeville circuit.
A quirky note describes placing a postage stamp in a memorandum book to aid recall. The reader is invited to try this simple, old fashioned filing hack for locating a stamp later.
A fragmented passage discusses violence and social norms, mentioning a 90 year old Pennsylvania man silencing a wife of 80, and a 1910 census noting U.S. poultry production at 488,468,254 quantity in 1909. The text blends threats with dated social references and census figures.
A humorous collage recalls Dorothy once a pretty, dutiful daughter who married a minister and bore fifteen children. Now at twenty four she rages at home, nights out, and a scandalous decline ends in an ignominious death before age twenty two.
President Wilson rejects free theatre boxes and jokes with reporters in a staged cinema session on the White House lawn. He attends Belasco Theatre with Mrs Wilson and daughters, arriving incognito in civilian dress and paying for a box, breaking Taft era courtesy.
A collection of anecdotes and sketches features an actor seeking a line in a newspaper, a Lincoln memory about music and two tunes, and a football tall tale told by Old Joe. The pieces showcase humor and reminiscence from 19th century press voices.
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