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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1913
Page
4
The piece argues that girls face social inequality from dress and describes Seattle’s push for uniform, inexpensive outfits to reduce status differences in public schools. It notes mothers' interest and the democratic potential of standard attire among students.
A front page plea urges Seattle voters to decide June 17 on municipal ownership of harbor improvements costing 3 million dollars. It criticizes the port commission’s reluctance and asks ballots to choose between public ownership or private franchise control as in San Francisco and New Orleans.
The piece notes three reforming camps the old guard the Bull Moosers and the Progressives eager to reshape the GOP. It argues party leaders seek higher goals like lowering living costs and opportunity, while public interest hinges on administration progress and voter support.
Gov Johnson signs the measure with 35 to 2 in the senate and 72 to 3 in the house. Diplomatic notes will follow as Japan seeks responsibility for California actions and negotiations aim to adjust citizen status in both countries. The piece satiricallycomments on real estate limits for Americans in Japan and local Washington politics.
A child is judged by an owl in a dream where he confesses to taking bird eggs. The jury birds condemn him and he fears exile from the woods, but he awakens and vows not to take eggs again.
A juror challenges a judge after lengthy deliberations. The judge declares discharge as a juror proclaims being hired by the man in the defense. An inmate in a Maine insane asylum spends 18 hours daily worrying about dressing his shirt over his wings after death.
A Washington suffraget prophesies that kissing and skirts will be out of fashion in a century. She notes they have long moved together and implies evolving social norms will separate them.
The steamship Jeanie en route from Alaskan ports to Tacoma was halted Tuesday night off this port. Captain W F Swan was taken off by a launch to be with his sick baby. The child improved by morning. The Jeanie lacks wireless. officials learned of the plea only when hailed near Weat Point light. Mrs Swan notified the shipping company which dispatched the launch.
A touring car carrying Walter Cunningham a Denver millionaire toilet goods maker and his wife formerly Marjorie Hamilton of Chicago famous as the Calendar Girl plunged down an embankment near here. Both were seriously injured. The accident was caused by wheel slip on a wet road. The car was wrecked and they were brought to Rochester.
Real estate men will meet Thursday at noon at the Arctic club. Edwin Selvin, factory expert from New York City, will deliver the address.
The editor and readers discuss the Ballard shingles strike noting nonviolence, alleged mill profiteering, and public sympathy for strikers. They criticize mill owners for wage resistance, import taxes, and alleged alcohol use to keep workers on the job. Readers also comment on war talk and local theater policies.
A chilling plea warns mothers to protect their daughters after a young girl named Rosa disappears. The verse mourns her innocence and cautions readers that plots and traps may derail a life, urging vigilant guardianship to prevent another tragedy.
An anonymous speaker from Cleveland notes daily year round auto bans on certain streets. The accountant, J. K. Bulger, supervising tailor of hull and boilers, has arrived in Seattle from Frisco.
A letter to the editor from E. A. complains about the hotel on First Avenue using slippery old-fashioned towels. The note critiques cleanliness and modern standard expectations in local lodging.
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