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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1915
Page
4
A fragmentary collage of humorous exchanges and social musings. A couple discusses noise from electrics near their flat while plans to stay with their mother surface. Jokes cover gender equality, car costs, dental fees, and a park-side dance hesitation.
Seattle park board member M Kinnear resigns. The Star argues parks serve the people not the automobile view, urging officials to prioritize John Smith and the common good over motorized convenience. The board administers millions in park property and must be accountable to the public.
The piece mocks so called 100 point babies and modern eugenic tests, noting a 20 month old with 100 points for recognizing eyes ears nose and a dog. It argues many children show advanced skills, while ridiculing the obsession with such metrics. Billy Sunday announces a Chicago cleanup plan for 1917 and jokes about vacuum cleaners.
A remark notes a 1785 treaty authors failed to consider Lusitania and submarine considerations. The comment links historic diplomacy to maritime power and potential loopholes in early international agreements.
A remark suggests that able bodied men can receive $13 a month and see the real war, implying writers overlook the ordinary soldier's experience.
A quippy column notes peaceful streetcar dogs urging battle against car speeds, while a legislator faces voting choices split by standing and roll call. Advertising men plan to preach in Chicago pulpits this month as Dante’s 650th birth anniversary is marked amid war talk and reflections on wealth and descendants.
A fragment questions Allied responses to German poisonous gas and jokes about press agents. It suggests wartime psychology and a comparison to Harry Thaw to test sanity as world events unfold.
A Topeka man with an 1886 original package raises questions about value and propriety as a dry town controversy unfolds. The remark about judging a girl's head by hair locks underscores a provocative era mindset.
A fellow holding a $1,000 enjoys more merriment than others with far larger sums, highlighting a humorous take on money and happiness.
An advertisement extols constipation relief as essential to health in aging, touting Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild effective tonic. It claims many physicians and patients use the herbpepsin blend, offered at fifty cents to one dollar, with free trial bottles available by writing to Dr W B Caldwell in Monticello.
Julius Shafer narrates a life of rags to riches starting with Polish land hunger and a store on Second Ave. They saved from modest wages to $500 working capital. He cites politeness and genuine customer relations as keys, plus mentoring older, successful men. Shafer owns Seattle real estate including Mutual Life and the Clemmer theatre.
The narrative notes a man who visited the old home farm in Poland where a third brother remains. He contrasts opportunities abroad with those at home and rejoices that the land hunger was strong enough to break the ties binding him to his fathers.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, former army commander, toured Seattle on a West to East trip from San Francisco. He argued that loyal citizens form a defense far stronger than any large standing army and urged every American to valorize loyalty.
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