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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1912
Page
4
Public notice from The Seattle Star describes its leased wire news service and publication details including mailing operations and subscription rates. It notes entry at Beattie Washington and pricing terms for daily, monthly, and yearly readers.
The piece satirizes Dr. Harvey Wiley’s idea of a pure food raised child. It questions strict early weaning, fruit bans, minimal clothing, and thrift lessons, arguing infant nature resists rigid control and praising flexible, human parenting over doctrinaire approaches.
Abstract and concrete. Dr Spitzka weighs masculine and feminine brains and claims the female brain has a small frontal lobe, arguing women will never match men in abstract mental conception while men may be occupied with distant ideas. He notes husbands discussing theory at the store as wives do practical work to support them.
In editor notes and poems, a tribute to a brave boy who risked his life to save others. The writer urges action on Cedar River dam plans, arguing delay could cause flood and famine. Will Atkinson warns against further postponement and backs immediate construction.
A brief item notes a man earned about $500 from a chicken business while another person says they stayed put. The fragment suggests a casual, local-sounding exchange without further context.
A trimmed, lighthearted piece references JOSH WISE and a hotel with solid walnut bedsteads. The text blends literary pretensions with club life and self help style boasts, ending on a note about rising through pluck rather than luck. The quirky voice hints at social satire of literary pretensions.
A lighthearted exchange features a caller inviting civic beautification and a respondent joking that his wife already painted flowers on their ash barrel as part of the effort.
In a Tit-Bita snippet from Paris a narrator recalls tipping five dollars and seventy five cents. A waiter assists with a coat and remarks that the traveler must have lived many years in Paris.
A fragment from a literary page shows mock dialogue about seeing a name in print and the lure of being mentioned in a sea of phrases. The block captures playful banter and pursuit of recognition in a newspaper style setting.
A collection of witty fragments from Chicago Examiner and Yonkers Statesman including a playful exchange about conscience, a humorous line about wireless messages, and a light note on a character named Bacon and Exbert.
The New York Sun reports Knicker-So Jones unveils Bocker You, an umbrella designed to retain fingerprints. This curious invention highlights early biometric ideas and branded innovation in urban gadget lore.
A novelist husband tells the maid to seek him for needs, and his wife warns the maid not to disturb Mr Bookmaker unless she is out. When the maid comes to the study, she repeats Mrs Bookmaker’s directive, and the husband confirms she is out, prompting a quiet confrontation.
A collection of humorous quips about marriage and propriety. Dialogues feature miscommunications between spouses and social expectations, including lines about curfews and knowledge of a partner before marriage, drawn from Life and Philadelphia Record columns.
A Star reader notes the refrain no icebergs in heaven appears in many Titanic poems. The letter jokes that if heaven lacks icebergs the other place might share the same fate, reflecting the lingering grief and humor in Kansas City Star readers.
In a humorous exchange, Everett True admits hiring a mover without confirming the price, saying it would cost him his head for a football. Mrs. Dorkina quips that selling the goods as billiard balls would be more profitable in Chicago Tribune style.
A London Opinion excerpt presents a family dispute over Stanley’s intention to marry a chorus girl. The family lawyer proposes an alternate plan to inform the girl, while the speaker vows to cut Stanley off.
A brief line from the Louisville Courier Journal recalls a speaker noting a poor college baseball team. The remark contrasts the speaker's past with the college's athletic reputation, hinting at nostalgia and humor.
An old advertisement promotes HYOMEI as a direct antiseptic inhalation treatment for catarrh and related illnesses. It touts a no opium or cocaine formula made from eucalyptus and other antiseptics. A complete HYOMEI outfit costs one dollar with extra bottles at fifty cents.
Gen Miles writes in The Star about 1862 mumble of blood and fire. The note marks Decoration Day’s half century as the year sees six battles with 152,167 dead and wounded across Pittsburg Landing Manassas Second Bull Run Antietam Fredericksburg Stone River and associated campaigns.
A condensed narrative by Nelson A. Miles recounts 1862 campaigns from Norfolk to Richmond including Union generals McClellan Buell Halleck Grant and Rosecrans and Confederate leaders Johnson Jackson Beauregard Lee and Longstreet. It covers Shiloh Stones, Seven Days, Antietam, Fredericksburg and tactical movements shaping the Eastern and Western theaters.
The piece warns that weak kidneys fail to clear uric acid, causing a cascade of pains and disorders. It links uric acid buildup to rheumatic, nervous, and heart problems, plus possible stone attacks, especially after exposure or excess. It emphasizes vulnerability varies with individual strength.
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