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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1912
Page
4
A nostalgic reflection on rapid progress from past to present, noting electricity, travel, communication, medicine, and industry transforming daily life. The piece contrasts ancient beliefs with current achievements and celebrates the tech era's astonishing growth.
The piece cites Eugene Debs and Plan It Early predicting Big Business would resist tariff changes and trigger a panic to discredit democracy. It recalls the 1907 panic engineered by money interests and questions how Woodrow Wilson and Congress should counter creditors and banks without a Wall Street subsidy. It notes Debs’ party benefits from Republicans’ losses and hints at optimistic yet risky views of reform.
The piece argues Taft will intervene in Germany's oil dispute with the Standard Oil Co. to defend American interests abroad. It notes Germany’s plans to challenge oil markets and questions the value of foreign trade while condemning arrogance and monopoly, implying Americans may side with Germany against the perceived rivalry.
Vote figures list Wilson with 6,395,000, Roosevelt 4,215,000, Taft 3,350,000. Four years earlier the total was 7,679,000. Taft’s support came from reactionaries and regular Republicans, Wilson drew regular Democrats and progressives, while Roosevelt’s support was fully progressive.
A collage of notes from readings and editorials touches on immigration grants, German meat tariffs, dog meat, and the Sugar trust, with quips from Chester Rowell and Carrie Catt. It mentions Wickersham dissolving trusts, state appointments, and a new court house plan with a $45,000 architect fee.
An old fashioned hard luck note on Scotty Scotty, a Barrytone singer who tours in winter time. He loses weight eating little and fears for his career after returning from France. His friends joke about his sacrifice for art as he confronts poverty and a waning appetite.
A Whitman Masa man lost his pocketbook but a girl found it and returned it. They are to be married this week. The incident prompts a remark that the pocketbook will not make much difference hereafter.
A jumble of figures on New York budgets and farm values, odd anecdotes about Jack Johnson and Russian ties, plus scattered quips on fashion and travel. Miscellaneous notes mention Seattle gold pitches, seedless prune ideas, and humorous vignettes from small-town papers.
A narrator recalls meeting many mothers yet notes only one showed courage by joining a matinee while her daughter stayed home to do housework. The remark contrasts stern duty with supportive timing.
The Thanksgiving contest invites 16 and under readers to win a ten pound turkey for a 160 word essay. 54 letters have arrived with next Friday afternoon as the judging cutoff and the winner to be announced in the Saturday Circle column.
Eleven boys and girls have requested Circle membership certificates. Cards have been mailed. Readers are urged to invite friends to write Uncle Jack for a card and to send letters to The Star office care of Marguerite Holland and listed names and addresses across multiple locations in Utah and Washington.
The fragment indicates a drawing of a little girl attributed to Uncle Jack and linked to Marian Meaker. No further context or details are provided in the readable text.
The notice outlines a Thanksgiving essay contest with a ten pound turkey as the prize. Manuscripts must be neat ink on one side, within a 150 word limit. Entrants should print name age and address at the bottom. The contest closes next Friday at 3 pm, with results announced the following Saturday.
An old note describes tame Indians in a photograph and mentions Hisie May and her three year old brother Elsie. Elsie has long been in the Circle and is expected to join when old enough. Elsie is noted as an artist sending drawings to Uncle Jack. she lives in Teaaquah.
In a fragile plea Nellie Watson recounts a doomed plan to write to the mayor for a holiday dinner. Hobby Larsen frets about recovery and a nurse hopes for a feast for the orphans. The note asks for charity as residents lack turkey or any dinner supplies.
Johnnie waits for Thanksgiving and dreams of hunting turkeys with Pilgrims. He imagines a dark forest and rocks while stern men and brave women endure a perilous journey to worship freely, contrasting with persecution elsewhere.
The Star's editorial choices draw reader ire over nomination of Bob Hodge for governor over John Lawrence and Roosevelt support. A subscriber questions media influence on Progressive prospects and criticizes perceived bias toward certain tickets.
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