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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1910
Page
5
A Chicago Social Economic Club gathering of 500 women debated three essentials for a home. Opinions varied from finances and temper to shared sovereignty, with a minister and husbands offering views. The discussion culminates: the true essentials are a man and wife and love.
A ponderous essay weighs the value of practical skills like blacksmithing and accounting against art and status. It argues that useful labor and family diligence outrank refined society, predicting a future dictionary labeling ignorant as those least helpful to others.
A scrambled column notes tumbling food prices and public concerns about tax collectors burglars and social change. It cites Standard Oil dividend figures, a large stock transfer, a loan rumor around De Castellarane, a Philadelphia mansion owner’s wife eloping with a burglar, and San Francisco voting for initiative recall and referendum. It mentions Pinchot filing in Cunningham coal cases, and comments on President Taft’s pace toward a social agenda with Thanksgiving near Christmas.
Frank Conley, warden of the Montana State penitentiary for 26 years, testifies that guns are fickle both on stage and in real life. A crowd rushes a man near a saloon in Miles City, where a double-barreled shotgun is aimed at his chest and both triggers are pulled without effect, leading to an arrest.
Fragmented ad copy offers low priced motor tires and equipment by a Virginia seller. The wording is unclear but suggests a sale or clearance event with contact through a local source.
A humorousProfile piece portrays Low Bung Fow, Seattle Chinese restaurant owner, recounting his ancestors as Titechkas paid $2.50 weekly. It notes his break from tradition seeking a roving life and details restaurant life, pay, and local Chop Suey scene with playful observations of waiters, rice, and a mysterious salt liquid.
The piece muses on how women like BachelorGirl perform many tasks themselves and value friends' actions differently. It questions why witty sarcastic women are not quickest to marry and notes an old quip about lisping girls kissing best. It ends by asking why shared agreement increases opinion value.
A Pittsburg inventor proposes a for drinkable embalming fluid that once consumed with death in mind could preserve the remains as it cakes them. He suggests adding flavor akin to 10 cent whiskey to entice acceptance.
A fragmented Star Dust column mixes quirky quotes and garbled dialogue with a quiz about monuments, figures, and tech terms. It references Wilson, Harmon, Dix, U S agriculture, Salt Lake City population, polygamy, and a list of trivia prompts on diverse topics.
Sparse OCR reveals scattered numbers and month references including December and November. The fragmentary line shows tokens like 9 and 12 alongside 3, 16 and 10 with quotation marks and commas.
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