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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1912
Page
5
The Star opens a serialized investigation into harsh, abusive labor in American canneries. It exposes child labor, low wages, disease, and squalid conditions, urging public action to purge the industry and improve food safety.
In 1899 the czar backed a permanent court at The Hague and Andrew Carnegie funded a peace palace. The piece notes mixed results from the tribunal, praising calm settlements but arguing the Balkan wars exposed limits when long standing enmity erupts.
Inside Bethesda Ohio area notice lists a WwW C T U meeting at Mrs Sadie Ambrose home Friday evening with a call for members to bring a friend. Also a hay wagon gathering at Berry's store at 6 30 Friday evening. Coal price forecast and fur trade note included.
A scattered clippings collage notes a parachute device in use by an Austrian officer, a claim about Paris traffic, and various historical asides. It mentions land value shifts in Louisiana rice land, Beveridge campaign funds, and a Pittsburg domestic dispute, all in a miscellany tone.
A compilation of短 humorous lines and notes from a Washington Star snapshot includes classroom wordplay about growing shoes and dress, German parcel post for farm goods, misdirected energy in elections, civil service tension, a salesman’s fine, and odd anecdotes about harpies rabbits and natural gas in Holland.
A reader argues editors should not blame the fallen Eldred for his crime and notes his personal losses and engagements. The letter contends bank clerks deserve higher salaries matching their duties, contrasting clerks' pay with carpenters and other trades and accusing banks of prioritizing dividends over staff wages.
In Whatcom County Clearbrook precinct in Nooksack township votes heavily Progressive in the recent election. Taft Roosevelt and other candidates carry large margins while assessor and county engineer results favor Progressives. precinct total 150. Neighbors note the farming community’s distant homes and small depot town.
The Star urges Spokane to reject a proposal by the Interstate Fair association to legalize gambling under the guise of stimulating horse racing. The letter condemns vice, calls for moral courage, and asks for a resolute daily voice and Seattle spirit to curb corruption and protect the electorate.
New York November 22 A group of stevedores heckled governor elect William Sulzer as he boarded the Princess Anne to Norfolk. Sulzer replied he carried tobacco and a toothbrush and said he would travel to Old Point Comfort for a brief stop before continuing to Petersburg for a week of shooting.
In Italy on November 22 a campaign began to reward and promote army aviators who played a key role in the Tripoli operations during the Turkish Italian war.
Vienna dispatch says Serbia informs Austria that all restrictions in Turkish territory captured by Serbia have been removed and restitution planned for those harmed by Serbian troops. Civil government has been established.
Mabel Evans and Hazel Walker of 101 Ranch will depart Tacoma Saturday with horses Reno O Hell and Dammit for a ride to Portland. They expect to cover the distance in about two and a half days with the famous mounts.
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