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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1912
Page
4
A collage of brief items notes name spellings, nickname requests, and oddities from various papers. It mentions a Charley Moore seeking correct naming, a daredevil top-sawing of an iron stack, fly chatter, and fleeting social vignettes including a railroad man’s work ethic and a boy’s candy nostalgia.
Charles Dickens argues that true love of home comes from the poor man's heart rather than wealth. He contrasts aristocratic attachments to land with the sacred bond of family space, urging rulers to improve wretched dwellings to honor domestic virtue and true patriotism.
A satirical piece mocks German efforts to abolish male clothing items like shirts and hats. The writer parodies extreme fashion reform and the fear it could spread to America, joking about knee breeches, robes, and exposed heads while praising conservative tradition.
The piece contrasts Tacoma and Seattle in chicken keeping and parlors as a humorous moral gauge. It cites Pittsburg University finding 202 smoke and stenches, then mocks poet Donald P. Silverman near Los Angeles who survives a hunter’s shot due to a malfunctioning automatic firearm.
Carnegie has given an additional 2,000,000 dollars to the Foundation of the Advancement of Teaching, following a transfer from the Foundation of the Advancement of Eating.
A federal court appears to seek to bar Jack Johnson from traveling to Russia amid ongoing tensions. The action suggests legal and diplomatic considerations influence the sports or public figure’s international plans.
Dan Hanna acquires a powerful cut-off machine described as the kind the father used to have. The purchase costs thousands, but the device delivers an impressive, thunderous roar.
Computing on election returns Los Angeles asserts a population of 609100, while courts have struggled for weeks to determine what the actual election results show.
A mosaic of short items notes experts doubting low auto costs in America, a refused yard grass question, a new baby in Mercyville, a railway plan Valencia to Madrid, a Chinese junk exhibit in San Francisco, and various trivia on savings banks, playgrounds, Canton costs, and Germany’s anti trust status.
Special Investigator Mary Boyle O’Rielly details how New York cannery towns lure summer workers with "free housing" while workers endure crowded, filthy shacks beside polluted drains and pig pens. She cites Polish and Italian families housed in single rooms with no sanitation, and wages partially withheld to keep workers.
Siefanson cites thirteen groups of white Eekimos in Coronation gulf with ten never meeting whites. Two tribes recall Sir John Franklin and Richardson and Collinson sightings through centuries. The report blends names and odd claims with mentions of Furniss, Spick & Span, and Trinidad-US trade figures.
A series of reader letters to The Star urge tougher street cleanliness rules and enforcement. Contributors discuss dumping on streets, private employment abuses, and defense of decency and vice suppression led by Mayor Cotterill and the purity squad. References to Governor West and local officials appear through four letters.
Train times listed for Everett to Seattle and Seattle to Everett with morning and evening runs. Local and limited trains include many daily departures and weekend extras. Stops include Wat at 6th Ave, Greenwood, Ajax Drug Store and related points. fares and ticket offices noted.
Advertisement offers cures for stomach and bowel diseases including gastritis ulcers constipation and appendicitis. Promotes private sanitarium and office at 5517 22nd N. W. inviting investigation and patient referrals.
Mary Cottrell urges readers to back the YWCA building project describing it as a worthy, needed addition and asking volunteers and donations for the campaign.
A shattered window at Union Dye Works prompts passersby to speculate. A clerk posts a ten item placard debating causes and outcomes of the incident. A San Francisco dispatch notes The Wella Farge Co. quip about gold mines, while Cabole wood is described as exceedingly costly, found only in Africa and St Thomas.
The New York labor department confirms disclosures by Mins O Reilly and John Williams concerning housing and wage conditions for Italian workers in cannery camps. Special investigator Frank C Praete’s audit supports the findings, detailing wage increases and housing concerns across the camps.
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