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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1916
Page
4
A renewed push for state aid through long term loans to clear logged-off lands surfaces. The 1913 measure failed at a King County special election due to special interests, leaving the law a dead letter. Supporters argue the issue is community wide, not individual, with echoes of a Seattle effort to lure Siberian trade funded by a $100,000 start.
The Chicago blackmail investigation raises a publicity debate with the U S Department of Justice wavering over naming victims. Critics argue exposing names could deter future extortion while officials weigh the broader implications and contrast with actions of officials like Judge Hughes and Gov Hughes amid Alaska railroad remarks.
A playful civic piece credits Sam L. Rogers, census director, with celebrating noodles in song and statistics. It cites wages for noodle makers, total capital in noodlery, and annual spending on noodles across multiple shops, urging readers to seek clear positions from a legislative candidate.
At the war’s start global shipping stood around 47 million tons. In 25 months about 3.13 million tons were destroyed, about 7 percent of world merchant tonnage, with most losses being modern, costly vessels. Entente allies bore 90 percent of losses. Norway, Holland, Sweden, and the United States are noted as heavy neutrals. Tacoma lawyers propose a minimum fee scale, but one line questions client escape.
Mrs De Peyster learns her son Jack has returned and confronts him after hearing voices in the library. Olivetta joins, and Matilda announces Jack's arrival as Mrs De Peyster prepares to confront the situation. A tense scene unfolds near the library door with an unknown man joining Gardner inside.
An amiable young gentleman infiltrates a De Peyster household posing as a husband. He confronts Miss Gardner and Mrs De Peyster while Jack De Peyster faces family opposition, romance, and a looming voyage as power and fortune clash.
This old advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick cure for gas indigestion and sour stomach. A fifty cent case promises relief within five minutes, claiming it digests food like a stomachless gut and prevents belching, nausea, headaches, and foul breath.
If your hair is gray or turning gray or dry and thin, sham poo with Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer. It darkens hair evenly, claims to be harmless with no dye and acts on roots. Sold for 0c at Bartell's Drug Store Seattle with money-back guarantee. mail order available.
Mrs De Peyster stands by the mantel in calm silence after Jack withdraws. Judge Harvey asks if Caroline was too stern, but she refuses to explain the situation and insists they forget the incident.
Bridget asks why fly paper is placed on the grass and the reply notes there are no more flies to catch in the house. The exchange captures a humorous domestic moment.
A collage of snippets from a rural paper includes jokes about weddings and in laws, a quip on telling parents the son is dead before news, a barber shop style exchange, and a pun on a typewriter summer attachments. Readers also see a Harborside town joke about a drinking trough and a joke about a cook staying five hours.
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