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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1912
Page
4
An elderly woman donates two silver dollars to Mrs. Jones the scrubwoman and declares she once worked for a dollar a day. The Star editorial notes Seattle residents will raise $1,000 to buy a lot and build a home for Mrs. Jones, inspiring communal pride and plans for selecting the lot and house.
Observations report that all California party conventions endorsed the proposition for pensions for mothers of dependent children. The note urges continued support for the policy and its implementation across the state.
Novelist Gertrude Atherton declares she will quit cigarettes. She notes the behavior change would be as ineffective as the Supreme Court decision to dissolve the tobacco trust.
The piece rails at Contributory Negligence and Assumption of Risk while noting the coming November vote on initiative referendum and recall amendments. It mocks Hay and the governor’s vetoes, cites Teddy Roosevelt’s record travel, recalls the Bremerton speech by Humphrey, and comments on bread pricing and the losses faced by Manhattan elites.
The report highlights Ruth Hicks winning a local match and mentions Miss Molly Enfeld, mother to a Crete child in fourth grade. It describes a photo of a doll compared to the girl, and notes a sister who has been involved from the start as a fourth grader, with references to a birthday and family ties.
The clipping blends playful lines about a gift causing a spasm during talk and boasts about beauty by Mazie. It also records light domestic quips with Hubby planning a salary raise and Witey joking about consequences, reflecting humorous social banter.
A Detroit Free Press anecdote recounts Hall Caine being described as resembling Shakespeare during a dinner at the Kulm hotel in St Moritz. Ignatius Donnelly reportedly exclaimed Lord Bacon I presume upon seeing Caine, linking the Bacon Shakespeare controversy to a casual exchange.
Editor letters discuss wealth and marriage in the city, arguing the rich man’s son must save before marriage and critiquing social barriers. A reader laments death traps on city outskirts, recommending socialist readings and public ownership of utilities for safer, cheaper transit.
A humorous quip from the Cincinnati Enquirer notes a recurring quarrel between William Taft Hogan and Theodore Roosevelt Slonski in a neighborly dispute. The exchange includes questions about marriage, death, and temper, reflecting early 20th century social mores and wordplay common to satirical comics of the era.
In a fragment from a Baysian fiction segment, Josh Wise notes the page filling pace of the Bedeyeport House register. He directs William to retrieve items from his room, where cigars are found behind a wardrobe in a terse dialogue.
An eminent physician promotes a method to revive circulation during a cold with forward bending and face flushing. He claims a quick fix is Dr Humphreys Seventy Seven which "starts the blood" and breaks up the Cold with a 25 cent dose.
Best riddles from the week are published for next week prize offers. A $1 cash prize will go to the Circle boy or girl who answers all or most correctly, with a draw if tied. Individuals and addresses accompany each riddle number and author.
The Star Circle offered a pound box of chocolates for the best riddle with Ruth Hicks of Algona Washington winning. Exactly 100 Circle members responded, Uncle Jack prepared 11 top riddles from the letters, and a follow up contest will continue next week with a new format and cash prize for full correct sets.
A curious advertisement from Ruth Hicks of Algona offers a weekly prize for solving a riddle that claims to be a paradoxical description of a thing that is both black and white, grave and gay, heavy and light, with many points and stops. The note names English German French and Dutch and hints at a literary answer.
A message from a Canadian reader asks for a Circle regular membership card she used to hold before moving to Alberta. She describes loneliness away from family and longing for her “dear old home” as she keeps house for her father and misses The Star as a companion a hundred miles distant.
National devices promise quick payback by saving daily expenses and improving cash handling. They come in many sizes and are used by hundreds of business types from large firms to small shops. Receipt printing ensures accurate records of cash sales money received and money paid out. The plan includes a Get a Receipt option.
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