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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1913
Page
4
A health column urges residents to use available breathing spaces in the city and take their share of the free air. It cautions against letting others claim the air devices nature provides in ample supply.
A stark description of the slaughter process at the Chicago Stockyards shows hogs, sheep, and cattle killed by a series of daggers and hammers. The piece questions the moral impact on workers and asks about the souls of animals and men involved in meat production. It ends by critiquing six new plays and urging harsh treatment of most.
A New York lawyer at a state convention condemns the Root-Smoot-Barnes-Penrose bloc and accuses the GOP of defending privilege and obstructing judicial finality. The piece mocks politicians as false faces and notes global oddities from St Petersburg to Moscow in a brisk, satirical column.
A collage of quips and short anecdotes mocks culture clashes and social norms. Jokes touch on a Chinese woman hiding from a fire, etiquette, politics, weather, and everyday life, with punchlines about gum theft and aging markets.
A federal judge in Kansas rules a commercial feature is required amid mentions of Diggs Caminetti case and praise for law. The piece notes Mayor Gaynor's funeral and a friend’s suicide, and discusses opinions on the Panama Canal’s obsolescence versus expansion prospects and capacity.
Samuel Spitz, a former Mare Island wireless expert, unveils the Spitzoscope a mirror based night vision device claimed to reveal ships and hazards several miles away. He says the invention aims to preserve life not destroy it and credits his wife and infant daughter as inspiration.
Hyomei boasts relief in five minutes for catarrh coughs bronchitis and infant croup through medicated air rather than stomach drugs. The ad promises refunds if not satisfied and notes Booths Hyomei Co of Buffalo sells complete outfits for $1 via druggists.
A man from Boston orders a Juniper Physiology then clarifies it as a ginn fire, prompting the bartender to exclaim. The snippet preserves a humorous regional dialect exchange in a bar scene.
In Atlanta on October 8 the federal penitentiary warden arranged direct bulletins of the World Series to the convict. The arrangement aims to keep inmates informed on the championship baseball event.
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